{"id":3153,"date":"2024-08-21T22:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2024-08-21T22:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:42:19","slug":"mensa-otabil-cautions-against-delaying-marriage-for-wealth-says-its-a-misguided-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3153","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mensa Otabil cautions against delaying marriage for wealth, says it&#8217;s a misguided priority&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Mensah-Otabil-696x464-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Mensah-Otabil-696x464-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Mensah-Otabil-696x464-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pastor Mensa Otabil, the Founder and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, has challenged the assertion of financial stability being a prerequisite for marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man of God, who once held the accolade of being the most influential person in Ghana, has charged single individuals not to accumulate wealth first before thinking of marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a sermon preached by the pastor which has since gone viral, he said the belief that financial stability is a must before marriage is not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing a personal story during the sermon, he explained how he married at a time he had nothing, having had to make some improvises at the time. He said he had to paint a bench white to use as furniture in their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re waiting to be rich before you marry, then your head is not working properly,\u201d Pastor Otabil stated in the viral video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t want to marry, but you\u2019re sleeping together. You want what\u2019s reserved for marriage without going through the process. Be bold and marry,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Otabil stressed that the church was ready to bless simple marriages without having to spend on elaborate weddings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSet the date. If you\u2019re afraid of a veil, don\u2019t wear one; if you\u2019re nervous about a gown, don\u2019t wear it. Just come to the church office and say, \u2018This is the woman I want, and this is the man I want.\u2019 We ask, \u2018Do you?\u2019 and you say, \u2018I do.\u2019 That\u2019s it. Then, you start planning your life together, and you\u2019ll find that the battles you face become easier to manage,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/BE-BOLD-AND-MARRY-DONT-WAIT-TO-BE-RICH._-Pastor-Dr.-Mensa-Otabil-Founder-ICGC-Accra-Ghana.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Mensa Otabil, the Founder and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, has challenged the assertion of financial stability being a prerequisite for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3156,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3153\/revisions\/3156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}