Sometimes it can be hard to diagnose what exactly causes distance in our relationships. Busy schedules, kids, finances, and life in general can make us more like ships passing each other in the sea, than a connected couple. I don’t know of a single happy marriage that exists without intentional maintenance.
When my husband was wooing me in our single days, he had a basic rule of thumb to keep our relationship healthy. He considered the health and wellness of our relationship to be reliant on a level tri-pod, each leg representing a vital part of our relationship. There was the emotional leg, the physical leg, and the spiritual leg. If we invested too much time building only one or two of those legs, we would be off balance. It worked really well for us and each time we talked, we discussed how we were doing in those areas.
The tri-pod works straight throughout marriage as well. If we are not actively checking back on how we are doing, we may miss something and feel a bit unsteady. With six kids and a busy schedule, our biggest struggle is in continuing to build the spiritual leg of our relationship. There is nothing more precious to me than my husband and nothing quite as intimate to me as being close to him spiritually. I put together a short, morning plan to help us make sure we are staying disciplined in our spiritual health as a couple.
It includes a Scripture reading time and a prayer time.

You can print this out, three hole punch it, and put it into the Spiritual section of your tri-pod binder. (see Tri-Pod Binder post for more details)
The reading portion includes reading 2 chapters in our Bible per day, every Monday through Saturday. At the completion of this plan, we will have read each chapter in the New Testament, as well as the books Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Ruth, two times over.
The second portion is a prayer time based off of Jesus’ instructions on how to pray, found in Matthew 6:9-13.

Printing out pages for our prayer time helps us track what we have been praying for. It also gives us a great way to look back on how God has worked in our lives.

Feel free to print out a copy for your own use or to use as a guide to create your own. A full copy can be downloaded here. Hubby Wifey Morning Spiritual Plan

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