Relationships

Marriage is a team sport. We all start marriage with ‘till death do us part’. When you are young and you say these words, you may not quite understand the weight and the depth of them. In this 6-day reading plan, we look at a few things you should consider if you want to protect your husband.

How To Protect Your Husband

Getting caught up in a new relationship can be a truly exhilarating experience. As you grow closer together, remember to draw even closer to God.

Dating and Relationships

Can anybody every truly be prepared for all the change that comes with marriage? Of course not! But there's plenty of passages and scriptures that can help you understand what it means to be a great spouse.

Marriage and Commitment

In this 4-day devotional, Dr. Kim walks you through practical things you can start doing today to grow and deepen your marriage. This devotional will give you practical tips as well as a better perspective on your marriage.

Each day has a short devotional, scripture, a short video, and application questions that will help you grow your marriage. 


Growing Your Marriage ‐ Part 1

Life and death is in the power of your tongue. When faced with marital challenges, couples often give in to the strong emotions they feel toward one another and before you know it, the conversation has escalated and either one or both are left feeling uneasy and dissatisfied. This devotional will show you how to speak life into your marriage even in uncertainty and not be governed by your flesh.

Speak Life: Choose Your Words Carefully by Treal Ravenel

This 8-day plan by Doxa Deo is intended for married couples to journey together around how to love those we are in relationships with by meaningfully caring for them, being dedicated to them and by desiring for our spouses, friends and other significant others to reach their full potential in Christ. Each day contains a discussion point for couples and a prayer over your relationships.

Love Is... | an 8-Day Plan by Doxa Deo

Praying for your marriage is one of the most important things you can do. Your marriage has been given to you by God as a gift and a tool to enable both of you to fully live out His purpose for your lives. May you pray regularly, fervently and with great expectations for your marriage. This 3-day reading plan by Bruce Wilkinson and Heather Hair is designed to help you in that process. 


How To Pray For Your Marriage

Deployment is always challenging for a military family. From setting priorities to parenting to prayer to protection.  But when deployments end, some struggles are just beginning.  There are time-tested ways you can prepare your marriage for what has become a necessary part of a military career. We have compiled definite steps you can take now to address the challenges you are facing and face reintegration with confidence. Use these seven days of encouragement as you reintegrate after deployment!

Reintegration After Deployment

How often do married couples have sex? What is normal? If you seldom have sex, does this affect your marriage negatively? How does quality versus quantity work in regard to sex? Can you have too much sex? Doug and Mel Cowart have been married for 9 years. They are a blended family with two kids. They join Dr. Kim as we talk about sex in marriage.


Sex: How Often

The Lord who created your husband, knows him and loves him  fiercely . Use these daily scriptures and guided prayers to pray over your spouse with intention and purpose. As you do so, you will move from uncertainty to confidence as you devote yourself to daily conversation with the Lord. 

7 Guided Prayers For Your Husband

Marriage

Snare Marriage: Discerning Between God’s Covenant and the Enemy’s Trap by Patrick Omukhango is a 7-day devotional designed to help believers recognize the difference between God-ordained relationships and subtle relational snares. Through powerful biblical examples, this plan exposes how love, emotion, pressure, and compromise can quietly derail purpose. Whether single, dating, married, or recovering from relational pain, this devotional invites you into deeper discernment, healing, and alignment with God’s covenant design—so relationships become instruments of destiny, not traps that hinder obedience.

Snare Marriage: Discerning Between God's Covenant and the Enemy's Trap by Patrick Omukhango 

This 7-day reading plan offers space to reflect on love as Scripture reveals it — gently, honestly, and without pressure. Through daily Bible passages and quiet reflection, you’re invited to slow down, notice where fear or striving may be present, and consider what it might look like to live loved. This plan is for anyone longing for rest, clarity, or a deeper sense of connection with God. 

What the Bible Says About Love

Tired of dating from a place of need? Stop the cycle of heartbreak by getting your heart right first.

This 21-day spiritual boot camp, led by Pastor Simon Richardson III and Olaolu Ogunyemi (U.S. Marine, Parent-Child-Connect), moves you from neediness to wholeness.

You will master self-leadership, heal past wounds, and set clear boundaries before commitment. 

Each day includes a devotional, a Daily Detox Action, Reflection Questions, and a Prayer.

Stop waiting for a partner to complete you. Start becoming whole.

BEFORE YOU CUFF: The 21-Day Pre-Relationship Detox

What happened in Eden has shaped us all. From joy in the Creator’s presence to the collapse that brought death—still felt and passed down until He comes.
The principles of Creation reveal God’s character and His mind. And when we look at the first man and woman, we also see ourselves more clearly.
As both a psychologist and a follower of Christ, I find this deeply moving. So I invite you to join me in returning to Eden, to reflect on what truly happened there—and what it means for us today.

What Happened to Us in Eden? - Psychology of the Fall

Jesus calls us to shine His light and influence others for His Kingdom. Some friends draw you closer to your purpose; others slowly lead you off course. The people you walk with shape your faith. Are your friendships helping you grow—or pulling you back? 

In this 7-day plan, discover how to reflect Christ, resist compromise, and be a light that leads others closer to Him.



Are Your Friendships Fueling Your Faith?

Why get married when you can cohabit? This plan shows how marriage is different from cohabitation by showing the theological roots of marriage. As we reflect on the biblical concept of covenant, we will see what is so valuable about marriage. Invest in your marriage and learn wisdom for relationships from the scriptures.

