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DAY 1: UNDERSTANDING YOUR PARTNER

"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting, get understanding" (Prov 4:7)
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   Having been pastor of several churches, I have met many people who
thought their mate should be perfect, while they themselves treated
that mate like a slave.
   We must understand that our marriage companion is not perfect,
cannot be perfect, and will never be perfect.
   Don't try to make your companion live up to a standard that he or
she can never reach; after all, you are not perfect either.

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Prayer: Father, give me understanding. Help me to understand that my
wife or husband can never be perfect. Help me not to try to force him
or her into a mold that it is impossible to live up to. In the name of
Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive understanding from God. I receive wisdom from
God. My own eyes are open to the fact that I am not perfect and my
mate is not perfect either.




DAY 2: THE EXAMPLE OF LOVE

"Charity never faileth" (1 Cor 13:8)
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   When a person becomes angry or confused, he has a tendency to try
to force or drive, rather than to lead with love. You may be trying to
force your mate into changing instead of loving him or her into
changing.
   The word "charity" used in this verse means love, a giving love.
When we think of charity, we think of giving. Sometimes in a marriage
if we look real closely at ourselves, we might see that we have
slipped out of an attitude of giving love into one of a driving,
forcing, "you-will-do-it-or-else" kind of attitude.

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Prayer: Father, help me to lead my mate with love. Help me not to
drive or force, but to love and lead by setting the example I should.
In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive love into my heart, the giving kind of love to
help my mate.




DAY 3: HELP, NOT CRITICISM

"Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from
thee" (Prov. 4:24)
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   I find that most people spend more time complaining than helping.
If you will be honest with yourself, you may find that you are
complaining all the time about what your mate is doing wrong, instead
of helping him or her to do it right.
   Many times we find ourselves spending more time helping strangers
than we do our own family. You must take time to work with your own
loved ones. Take time to teach and help each other.
   Even ministers fall into this trap. A pastor may help or teach
others, but does he take the time to minister to his own wife or
children?
   I hear many men say. "I wish my wife knew the Bible like
So-and-So's wife does." My question to them is: Have you taken the
time to teach your wife, or only to complain?

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Prayer: Father, help me to take the time to teach my own family, not
harping or complaining, but helping them through their weaknesses. In
the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive wisdom, love, and patience to help my mate to
grow, and to learn and understand.




DAY 4: A WORD FITLY SPOKEN

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver"
  (Prov. 25:11)
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   In dealing with others, we must remember that a right attitude
often makes the difference between success and failure. People can
feel what comes from your spirit; whether good or bad, love or hate.
   Think before you speak. Is what you are about to say to your mate a
fitly spoken word? Is it in the right attitude?
   What you say, and how you say it, may well determine whether you
convince your mate you are sincerely trying to help him or her to
overcome a weakness.

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Prayer: Father, help me to have the right attitude toward my mate.
Help me to choose fitly spoken words, words of love and kindness.
In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive by faith help from God to have the right
attitude to my husband or wife. I receive the right words to say to
him or her to overcome weaknesses, without causing anger or hurt.




DAY 5: TROUBLE NOT YOURSELVES

"He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind" (Prov 11:29)
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   When two people are joined together in marriage, the Bible says
that they become one flesh. (Gen. 2:24.) When you fight against your
marriage partner, you hurt your own self.
   You will never win by taking the world's attitude of "I'll get even
with you." You must understand that if you hurt your companion, you
are destroying part of yourself.
   As a result of fighting and bickering, homes end in divorce, and
the family gains nothing. Rather, it loses everything.

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Prayer: Father, help me not to trouble my own house. Help me to love
my mate. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive help from you, Lord, to be more considerate of
the one I have married.




DAY 6: FORGIVE AND FORGET

"And above all things have fervent charity (love) among yourselves; for
charity (love) shall cover the multitude of sins" (1 Pet. 4:8)
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   For a real breakthrough to come in your marriage, you must learn to
forgive and to forget all of your partner's past failures and mistakes.
   We sometimes find this hard to do because there are some things we
simply don't want to forgive and forget. Somewhere we have gotten the
mistaken idea that we need to hold on to our mate's past failures and
mistakes to use as a weapon against him or her in time of argument.
   No marriage will ever succeed until the partner's learn to forgive
as Christ forgave. How did he forgive? He forgave - and forgot!
Remember, "Love never fails." The weapon with which you are going to
win the battle is not a carnal or fleshly weapon, but rather it is with
love that you win the victory.

