Recently I was teaching at a Biblical Counseling Training Conference on the basics of marriage and I shared a Homework assignment that I really like to give married couples and those going through pre-marriage counseling.
It has something fun and challenging. It revolves around a Bible verse, promotes working together in a one flesh way, includes prayer both in thanksgiving and humble dependence asking for God’s help. It also helps provide structure for starting counseling and progressing in a focused way by identifying concrete areas that can be addressed. It can also lead to more homework assignments that can produce fruit of lasting change.
Here is the passage:
Colossians 1:17–18 –17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
This passage is all about Christ and how He is the one who is above all, and He is the one who holds all things together. So many couples need strengthening in their marriage and need to grow closer to each other in trust, communication,
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