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How to love your spouse when you don’t
3 popular marriage myths that will blow up your marriage
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. (Colossians 2:8, NLT)
Myth #1: My spouse will be
Myth #2: My spouse will make my
• Reality: marriage doesn’t fix your problems … it
“One of the best gifts God gave you was a full-length mirror called your spouse. Had there been a card attached, it would have said, ‘Here’s to helping you discover what you’re really like!’” (Ricucci, Love that Lasts)
Myth #3: My spouse will make me
“You can’t find ultimate happiness in your spouse or in your marriage. You must find it in God, then bring it to your marriage.”
“Happiness in marriage has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with will.” (Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott)
“When I was single, I was unhappy and insecure. Then I got married, and I was still unhappy and insecure. At first that was depressing, but in time it helped me understand that my failure to be happy was my own problem. If I expected to be happy, I had some growing to do.” (counselee with Dr. Henry Cloud)
3 biblical marriage truths that will strengthen and restore your marriage
Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 Corinthians 13:7, NIV)
Truth #1: Start
“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” (Zechariah 4:10, NLT)
Nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. (1 Corinthians 15:58b, NLT)
Truth #2: Feelings are
Truth #3: Keeping
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness … (Galatians 5:22)
“It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but the marriage that sustains your love.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)