Trying Times in Marriage

52 Devotions for a Joy-Filled Marriage

When life tests your marriage, let God’s Word strengthen your hearts.

Every marriage experiences seasons of joy, uncertainty, growth, disappointment, celebration, and challenge. The question is not whether difficult seasons will come—but how you will walk through them together.

Trying Times in Marriage is a year-long devotional designed to help couples deepen their relationship with God and one another through 52 inspiring weekly devotions rooted in Scripture, practical wisdom, heartfelt prayer, and meaningful reflection.

Whether you are newly married, celebrating decades together, restoring your relationship after hardship, or simply longing to grow closer spiritually, this devotional provides biblical encouragement to help you navigate every season of married life with faith, hope, and love.

Each week’s reading invites couples to slow down, reconnect, and intentionally build a Christ-centered marriage that flourishes even during life’s greatest challenges.

Inside You’ll Discover

✔ 52 Scripture-based weekly devotions for couples

✔ Practical biblical wisdom for everyday marriage challenges

✔ Reflection questions that encourage honest conversations

✔ Guided couple discussions to strengthen communication

✔ Weekly prayers to deepen your spiritual connection

✔ Encouragement for seasons of conflict, change, loss, and uncertainty

✔ Devotions focused on forgiveness, trust, intimacy, friendship, and grace

✔ Faith-building exercises that help couples grow together

✔ Biblical principles for building resilience and lasting unity

✔ Practical applications for creating joy in everyday married life

✔ Inspiration to strengthen your covenant with God and each other

Perfect For

• Christian married couples
• Newlyweds
• Couples celebrating anniversaries
• Marriage ministries
• Small groups and Bible studies
• Couples’ devotion time
• Premarital counseling
• Married couples seeking spiritual growth
• Pastors and marriage mentors
• Wedding and anniversary gifts

Why This Devotional Is Different

Many devotionals provide inspiration for a single moment.

Trying Times in Marriage creates an intentional year-long journey that encourages couples to grow spiritually, emotionally, and relationally—one week at a time.

Each devotion combines biblical teaching with practical application, helping husbands and wives strengthen communication, deepen friendship, renew hope, and cultivate lasting joy through every season of marriage.

Marriage isn’t strengthened only during easy times.

It is strengthened when two people choose to trust God together through every trying season.

Walk together.

Pray together.

Grow together.

Love together.

And discover the joy that comes from building your marriage on an unshakable biblical foundation.

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From the GOODBYE MARRIAGE Collection

Continue your relationship journey with these companion titles by Vivian Adonai:

• I Am Important to Me: How to Spot Red Flags, Set Boundaries, and Choose Yourself
• Goodbye Marriage: How to Enjoy Your Marriage
• The Goodbye Marriage Workbook

Together, the GOODBYE MARRIAGE Collection offers a complete, faith-based relationship library that equips readers for every stage of the journey—from healthy singleness and wise relationship choices to building a joyful marriage, strengthening daily habits, and growing spiritually together through every season of life.