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Why Putting God First Strengthens Your Marriage

5 min · 7 mei 2026
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Many fear that putting God first will crowd out marriage, but Scripture shows the opposite: making God ultimate reshapes and purifies our love for a spouse rather than shrinking it. We are warned against treating our partner as the source of peace, identity, or rescue—roles only God can fill—and reminded by passages like Exodus 20:3 and Ephesians 5:25 that faithful, sacrificial love toward one another flows from obedience to God. When both spouses truly put God first, marriage becomes stronger—marked by greater forgiveness, humility, patience, and steadiness—because the relationship is no longer built on mutual idolization but on Christ-centered service and faithfulness that can endure failure, change, and loss.

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