13 Marriage Devotional: Pride

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About This Episode Pride quietly damages marriages by fueling defensiveness, distance, and conflict. In this devotional, we define pride as self-worship, the sin behind Satan's fall in Isaiah 14, and we name how it shows up between spouses: needing to be right, control, defensiveness, the silent treatment, keeping score, comparison, and jealousy. We look at why God lists pride among the things He hates in Proverbs 6, and how pride blocks reconciliation, quenches the Holy Spirit, and convinces us we don't need God. The answer is humility: submitting to God, keeping in step with the Spirit, and laying our pride down so we can love each other well.

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 Pride defined — self-worship and the sin behind Satan's fall (Isaiah 14) How pride shows up — needing to be right, control, defensiveness, and the silent treatment Keeping score — comparison and jealousy between spouses What God hates — pride listed in Proverbs 6 The cost of pride — blocking reconciliation and quenching the Holy Spirit Self-deception — how pride convinces us we don't need God Humility as the cure — pride is loving self, humility is loving others Keeping in step with the Spirit — like a toddler learning to match a father's pace

Scripture Referenced Isaiah 14 Proverbs 6

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