These daily marriage devotionals are compiled from verses that we have shared with Christian couples in many counseling sessions over many years. Please read one per day and meditate on how it applies to your marriage. (Note: if you are not certain you are a Christian, please read The Sinner’s Prayer)
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. (James 1:21-22 WEB
The test of real faith is that it changes us. (Romans 12:1-2) Therefore, we need to actively allow God to plant his word into our souls. And we need to let him change the way we think so we can exercise his word in our lives. Otherwise, we are just fooling ourselves.
We know Christians who would never miss a church function. They take copious notes. They highlight every verse in their Bible. They always read their devotionals. But they keep doing the same terrible things they have always done. They keep fighting each other. They keep cheating each other. And they keep hurting everyone around them.
Some of these people are not really saved. They only have an intellectual understanding of God. But they have not surrendered their lives to him. And they have never accepted his sacrifice for their sins.
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If this describes you, and you aren’t 100% certain of where you will go when you die, please take a moment to get right with God. Because nothing in this devotional will do you any good without Jesus Christ living in your heart.
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On the contrary, a Christian has been crucified with Jesus Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection. So, they have a new life with God. Therefore, sin does not have power over them anymore. (Romans 6:11; Colossians 3:3)
Next steps
No matter how busy you are, you always find time to do the things you want to do. Therefore, you must replace the things you don’t want to do with things you do want to do. Whenever you find yourself taking time to do something you don’t want to do. Stop, take that thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5) and replace it with something you do want to do.
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If you miss one, two, or many days, don’t worry about it and don’t try to catch up. Just start where you are and keep going. We have found the Holy Spirit can prompt you to return to just the passage you need for today.
This is an ongoing labor of love because these marriage devotionals will never be finished, but we have to start somewhere, so we will update often. We appreciate your support and prayers because this is a work of God not us. And please forgive us because we have never found a verse that doesn’t apply to marriage somehow.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. (Proverbs 30:5)
Going beyond marriage devotionals
- Leave and cleave – God gave husbands instruction to leave and cleave because they need to break ties with their birth-families to forge their marriages
- The perspective of a successful marriage – If this perspective can lead to an incredible Olympic victory, imagine what it can do for your marriage. It’s almost a miracle!
- Biblical relationship checkup – This Biblical relationship checkup helps couples find where they are on God’s map of a successful marriage and find direction for improvement
- Help for hurting marriages – When I am weak, then I am strong. Help for hurting marriages is found in the wisdom of these Bible scriptures. Apply them as often as needed.
- Tying the Knot: A Premarital Guide to a Strong and Lasting Marriage by Rob Green – Field-tested and recommended by multiple counselors in a thriving counseling practice, Tying the Knot has already guided many couples into a stronger and more joyful union. Let this nine-week pre-marriage study reorient your life and marriage around Christ, so you both will experience all the blessings of marriage as God designed it.
- Love Life for Every Married Couple: How to Fall in Love, Stay in Love, Rekindle Your Love by Ed Wheat – This is a favorite classic book because it has stood the test of time. Physician Ed Wheat has helped thousands of couples improve their love lives and build happier marriages. In Love Life for Every Married Couple, he’ll help you improve your marriage through sharing, touching, appreciating, and focusing healing attention on your mate.