Marriage

Today’s Question: My wife dropped the big bombshell, you know, wanting to divorce.

She said there was no emotional connection anymore. That I didn’t relate to her enough when she would reach out to talk to me. I had some issues I was dealing with and got over them.

I agreed for a separation, moved out, and we’re going on six months apart now. Basically I’ve noticed since this whole separation started, we’re communicating like how it used to be the first five, six years of us being...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for your enduring love. Thank You for Your patience and Your grace. Thank You for Your Holy Spirit who convicts our hearts and draws us toward repentance and reconciliation. We pray Your Holy Spirit would continue to lead us and help us and comfort us. We pray we would walk according to Your Holy Spirit. We pray the fruit of Your Spirit would be evident in our lives and in our marriage in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for being our Lord and Savior. Thank You for drawing our hearts closer to You. We pray we would worship You without hindrance. We pray we would worship You every day. We pray we would praise You and confess Your name before others. Please help us to keep our relationship with You a priority. May Your name be magnified in our life and in our marriage in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for our lives. Thank You for our hearts. We lift up our marriage to You and ask that You would continue to grow us and mature us. We pray our love would grow deep. We pray we would draw closer to You and closer to each other. We also pray You would soften our hearts toward each other. Please help us to be transparent and vulnerable as we share our hearts with one another. We pray there would be no pride hardening our hearts. Please keep our hearts soft and tender so...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for our marriage. Thank You for every day we are given to share with each other how much we love each other. We pray we would also take time each day to cheer for each other. Please help us to encourage and affirm each other. We pray our words inspire each other to do great things, to accomplish goals, and to do Your will. Please use us to support each other and never stop cheering for each other to persevere in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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If feeling emotionally or sexually rejected by your spouse has stolen your joy and made you feel like less of a person, then you’re not crazy. And you’re also not alone.

But it’s not fun, which is why I’m going to share with you the next steps that you can do to start feeling like yourself again. And to help you realize that you do have worth, you do have value and...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your beautiful creation. Thank You for the many opportunities You give us to enjoy Your creation and each other. We pray we would be intentional to have more fun with each other. We pray we would share a desire to explore Your creation, to discover the wonder of nature, to spend time with each other outdoors. We pray we would laugh more, interact more, and converse more with each other. We pray we would find ways to incorporate fun into our work and daily life...

 

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for redemption. Thank You for the personal relationship You have with us. We pray we would continue to draw closer to You and closer to each other. Lord, we pray we would grow in our marriage. Please mature us and grow us in areas of weakness. We pray specifically we would grow in our patience toward one another. We ask that You would help us to be slow to speak and slow to be angry. We pray we would be a couple who listens well and responds with grace. Please help us...