These 10 bible passages focus in on proven ways that you can love your spouse. Post them where you will see them, read them, and apply them to your marriage each day.
10 Ways to Love Your Spouse
1. Listen without interrupting. Proverbs 18:13
Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish.
2. Speak without accusing. James 1:19
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
3. Give without sparing. Proverbs 21:26
All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.
4. Pray without ceasing. Colossians 1:9
So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.
5. Answer without arguing. Proverbs 17:1
Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.
6. Share without pretending. Ephesians 4:15
Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
7. Enjoy without complaint. Philippians 2:14
Do everything without complaining and arguing,
8. Trust without wavering. 1 Corinthians 13:7
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
9. Forgive without punishing. Colossians 3:13
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
10. Promise without forgetting. Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
All of these, a few of them, or even one can make an impact on you and your marriage if you take the time to read it each day. Which one(s) are speaking to you today? Take a few minutes out of your day to direct your attention on Him and let His love encompass you.
Is there a passage that you read that has impacted you and your marriage? Please share in the comments below.
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