5. Create Accountability for All Areas of Temptation

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Married people are still just sinful people trying their best to love each other well. We are not above temptation of many kinds, including sexual sin, addiction, lying, and more! The best way to keep these struggles from destroying your relationship is to be proactive about setting up accountability for the areas that you are struggling with.

If you find that pornography is a struggle, get filtering software, enlist the trusted support of friends that can check on you, and be diligent to not let yourself have free reign on digital devices. If shopping is something that you have a hard time controlling, create a budget, limit your access to money, and keep all your financial transactions visible to your spouse. If lying is a struggle, get into counseling and find ways to keep your life transparent.

We all have our struggles, it could be anger, depression, anxiety, jealousy, and the list goes on. Be proactive about setting proper boundaries in your life so these struggles don’t have the power to destroy your family and marriage.

Our marriages are worth fighting for. We have to live guarded, intentional, and proactive lives if we want to love each other the way God loves us. Covering our home, spouse, and relationship with prayer is a vital part of the work of fireproofing our marriages. Be diligent in your love for one another.

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When we stop pursuing and choosing one another, we allow footholds to take place in our lives and in our relationships. In other words when we begin prioritizing other things, getting distracted, or simply growing complacent – we create a recipe for losing at love. No matter your relationship status, this is a conversation that will equip you to look, live, love, and lead more like Christ from the inside out! If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe to The Built Different Podcast on Apple, Spotify or YouTube so you never miss an episode!