08 Marriage Devotional: How Confidence Contributes To A Stronger Marriage

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About This Episode Christ alone deserves the throne in our lives. In this devotional, we challenge each other to lay down anything we've elevated above Him and to find our worth, value and identity in who He is. Jennifer talks about confident worthiness for wives and why looking for value in self-reliance, fashion, family or even a husband always leaves us disappointed. Aaron talks about bravery for husbands: fighting the good fight of faith, opening the Bible and praying out loud for your family even when you feel unequipped, and remembering that the real battle is spiritual. Both flow from the same source, confidence in God, and both are threatened by the same obstacle, selfishness. When we honor Christ as our ultimate authority, we experience the fullness and freedom found only in Him.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Christ alone on the throne — why He won't share it with anything else Confident worthiness — finding a wife's value in Christ, not self-reliance, fashion or family When a spouse can't fill it — why seeking worth in your husband leads to disappointment Bravery for husbands — fighting the good fight of faith Leading spiritually — opening the Bible and praying out loud even when you feel unequipped The real battle — our fight is against spiritual forces, not flesh and blood The shared obstacle — how selfishness and self-focus undermine confidence in God

Scripture Referenced Psalm 139 — fearfully and wonderfully made Proverbs 31:10 — an excellent wife, who can find? 1 Timothy 6:12 — fight the good fight of the faith Joshua 1:9 — be strong and courageous Ephesians 6:12 — we do not wrestle against flesh and blood

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