Love and War Marriage Retreat weekend

Paul and I were asked to help facilitate a marriage retreat weekend this past Friday night and Saturday all day.  10 couples gathered to watch and discuss John and Stasi Eldredge's DVD called Love and War, based on their book by the same name.  

We gathered at a hotel near the KCI airport, and it was a divine appointment with many couples opening up and sharing the depths of their joys and their pain.  

Marriage is hard work, and our time was encouraging because we realize we are all in this together, a community, cheering one another on and providing the support all of us need. Probably the most significant lesson learned is this:

Your spouse is not your enemy!

The devil is your enemy!

Satan is out to steal, kill and destroy...especially marriages. That covenant bond is something he hates and wants to destroy.  

Interestingly, now he is choosing another tactic:  distorting marriage.  He's introduced a "new" way of looking at marriage rather than the way God intended it to be between a man and a woman.  So, the assault on marriage in the realm of the spirit is at full-throttle.  

Weekends like the one we just experienced are crucial for couples to learn how to partner together against the true enemy of their marriage.