Crosswalk Couples Devotional

Shiftwork can put a strain on marriage for sure, but it also provides opportunities to serve our spouses with grace and understanding, bear with one another in love, and lean on God for strength.

How do you protect your marriage from the dullness of the constant day-in and day-out routine?

Resentment is a mixture of anger, fear, and disappointment. If we leave these feelings unchecked, they become long-range missiles in Satan’s hands.

God doesn’t have a closet with all my sins stored away. Jesus wiped them all out.

Marriage is bitter, dense, and hard when we forget to include Jesus.

When God directs our paths, our words will lift someone up, instead of tearing them down.

What do I do when unkind feelings arise within me toward my spouse? Where do I take these critical feelings?

We are easily distracted, dissatisfied, and prone to think that the next best thing is better than our current situation. Contentment does not come naturally to us.

Having non-Christian in-laws can test your patience, your marriage, and your faith. You may not be able to change your in-laws’ hearts, but you are called to show Christ in how you live among them.

How do you motivate your husband or wife to become more involved in your marriage? Here are five ways to start.

Basing our contentment on what is surrounding us all the time will always come up short.

I’ve discovered that married couples must have a lot in common with Jesus’ disciples—at least in one area of their lives.

The desire for control in marriage can lead to conflict and undermine God's beautiful design, but by understanding our personalities, resisting the enemy's lies, and surrendering our will to God, couples can find a peaceful relationship without the need for control. By embracing maturity in faith, recognizing areas of control that need to be brought into submission, and speaking words of life and light into their marriages, couples can undo the desire for control and live out a healthy give-and-take based on reverence for Christ.

Whenever we look to another person to make us happy or bring out the best in us, we have our eyes fixed on the wrong person.