Who you choose as your life partner is extremely important. You want to make sure you connect over shared values, support, purpose, communication, and joy. In this 5-day devotional, we’re sharing the benefits of shared spiritual goals and looking at five foundational aspects that show starting as friends first can enhance and enrich a romantic relationship. 

The Benefits of Shared Spiritual Goals: How Starting as Friends First Enhances Romantic Relationships

Men and women certainly bring individual differences into their marriages. While distinctive traits can have their appeal, they also can become irritants. Add to that the stress and pressures of daily routines, husbands and wives can become impatient with one another, spiraling into friction and conflict. Couples with eternity in view, though, have an anchor in the storms of life – His name is Jesus. Let’s ponder that “component” this week.

Embracing the Divine Dimension: A 3-Day Marriage Plan

Questions for consideration: If we were being scored on loving best those who are closest to us, where on the scale would we rank? To what degree are we willing (enthusiastically?) to help our spouses tackle tasks (and how open are we to that type of assistance)? As a couple, how well do we have a shepherd-like impact on others’ lives – inside and outside our homes? Together, let’s ponder our responses.

Laying Hold of a Divine Perspective: A 3-Day Marriage Plan

Good humor may very well be one of the most enjoyable dimensions of the human experience, especially in the context of marriage and family life. What are some favorite stories about situations or conversations that occurred in the past that you enjoy retelling – even those that may not have seemed funny at the time but now, with reflection, can produce a chuckle? This week, recall some of your lighthearted moments.

The Joy of Laughter: A 3-Day Marriage Plan

There is no small percentage of spouses who have believed that divorce was the remedy for “ills” they encountered in their marriages. While forgiveness can be obtained, many who have remarried still have found that their new relationships have brought fresh (and even compounded) challenges. At least for some of those who are considering divorce, there may be an alternative approach to resolving significant differences and difficulties. Let’s take a look.

Is Divorce the Answer? A 3-Day Marriage Plan

Join this six-day devotional journey designed for Christian wives seeking to influence their unsaved husbands through he power of discipleship.  Each day will guide you through essential steps rooted in scripture including making time for God, nurturing daily devotional time, praying in faith, connecting with wise and healthy Christian women, living authentically, and serving as the hands and feet of Jesus.  Discover how your commitment to God can transform your marriage and inspire your husband to seek a deeper relationship with Christ.  Grab your coffee, tea, or water, settle in, and let's dive into this transformative experience together.

Wives Who Win for Christ: Influencing Your Unsaved Husband Through Discipleship by Dr. Treal Ravenel

One of the best ways to be an amazing friend and partner is to emulate Christ in everything you do. We can learn so much about how to treat other people from Jesus’ time on earth. In this 5-day devotional, we’ll look at how Jesus' actions and teachings provide a blueprint for being a loving, trustworthy, and compassionate friend and partner, guiding us to reflect His love daily.

Reflecting Christ's Love: How to Be a Christ-Like Friend and Partner

Encouragement and accountability are two keys to a healthy foundation for a romantic relationship. By nurturing trust and spiritual growth together, you can lay the groundwork for a Christ-centered connection that flourishes over time. In this 5-day devotional, we’re sharing how to support your partner in faith when you’re starting as friends.

Encouragement and Accountability: Supporting Your Partner in Faith When You’re Starting as Friends First

A military wife herself, Kristi Woods speaks the language of every military spouse with relevant prayers that get to the heart of the challenges and joys of military life. Charge up your prayer life with this 10-day prayer devotional especially targeted to military wives.

101 Prayers for Military Wives

When thinking of generosity, our minds often turn to thoughts of money – and using it to support different causes or contribute to individuals’ tangible needs. However, there are additional means by which we can be generous (e.g., in investing our time, performing kind deeds, or setting aside personal goals for the well-being of others). Let’s think this week about ways being generous might look.

The Value of Generosity: A 3-Day Marriage Plan

Is a genuinely happy marriage attainable? Would you like more fun, contentment, and peace in your marriage? Discover some keys to breathe new life into your marriage, and gain insights on how to protect your relationship from the inevitable challenges of life. This 7-day devotional plan is based on the book, BulletProof Your Marriage, by Margaret McCracken.

