19 Marriage Devotional: Living with Purpose in Your Marriage

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About This Episode Every believer and every marriage has a calling from God. In this devotional, we unpack what it means to be called: to have purpose, to belong, and to be called out, just as Jesus called His disciples. From 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 and Ephesians 2:10, we see that God uses the weak, foolish, and lowly right where they are, because we are His workmanship. We talk about two core callings for every Christian, to be holy and set apart and to love God and others, and we warn against quenching the Spirit through pride. Through Moses, David, and the man freed from demons in Mark 5, we show that no one is too unqualified for God to use.

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 What calling means — purpose, belonging, and being called out, like Jesus' disciples God uses the weak — 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 and why your background doesn't disqualify you His workmanship — Ephesians 2:10 and the purpose God prepared for us Called to be holy — living set apart as 1 Peter describes Called to love — loving God and others (Matthew 22) Don't quench the Spirit — how pride resists God's direction (1 Thessalonians 5) Unlikely people God used — Moses, David, and the man in Mark 5 sent to tell how much the Lord had done for him Callings in marriage — provider, helper, one flesh, and raising children

Scripture Referenced 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 Ephesians 2:10 1 Peter 1-2 Matthew 22 1 Thessalonians 5 Mark 5

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