Bishop Monchusi: Anointed for healthy and strong marriages

For a man who has been married for 38 years, Bishop Edward Monchusi has found the secret to a lasting marriage, and that he says, is love. Marital vows can be kept, and marriage can last forever according to the Bishop Monchusi-the leader of Pentecostal Protestant Church in Kanye.

In his own words, marriage is a covenant, and not a contract. “Marriage is still beautiful, and it can give you a taste of heaven on earth,” he says. The man who without doubt, is called by God to help restore marriages tells The Midweek Sun that the first time he conducted a marriage seminar was in 1991.

He has seen couples at their best and at their worst. He gets called to counsel bachelors and spinsters as they prepare for marriage. He also conducts wedding ceremonies and is always available when married people are going through tough times.

He has conducted hundreds of weddings across the country and those that he has helped say their marriages always last. In one incident a couple called him in the middle of the night during a misunderstanding. “It got tense to a point that the wife wanted to refuse to go back home with her husband. But after talking and praying together, they left in peace,” he says.

His observation is that youth are quick to say they are divorcing as compared to older people who understand perseverance better. “A lot of couples that come to me are those that have already made up their minds that they are divorcing,” he states, explaining that couples also often reveal that intervention of families had failed.

He also says the problem in marriage is that people marry for wrong reasons and quit when their expectations do not become fulfilled. He says marriages fail because couples do not understand sacrificial love. They keep a record of wrongs and do not want to admit their mistakes when they have wronged their spouses. “Love covers a multitude of sins. Love is the foundation of marriage, and it will build it,” says the Bishop.

He is of the view that couples are together because of love and they should make their love for one another the problem-solver when challenges arise.Bishop Monchusi urges husbands to love their wives in order to have happy homes. He is of the belief that ‘A happy wife makes a happy home.’ He also encourages wives to support their husbands as it will make them work harder in providing for them.

He further advises couples to constantly ask one another whether they are satisfying one another so as to correct themselves. He says watching too much television is not right as it steals family time. He also encourages couples to exchange gifts and to use family planning methods.

Local taxi driver Otsile Mpitsang says Bishop Monchusi conducted his wedding in 2013 following a series of pre-marital counselling. “He knows the deepest secrets to a happy marriage. When you think of quitting, his assuring words will always haunt you to stay right back on track,” he says.

Prophetess Kebelaele Ditsebe says weddings conducted by Bishop Monchusi never fail. “He is anointed for strong marriages,” she says. Call Bishop Monchusi at (+267) 73611585/72176210. His services are free.