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Prayer: Father, help me to forgive and forget as You do, so that there
may be healing in our marriage and room in our hearts and minds for a
fresh start. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive help to forgive and forget so that God may bring
healing to our marriage.




DAY 7: THE LOVE OF GOD

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8)
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   Sometimes after we have been hurt or bruised, we find it hard to
let go of old wounds. If you are finding at this point that it is hard
to forgive and forget, then you need to review the scriptures on what
Christ did for you.

   "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
    iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with
    his stripes we are healed (Is. 53:5)

   Christ died for you while you were still a lost sinner. God sent
his love through Jesus Christ while you did nothing but sin against
Him. He loved you with all of your problems.

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Prayer: Father, help me to show my wife or husband the same love with
which you loved me. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive help from the Lord to love, and to show love and
tenderness to my mate.




DAY 8: BY FAITH, NOT FEELINGS

"For we walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor. 5:17)
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   At this point your flesh (your feelings) may not be happy at the
decision you have made to forgive and forget by faith.
   You cannot build a marriage on feelings. It must be built on the
Word of God. You can never build a strong marriage on feelings. A
marriage is a lifetime commitment. You need to commit yourself to win
over the devil, and to save your marriage.

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Prayer: Father, help me to put away my childish feelings and build my
marriage on the written Word of God by faith. In the Name of Jesus I
pray.

Confession: I will work to make my marriage a better marriage. I
confess that God is helping me to overcome my childish feelings.




DAY 9: COMMITMENT IN MARRIAGE

"Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour" (1 Pet. 5:8)
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   There must be a strong commitment to build a marriage because the
devil has come to destroy. He tries to divide a house against itself,
because he knows it will not stand if the members are not united as
one against him.
   We must understand that we have to work harder than the devil. We
must cast down the works of satan in the Name of Jesus.

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Prayer: Father, help me to stay committed to working harder at our
marriage. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I will work harder and stay committed to building a better
home and marriage, not giving in to the devil who wants to destroy our
marriage.




DAY 10: THE POWER OF PRAYER

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much" (James 5:16)
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   There is nothing that can take the place of praying in faith on a
daily basis for the person you are trying to win.
   When a person prays, he gets God involved on the scene. Sometimes
we don't pray for our marriage partners as much as we think we do. We
pray many hours for everybody else, and everything else, forgetting to
spend the needed time to pray for our own husband or wife, the one
with whom we live the most intimately and upon whom we depend every day.

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Prayer: Father, help me to spend time in prayer for my husband or
wife. Help me to reach down in my heart and pray in faith for him or
her. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive help to pray for the one I love, and faith to
stand with him or her.




DAY 11: THEY TWO SHALL BE ONE

"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be
joined unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh" (Eph. 5:31)
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   Most people spend so much of their time earning a living that they
forget to live.
   Yes, we do need to work, but we also need to spend time with our
families. This is vitally important to a healthy home and marriage.
We need time together, to get to know the needs of each other. We need
to fulfill that deep desire in the heart of our marriage partner that
can only be filled by us alone.
   There is a certain fellowship I can share with my wife that she
cannot get from anyone else. This was ordained by God, as it was He
who joined man and wife together.

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Prayer: Father, help me to take time to love my wife or husband, and
help me to take time to share with him or her. In the Name of Jesus I
pray.

Confession: I confess that every day I desire my mate more and more,
and I will take the time to share with him or her.




DAY 12: FIRST THINGS FIRST

"But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:33)
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   "I don't have time." We hear that statement spoken nearly every day
of our lives. Perhaps you have said it yourself thousands of times.
"I don't have the time to spare for my family."
   You will never have time, you will have to make the time. The devil
knows that if he can get you to neglect your family long enough, it
will fall apart. I learned a number of years ago that if a person
doesn't take the time needed for his family, it will never come.
   If you will ask God, He will help you to find time. It will seem as
if more hours have been added to the day, or your work will be done
faster, or you will see that other things are just not that important.

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Prayer: Father, help me with my time, so that I can be with my family
as I should. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I have time to be with my family, to set the example and
show the love that I should.




DAY 13: SAY THE GOOD WORD

"Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh
it glad" (Prov. 12:25)
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   Who do you remember and appreciate the most? Isn't it the person
who tries to build you up and not tear you down?
   We all need to be built up, not brought down. Everyone needs to be
encouraged. We all need to be commended. This will go a long way
towards building up a great marriage.
   Most husbands and wives are too busy criticizing each other. Soon,
so much criticism turns into hate and rebellion.
   Your words of encouragement will create a closer unity in your
marriage. It will take time, but if you will begin to speak words of
encouragement and commendation, through patience you will begin to see
the Holy Spirit at work in your marriage.

