Marriage Course - September 5, 2012

Day 19 - Express our Appreciation

• make your husband or wife feel like the most important person in the world to you
• focus on what you like and admire about your partner
• express gratitude for what your partner does
• show appreciation for who your partner is
• make it a daily discipline

Question:Write down six things you appreciate about your husband or wife. (Be specific: it may be thanking them for what they do, or it may be expressing your appreciation for who they are-try to make it a mixture looking particularly for things you may have come to take for granted) When you have both finished, show each other what you have put. You may wish to complete this on the worksheet under "Study Guide"

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When we expect our partner to meet all our needs, We inevitably fail each other and get hurt, causing our marriage to spiral downward.

When we look to God to meet our needs for significance, security, and self-esteem, we are better able to give to each other.

See the diagram on the right.

Praying Together

  • helps us connect with each other in a meaningful way
  • ensure prayers are vertical, not horizontal and manipulative
  • five to ten minutes a dad is better than one hour every month
  • ask each other, What can I pray for you today?”
  • accept the same requests day after day
  • draw on God’s promises from the Bible and start with thankfulness
  • don’t give up even if you have young children
  • the closer each of us is individually in our relationship with God, the closer we are to each other as husband and wife
  • if one has upset the other, say sorry before praying
  • be deliberate and plan it into your schedule

if you’re not comfortable praying, find other ways to connect and support each other on a daily basis

Ask your husband or wife if there’s one thinq they’re concerned about at the moment. Then if you are comfortable prayinq, pray for each other. Otherwise, express your support in some other way.