BulletProof Your Marriage

In this guided prayer plan for married couples, you'll get to pray for and with your spouse in the areas of godly vision for your marriage, romance and affection, being good stewards with all God has given you, for emotional, mental, and physical health, and for the Lord to surround you with godly community.

Married Couples: Five-Day Prayer Challenge

A praying wife is essential for fostering spiritual intimacy and strengthening the marital bond. Prayer enables communication with God, allowing wives to seek guidance, support their husbands spiritually, and intercede for their families. This practice enhances personal faith and creates an atmosphere of love, peace, and understanding at home. A wife’s prayers can positively influence her husband’s decisions, encouraging his growth in faith and commitment to the relationship. Ultimately, this leads to a deeper connection with God and each other, reinforcing their marriage’s foundation.

Interceding for Your Family: The Heart of a Praying Wife

Jesus set the example for how to forgive. Now he calls us to the difficult task of forgiving those who have hurt us. The good news is, he gives us the power to forgive and let it go. In this reading plan, Joël Malm talks about some of the myths of forgiveness and how to walk in the power that God offers to forgive ourselves and others. 

The Power to Forgive

A wife needs to be a warrior in a battle for her marriage. Let’s arm ourselves with the unchanging truth of God’s Word and allow Him to equip us, strengthen us, and lead us into marriages that reflect His goodness. We need to think like warriors, talk like warriors, and pray like warriors. This 5-day devotion was written by author, Debbi Garcia.


The Faith of a Warrior Wife

Develop a thriving relationship with your spouse through this marriage-building devotional from Jimmy Evans and Marriage Today. Read from this plan once a week, or each day for a more intensive investment.

One: A Marriage Devotional by Jimmy Evans

Money can put so much stress on a marriage. It’s often one of the issues that cause the most conflict and tension for couples. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Spouses can work together to steward their money for God’s glory and the good of their marriage. This plan by Dr. Kim Kimberling shows how God’s plan for money is the best plan for your marriage.

Biblical Wisdom for Money in Marriage

Whether you’ve been married for five minutes or fifty years, one of the most loving things you can do to strengthen and protect your marriage is to pray. Your wife needs your prayer support to encourage and empower her to be the woman God created her to be and equip her to take on life's daily challenges. As you pray, you'll be inspired to express your love and care for her in new and meaningful ways.

Daily Prayers for My Wife

Whether you're a newlywed, about to tie the knot, or celebrating fifty years of marriage, this devotional is designed just for you. Regardless of where you are in your marital journey, the importance of uplifting your husband in prayer remains constant. Embrace the challenge of establishing a wholesome daily prayer routine, one that not only uplifts your husband but also deepens your connection with God.

30 Day Prayer Challenge for Your Husband

Many couples know their marriage has room for improvement, but it is hard to pinpoint exactly why a relationship is suffering. Often times everyday triggers are the culprit. Angry reactions sabotage our marriages. Rather than run from the things that cause conflict, like poor communication, financial clashes, exhaustion, and feeling unloved, these triggers are opportunities for growth, to renew your commitment to responding gently and biblically towards your partner.

5 Days to Freedom from Anger in Your Marriage

Together, we’ve been blessed to see the world through the lens of many amazing opportunities. But our family’s still just like your family. Our marriage’s just like your marriage. Our relationship goal when we married: love God, love each other, and inspire our kids to see marriage differently. We hope this series inspires you to do marriage and family God’s way – and to give them all you’ve got.  

Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, & Family

Whether you’ve been married for five minutes or fifty years, one of the most loving things you can do to strengthen and protect your marriage is to pray. Your husband needs your prayer support to encourage and empower him to be the man God created him to be and equip him to take on life's daily challenges. As you pray, you'll be inspired to express your love and care for him in new and meaningful ways.

Daily Prayers for My Husband

All of us want to be fully known + unconditionally loved.  It’s hard to experience this in a marriage if you don’t feel heard or understood.  How can we bridge the gap of distance when we aren’t getting through to one another’s hearts?  Whether you’re in a great season or fighting to keep your marriage alive, this relatable 7-Day plan will equip you on how to ‘win’ in your communication.

