Week 127: Marriages and In-laws
Please join us this week in praying for couples
dealing with significant issues with in-laws. The potential issues are
varied and numerous. Parents can fail to release their married child
emotionally and demand time and allegiance that rightly belongs to the
spouse. Sometimes in-laws step into situations too soon, not allowing
their children to work out issues in their own way. This can cause the
couple to feel inadequate or resentful.
On the other hand a couple can damage their
relationship with their in-laws by demanding unquestioned independent, except
when they need a free babysitter or a little extra cash. In the effort to
shape their own marriage, they can also thoughtlessly disregard or run
roughshod over the traditions and beliefs of their parents, creating tension,
frustration and deep disappointment.
This week pray that married couples and their
in-laws will
- Respect the marriage relationship
- Refrain from providing unsolicited advice but be willing to provide wise counsel when asked
- Not use each other, but rather love each other
- Pray for one another
- Understand their marriages should not be exactly the same but wonderfully different
- Recognize conflict quickly and move to resolve it in a respectful, loving way
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