A seven-day study for marriages under pressure—Christlike love, honest repentance, patient hope, and help that refuses contempt.
Marriage Under Strain (7 days)
A seven-day study for marriages under pressure—Christlike love, honest repentance, patient hope, and help that refuses contempt.
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Day 1: Love that stays
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Strain turns small frictions into stories about “always” and “never.” PaulAlso known as the Apostle Paul or Saul of Tarsus, he is the most influential missionary and writer of the New Testament. Originally a Pharisee who persecuted Christians, Paul experienced a dramatic encounter with the risen Jesus and became a devoted messenger of the gospel. He traveled widely, planted churches across the Roman world, and wrote letters that form a... More describes love that behaves differently under pressure.
Love is patient and kind; it does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It “bears… believes… hopes… endures all things.” This is not romantic fluff—it is cruciform character.
Which phrase in most confronts how you have spoken lately?
Practice: Choose one patient or kind act toward your spouse today—no speech attached. Lord, form this love in me when I feel thin. Amen.