The Altar depicts God, and on the night Cristiane asked for a divorce, I went to the altar of the church at night and demanded from God what He had promised about marriage. You can read the details of this story in the book ‘Bulletproof Marriage.’

The Word of God says that He hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). Then, that night when my wife said: “If it’s to continue like this, we’d better separate”, I said to God: “God, if you Lord, do not help me, since you hate divorce, I’ll end up separating and becoming a divorced pastor. What shame will this be for me, the Lord, and Your Word? So, I need your help.”

I went to the Altar, back to square one of my marriage, because we exchanged vows before God, and He was a witness to it. He knew I didn’t want to separate or end my marriage, but I didn’t know how to solve the problem. That’s why I demanded this from God. And I can tell you, that from that prayer, God enlightened my understanding and clarified my thoughts: “Do this”, “Stop doing that”, “Stop being like this”, and “Stop being like that”. Not only was my mind enlightened, but Cristiane’s was as well. Thank God! The answer to my wedding came from the Altar.

I talk to you who are distressed by your marriage, desperate because of your husband, wife, or love life. You are lost; you don’t know what else to do because you have been trying to solve everything with your own strength. But instead, if you put your strength on the Altar, you will see what God can do in your marriage. This is what the Love Therapy proposes: God’s strength on the Altar for your love life. And, if you believe, we will be here at the Temple of Solomon with you today at 8pm.

The second thing about the Altar is as follows: the Lord Jesus said: “For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?” (Matthew 23:19).

Jesus said that the Altar is greater than the gift because it is He who sanctifies the gift.

Exchanging vows at the Altar before God in marriage means asking and allowing God to sanctify your marriage. Sanctifying means separating, that is, God will treat your marriage in a special way, separating you from the avalanche of destruction that happens in the world and that destroys so many couples and families.

Just as the Altar sanctifies the offering, it sanctifies the couple who offer themselves to God, who value the Altar enough to exchange vows before Him.

You who are in a relationship, maybe living together without ever having married at the Altar, or you who got married at a registrar’s office but never got married at the Altar, you who are engaged and are always postponing the wedding, saying “now I can’t”. Do you know why you can’t? Because you associated the wedding day with a party, the dress, the trip, the ornaments and gifts for the guests, the buffet and everything else. It will never be enough to have a big party. But the most important thing about the wedding day is not the party you can pay for, but the feast in heaven, with God as a witness, the blessing of the Altar to sanctify you. And for that, you don’t need money.

If you are engaged and want the victory of the Altar, being sanctified by Him, and have a stable union and want to marry before God, seek the victory of the Altar.

We will have the Marriage Celebration on May 1st. More than 200 couples and thousands throughout Brazil will marry in a Universal Church at the Love Therapy in the Temple of Solomon.

If you want to participate in the marriage celebration, you must act quickly, as the deadline is March 16th. Search our wedding department by visiting universal.org/casamento, or go to the nearest Universal and talk to your pastor.

Participate in the Love Therapy today at 8pm at the Temple of Solomon, or a Universal near you.

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