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Marriage Challenge: Accept Your Spouse
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oo often we try to change our spouse. When they don’t reach our expectations, we criticize them in an attempt make fit the mold we’ve created for them in our mind. The problem is, that approach never works.
People only change when they decide to change. It has to be their idea. The most effective way to motivate anyone to change is by accepting them as they are.
When people feel loved by you, they naturally desire to do things that make you happy. Your spouse is no exception.
So the best way to change your spouse is to stop trying to change them altogether! Accept them, lift them up, and see the best in them. When you do, you’ll be amazed at the strides they’ll make to become a better spouse.
“…with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love…”
—Ephesians 4:2
-ADAM WILLINGHAM
Bible Quiz
1. What happened to Korah, Dathan, and Abiram?
a. They were appointed as priests by Aaron.
b. They became lepers until the day of their death.
c. God sent fire to consume them.
d. God made the ground open up and swallow them.
2. In what city did Jesus grow up?
a. Cana
b. Capernaum
c. Bethlehem
d. Nazareth
3. “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a _____ which will never be _____, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure _____.”
Scrambled answer key: 1. d. (Numbers 16:1-35). 3. kingdom, destroyed, forever (Daniel 2:44 NASB). 2. d. (Matthew 2:19-23).
