Spouses — 5 Nights

God’s Holiness and Human Sin

CONNECT — Night 1

Read:

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:1

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

Talk:

• How does mistrust toward God affect trust between people?
• Where do outside voices most influence your marriage?

Pray:
Ask God to help you trust His word together.

ENCOUNTER — Night 2

Read:

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:4-5

4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Talk:

• How does temptation distort God’s goodness?
• Where are you tempted to define good and evil yourselves?

Pray:
Thank God for His wisdom and boundaries.

ANCHOR — Night 3

Read:

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:6

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Talk:

• How do individual choices affect a shared relationship?
• Why is obedience important for unity?

Pray:
Confess areas where self-will has caused distance.

RESPOND — Night 4

Read:

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:7-8

7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

8 Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Talk:

• How does shame create distance between spouses?
• What does hiding look like in marriage?

Pray:
Ask God to help you walk in honesty and grace with one another.

SEND — Night 5

Read:

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:9

9 But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

Talk:

• What does God’s pursuit teach us about responsibility and love?
• How can you seek each other instead of withdrawing?

Pray:
Thank God for pursuing us with grace and invite Him to guide your marriage.