On a sheet of paper, write out positive things about your spouse. At some point during the day, pick a positive attribute from the list and thank your spouse for having the characteristic.
Share with your spouse how glad you are about a success he or she recently enjoyed.
告诉你的配偶,你为他/她最近引以为豪的成就,感到由衷的快乐和喜悦。
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Son 8:6 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
Demonstrate love by willingly choosing to give in to an area of disagreement between you and your spouse.
为了展示爱情,在你和配偶意见分歧的一个方面,心甘情愿地选择妥协和让步。
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Php 2:4-5 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. and I will suggest you to continue: Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.
Talk with your spouse about establishing healthy rules of engagement and resolve to abide by them when the next disagreement occurs.
和配偶协商,共同规划健康友好的条约来解决分歧,在以后的意见不合的时候,努力遵守并执行此条约。
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Mar 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
马可福音3:25 若一家自相分争、那家就站立不住。
作者: 雅歌 时间: 2010-11-19 22:20
第十四天
Love Dare - Day 14
Purposefully neglect an activity you would normally do so you can spend quality time with your spouse.
为了和配偶有更多高质量的相处时间,有意放弃一项你自己通常会做的活动。
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Ecc 9:9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun- all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
Choose a way to show honor and respect to your spouse that is above your normal routine.
选择一途,超越寻常的自我,来表达对配偶的敬意和尊重。
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1Pe 3:7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
Isa 58:11 The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
If there is anything you haven’t forgiven in your spouse, forgive it today.
如果还有任何事情你还不曾原谅你的配偶,请在今天原谅他/她。
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2Co 2:10 If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven–if there was anything to forgive–I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,
Ask for God’s forgiveness for your areas of wrongdoing, then humble yourself enough to admit them to your spouse.
祈求上帝原谅你所做过的错事,然后诚恳谦卑地向你的配偶承认错误。
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Rom 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
Before you see your spouse again today, pray for them by name and for their needs.
今天,在再见到配偶之前,专门为他们的需要祈祷。
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Eph 6:7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men.
以弗所书6:7 甘心事奉、好像服事主、不像服事人。
作者: 雅歌 时间: 2010-11-19 22:24
第三十天
Love Dare - Day 30
Ask the Lord to reveal anything in your own heart that is threatening oneness with your spouse and, if appropriate, discuss it openly and seek God for unity.
祈求上帝向你揭示你内心隐藏的有碍夫妻同心的意念,如果可行,和配偶共商,向上帝寻求同一的心。
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Joh 17:11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name–the name you gave me–so that they may be one as we are one.
1Co 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Write out a renewal of your vows and place them in your home.
写出你们结婚誓言的续篇,放于家中,刻在心里。
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Rut 1:16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.