“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16).
It is very important to be surrounded by a community of people supporting your marriage and its growth. It’s a sad thing when people have of family, friends, or even coworkers who interfere in a marriage because of ulterior motives. But when we pray for each other, such as for healing in a marriage, James 5:16 confirms that those prayers by righteous people are powerful and effective. Being surrounded by people who love and support you and your marriage will assist you through all the ups and downs holy matrimony can bring.
8. DON’T Leave God Out of Your Marriage
“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14).
Last by certainly not least is a crucial thought to keep in mind. When you and your spouse don’t have equal beliefs about God, you are basically ushering God out of the marriage. Some marry people who don’t believe in God, or may not have a strong relationship with Him, because they feel their faith can encourage their spouse to believe. However, the journey to mutual faith in the Lord is not an easy one and could just as easily lead to one spouse’s faith being weakened. A weak marriage that is not founded on Christ can more easily head towards separation or divorce.
Be equally yoked to one another in godly faith, and God will always be there to lead the way.
Love and marriage truly do go together, but more important is having a relationship with God that influences the decisions you and your spouse make. Exercising forgiveness and control of your anger, surrounding your marriage with godly people who care, and judging less while loving more are vital to the health of your relationship with your spouse and the Lord. Though there is no such thing as a perfect marriage, especially in a fallen world like ours, we can be assured that if we keep God in the midst of our marriage on a daily basis, we will thrive in love, respect, and faith.
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