“The Decision whether or not to divorce is one of the most serious decisions you will ever make in your life. Your marriage is in trouble, and you must choose between staying together or getting a divorce. Unfortunately, most couples base this major decision on emotions and feelings rather than sober thought and analysis. Most couples considering divorce do not understand the enormous implications of this decision before making it. During this difficult season of your life, take the time to slow down the “divorce train,” try as hard as you can to put the emotional turmoil you are facing on the back burner, and take an objective view of how this decision will affect your life in key areas including:
- Legal
- Financial
- Emotional
- Physical
- Spiritual
- Your children
Think of this as a season to acquire knowledge in these key areas, and to learn about the negative effect divorce will have on you, your spouse, your children, and the rest of your life. After all, divorce is more likely to multiply problems in your life than to solve them.”
-LivetheLife.org, 90 day Divorce “Cease Fire” Pledge
Click Here for to sign the pledge to fight for your marriage
Retreats:
Here’s a list of marriage crisis retreats and resources intended to help you and your spouse work out the conflicts that are hurting your marriage.
Winshape Marriage
Winshape has designed a four-day intensive program for couples in crisis with a 95% success rate.
Retrouvaille
The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience combined with a series of 6-12 post-weekend sessions over 3 months.
FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember:
At FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember marriage conference, you can put aside life’s daily distractions and focus on each other again.
National Marriage Encounter
The mission of National Marriage Encounter is to promote and encourage marriage and family life by offering Marriage Encounter weekends and a support community. National Marriage Encounter enables people to discover God's vision of marriage, family life, and spiritual diversity, thereby leading them to a clearer understanding of their relationship with each other and with God.
Center for Relational Care
Intensives are three-day and four-day therapeutic programs that offer structured, focused opportunities for personal growth and relational enrichment.
Resources:
Focus on the Family
The Focus on the Family website with resources and links for marriages in crisis.
Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman Counseling
With over thirty years of experience in marriage counseling, Dr. Gary Chapman has worked closely with thousands of couples struggling with countless issues. But at the heart of every marriage he has encountered–including his own–rests the same core longing: all people need to feel loved.
Marriage 911
This Christ-centered 12 week program helps you to place your focus and energy into areas that can first help you remain/become healthy and whole in the midst of a crisis, and commonly becomes the foundational keys to turning around a troubled marriage.
Fireproof My Marriage
Take the 40-day “Love Dare” and make a long-term difference in saving your marriage.
Reconciling God’s Way:
A “First-Response” ministry for marriages in crisis-even with an unwilling spouse.
National Institute of Marriage
National Institute of Marriage’s marriage counseling programs utilize a structure that is the most powerful format we have found for helping couples who feel stuck and hopeless. We have designed several programs to help couples move past the barriers and experience the marriage of their dreams.