Crosswalk PLUS Marriage Devotional

Phones can quietly create distance in marriage by stealing attention, interrupting conversations, and replacing meaningful connection. By setting healthy boundaries and choosing to be fully present, couples can protect their relationship and strengthen the companionship God designed marriage to provide.

When marriage begins to feel more like a roommate situation, emotional distance does not mean love is gone—it may simply mean life has crowded out connection. By inviting God back into the relationship and taking small, intentional steps through conversation, prayer, affection, and forgiveness, couples can rebuild closeness and rediscover the companionship God designed marriage to provide.

When children leave home, marriage enters a new season of quieter routines, deeper conversations, and fresh opportunities to reconnect. This empty-nest chapter can become a meaningful time for couples to rediscover one another, seek God’s purpose, and build a renewed future together.

Is your marriage moving toward goals that honor God? Discover three practical ways to align your vision as a couple, strengthen your faith, and pursue God's purpose together with courage and unity.

Marriage ruts can form slowly through fading curiosity, emotional distance, and a shift from “we” to “me.” With God’s help, couples can recognize unhealthy patterns early and take small, faith-filled steps toward reconnection before division takes root.

Serving one another in marriage is a powerful way to reflect Christlike love through humility, grace, and everyday acts of kindness. When couples choose to give instead of keeping score, their marriage can grow stronger, more peaceful, and more joyful.

With God’s help, seasons of grief can strengthen a couple’s prayer life, deepen their dependence on Him, and renew their appreciation for one another.

When your spouse struggles to balance work and home life, it can be easy to feel frustrated or overlooked. With grace, flexibility, and prayer, couples can work together to create healthier boundaries, make the most of their time, and trust God to bring peace into every season.

Love in marriage is more than a feeling; it is a daily choice to act with patience, kindness, forgiveness, and grace. When couples choose love intentionally, even in hard moments, their marriage can reflect the faithful and enduring love of Christ.

Serving your spouse well begins with noticing their needs before they have to ask. Through intentional acts of love, attention, and selfless care, couples can build a more thoughtful, Christ-centered marriage.

Grief in marriage can come from painful changes, unmet expectations, or watching your spouse become someone different due to illness, hardship, or emotional struggles. It's okay to grieve what has changed while trusting God to bring comfort and peace in the middle of the pain.

When Christ is the one we strive to be like, especially in marriage, we find that growing old is a gift of promise, security, and joy.

You can rebuild trust when you operate out of the daily action of forgiveness.

Intentionality is crucial for marriage in such a life season—and any other hard or demanding season, for that matter.