Today Lee Felix will share 7 practical ways to reclaim hope for your marriage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Has the newness of marriage worn off in your relationship?\u00a0 We all start out with a heart filled with hope and joy about marriage.\u00a0 Then life comes at us with unexpected pressure and responsibility and somehow hope disappears.\u00a0 Suddenly you are asking: How can I make my marriage better?\u00a0 If that sounds like you, grab a cup of coffee and get comfy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n Be sure to follow the entire series on the Hope For Marriage Event Page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s no surprise that traditional marriage is under attack. We see it in the statistics, the media, with our circle of friends and in our own Marriages. When something is being attacked, there are two choices. We either sit still or choose to fight back.<\/p>\n If you are reading this, you are a fighter. And that my friend is good news!<\/em><\/p>\n Fighting to reclaim hope and joy in marriage requires a strategy. We need to be intentional in our steps and deliberate in our actions. I know it doesn\u2019t sound romantic, but I promise there is so much beautiful fruit in it!<\/p>\n Today let\u2019s look at 7 practical ways to reclaim hope for your marriage<\/strong>!<\/p>\n Friends we have to start with prayer<\/a>. Just as Paul encouraged the Ephesians to use prayer as a weapon in spiritual battles we should too!\u00a0 Become a Prayer Warrior Wife!<\/a><\/p>\n praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. Ephesians 6:18<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Praying for our hearts, our husbands and our marriages helps keep our\u00a0focus on truth and gives us His strength. When dealing with each other\u2019s sinful human nature<\/a> day in and day out is there any other way?<\/p>\n God can lead, guide and encourage us in prayer. He is so gracious and compassionate when we turn to Him with our hurts and frustrations.<\/p>\n How do I make my marriage better?\u00a0 Praying without out ceasing is necessary to reclaim hope for your marriage.<\/p>\n How do I make my marriage better? Praying without out ceasing is necessary to reclaim hope for your marriage. <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n What does it mean to prefer our husbands?<\/p>\n Prefer: to like better or best: to give priority<\/em><\/p>\n If we are going to prefer our husbands we give him a place of priority in our lives right after our relationship with the Lord of course \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n It can be so hard when we have the kids, your home, homeschool, work or ministry pulling you in all directions! But this is a battle, right? You can intentionally choose to do the little things to put him first to reclaim hope for your marriage!<\/p>\n Here are some married life tips to help you start:<\/p>\n You can intentionally choose to do the little things to put him first to reclaim hope for your marriage! Here are some married life tips to help you start… <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works. Hebrews 10:24<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Remember when you first met your husband? When there was so much to learn and you were genuinely interested in the stories he told? You asked questions, tried different things and learned all about him! That can\u2019t just stop there. No matter how many years you have put in your marriage you can still learn about your husband. Pay attention to his new interests and hobbies and ask him questions about them. Or, learn more about or join him in his old ones!\u00a0 This is how to revive a stale marriage infuse happiness in marriage again!<\/p>\n Spend time really listening to him better<\/a>. Understand his pain points. This will help you in the next area I will share \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Study his love languages and learn ideas of how to speak it. The longer you\u2019re married, the more opportunity<\/em> you have to get to know his heart and his preferences. This can give you great insight into how to pray for him and how to encourage him!\u00a0 I promise the hard work will go a long way in helping reclaim hope for your marriage!<\/p>\n However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:33<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It is incredibly important we learn how to respect our husbands<\/a>, so many things flow from it. We can choose to respect our husbands even when we don\u2019t feel like it<\/a>, or when they don\u2019t even deserve it!<\/p>\n Affirming his decisions with \u201cI respect that you.<\/a>..\u201d is never a wrong way to go. They don\u2019t hear it enough and it is something they all crave.<\/p>\n You can show him respect by honoring him<\/a> in front of the kids, by speaking well of him to others or by looking for the good things he does when you are completely frustrated with something he\u2019s not doing! (Here are more ideas to help you speak words of affirmation to your husband*)<\/p>\n And of course in taking all to prayer and not nagging<\/em><\/a>. It\u2019s amazing what God can do in their hearts when we get out of the way!\u00a0 There is even hope for a broken marriage when you begin to infuse respect back into the relationship!<\/p>\n It’s amazing what God can do in their hearts when we get out of the way! There is even hope for a broken marriage when you begin to infuse respect back into the relationship! <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Ephesians 5:22<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s very likely you\u2019re thinking \u201cI already serve my husband\u201d. That is probably true! But in the day to day caretaking, helping and homemaking, have you taken time out to notice how he likes to be served?<\/p>\n What about serving his favorite meal, having coffee ready in the morning or packing him a lunch (with a love note of course*).<\/p>\n Or maybe he has a different preference in prioritizing cleanliness.<\/a>\u00a0Let\u2019s say you need a clean kitchen and he really prefers the living room picked up so he can sit down and relax after work. If you are having one of those days<\/a>, and can only do one of those what will you choose?<\/p>\n It would serve him better to clean up the living room. There are many possibilities to serve our husbands in a unique and personalized way.<\/p>\n Oh yes, and serving him in prayer by asking how you can pray for him is the best form of service I can think of to help reclaim hope for your marriage!<\/p>\n Oh yes, and serving him in prayer by asking how you can pray for him is the best form of service I can think of to help reclaim hope for your marriage! <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.\u00a01 Thessalonians 5:11<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n We all need encouragement, don\u2019t we?! What better place for our husbands to be built up than at home by their wives. If you are struggling for ideas Pinterest <\/a>is great for this! Here are just a few of the \u201cregulars\u201d I use:<\/p>\n Marriage Help to Encourage Your Husband<\/p>\n A little bit of encouragement can go a long way to restore hope for your marriage. Pay attention and be intentional. It will bless both you and him!<\/p>\n Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Love him. All the ways above speak to this. Yes, we\u00a0know<\/em> we should show our husbands love. Showing love is a characteristic of a godly wife. <\/a><\/p>\n But we have to continue to choose love<\/em>.\u00a0We are not promised that marriage will go as we plan or even hope. There are certainly going to be days (or much longer) where we don\u2019t feel loved or<\/em> feel like loving them. At times, we have had to choose<\/em> to love each other even though we didn\u2019t like each other. We must to the hard heart work to continue to choose to love,\u00a0through heartache and pain.<\/a><\/p>\n But here is where the beauty lies. When we choose<\/em> to love them anyway, with God\u2019s kind of agape love, we take our marriage to a whole other level.<\/p>\n Agape love is unconditional, selfless and doesn\u2019t change. It is a choice first, an act of the will. It is not based on emotions. When we continually choose to love our husbands- no matter their response to us, we are reflecting the love of God given to us!<\/em><\/p>\n We can rest in God\u2019s love. Feel peace despite the turmoil in our marriages. We can trust that God is working all things out for those who love him. This kind of love is the love that will help us to reclaim the hope and joy in our marriage!<\/p>\n But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I\u2019ve created a set of bookmarks to help us remember these 7 Practical ways to reclaim hope for your marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n7 Practical Ways to Reclaim Hope for Your Marriage<\/span><\/h2>\n
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3. Be a Student of Your Husband<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Which of these 7 ways to reclaim hope for your marriage will you try today?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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