Marriage Goals - Winning in Communication

Do you want to help your husband become the man God created him to be? As his wife, are you desiring to see him thrive in all areas of his life? If so, one of the best things you can do is pray for him. This five-day plan will help you cover him in scripture-based prayers inviting the Lord to work in critical areas of his daily life. But be prepared. It will impact not only his life but yours as well. 


Praying Scripture Over Your Husband

Are you currently engaged and preparing for your big day? Amidst all the wedding planning, don't forget to plan for your marriage. In this 7-Day devotional, Kenady acts as your unofficial matron of honor as she “gives” you 7 bridal items that symbolize 7 key principles to help prepare you for life beyond your wedding day. Let the preparation begin!

The Preparation: 7-Day Devotional for the Soon-to-Be Wife

No one wants this title:  Widowed.  Whether a male or female, the death of a soulmate catapults the survivor into a new way of living.  We dislike the name given, yet it is so fitting, as we feel trapped in this terrible web.  I invite you to join me as we walk through this 6-day devotional that helps bring a new perspective to our walk!


The Widow's & Widower's Walk

This five-day plan explores how God calls us to handle conflict in marriage. 

Making Marriage Meaningful Through Conflict Resolution 

Mama, do you need encouragement? Would you like to go deeper in your relationship with Jesus this Easter season? Join the Help Club for Moms as we focus our eyes on Jesus and center our lives on His Word. This devotional plan will help you awaken this Resurrection Sunday with a heart full of joy and a deeper understanding of our Savior's love.

Preparing Your Heart for Easter

God designed husbands to be the lead servants of their homes/marriages. He is to lead his wife and children in the same manner that Christ led the church. When husbands do not know God as their Lord and Savior, they cannot lead by Christ's example.  This devotional will provide seven effective prayers wives can pray for their unsaved husbands so that they may come into the knowledge of God's truth.

Seven Effective Prayers for Unsaved Husbands

Marriage can be tough, especially when facing challenges that test your faith in your husband. Over the next five days, discover what prayer does to your heart when praying for your husband. This plan will help you understand how praying for your husband opens the door for God to transform your heart.  

How Praying for Your Husband Changes You

The Marriage Talks is the ideal plan for couples or small groups who want to understand what the Bible says about marriage as they grow their relationship together. Part 2 focuses on two marriage essentials: love and respect. Listen together as Kris Langham guides you through key Bible passages, and discuss together the differences between his and her love languages and respect languages. Great for groups or marital/premarital counseling.

The Marriage Talks Part 2 | Love & Respect

What does it take to keep your marriage strong for the long run? In Part 4 of The Marriage Talks, Kris Langham searches the Bible to find the keys to making it last, with a clear explanation on joy and honor, plus a compassionate discussion of Jesus’ teaching about divorce. With engaging audio and practical discussion questions, The Marriage Talks is perfect for marital or premarital couples and small groups.

The Marriage Talks Part 4 | Making It Last

What’s the secret to living “happily ever after”? A good marriage isn’t going to just happen; it requires some give and take…and a willingness to let God direct you all along the way. In this 5-day study, Joyce shares biblical principles and lessons from her and Dave’s more than 54 years of marriage to help you cultivate a greater relationship than you ever thought possible. 
 


Keys to a Stronger Marriage

The Bible presents marriage as a sacred covenant. But what does that mean, and how do we live it out in the everyday challenges of marriage? Listen together as Kris Langham opens the Word to provide clear explanation and insightful application on key issues like commitment, connection, holiness, and sex. With engaging audio and practical discussion questions, The Marriage Talks is perfect for marital or premarital couples and small groups.

The Marriage Talks Part 3 | Covenant

We all want to pray for our marriage, but sometimes we don’t quite know what to pray. Or we feel like our prayers aren’t “good enough.” This 7-day plan provides seven prayers for various needs you and your spouse might face in your marriage. You can use these to help you become more comfortable praying together, too.

