When married life doesn’t turn out as hoped, we often question whether God truly gave us something good. Receiving a gift with grace means trusting in the goodness of the giver, no matter what.
Marriage
Praying with your spouse intensifies and strengthens your spiritual bond. When you pray together, your vulnerability with your heavenly Father deepens and enriches your marriage relationship.
Suffering of some sort is inevitable in marriage. When we learn to turn our eyes and hearts to God during those times, we can draw closer to each other as a couple, as well as to our heavenly Father.
Anxiety can weigh us down. So husbands and wives should help each other trust God with their cares. This devotion offers some questions to ask your spouse to start a conversation about the topic.
When you see your marriage through God’s eyes, you’ll discover the divine purpose He had in mind when He brought you together. Here’re a few questions to start a conversation about that topic.
Our pride can make us feel as if we need to earn God’s forgiveness. Admitting that we have nothing to offer God requires humility. This devotion will help you and your spouse talk about the topic.
We all have goals or dreams of things we’d like to do for God, but it’s also important for us to live for Him daily. Here are some conversation starters to help you support each other’s goals.
If we’re worried about the possibility of losing something, we might be putting too much stock in the wrong things. Here are some questions to ask your spouse to start a conversation about the topic.
When we control our tongues, we can build a healthy, nurturing marriage. Exercising self-control in the little things may even help strengthen us to overcome temptation in the bigger things.
When we try to follow the call to love unconditionally and reject sinful behavior, we need to watch our words carefully. This devotion will help you and your spouse explore speaking the truth in love.
If we want our faith in God to increase, we must increase our knowledge of God and His ways. This couple’s devotion will help you encourage your spouse to build and increase his or her faith.
Prayer draws individuals closer to God. Authentic, transparent prayer can benefit marriage, too. Couples who come together to share their heart with God often enjoy greater intimacy with each other.
We can learn to be patient with our husband or wife because we know it fosters harmony and growth in marriage. This devotion offers questions to start a conversation about patience.
While our spiritual armor is enough to protect us, God has also given us a secret weapon — our spouse. There’s no better partner in the battle against sin than a praying, encouraging husband or wife.
Spouses can’t always agree, but how they respond to disagreements can either strengthen or strain their marriage. Learning to listen first and speak second in emotionally charged discussions is important.
God calls us to leave the things of our past and cling to our spouse. On the day we entered into our marriage covenant, we chose something greater than ourselves — we chose sacrificial love.
We all have colleagues, family members or friends who seem difficult to get along with. Unfortunately, the turmoil caused by our struggles with these people often overflows into our other relationships.
Prayer has power when you unite with your husband or wife to ask God for help. God asks you to seek His counsel daily, so pray boldly for your spouse and for unified prayers for your families.
The Lord knows we’re prone to want more than we currently have, even if we have a lot. To help us combat these cravings, God provides the best available counsel to manage this challenge — the Bible.
When you go through hard times in your marriage, why not view them as opportunities for greatness? As you commit to learning from them, God can build a rock-solid marriage.