Help For Your Marriage

The Real Cost of Divorce: Divorce costs far more than money. It tears apart what God made one flesh. “Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh” (Matthew 19:6). No one walks away from that without deep wounds, both spouses and everyone who loves them. [+]

What Divorce Really Buys: The world sells divorce as a fresh start, but it cannot buy peace. Only Christ gives that: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth” (John 14:27). The peace you are looking for is found at the cross, not in the courtroom. [+]

Before You File: Remember the day you made a covenant before God. “The LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth… yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant” (Malachi 2:14). God has not forgotten that vow, and He is able to restore what feels hopeless. [+]

Turning Back, One Step at a Time: The first step is not a new strategy but repentance, beginning with yourself. “First cast out the beam out of thine own eye” (Matthew 7:5). When we humble ourselves, God gives grace (James 4:6). [+]

Divorce and the Family: Divorce reaches past husband and wife to children, grandchildren and the church. God seeks “a godly seed” from a faithful marriage (Malachi 2:15). Whatever the trouble, whether stress, distance or even unfaithfulness, bring it to Christ before you bring it to a lawyer. [+]

When You Need Help: You cannot fix this in your own strength. “Without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5). Seek counsel that is rooted in Scripture, and call the hotline to talk with a Christ-centered couple. [+]

Pride, Silence and the Breaking Point: When husband and wife stop speaking, pride is usually at the root. “Only by pride cometh contention” (Proverbs 13:10). Before you give up, humble yourself and take it to the Lord in prayer. [+]

Divorce and Our Children: Children see more than we know, and losing the safety of their home can shake their faith. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). Show them a marriage that bows to Christ. [+]

When the Bottom Drops Out: An affair, a betrayal, a spouse who seems like a stranger. “We’re getting a divorce!” feels final. But Christ forgives, and He calls us to forgive “even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). Nothing is too hard for the Lord. [+]

The Danger of Separation: Many couples think time apart will calm things down. But the Lord commands, “Let not the wife depart from her husband… and let not the husband put away his wife” (1 Corinthians 7:10-11). Distance hardens hearts; drawing near to God softens them. [+]

A New Beginning in Christ: You cannot turn back time, but in Christ there is a new beginning. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). [+]

When Only One Spouse Wants to Leave: If your spouse wants to separate and you do not, stand firm in obedience and keep praying. God can use your faithfulness: “if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives” (1 Peter 3:1). [+]

Remember Your First Love: Think back to the first days of your marriage. Christ’s word to the church at Ephesus fits many marriages: “thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works” (Revelation 2:4-5). [+]

Speaking During Separation: If you are apart, guard your tongue. “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15:1). Separation does not have to end in divorce, so keep the door open for God to work. [+]

Before It Goes Further: When problems feel out of control, turn to the Lord first, not to the world’s methods. “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5). [+]

What Drove You Apart? Step back and let God search your heart: “Search me, O God, and know my heart” (Psalm 139:23). The root is often sin we have not confessed, and “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us” (1 John 1:9). [+]

Don’t Take an Ax to Your Marriage: Separation has become the easy answer to marriage trouble. Instead, bring the marriage back under Christ: “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it” (Psalm 127:1). [+]

Is Your Marriage in Trouble? Children, money, unfaithfulness: every marriage faces trials. “The trying of your faith worketh patience” (James 1:3). Trials are God’s call to draw near to Him. [+]

Separation Does Not Prevent Divorce: Many think a little space will help, but it often becomes the first step out of the marriage. “Neither give place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27). Stay, pray, and let Christ do what only He can do. [+]