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Prayer: Father, help me to build up my marriage, and not to tear it
down by speaking words of discouragement. Give me words inspired by
the Holy Spirit to speak to my mate. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I will speak encouraging, inspiring words to build up
my marriage.




DAY 14: PATIENCE

"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of
God, ye might receive the promise (Heb. 10:36)
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   You may discover at this time there is still a lot of work to be
done in your family, even in your own self.
   This is nothing to get discouraged about, rather rejoice that you
see the truth and are willing to change. Sometimes, if you will look
closely, you will find that your patience with your family is shorter
than with people outside of your home. This should not be. If there is
anyone we should love, have patience with, be willing to teach and
work with, it is our own family. If you can be kind to others, you can
be kind to your own family members. Put Philippians 4:13 to work:
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

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Prayer: Father, I repent of my lack of patience, of not trying as hard
to work with my own family as I do with other people. In the Name of
Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive strength to be the person that I should be to my
family. I can be kind and patient, because I receive strength to do it
from Christ.




DAY 15: PRAY IN THE SPIRIT

"But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost" (Jude 20)
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   The greatest thing you can do for your marriage and family is to
pray for them in the Spirit. If you do not know how to do this, then
you need to receive the Baptism in the Holy Ghost. Ask God to fill you
with His Spirit with the evidence of speaking with other tongues.
   Romans 8:26 states "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but
the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered."
   We do not know how to pray at times, so we should allow the Holy
Spirit to pray through us. He knows how to pray and what to pray for
to meet your need.

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Prayer: Father, help me to pray in the Holy Spirit each day for my
family. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I will pray in the Holy Spirit, and let Him use me as He
desires each day.




DAY 16: SOURCE OF LOVE

"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us (Rom. 5:5)
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   You may say, "I find it hard love my husband or wife."
   It is good though that you admit to a wrong in your life, but
through God that situation can be changed.
   Love is in your heart. You may not feel it, but it is there
nonetheless. It may be suppressed, but you can activate it by
confessing that the Holy Spirit has put love in your heart.

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Prayer: Father, help me to have a new love in my heart for my mate and
family. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I am receiving new love from God in my heart for my mate
and family. I confess that it is beginning to flow all through our
house.




DAY 17: GET IN AGREEMENT

"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3)
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   A lot of problems in marriage can be worked out if only the couple
is willing to talk and then really listen to each other. A husband and
wife should always be willing to talk things out. But it is not enough
just to talk, they must be willing to listen to each other, keeping an
open mind about what is said.
   I have seen people whose minds were already closed before you
talked to them. This can only block the working of God. Learn to
listen, then be willing to pray and to follow the leadership of God's
Holy Spirit in your marriage.

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Prayer: Father, help me to be willing to talk and listen to my wife
or husband, and then help me to seek Your face in prayer and to be
willing to do whatever you show me to do. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive wisdom to talk, to listen and to pray that
there may be a sweeter relationship in my marriage than ever before.




DAY 18: SHOW APPRECIATION

"The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of
the wicked speaketh frowardness" (Prov. 10:32)
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   One thing that many married people fail to do is to look for new
ways to improve themselves, their mate and their marriage.
   When a couple first meet, they go out of their way to be nice and
polite to each other. But after they have been married for awhile they
begin dropping their guard. They start taking each other for granted.
They forget to compliment each other.
   A lot of hard work goes into making and keeping a home (caring for
children, earning the living, washing dishes, mowing the grass,
cleaning the house, keeping the cars clean and in good running order,
doing the laundry, etc.). Learn to appreciate all of the things that
your mate does for you and compliment him or her on it.

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Prayer: Father, help me to appreciate my wife or husband for all the
good things he or she does for me. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive help from God to appreciate my mate more and to
show my appreciation by complimenting him or her daily.




DAY 19: FRIENDSHIP IN MARRIAGE

"Go home to thy friends" (Matt. 5:19)
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   A person's best friends should be in his own home. Far too many
married couples fail to learn how to be each other's best friend.
   But friendship must be developed. Proverbs 18:24 says "A man that
hath friends must show himself friendly." Do you know how to win new
friends? The Bible says that you must show yourself friendly.
   I have found that couples who not only love one another, but who
also are each other's best friend, invariably have a marriage that is
strong and enjoyable. They are able to confide in and have confidence
in one another. They enjoy each other's company.

