It would be easier to have a roadmap with directions, but Trisha Davis says the restoration process is more about applying our faith and trusting in God.

“Before you can trust your spouse, you have to choose to trust God.”

Justin and Trisha Davis have experienced the power of resurrection in their marriage after overcoming infidelity. They encourage us with insights from their book .

Building a great marriage doesn’t happen overnight, it happens over time. Justin explains that many people don’t know where to start.

“For so many couples the desire is there to have a great marriage, but where most couples get lost is, ‘How do I do that?’

We need to make a decision to be proactive, similar to working out at the gym.

“I want to be in shape and I wish that sitting on the couch could get me in shape. If it did I would be buff but it doesn’t work. It takes going to the gym.”

It’s the little things that count. We’ve heard this phrase before, but often times we become complacent and miss the attention to detail. Justin says the little things we do are imperative for rebuilding trust in marriages.

“Most couples think they’re several large decisions away from a great marriage, when in reality, you’re just 1 or 2 small steps away. It’s not these big gigantic leaps that are going to give you a great marriage, it’s daily choosing to pursue God and daily choosing to pursue your spouse.”

We learn a few practical examples of how to reinvest into our marriages;

“Maybe it’s just coming home on time, maybe it’s putting the kids down to bed so that your spouse can just have a few minutes to themselves, and maybe it’s filling their car up with gas. It’s the little things along the way that really mean the most to us and they add up to the big things.

“You’re not going to go from never lifting weights to going and bench pressing 500 hundred pounds, just do a small little thing today or tomorrow…send a text message, make a phone call, hire a babysitter; do the little things that will reengage your heart and give you the encouragement and the momentum to begin to see some big changes take place.”

The bottom line is there is hope and there is power in the resurrection.  

If you think it’s over, it’s not over. People thought that it was over when they put Jesus in the tomb they were just setting the stage for the biggest comeback of all time. That resurrection power lives in us and God has the capacity and the ability to resurrect even the most broken of marriages, we just have to believe it and we have to pursue Him.”

Highlight: Rebuilding a broken marriage

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