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)
Wives must accept the authority of your husband; Husbands must give honor to your wife (1 Peter 3:1-7)
Peter wrote to Christians scattered abroad and suffering terrible persecution. But even in those difficult times, there were interpersonal problems. So, he gave clear instructions to people living in all kinds of circumstances.
Please read the special instructions to married Christians (1 Peter 3:1-7). And don’t skip over the phrase, “In the same way,” because it refers to the exhortation to follow the example of Jesus Christ suffering for us (1 Peter 2:21-25). This is almost the same wording as Philippians 2:5-11), which says you must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Next steps for wife
In that same way, wives must accept the authority of your husbands. You must submit to your husband as Jesus Christ submitted to his heavenly father. And in so doing, you may influence your husbands by your pure and reverent lives.
Your beauty won’t sustain your marriage, your style won’t sustain your marriage — just consider all the Hollywood stars with failed marriages
But the inward beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit that accepts the authority of your husband — these will make your marriage thrive, prosper, and flourish
Next steps for husband
In that same way, husbands must give honor to your wives. You must treat your wife with understanding as an equal partner. You must love your wife as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25). With a sacrificial love that always yields.
Your leadership without benevolence of bestowing honor won’t sustain a marriage — that’s dictatorship and it never ends well
But godly sacrificial leading the way by demonstrating the love of God who died for your sins — will make your marriage thrive, prosper, and flourish
Thoughts to ponder
Stop everything else! Get this right first! Then rejoice and carry on.
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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.