Marriage Mentoring

If you are married, can you think of the people who have influenced you and your spouse in marriage, its health and success? I’m sure you quickly can. Oddly, I’m not sure that any of us would say it was some “formal” class, or a workbook. More than likely, your most powerful mentors, both personally and at other levels, probably influenced you informally.

With that said, mentoring will not come by autopilot either. You know what would be helpful in the couples current situation because you have probably been there. You probably know now what you wish someone would have spent some time with you to work through. So, what are you doing now to influence others and capture the times for teachable moments?

I get the opportunity to lead a class this week on marriage mentoring. Really, marriage mentoring is not too complex. Some powerful biblical principles are laid before us in Titus 2:1-8, Ephesians 5:22-6:4, and Colossians 3:18-21.

So I have some critical success factors that I will mention next time, but today, I would like to share what I believe to be the key to successful mentoring:

THE KEY FACTORS: Listening and praying. As I have mentioned elsewhere, if I can just train myself to listen and reflect what I am hearing, coupled with earnest prayer, I will accomplish much. To say it another way, when your heart aches, or you are trying to sort something out, do you want someone to download a bunch of information your way, or listen to you….and then go in prayer together to the One, Jesus Christ, who can really do something about the situation?

More of the critical success factors to follow…