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)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)
This verse is a powerful reminder that in our Christian marriages, we can find strength and ability through Christ. The Greek word for “can” in this verse is “dunamai,” which means “to have power or ability.” The word for “strengthens” is “endunamoo,” which means “to empower or enable.” So, in essence, this verse is saying that through Christ, we have the power and ability to do all things.
This is a powerful message for marriages, as it reminds us that we don’t have to rely on our own strength and ability to navigate the challenges and struggles that may arise. Instead, we can rely on the strength and ability of Christ.
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.” - 2 Corinthians 9:8
“For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.” - 2 Timothy 1:12
“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.” - Ephesians 3:20
As a Christian couple, it is important to remember that in Christ, we have the power and ability to overcome any obstacle, to endure any trial and to fulfill any task. It is not based on our own strength, but on the strength of Christ that lives within us. And this is true not only for us individually, but also as a couple, when we are united in Christ, we can do all things. Let us trust in Christ’s strength and ability to work in and through us in our marriage.
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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.