Marriage

When an affair ends abruptly, both the person betrayed and the spouse in the matter are affected. When you’re involved in an affair, the feelings are intense. You become so emotionally attached to this person you can’t imagine your life without them. They understand you better than anyone could, and you’ve never felt a love as strong as this one. You feel the pain mentally...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the body of Christ. Thank You for the support, unity, and camaraderie of believers. Thank You for the sweet fellowship we get to experience when we meet together with the body of Christ to worship You. We pray You would continue to help us to participate in Your body in all the ways You desire us to do and all the ways You have written about in Your Word. We pray we would be used by You to help believers, to lift them up and encourage them. Please help us to make...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the awesome gift of companionship in marriage. We feel so blessed to have each other to enjoy life with, to support each other, and to serve You together. We are grateful to have each other to confide in, to share our hearts with, and to be truly known. We pray You would help us to go even deeper in our relationship as friends and help us to make ourselves known even more to one another. Please inspire creative ways we can spend time together and support each other...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the oneness we experience in marriage. Thank You for the mystery of the Gospel being represented through our unity and love. We pray our marriage would reflect Your love story. We pray the way we interact with one another would be a testimony to Your power in our lives. We pray we would recognize our marriage as a gift. We pray we would cherish our marriage relationship. We pray we would prioritize our marriage and make quality time together an important part of...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your provision for our marriage. Time and time again You have provided for us and supplied our needs. Time and time again You have given us an abundance. You care about the details of our lives and we can confidently trust in You. Thank You for being our provider. We pray we would continue to trust You, especially when hard times come. We pray we wouldn’t doubt Your ability or willingness to provide for us. Please remove any anxious thoughts we may wrestle with and...

 

When we share our personal stories, we remind one another that we’re not alone, that this life is a challenge, and that there is comfort and hope. So today, I’m getting pretty raw and sharing where my heart and mind have been lately.

It’s been a long two years.​

On December 22 of this year, we drove my younger adult son to the hospital for surgery on his...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your goodness. Thank You for the richness of Your love. We pray we would grow in our understanding of the richness of Your love. We pray we would search the depths of Your love and receive it fully. We pray Your character of being good would be a character trait that is in us. We pray we would be good to each other. We pray that even when there is disagreement or hurt in our marriage that we would choose to be good toward each other. Please help us to lay aside our...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the gift of family. We are incredibly grateful for our family. We are grateful for the gift of our marriage. We pray You would use our marriage to impact those close to us. We pray we would a bright light and a beacon of hope pointing the hearts of others to look to You for life and salvation. We pray a blessing over our family relationships and ask that You would help us cultivate these relationships. We pray Your will would be done in us and through us as we seek...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your loving affections toward us. You comfort us and You lead us through this life. We are grateful for the way Your Holy Spirit ministers to us every day. Please help us to yield our hearts to You and walk according to the wisdom You give us. We lift up our marriage to You and ask that You would help us grow even deeper in our relationship. We pray we would be intentional to show more affection toward each other. We pray we would find ways to show our love...

 

How does a spouse feel after cheating? Is it guilt, pain, indifference? How can we tell?

If your spouse cheated on you, it might feel like they no longer love you. I mean, how could they if they did this to you, right? Affairs happen over a period of time. No one wakes up and decides to have an affair, nor does it mean they’re having...