7 Prayers for Your Marriage

During the wedding ceremony, it is easy to tell what the husband’s role is. Stand here, repeat after me, say “I do,” and kiss the bride. Easy! But what happens after the wedding? This 8-day plan will help husbands understand their biblical role in marriage.  

A Husband's Role in Marriage

For a long time, my wife and I dealt with our infertility in private. Only when we began to speak publicly about our ordeal did we realize that infertility affects far more couples than we knew. You are surrounded by fellow Christians who know what you’re going through, and never separated from the God who is alongside you through every difficult day. He is with us. We are with you. 

Praying Through Infertility: You Are Not Alone

True reconciliation is motivated by obedience to God and a love for the other person exemplified by a genuine concern for his or her pain. It can take considerable thought and effort to find the right words to connect with our spouse’s pain. Join Barry and Lori Byrne on this 5 day devotional to learn more about the power of reconciliation and how to walk through it!

Love After Marriage: Steps to Reconciliation 

When Caitlin Henderson married a farm boy and began raising a family in rural America, God used the farm to show her there’s more to life than the world leads us to believe. In the following pages she invites us to catch a fresh glimpse of how God can use the most ordinary things to show us His character and goodness.

Faith and Farming a 5-Day Youversion by Caitlin Henderson

Over the next week, I would love to introduce you to the most inspiring person I have ever known. My wife, Laurel, is amazing - kind, joyful, funny, and loving. Laurel is also someone who faces challenges every day. I invite you to hear about what it means to walk by faith, not by sight, through Laurel’s story.

Lessons From Laurel

So...what's a "Living Room Reset?" Think of it more as a verb instead of an adjective. An action...not a description. Join me on this 5-day journey to learn EXACTLY what a "Living Room Reset" is and how it changed my marriage and my family. I pray it changes yours as well!

Living Room Reset w/Kirk Cameron

These five daily devotions were selected from Levi and Jennie Lusko's new devotional, The Marriage Devotional: 52 Days to Strengthen the Soul of Your Marriage. Even in the midst of mortgage payments, emotional baggage, drama, mistakes, and a whole lot of laundry, your marriage can not only survive, but be sweet, steady, and strong.

The Marriage Devotional: 5 Days to Strengthen the Soul of Your Marriage

Having the right tool at the right time can be a game-changer. Using the correct tool can easily turn a serious problem into a solution. The same is true for marriage. Although every marriage is different, certain tools are beneficial for everyone. With this reading plan, we are going to give you four tools you can use every day to have a healthy and thriving marriage.

The Marriage Toolkit

Life as a wife and mom can be so busy that we feel that we are left with fragments - little moments, little energy, and little else. How do we live a life of wholeness when there are so many pieces to manage? This devotion will challenge you to live life in harmony with God - undivided - allowing Him to bring purpose out of all the pieces.

Undivided: Finding Wholeness in Christ When Life Is Pulling You Apart

Can we just be honest a minute? Marriage is hard work. Two philosophies on money, parenting, love, and communication are blending. This is no easy feat. But, it’s amazing what’s possible when two people are willing to do the work. Joy-filled marriages don’t happen because we wish for them. They happen when friendship is the foundation, faith is the bedrock, and when fun is an absolute non-negotiable.

US AGAINST THE WORLD: Biblical Love

One of our top priorities should be taking care of our home. If the world tries to break up our family, we must fight to restore it by asking God for direction. How then, in times of destruction, can we restore our families? In this devotional, we will reflect on how Noah's family overcame and fled destruction by edifying their home.

Victorious Families

Infidelity is constantly increasing in our culture and poses a real threat to many marriages. This plan will help you learn about avoiding infidelity, and how to heal if it has happened in your marriage.This plan is a continuation of the plan Infidelity Part 1. It includes videos of Dr. Kimberling teaching on infidelity and is designed to help you take practical steps to protect and heal your marriage. 

Infidelity - Part 2

Discover through Scripture, research, and neuroscience a simple way of rethinking how you think about yourself, your spouse, your spouse’s emotions, your response, and your purpose for marriage.

