Crosswalk Couples Devotional

Analyze your season of life right now. Perhaps you are so busy with your overpacked schedule that you collapse at night's end, only to get up and do life all over again. Take heart and embrace the season that you're in. It may be tough to embrace your life's current circumstances (especially if they are difficult), but be reminded that God is using this season for your benefit and his glory.

We might not always feel like praying, but when we commit to it in obedience to God, our feelings often follow. Praying continually for our spouses becomes an easy habit when we approach it with purpose and devotion. In this, God sees our faithfulness and blesses our efforts.

Even though God tells us in his Word not to be surprised when trials come, I still get caught off guard.

The next time you catch yourself about to nag, pray instead.

Hearing “I want a divorce” can shake your faith. Learn how to stay grounded in Scripture, respond with grace, and walk with Christ through the hardest conversations of marriage.

Don’t turn your spouse away or shrug them off. Accept their love and embrace this new start of your marriage—a marriage freed from unforgiveness, infidelity, and insecurities.

Here are some questions to help you and your spouse determine the effectiveness of your communication.

Why get married? Here's a good reason.

Unlock deeper connection and overcome communication barriers in your marriage by learning to listen effectively and validate your spouse's needs.

Marriage vows are holy, even in hard seasons. Here's how to fight temptation, rebuild broken trust, and stay faithful in the strength God provides.

Why do we, as a society, find it so hard to submit? Why does the very thought of having to submit to another cause shivers down our spine or strikes a nerve, causing immediate tension?

You don’t have to forget to move forward. Learn how to create sacred spaces of remembrance at home, while gently supporting your spouse through their own rhythm of grief.

The thinking goes that if parents are unhappy in their marriage, they should split rather than remain in a relationship that exposes their children to resentment and conflict at home. But don't fool yourself. Conflict in your relationship with your spouse is unlikely to cease if you get a divorce. Instead, you will just expose your kids to a new form of conflict as you battle over custody, visitation, financial matters, and parenting disagreements.

When your marriage feels harder than you imagined, where do you turn? Psalm 62 reminds us that our hope must be in Christ, not in our spouse.

What are we called to do as married people? What is the purpose of marriage?