As a part of this week's message from our Proverbs series on the topic of husbands and wives, Pastor Woody assigned the below homework as a practical way to live out some of the wisdom found in scripture. You can download a PDF version of the handout.
Spend 15 minutes doing the following steps for each day:
Day 1
- Read Proverbs 2:16–17 & Malachi 2:13–16.
- Revisit/recount good memories of your marriage.
- Affirm to one another: “You are my wife/husband by covenant before God”.
Day 2
- Read Proverbs 18:22 & 19:14.
- Do you see your spouse as a gift from God?
- Tell/write to your spouse how they are God’s gift to you (e.g. “I see you as a gift to me from God because...”).
- Pray together thanking God for your spouse (you may need to repent for attitudes or actions that have not displayed this).
Day 3
- Read Proverbs 18:21.
- Tell your spouse how he/she has spoken words of “life” to you.
- Tell your spouse how he/she has spoken words of “death” to you.
- Pray together.
Day 4
- Read Proverbs 15:1–2, 18:13, 10:19, & 27:5–6.
- For each passage ask: “What do you think it means” and “What do you think it means for you, personally and practically”.
- Pray together.
Day 5
- Read Proverbs 1:5 & 11:14.
- Recount times in your life when you have received wise counsel about marriage from others.
- How can you access wise counsel? Who can you access? What is your first step?
- Pray together.