You will focus on just Five Intentional Thoughts which are designed to help you love well, even when it is not easy. This plan holds a fresh perspective on marriage for everybody, offering even the biggest skeptic a relevant takeaway.

You can change your marriage by changing your thoughts, and it’s simpler than you think. 

Us in Mind: How Changing Your Thoughts Can Change Your Marriage With Ted Lowe

Marriage is designed to be the closest possible relationship of increasing intimacy and growing interdependence. But this is not automatic; we have to keep working at our marriage to stay connected. Adapted from The Marriage Course by Nicky and Sila Lee, this 7-day plan aims to introduce you to tools to build a healthy marriage and strengthen your connection—or to restore your connection if you feel you’ve lost it.

The Marriage Course

My husband is gone more than he is home. Each deployment or work trip he takes contains mixed emotions, but there are also opportunities to invest in and protect my marriage, and to honor my husband in his absence. This 6-day plan by Tiffany Miller discusses ways to be on guard and fight for marriage when a spouse is away. 

Growing Your Marriage While a Spouse Is Away: 6 Ways to Protect Your Marriage

The old axiom is true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. We find ourselves in a cultural moment where people simply want to feel seen, heard and loved. The good news? A little kindness goes a long way. It's time for this overlooked and underappreciated fruit of the Spirit to get its due.

Ready or not, be kind. 

The Secret Power of Kindness: 10 Keys to Changing the World

Disagreements are an unavoidable part of life.  With the stresses of the world along with our normal pressing daily issues, tensions are higher than ever making disagreements a bit easier to get into especially with those closest to us.  This devotional seeks to inspire and encourage married couples with 6 elements to handle those unavoidable disagreements in healthy ways.  It’s not about how the disagreement starts but how it’s resolved.

Six Elements for Resolving Marital Disagreements a 6-Day Devotion by Damia Rolfe

Experience how God can pour His purpose, passion and fullness into your marriage. Living a poured-out marriage is a way of life. It’s not about trying harder, it’s about thinking differently. Only when you are emptied of your own motivations can God pour new life into you for the abundant marriage you truly long for. Are you ready to approach your marriage poured out, ready to be filled up?

Emptied: Living a Poured-Out Marriage

This 5-day reading plan takes couples on an inspiring journey to strengthening their marriage. Couples will learn how to develop the never-give-up, never-quit mentality every relationship needs in order to combat the enemy's constant attacks. Based on Chad Robichaux’s newest book, Fight for Us, this plan will prepare your marriage for any battle the Enemy brings your way.


Fight for Us: Win Back the Marriage God Intends for You

A healthy marriage is proof that spouses have well-functioning human relationships. We may ask ourselves, what is the formula for some marriages to last, while others end in divorce? It is not something magical. The main reason is that each spouse has learned to put a filter on three different areas of their lives: a filter on their mouth, a filter on their eyes, and a filter on their hearts. 

Bulletproof Marriages

Taken from his book "Tongue Pierced," bestselling author Nelson Searcy talks about how the words you speak transform the life you live. They are the gateway to your future. Whether it's the self-talk you have within yourself, the words you speak to your spouse, words of encouragement, words of gossip and complaining, or the words you use to describe your current circumstances, your words can either bring joy or pain.

Tongue Pierced With Nelson Searcy

Planning a wedding is one of the most exciting yet stressful seasons of life. With a mountain of items on your to-do list, it can be challenging to prioritize preparing for your marriage! In this seven-day plan, we’ll discover some foundational truths found in scripture that will equip you for the commitment you’re preparing to make while also helping you battle the overwhelm often associated with the wedding planning process.

Planning a Wedding on Purpose

There is life and death power in sex and romance. You are destined for impact and you have the ability to protect your future by living carefully right now. This 12-day devotional based on Swipe Right by Levi Lusko goes through scripture and real life examples to help you train today for the relationship you want tomorrow.

Swipe Right: The Life and Death Power of Sex and Romance 

Grab your bags! We are going on an adventure! Join Tara Payne and her husband, Alex, as they share seven marriage tips, they have learned that helped grow them as husband and wife. Use A Beautiful Adventure Marriage as a “guide” to have a godly, happy marriage. Marriage is God’s idea. It’s a good idea, and it can be a beautiful adventure.
Let’s go!

