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Marriage Conciliation Benefits

I know of no harder task that produces such a deep and rich benefit than the process of conciliation relational differences. But to be clear, it is difficult as it requires a personal death of sorts.

There are many benefits to Christian Marriage Conciliatation, some of which are:

    • It promotes resolution in a Biblical, God-honoring process
    • An informality and open communication that help parties identify their own creative solutions
    • It is typically must faster and more economical than court solutions
    • The parties own and control the terms and outcomes of their agreement
    • Confidentiality promotes open communication and allows the dispute and its resolution to stay private
    • Opportunity exists for dealing with matters of the heart (sinful thoughts, attitudes and actions, confession, forgiveness) in the effort to achieve true reconciliation
    • Parties learn ways to deal with future conflict
    • One party can benefit spiritually from doing what the Word of God requires, even if the other party decides not to follow the Biblical steps
    • It contributes to maintaining unity in the Body of Christ
    • It can be a means to introduce unbelievers (those directly or indirectly involved in your dispute and the conciliation process) to Jesus Christ.