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Defenses
A marriage is like a protected pristine garden—with evil looking in, eager to come and destroy it. So everyone who values their garden builds strong walls around it like a fortress. And often, there are other defenses as well. The threats themselves can be greatly reduced. With consistent effort and commitments to protect and defend the territory at any cost, strong defenses can be built to withstand the forces arrayed against you.
You must take initiative to defend your marriage, defend your territory you’ve established with your spouse and God. It’s important you defend your spouse as well and make them your focus in this world. Set up hedges together, boundaries that help you define your necessary safety measures, and learn to say no to situations that could compromise your hedge.
As you think about defenses today, ask God to reveal where your weak spots are and those of your spouse, and devise some ways to help each other defend your “garden” together.
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About this Plan
After ten disappointing years of marriage, and seven painful years of divorce Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs understand how remarkable their true-life story is of how God rescued their love. God taught them that where you start in marriage largely determines where you’ll end up. This reading plan helps you make significant progress and possibly avoid conflict by spending time thinking about what we hoped for most at the start.
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We would like to thank the Abide team and Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs (http://bit.ly/1ECwbuG) for providing this plan. For more information, please visit: www.abide.is