A Beautiful Adventure Marriage

How’s your marriage right now? Regardless of your answer, it can always be better. You can’t steer a parked car. Likewise, to improve your marriage, you have to move. Radical Wisdom is a journey toward wisdom and insight for husbands, combining principles and wisdom from Scripture with the experience of an older, wiser husband who’s been where you’ve been and made the mistakes you’ve made. 

Radical Wisdom: A 7-Day Journey For Husbands

This 10-part Bible study for blended (step) families is designed to help you build peace in your marriage, stepparenting, co-parenting, and other blended family relationships. 

10 Steps to Unity in Your Blended Family

It is our hope that you view your marriage as a beautiful gift from God; a gift worth protecting. We are praying that this reading plan starts a healthy conversation about areas of your marriage that could use boundaries; whether from outside influences or our own sinful selves. Boundaries that will set your marriage apart from the world and will bring the two of you even closer.

Boundaries in Marriage

Marriage is a profound commitment, a partnership that requires intentional effort, understanding, and a deep connection with one another. Whether you are newlyweds, have been married for several years, or are celebrating a milestone anniversary, this devotional seeks to enrich your relationship and strengthen the bonds between you and your spouse.

The Five Pillars of a Healthy Marriage

The Lord who created your husband, knows him and loves him  fiercely . Use these daily scriptures and guided prayers to pray over your spouse with intention and purpose. As you do so, you will move from uncertainty to confidence as you devote yourself to daily conversation with the Lord. 

7 Guided Prayers For Your Husband

It can be hard to apologize well in marriage. Your spouse sees you at your best and your worst, on good days and bad. It’s inevitable you will let them down at times. Apologizing well facilitates confession and forgiveness, and helps us and our marriage better reflect Christ. This 5-day plan by Lindsay Few digs into how to apologize well. 


Learning to Apologize Well in Marriage

Marriage is an “art” of practicing love every second. In order to live it, a lifetime of learning is required. Let us allow the word of God to teach and shape us daily so that we can build a family and marriage with a heavenly atmosphere. This 7-day devotional will remind you about God’s desire for your marriage.

You and Me, Forever

You can’t do marriage without Jesus, but when you keep Him in the middle, you can build a love that lasts. Jeremy and Adie Camp share the lessons they’ve learned spending their life together.

In Unison

Ladies, everywhere we turn love songs and movies tell us to follow our heart. If that was such good advice, then why does love often hurt so much? The pain and confusion caused by emotional abuse, deceit, manipulation and control can be traumatizing. If you’ve suffered in destructive relationships, God longs to heal your heart. This plan will help you understand healthy ways to confront abuse and restore your confidence.

When Love Turns Toxic: Finding Freedom From Emotional Abuse

Dear Reader,

In our 20-year marriage, we have faced highs and lows, including miscarriages, infidelity, and financial stress. Despite doubts, God has consistently restored and strengthened our relationship. Over the next few days, join us in exploring how hopeful forward-thinking has transformed our hearts and marriage. We believe in living with hope and faith, and trusting God to transform any relationship.

Sincerely,
Josh and Katie Walters

Your Marriage, Your Future, and a Holy Imagination: A 5-Day Reading Plan

Ever been in a place where you’ve been confused about what God’s will is in a specific situation?

This 3-day plan explores how we can find out His will - both, His general will, and His specific will for our lives.

Understanding God's Will

Do you know those couples who seem to truly thrive? The lucky ones somehow still wildly in love after decades? As it turns out, that kind of marriage isn’t just meant for a select few. The healthiest marriages share a transformational secret: intentional rhythms. Chris and Jenni Graebe invite you to discover what those core rhythms are and the results they can have on your relationships as you practice them. 

The Rhythm of Us

Marriage comes with great joys and great challenges. One of the reasons for the challenges is because we have lost sight of the Biblical purpose of marriage. We have removed God and defined marriage in terms of happiness. But marriage exists to glorify God by expanding His reach throughout the world. In this five-day reading plan, Dr. Tony Evans takes you on a journey of kingdom marriage.