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Prayer: Father, I ask You to help me not only to build love in our
marriage, but also friendship. Help me show myself friendly toward my
mate (call his or her name in prayer). In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I will be friends with my partner, showing love and
confidence in him or her.




DAY 20: MAKING DECISIONS TOGETHER

"If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand"
  (Mark 3:25)
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   Married couples need to make decisions together as partners,
understanding that major decisions will affect the whole family.
Resentments, even hatred, will sometimes build up in one of the
partners because he or she is left out of decision making. Some
husbands and some wives, for example, will go out and buy things on
credit, not consulting with their mate first, not thinking whether
they can afford what is being charged or not, getting the family into
debt. Such actions can only lead to arguments and bitterness.
   Too many couples will not spend the time needed together in prayer
before a decision is made. If family decisions are based on the Word
of God, they will be good for the entire family.

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Prayer: Father, help me to take the time to involve my companion in my
actions. Let us pray about the decisions we make. In the Name of Jesus
I pray.

Confession: I confess that we pray and make decisions together, as we
work together to build a better marriage.




DAY 21: JEALOUSY

"For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the
day of vengeance" (Prov. 6:34)
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   Jealousy is a rage. Husbands and wives need to beware of this
dreadful enemy. Do not let it into your lives. Learn to trust each
other, have faith in each other. This will build a stronger marriage.
   I have seen men and women destroy beautiful marriages because of a
jealous heart. Satan will talk to a person and put thoughts in his or
her head that are not so. I have seen men get mad if they saw their
wives talking to another man, even though the conversation was purely
innocent.
   My wife knows that as a minister I have to talk with other women
all the time, but there is a trust there. As a minister's wife, she
has to deal with all kinds of people, so we have both learned to trust
each other, knowing that our work is for the glory of the Lord.

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Prayer: Father, help me to rebuke the enemy of jealousy and to cast it
out of my heart. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive help to overcome jealousy and strength to place
trust in my mate.




DAY 22: SETTING THE EXAMPLE

"We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak,
and not to please ourselves" (Rom. 15:1)
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   In a marriage, the stronger should set the example for the other to
follow.
   From my years of experience in counseling, I have seen that many
times in a marriage there is one partner who tries hard, while the
other partner does not seem to really care. If this is your case, you
must not give up. You just realize that you are fighting a spiritual
warfare with the devil. God is on your side, you can win, but you must
be willing to obey the instructions of God and pay the price for a
better marriage. Part of that price is setting the example for your
mate to follow.

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Prayer: Father, help me to set an example for my marriage. Help me to
pay the price to build a better marriage. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive the grace and faith to follow the instructions
of God, to set the example, and not to please myself.




DAY 23: CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS

"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ" (2 Cor. 10:5)
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   "The harder I try, it seems the worse our marriage becomes. Why
try?"
   If this expresses your feelings, you must cast such thoughts down.
They are from Satan. The devil wants to build up in your mind the
imagination that you cannot win, that there is no hope, no use in
trying.
   This is a direct attack upon the Word of God. God said "Love never
fails." If God has said something, you can count on it, it works. Keep
on fighting the good fight of faith. You can take your marriage out of
the hands of the devil. You can win because God is on your side.

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Prayer: Father, help me to cast down imaginations, and to take on the
mind of a winner. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
me. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I confess that my marriage is free from the power of the
devil. We are winners.




DAY 24: FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 15:57)
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   Anything worth having is worth fighting for, and every marriage is
worth having. But wishing and hoping and day dreaming will not get the
job done. By using your faith, praying in the Spirit, and not giving
up, you will see results.
   If you think that the devil is going to sit still while you build a
marriage that will glorify God, you are wrong. If my wife and I had
not been willing to pay the price for success in the early years of
our marriage, we would not have a marriage today. The devil threw
everything he had at us, but praise God we were more than conquerors
through Christ our Lord.

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Prayer: Father, help me to use my faith; help me to take authority
over the enemy who is trying to destroy our marriage. In the Name of
Jesus I pray.

Confession: I have power and authority over the enemy through our Lord
Jesus Christ.




