Marriage is Honourable ICS Daily Devotions Hebrews 13:4 (NKJV) Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. God designed sex for procreation, pleasure, communication, and release within a marriage. He did not create casual sex, nor does He condone it. Sexual ethics...

A Threefold Cord is Not Easily Broken ICS Daily Devotions Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NKJV) states that though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him, and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. The Bible uses a threefold cord to represent a Christian marriage because God is the one...

Love Your Spouse ICS Daily Devotions 1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” Christian marriage is a covenant and is founded on all three kinds of love: Philia love, a friendship kind of love; Eros...

Together As One ICS Daily Devotions Ephesians 5:25,29 (Amplified) Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,…For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he...

Discuss and Set Expectations ICS Daily Devotions Ephesians 5:23 (Amplified) For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church, Himself being the Saviour of the body. God’s plan for marriage is a covenant based on His covenant with us. Therefore, a Christian couple must...

Love and Marriage ICS Daily Devotions Ephesians 5:25 (Amplified) Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her Understanding the different types of love is crucial in building...

Only God Can Fulfill All Our Needs ICS Daily Devotions Romans 8:35,39 (NKJV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?… nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate...

Setting Goals for Your Marriage ICS Daily Devotions Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NKJV) Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. For believers, every marriage should have the vision and goal of growing closer to God. The three-strand cord represents God...

Have a Vision for Your Marriage ICS Daily Devotions Proverbs 29:18 (NKJV) Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law. What does the opening Scripture prescribe if we want a happy and blessed marriage? First, we must have an understanding...

Spiritual Leadership in Marriage ICS Daily Devotions Ephesians 5:23 (NKJV) For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Saviour of the body. It is crucial for us to have a vision of a good marriage. Strong, healthy, godly...