Kingdom Marriage

Contrary to popular opinion, marriage is ministry. In this 8-day devotional plan we ask 8 critical questions that every couple must ask themselves in order to reach their full God-given potential in marriage.

The Ministry of Marriage

Taken from their book "Getting Ready for Marriage," join relationship experts Jim Burns and Doug Fields as they help you start planning now for your lasting union. Finances, in-laws, communication, forgiveness, sexual expectations, no topic is off-limits as you and your fiancé get ready to step from engagement into a life-long covenant to each other.

Getting Ready for Marriage

God’s design for couples is to pursue oneness through speaking words of truth and kindness. This 10-day reading plan by Tim Cameron will help make clear the ramifications of complaining, criticism, judgments, gossip, and negative words on a marriage. Through fasting from negative words, you will discover a biblical way to change the atmosphere of your marriage.

Change Your Words, Change Your Marriage

Married couples, let’s enjoy marriage. Let's have fun, fight fair, prioritize prayer and encouragement and walk in the ways of God. When you do these things, you will grow in your relationship, and you will begin to look more like Jesus.

[#Life] Marriage

The words you use in marriage can be … slippery. Not only because they seem to slip through your lips before you think them through, but because they can also put you on a slippery slope toward conflict and hurt. In this 7-day devotion, read real-marriage examples of how the power of our words can be used to lift our spouses higher, or tear them (and our marriage) apart. 

The Power of Words

Forgiveness is hard. Every couple can benefit from learning to forgive well after being hurt. Learn how to forgive the hard things and move forward in your marriage. This 5-day plan by Tiffany Moore gives you biblical principles and practical steps to help you move forward with forgiveness.

Moving Forward in Forgiveness

A loved woman—a cherished wife—is a giver, returning to her husband more than he ever poured into her soul. But it doesn’t happen all at once. This week we’ll look at simple steps you can take to show your wife how much you love her. As you grow in consistency with words of affirmations and habits of kindness, you will enjoy a transformed marriage. Life is short. Love her well.

Loving Your Wife Well By Matt Jacobson

Are you looking and praying for a spouse? Have you found someone you think might be “the one?” How do you know if they’re husband or wife material? How do you know if you are? In this 5-day devotional, we’re talking about the qualities and characteristics that make someone “marriage material” according to God’s design for marriage.

Wife Material, Husband Material

Celebrate the marriage God made for you! Take a close look at the principles for building a biblical marriage—one in which your relationship with Christ brings guidance and blessing into your relationship with your spouse. 

Your Marriage God's Way

A 3-day devotional to encourage women trying to conceive.

God Remembered… (Insert Your Name Here)!

Parenting can be hard on a marriage, and challenging seasons of parenting can be even harder. That can certainly be the case during your kid’s teen years. If you’re in this stage right now, or soon to be, this plan is for you. In this plan by Lindsay Few, see what Scripture has to say to help you keep growing your marriage while your kids are in these formative years. 

Help Your Marriage Thrive While Parenting Teens

As followers of Jesus we believe that God is love, but oftentimes our ability to love others is an extreme challenge. Maybe that’s because love isn’t just a feeling or a strong emotion. Love is a Person. Take a journey through 1 Corinthians 13 and discover the Person of love and how, through Him, we can better love others.

Love Is a Person

Shaunti Feldhahn studied thousands of men and women to learn the most important things that matter to an abundant, happy marriage. It turns out, her research findings match what the Bible has said all along. This reading plan highlights those key Biblical secrets that we often miss — and which, once we apply them, usually make an immediate, wonderful difference.

See more of her research, books, or speaking at shaunti.com.

Biblical Secrets to a Happy Marriage

Solid is a devotional to help married couples or those engaged to be married build the best marriage possible. I pray that God opens your eyes to the wisdom in the content and that you are able to apply them to your own unique situation and build a solid marriage together.

Solid…building the Marriage of Your Dreams by Godman Akinlabi

Did you know marriage is not the cause of your financial problems? It is the very best solution! Learn what God says about money and marriage. If you align your values with His, you can agree with your spouse about money. Love and honor each other and commit to building your marriage on God’s philosophy of money. 