DAY 25: ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think on these things" (Phil. 4:8)
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   Find the good things in your marriage and mate, look for the best
and not the worst. You may say "But there is nothing good in the
person that I have married." Sometimes through a period of time, a
person begins to see only the negative side and not the positive. You
will usually find what you are looking for, if you look long and hard
enough. If you look for faults, you will find them, because no person
and no marriage is perfect.
   Begin to look for the good things in your marriage and mate. The
more you look, the more you will find.

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Prayer: Father, help me to look and think on the good things in our
marriage. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I can, through Christ, overcome a negative life and look
at my mate and marriage through the eyes of love.




DAY 26: THE GOD-KIND OF LOVE

"There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother" (Prov. 18:24)
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   God sees deep down on the inside of us. He sees all of our
mistakes, all of our faults. But He still loves us and wants our
fellowship.
   This is one of the greatest revelations I have ever received. God
knows all about me, but He still loves me and wants to fellowship with
me. It goes even deeper than that. Romans 5:8 says "While we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us." If Almighty God, a perfect and upright
God, so loved us, knowing all about our sins and faults, how much more
should we be willing to love and forgive one another?
   Husbands and wives need this God-kind of love in their homes.

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Prayer: Father, help us to have Your kind of love for each other. Help
us to have the God-kind of love. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I confess that God is filling our hearts with His God-kind
of love for each other.




DAY 27: THE UNDEFILED BED

"Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but
whoremongers and adulterers God will judge" (Heb. 13:4)
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   The marriage bed has been ordained by God to enrich the love and
fellowship of each marriage. But many marriages are destroyed or never
have the rich enjoyment that God has intended, because people
sometimes think sex is something dirty. Yet it was God who created and
ordained sex. But he reserved it exclusively for man and his wife.
   A husband and wife can never be at perfect peace unless there is a
good sex life between them. There is a hunger in each heart that can
only be filled by this part of marriage.

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Prayer: Father, help me to yield my life to this part of Your plan for
a man and wife; help me to fulfill the need in my husband or wife's
life. Help us close the door to the devil so that he cannot take
advantage of a weak link in our relationship. In the Name of Jesus I
pray.

Confession: I enjoy the sexual relationship that God has ordained
between me and my companion, and a deeper desire grows daily between
us.




DAY 28: RAVISHED WITH LOVE

"Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts
satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love"
   ( Prov. 5:19)
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   Here are instructions from God concerning the sexual relationship
in a marriage. Notice these words: loving, pleasant, satisfy,
ravished. Obviously sex plays a great part in a marriage, whether a
person wants to admit it or not.
   Learn to be concerned about your mate's sexual need. It is your
responsibility to fulfill that need always and at all times. You may
say "But he or she will take advantage of me." No, your submission
will cause your love for each other to grow; and where love grows,
fellowship and consideration will also grow.
   A husband and wife must learn to satisfy each other by their love
for one another, and sex is one way in which that love is nurtured and
increased.

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Prayer: Father, help me not to have the wrong attitude about our sex
life, but let this be a pleasant time of fellowship together. In the
Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: We receive help from God to build a better sex life in our
marriage.




DAY 29: DEFRAUD NOT THE OTHER

"The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and
likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the
wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a
time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come
together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency"
   (1 Cor. 7:4-5)
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   It is unscriptural for a husband and wife to withhold sex from each
other. The Word of God says that they should refrain only with
consent, and then only for a time of fasting and prayer. Afterwards
they should come together again so that Satan will not tempt them.
   I have counselled with couples who were using sex as a weapon
against each other to get even about something. Such people always end
up in arguments and with heartaches. Look at sex in the marriage as
pure and undefiled. Work together to build a healthy sex life.

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Prayer: Help us to love each other, to fulfill each other's needs as
You have commanded. Help us to build a better marriage. In the Name of
Jesus I pray.

Confession: I confess that God is involved in our marriage, working
out His glory in us through Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.




DAY 30: WISDOM: FOUNDATION OF MARRIAGE

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and unbraideth not, and it shall be given him" (James 1:5)
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   We must understand that marriage must be founded upon the Word of
God. It must be built upon a proper relationship between the marriage
partners and with God.
   Don't give up on your marriage. Get God involved in your problems.
He has the wisdom you need, and will give it to you. He will not hold
back anything from you.
   You must remember that God wants to help you and your marriage to
be a total success. To pull your marriage out of difficulty will take
time. You must be patient and let God help you each day.

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Prayer: Father, I ask You to give me wisdom and insight about how to
build a better marriage each day. In the Name of Jesus I pray.

Confession: I receive wisdom from God each day of my life to help me
build a better marriage.