The Third Strand

06/05/2026

Are you believing lies or declaring the truth over your marriage? 🧐

Tag your spouse and let them know you are praying for your marriage today!

06/02/2026

Amen

Don't forget to quiet all the noise and make time for one another.

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06/02/2026

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06/02/2026

Dreaming together is highly underrated. Remember how often you used to dream together when you were dating? Bring that back and see what happens!

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05/31/2026

I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b]

Romans 12:1ESV

The Third Strand

05/31/2026

If you do marriage right, your wedding day should be the least in love you’ll ever be.
Real love isn’t meant to peak at the altar.
It’s meant to deepen through the years.

05/29/2026

Amen!

Let God's peace set your pace. Comment AMEN if you agree.

05/28/2026

"Do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love." Galatians 5:13

05/28/2026

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That's not a coincidence. That's theology.

The word Scripture uses for the intimacy between a husband and wife is the same word used for how God knows us. Fully seen. Fully known. Nothing hidden. And in that total exposure, not rejected but loved.

Most couples never experience intimacy at that depth. Not because they don't want it, but because real nakedness, the kind that goes beyond the physical, requires a level of safety that has to be built deliberately over time. It requires two people who have chosen each other enough times in enough hard moments that the walls finally feel safe to come down.

When that happens, something profound occurs. The marriage becomes a living picture of what it feels like to stand before God completely known and completely loved. That's what God designed intimacy to point to.

Our team has sat with thousands of couples who had a physical relationship but had never truly been naked with each other in the way Scripture describes. The distance between them wasn't physical. It was the distance of two people who had never felt safe enough to stop performing and start being known.

That kind of intimacy is available to your marriage. But it has to be chosen, protected, and pursued.

What would it take for your marriage to become that kind of safe place?

05/28/2026

Heavy on the
“I married my favorite person”
kind of love. ❤️

Not just commitment—
real friendship too