Marriage & Money

Our marriage only works because we’re committed to working through difficult moments. We’re committed to communicate in a way that honors God, one another, and doesn’t diminish each other. We’re a work in progress. And most times we learn as we go. We hope this series inspires you to express unconditional love and listen to understand each other – and continue to build a strong marriage that’ll last a lifetime.

Our Keys to Healthier Communication in Marriage

Wouldn't it be great if you could have conflict in your marriage that led to resolution and connection instead of anxiety, stress, and disconnection? Conflict in marriage isn't bad, but there is a healthy way to have it. This five-day plan will help you learn what God's word says about conflict and share ways to apply those truths in your life today.

When Conflict Arises - Biblical Wisdom for Managing Differences

We love to watch movies where the hero triumphs against all odds, yet our lives rarely feel as heroic. This 5-day plan aims at growing your relationship with Jesus first, to help you embrace the high call of husbandry in your marriage. 


Heroic Husbandry: Reclaiming Hero Status in Your Marriage

Planning on getting married? Feeling nervous or unprepared as a soon-to-be husband? You are not alone! Damien had similar feelings and wants to be your honorary best man and share 7 essential keys to focus on during your engagement. Join him as he provides wisdom based on biblical principles and personal experiences to encourage you throughout this journey. Let the Countdown begin.

The Countdown: 7-Day Devotional for the Soon-to-Be Husband

We must prioritize our marriage if we plan to make it “until death do us part!” After 34 years of marriage, having 4 kids in 5 years, and enduring hardships and teenage rebellion, Roxanne shares her top marriage nuggets to help you establish the priority of a lifelong love.

Marriage Matters

Having a baby changes everything. It’s like this little life becomes a new center of gravity, pulling the rest of your world into its orbit. It’s hard to know how to get ready for such an unknown like having a newborn. Prepare practically and spiritually to deeply enjoy and thrive in one the hardest and most beautiful seasons of your life.

A Parent’s Guide to a New Baby:  Suffering and Self-care

A 31 day devotional focusing on strengthening your marriage.

31 Days To A Stronger Marriage

Did you know that friends can be dangerous for you? The Bible tells us to be careful with the companionships we allow in our lives. This devotional teaches believers how to recognize dangerous friends, how to remain friends with unbelievers, and how to build wise and godly friendships. This teaching will also tell married Christian couples what friendships can help them maintain a good marriage.

Choosing Our Friends and Companions Wisely 

We’re Mark and Jill Savage. We’ve been married thirty-four years, twenty-four of them happily.  Join us as we walk through 10 steps towards a better marriage, using what we've learned, where we've failed, and God's Word above all to grow us towards the people we're made to be, together.

10 Days To A Better Marriage

Ladies, do you want a more satisfying relationship or marriage? When you learn how to apply biblical principles in seven key areas, your soul health and relationships will thrive. It’s time to ditch the drama and enjoy the relationship you’ve always wanted.

Love Junkies: Break The Toxic Relationship Cycle

In this ten-day devotional, Skip Heitzig digs into God's plan for marriage, showing you how to strengthen your home and keep your relationship with your spouse on track. From fulfilling marital roles to communicating effectively and from delightful sexual relations to recognizing and avoiding common pitfalls, these powerful, biblical devotionals will provide the tips and tools you need to keep calm and marry on.

Keep Calm and Marry On

Communication is the number one issue couples ask for help with. Learning to communicate effectively as a couple will reduce unnecessary arguments, decrease stress in the home, and strengthen your bond. Growing in communication will not only provide your marriage with more peace but it will deepen your friendship and intimacy with one another. This plan by Christina Dodson gives you Biblical principles to achieve awesome communication in marriage. 

Achieving Awesome Communication in Marriage

Practicing God’s command to honor your husband is a powerful way to build a happier, healthier marriage. Join author Marilynn Chadwick for this eight-day study to discover how honoring your husband can strengthen your marriage, help you dream big together, and create a culture of honor in your home.