Man should not be alone; God has made provision for two persons to be bound by a sacred bond through the marriage system. This marriage is proof of love and commitment. However, sometimes, for some reason, these beautiful relationships, such as marriage, are ruined. In this case, we will discuss from the Bible how to maintain this relationship.
God has asked us to love and forgive others. When we have love and forgiveness in our hearts, we can easily mingle with others. God transforms our hearts into a new man by His Word. So we should remember when we become a Christian and get married, if love and forgiveness are in this sacred relationship, then we can save this beautiful relationship from any kind of situation.
One way to heal broken marriages is to speak openly to each other. This relationship will never break if the husband and wife discuss everything among themselves and forgive each other for their mistakes. We should be kind to one another and love one another as Jesus loves us. If we observe these things, the sacred relationship of marriage will remain intact until death.
Another important element is prayer that heals broken marriages. When husband and wife pray together, they are consecrated to the Lord with one heart. When husband and wife pray to the Lord for their marriage relationship, the Lord blesses them. God guides them and gives them wisdom so that they can be bound by this holy marriage.
Husbands and wives need patience to heal broken marriages. Both should pray to God and be patient. God does not want a husband and wife to be separated from their marriage. God hates when a husband and wife divorce. Therefore, both husband and wife should be dependent on God and build their relationship through mutual understanding.
Now, let’s examine the Bible scriptures below that discuss healing a broken marriage.
Ephesians 4:2-3 : —
“With all lowliness meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in loveEndeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace”
Ephesians 4:31-32 : —
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, evil speaking, be put away from you, with all maliceAnd be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”
Ephesians 5:25 : —
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, gave himself for it”
Ephesians 5:33 : —
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; the wife see that she reverence her husband”
Colossians 3:13-14 : —
“Forbearing one another, forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do yeAnd above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness”
Proverbs 10:12 : —
“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins”
Proverbs 12:4 : —
“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones”
Proverbs 15:1 : —
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger”
Proverbs 17:9 : —
“He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends”
Proverbs 18:22 : —
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, obtaineth favour of the Lord”
Proverbs 21:9 : —
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house”
Proverbs 31:10 : —
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies”
Proverbs 3:5-6 : —
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understandingIn all thy ways acknowledge him, he shall direct thy paths”
Romans 12:10 : —
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another”
Romans 12:12 : —
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer”
Romans 13:8 : —
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law”
Romans 15:5 : —
“Now the God of patience consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus”
Romans 8:28 : —
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”
Song of Solomon 8:7 : —
“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned”
Matthew 18:21-22 : —
“Then came Peter to him, said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, I forgive him? till seven times?Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven”
Matthew 19:6 : —
“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder”
Matthew 5:9 : —
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 : —
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labourFor if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him upAgain, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; a threefold cord is not quickly broken”
Ecclesiastes 9:9 : —
“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, in thy labour which thou takest under the sun”
James 1:19 : —
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath”
James 5:16 : —
“Confess your faults one to another, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”
Genesis 2:18 : —
“The Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him”
Genesis 2:24 : —
“Therefore shall a man leave his father his mother, shall cleave unto his wife: they shall be one flesh”
Hebrews 13:4 : —
“Marriage is honourable in all, the bed undefiled: but whoremongers adulterers God will judge”
Malachi 2:14-15 : —
“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, the wife of thy covenantAnd did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth”
Philippians 2:2 : —
“Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind”
Philippians 4:6-7 : —
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto GodAnd the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts minds through Christ Jesus”
Titus 2:4 : —
“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children”
Galatians 5:22-23 : —
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithMeekness, temperance: against such there is no law”
Isaiah 41:10 : —
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”
Isaiah 54:10 : —
“For the mountains shall depart, the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee”
Luke 6:31 : —
“As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise”
John 13:34 : —
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another”
John 15:12 : —
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you”
Psalm 147:3 : —
“He healeth the broken in heart, bindeth up their wounds”
Psalm 34:18 : —
“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; saveth such as be of a contrite spirit”