The Time to P.U.S.H. in Marriage

How do you get through the tough times in your marriage —times when you feel helpless, and the situation looks hopeless? You can P.U.S.H. with pressing, pushing prayer. Every believer is called to P.U.S.H. — Pray Until Something Happens with persevering prayer —knowing that God isn’t surprised by the trial you’re facing. Read More…

Couple on a Joyful Journey Despite a Horrible Start

The marriage journey that Billy and Yolanda Jackson have gone through is amazing. Billy and Yolanda were both Christians when they married. But then life started to take a turn through choices that were made. A Journey That Ends Up Joyful “Over the years, Billy’s addiction to alcohol stirred up Read More…

Praying For Your Unbelieving Spouse

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other, and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together Read More…

Pausing to Pray

Are you taking the time to pray? Are you pausing from the hecticness of your busy day/week to talk to God about that, which concerns you and your spouse the most? We hope so! Now is an especially great time to do just that, as the year ends and another Read More…

Fighting with Prayer

The scripture phrase, “Wars and rumors of wars” keeps going through our thoughts. There have been so many battles raging recently on so many fronts, and now even more so with all that is going on in many parts of the world, especially in Ukraine. All of this breaks our Read More…

God’s Call: Marching Around Jericho

Are you praying for the salvation of your spouse? Or perhaps you are praying for their spiritual growth. Your spouse appears to be living his or her own way—without God being in the center of it. And you are concerned… understandably so. As a result, you are looking to God Read More…

Pray First? Sadly We Forget Sometimes

We’ve been married for close to five decades. And for most of our marriage we have been dedicated Bible-believing, Bible-LIVING Christians. So you would think that we would not “forget” to pray first (rather than later) when we should. But sadly, sometimes we do. Oh, we usually remember to pray Read More…

The Power of a Praying Husband

“Your wife is like an automobile.” That appears to be a strange statement to make, isn’t it? Yes, it is… but it’s also true. Your wife could be a person (like some automobiles) who requires high maintenance. Or perhaps she’s a low maintenance type of marriage partner. She could be “efficient” and “dependable” Read More…

Thanksgiving Blessings for Marriage

Thanksgiving is a holiday Cindy and I (Steve) have always taken seriously as a time to pause in prayer and reflect on ALL we have to thank God for —especially in our marriage. Sure, we enjoy the three “F’s” of the holiday: Food, Fellowship and Football. But at the forefront Read More…

10 Marriage Prayers

On the Internet (in Pinterest), we stumbled upon the marriage prayers below that you can pray for your marriage. Corresponding scriptures are included below each prayer request. We’re sure this was less of a stumble and more of a leading. God, and Darlene Schacht (from Timewarpwife.com) originally wrote them together, Read More…