Why Marriage | Covenant: The Heart of Commitment

'KEEPING GODLY RELATIONSHIPS' is a 4-day devotional reading plan designed to help you build and maintain relationships rooted in God’s Word. Through each day’s reflection, you’ll discover essential biblical values for nurturing love, trust, and understanding in all types of relationships—whether in marriage, friendship, or business. This plan will guide you toward practicing godly principles that strengthen your connections, foster harmony, and reflect Christ’s character in every interaction.

Keeping Godly Relationships

Singleness is truly a gift—a season not to waste, but to lean into with intention and faith. This is a time to lock in with God, grow in wisdom, and discover who you are without distraction. It’s not just powerful; it’s purposeful. And I don’t believe it’s an accident that you’re here. Something in you is craving a fresh perspective, a new way to view this season of your life. God has something new, something life-giving, waiting for you. This is your moment to lean in, trust Him deeply, and embrace the journey ahead with confidence and expectancy.

Single, Secure, & Thriving

Few areas of life bring as much joy or confusion as dating. This plan helps you navigate relationships with wisdom, boundaries, and God-centered guidance. Each day, explore Scripture, reflect on your heart, and gain practical tools to discern readiness, communicate with love, and build relationships that honor God. Perfect for singles, mentors, or anyone seeking to understand God’s design for love.

Guard Your Heart: A Biblical Guide to Dating

Every human being is born into a world filled with voices - some nurturing, some deceptive, and others downright destructive. From the moment we open our eyes, the world begins to tell us who we are & who we are not. 

It names us before we can name ourselves. “You’re not enough.” “You’re too broken.” “You’ll never be like them.”

These whispers- subtle, persistent, and often inherited - shape our sense of self long before we encounter the truth of who God says we are.

Who Told You?

Dating

This reading plan is based upon Cindy Beall's book, Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken. Learn how to find hope and healing for your wounded marriage as you navigate the waters of betrayal. Cindy, and her husband, Chris, have walked out their healing by trusting in God's mighty power and encourage you to join them on this healing journey.

Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken

During divorce and other extremely difficult times, there comes a moment when you will wonder if you will ever make it. Over the next 7 days, you will be able to connect with God through prayers, advice, and action plans. Learn to not just survive, but survive and thrive.

Divorce To Healing: Survive And Thrive

The heartbreak, the lost love, the grief and the shame that comes with unwanted divorce doesn’t have to stay forever. You don’t need to go through this alone. In this study, we’ll learn how we can lean heavily on God’s strength despite life’s most troubling events.

UNCOMMEN: Surviving Divorce

What you know is what gets you through. If you don’t know the right things when the rouge winds and tsunamis of life come, you’re going to fall over.  But if our lives are built on the rock solid, bedrock truth of the Bible, we know some unchanging truths.

How To Get Through What You're Going Through

This 15 day reading plan offers biblical insight for personal growth and wholeness from doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend—bestselling authors of How People Grow and the Boundaries series. The devotions are perfect for those entering new phases of life or dealing with difficult relationships. Readings provide help in translating God’s Word into a plan for staying spiritually healthy.

Henry Cloud & John Townsend - Life Journey

What’s your response when your wife says she’s done with your relationship? Crisis mode ensues. This 12-day devotional gives practical insight from a man’s real-life perspective. If your marriage is dying or thriving, this devotional will be worth the read.


Man In Crisis

Everyone wants to experience a great marriage that lasts. The most effective and satisfying way to achieve that worthy goal is by consulting the One who created marriage in the first place. With compassion, transparency, and engaging storytelling, we will unpack what marriage really is, why God created marriage, and the unique roles both a man and a woman play in their marriage. A marriage that works is worth the work!

Marriage That Works

Toni Nieuwhof is a former divorce lawyer and pastor’s wife who wants to help couples find joy in each other again, even after the lowest lows. She asks, do you wonder if you’re done with your marriage? If you’re seeking one more chance, hoping against all hope that your relationship can be turned around, these devotionals are for you. 

Before You Split

Most of us know marriage won’t always be a honeymoon, but no one plans for a marriage crisis. Sadly, deep wounds, affairs, addiction, and divorce threaten so many marriages. But there’s good news: no matter what crisis you face, there’s still hope in Christ. Want more of that? Start this hope-filled Bible Plan by finds.life.church.

Marriage Crisis

Many people are trudging through the muck of a long and tedious custody battle - barely keeping their head above water. The emotions can drain every ounce of mental and emotional energy and deplete us of any reserve we thought we had. The goal of this devotional is to provide you with tools so you can experience peace during your custody battle.

40&7 Devotional: A Guide To Peace During A Custody Battle

Divorce

Shaunti Feldhahn studied thousands of men and women to learn the most important things that matter to an abundant, happy marriage. It turns out, her research findings match what the Bible has said all along. This reading plan highlights those key Biblical secrets that we often miss — and which, once we apply them, usually make an immediate, wonderful difference.

See more of her research, books, or speaking at shaunti.com.

Biblical Secrets to a Happy Marriage

Through the latest scientific research and poignant, personal stories, a father / daughter team help parents and their teenage girls navigate the traps and temptations of the teen dating years.

The 10 Myths Of Teen Dating

God looks beyond what we do (even the good we do) to see our heart. He cares about our motives when we give, pray, fast… The heart of the issue, with God, is always the heart. He wants to guide us by our heart so we can make a radical difference for Him!

Give God Your Heart And Keep Your Motives Pure

When we spend our first energy tending our relationships, including our relationship with God, all of our needs will be met.

Building Healthy Relationships: Devotions From Time of Grace

This reading plan includes seven daily devotions based on Louie Giglio’s curriculum Relat(able): Making Relationships Work. This study will explore what makes us relatable to others, how God can bring peace in the midst of conflict, and how we can help restore relationships that seem broken beyond repair.