“Marriage is God's institution and it is purely built on love. From  Genesis 2:23 we read:  

“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she  shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 

“This does not refer to many wives but to a single wife from the rib  of Adam and he loved her dearly because she was part and parcel of his  bone and flesh. God called Eve a help-mate. That is the fundamental  purpose of marriage.  

“Our fore-fathers or parents in their own way of idolatry tried to  know the right partner before they took a wife or husband. They would  appeal to their gods, either ifa or some other fetish priests to know if the  man or woman would be the right partner for them. As Christians since we  do not go to idols or any fetish priest to know about our future, we need to  go to God in prayer. We can talk to God from the bottom of our hearts and  ask Him to reveal Himself to us concerning our life partner and whatever is  His choice for us will satisfy us.”