Winning Him Without Words: 10 Keys to Thriving in Your Spiritually Mismatched Marriage (22 page)

As you review this chapter, pay particular attention to the section about sacrificial giving. Ask the members to share which areas spoke to them the loudest. Encourage the women to share ways they are working to communicate better with their spouses.

Assign reading and questions for next week, and close with prayer.

Begin the session with prayer. Ask the group members about their week.

During this session, discuss the words that create flash points of conflict in an unequally yoked marriage. Discuss what
it means to “fight fair.” Focus on the Scripture verses in this chapter. They are powerful and can transform a marriage.

Celebrate the changes you notice within the group. Perhaps schedule a lunch or a girls outing together this week.

Assign reading and questions for next week, and close with prayer.

Begin the session with prayer. Ask the group members about their week.

Set the stage by bringing in some seasonal decorations for spring, summer, fall and/or winter. Start the session with a discussion of the seasons of marriage.

Review the questions and guide the group to discover areas of entitlements or expectation they need to release. Focus on the process of forgiveness and perhaps share how you have worked through an area of forgiveness within your own marriage.

This is also a session where the participants are encouraged to share moments or encounters in their marriage where God was present and active. Celebrate those moments.

Assign reading and questions for next week, and close with prayer.

Begin the session with prayer. Ask the group members if they recognized any attacks from the enemy during the last week.

During this session, ask the members if they are becoming more intentional about “wearing their armor.” Are they praying more for their husbands, for their family and for themselves against the enemy’s attempts to discourage and bring turmoil?

Ask the women if they are building their prayer team and being intentional about asking for prayer when they need it. Also ask them if they are seeing a difference in their daily perseverance
since they have started a daily quiet time to meet with God.

Assign reading and questions for next week, and close with prayer.

Begin the session with prayer. Ask the group members about their week and how they are trusting God more. Also ask them how their prayer team is developing.

During this session, ask the members how their perspective toward their marriage and their husbands is changing. Are they starting to understand the role God is calling them to play in their husbands’ lives?

Ask the women if they would be interested in meeting once a month for encouragement and prayer.

Wrap up your study and encourage each woman to trust in Jesus and cling to the promise of 1 Peter 3:1. Remind them that they
can
win their husbands without words. Close with prayer.

I will pray to grow spiritually as an individual and as a group. I will ask God to help me build a strong marriage through the application of biblical truth
.

I will give priority to the group meeting, arriving on time, with reading and study questions completed
.

I will pray regularly for group members

I will pray daily for my husband
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I will help the meeting be a safe place where women are free to be authentic and develop trust and godly relationships
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I will keep confidences. What is said in the group will stay in the group
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I will be patient with others, offering love and staying clear of judgments
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I will feel free to invite other women to join the group who I think would benefit from the study and prayer
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I will feel free to laugh, love and cry
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I will expect Jesus to show up
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Signed and Dated:

Name:

Address:

Phone:

Email:

Spouse’s name:

Childrens’ names and ages:

What are you hoping to learn from this study?

What is your greatest spiritual, physical or emotional challenge at this time?

How can your group leader pray for you throughout this study? What in particular would you like the leader to pray for?

What questions do you have?