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)
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
Proverbs 17:22 reminds us of the power of a cheerful heart. It tells us that a cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. This is true not only for our individual well-being, and also for our marriage.
When we have a cheerful heart in our marriage, it helps to bring joy and positivity to our relationship. It allows us to navigate the challenges of life together with a sense of hope and optimism. On the other hand, when one or both spouses have a crushed spirit, it can bring negativity and despair to the relationship.
So, how do we cultivate a cheerful heart in our marriage? One way is to focus on the blessings and positives in our relationship. When we make a habit of thanking God for the good things in our marriage, it helps to bring a sense of gratitude and joy to our hearts.
Another way is to make a conscious effort to speak words of encouragement and positivity to our spouse. When we speak life-giving words to each other, it helps to build each other up and to cultivate a cheerful heart.
So, as you go about your day, remember the power of a cheerful heart in your marriage. Focus on the blessings and positives in your relationship, and speak words of encouragement and positivity to your spouse. When you do this, it will help to bring joy and positivity to your marriage.
Next steps
What does Proverbs 17:22 tell us about the power of a cheerful heart?
What does it mean to have a cheerful heart?
Why is it important to cultivate a cheerful heart?
How can we cultivate a cheerful heart in our marriage?
How has a cheerful heart brought healing and restoration to your marriage?
How can we share the joy and positivity of a cheerful heart with others?
Digging deeper
- Count your many blessings and it will surprise you what the Lord has done – When life’s trials are too difficult to understand, troubles too hard to bare, pain too much to tolerate, look to the LORD, and count your blessings.
Prayer
Dear God, help us to cultivate a cheerful heart in our marriage. Help us to focus on the blessings and positives in our relationship and to speak words of encouragement and positivity to each other. We pray for joy and positivity in our marriage as we seek to have a cheerful heart. Amen.
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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.