This past Sunday in Life Group we spent some time praying for our marriages. To guide our prayers, we used a summary I put together from one of the chapters in Paul Tripp's excellent book What Did You Expect.
Below is the outline we used.
1. Our marriages would be marked by love, unity and understanding and rooted in the worship of God.
2. God would be in his rightful place in our lives first and then our spouses can be in their rightful places in our lives.
Below is the outline we used.
1. Our marriages would be marked by love, unity and understanding and rooted in the worship of God.
2. God would be in his rightful place in our lives first and then our spouses can be in their rightful places in our lives.
a. That we would love God above all else.
3. We would respond to our spouse's sin, weakness, and struggles in ways that are right, good and helpful.
3. We would respond to our spouse's sin, weakness, and struggles in ways that are right, good and helpful.
a. We would find joy in being a part of the work of grace that God is doing in our spouse's life by encouraging them when they fail and restoring them when they fall.
b. Not
Throw their sin in their face
Make them feel guility
Use their sins against them
Keep a record of wrongs.
I don't know of any marriages that couldn't use a little more of this in their marriage.
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