PUT GOD FIRST!

So what does putting God first in your marriage mean to you? Here is a list of things you can do today to start putting God first in your marriage: (I wish i could take credit for this list, but I didn't write it!)

1. Pray together.

Pray about your marriage, pray about your children, pray about your finances, pray about any decisions you make together. I have a friend who told me they were going to buy a car. They went to the car place and before they left the told the salesman they would not be buying anything until they went home and prayed about it together. I can only imagine the salesman’s face. They went home, prayed about it, and went back to buy the car the next day. Now that is putting God first in your marriage and family.

2. Read the Bible/Do Devotions together.

Pick a devotional either one about marriage or just one that you and your husband would both enjoy and take turns reading out loud to each other every day or even every night before bed. Take time each day to talk to each other about what you learned in your personal devotions that day. Be accountable to each other. You will find that it’s easier to do when you know someone is going to be asking you about it and this is a great way to grow together in the Lord.

3. Go to church together.

Not just going to church together, but agreeing on a church together. When we first moved to Georgia, we tried many different churches. Sometimes we were in agreement on the one that we tried, and sometimes we weren’t. We were determined to find one that we both liked and felt the Lord was leading us to. Even though it took several months, we are now apart of a great church that we both love, and know that it is the place God had for us all along.

4. Serve in a ministry together. 

Find a ministry at your church that you can do together. Serving together = growing together.

5. Pray for each other. 

I know we already talked about praying together, but what about praying for each other separately? Your husband needs your prayers all day long, and it is our jobs as wives to keep him in prayer during the day. I’m not talking about being on your knees 24/7, but lifting him up in prayer as you think about him or talk to him during the day. Stormie Omartian’s Power of a Praying Wife is a great place to start!

6. Put each other first.

What better way to put Christ first in your marriage then by following his example of being selfless? Sometimes it’s hard to put our husbands first because we want what wewant. But if we love him, then we will want to do the right thing, we will want to think of him before ourselves. If we make it a practice to put our husbands first before ourselves each day, I believe that we will have a better marriage because of it.