5 Ways To Stay Faithful In Marriage

We are living in an era where it is becoming more difficult to stay faithful in marriage. A lot of people no longer respect their marital vows as they cheat on their partners without a second thought. It has become necessary for us to look into how to stay faithful in marriage.

According to a recent development, an unidentified woman reportedly lost her life in a car crash in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria while allegedly chasing her husband who she saw with another lady at a shopping mall.

An eyewitness, Stephen Okposin revealed that the accident happened along the Murtarla Mohammed Highway on Sunday, September 18, 2022.

According to him, “The lady saw her hubby at a Spar shop with another woman in the car, so she hurriedly drove to double cross them. This man saw her car and zoomed off, so the woman became aggressive and sped up.

“I was just driving behind them in less than 3 minutes. I saw her involved in the accident and she’s unconscious at the point of death. The hubby that was running suddenly dropped off the lady who was with him and rushed down to assist and revive her from the car. She’s been rushed to the hospital. We pray she survives it.” Source: Yabaleftonline.com

Things To Know After Marriage

After you got married to your wife, you will continue to see many women that are taller, more beautiful, fair, gorgeous, caring, loving, and has more brea*ts and a** than her.

After you get married to your husband, you will continue to see many men that are more handsome, rich, caring, and have well-built bodies than your husband.

Because you are married won’t make these people disappear into thin air. You will see them every day, in your offices, churches, marketplaces, neighbourhoods, etc.

If you don’t know these things you are going to cheat on your partner. With the high rate of infidelity going on right now, you need to protect yourself. Some people don’t care whether or not you are married.

1. Exercise Self-control

According to Webster’s Dictionary, self-control means restraint exercised over one’s impulses, emotions, or desires.

In other words, it means to have control over your feelings or actions, to exercise control over your hormones and actions.

If you will stay faithful in marriage, then you need to exercise self-control. Control your eyes, legs, hands, ears, etc.

Jesus said, “If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,” (Mark 9:43‭, ‬45‭, ‬47 NIV)

Whatever it is that will cause you to cheat on your partner, your eyes, your hands, your mouth, your legs, etc, exercise control over it. It’s okay to admire someone but know when to stop.

Job in the Scripture said, “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.” (Job 31:1 NIV) You can imbibe the same principle. You have the power to choose.

2. Set Boundaries

If you must stay faithful in marriage, another thing you need to do is to set boundaries with the opposite sex. A house without a fence is accessible to everyone.

You have to set boundaries with the opposite sex, you have to mind the kind of conversation you have with them

You have to know when to call or not to call except in cases of emergencies.

Don’t stay together alone in one place or an isolated environment.

Don’t touch the opposite sex inappropriately and don’t allow anyone to touch you likewise.

Job said, “I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”

Don’t look at the opposite sex lustfully

Avoid too much closeness with the opposite sex. Too much closeness will trigger feelings. Keep your distance.

Limit unnecessary conversations. You’re setting yourself up for trouble. Constant communication will trigger feelings.

The soup you don’t want to eat, don’t smell it.

3. Be Content With Your Partner

One of the major reasons why many people find it hard to stay faithful in marriage is a lack of contentment, they are not content or satisfied with what they have.

You must be content with your life partner if you must stay faithful in marriage. To contend with your partner is to place value on your wife or your husband.

Those other people that seem more attractive, caring, loving, etc., are not always like that. You don’t know the details.

To be content is to list all the good qualities of your wife or husband and admire, appreciate and be thankful for them.

This will help you to be content, to know how valuable your partner is, and also to place value on them. Count your blessings. Your partner is not all that bad.

4. Communicate Your Needs To Your Partner

Perhaps there is something your partner is doing that is pushing you to cheat on him or her, instead of cheating, try and communicate your needs.

Peradventure, your husband is not loving you the way you want to be loved, why not communicate it to him? Does he know your love language? Have you told him the best way you can be loved?

Maybe your wife is not treating you right, she doesn’t respect you, encourage you, support you, give you sex, etc, and you have a lady in your office or neighborhood who’s willing to do all these things for you, why not communicate your needs to her and watch how things turn out?

Always communicate your needs to your partner. They are not in your mind to know what is going on there, except you tell them. They may never stop that thing they’re doing which you don’t like except you communicate.

This is why communication is the blood of a relationship, it helps to communicate and make your needs known, and it helps you to understand your partner, their feelings, point of view, etc. Always communicate your needs.

5. Consider The Feelings Of Your Partner

Another effective way to stay faithful in marriage is to consider the feelings of your partner. When you put the feelings of your partners into consideration when you want to do some things, it will help you to make the right decisions.

When you know that your partner will be pained, hurt, traumatized, betrayed, and can even commit suicide upon learning about your infidelity, you will think twice.

Jesus said, “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”
(Matt. 7:12 NIV)

Consider how your partner will feel when you start misbehaving with that lady or guy. If you are the one, will you be comfortable?

In Conclusion

There is nothing good, godly, clever, admirable, or honorable about infidelity. Avoid it.

Cheating is devastating and traumatizing. The woman in our story lost her life because her husband was not faithful. She lost control of herself and that led to her death.

Cheat affects self-esteem, it makes the one being cheated on feel as if there is nothing good about him or her.

Avoid cheating by all means and stay faithful in marriage. It’s better you walk away honorably than cheat on your partner.

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5 Ways To Stay Faithful In Marriage