Themes
Themes — guided studies for couples
Multi-day studies by category: foundations, intimacy, communication, healing and more. Each theme opens with a pastoral lead-in and continues in the app.
Foundations
- What Are We Standing On? For you if your marriage feels like it's moving without a clear direction or shared ground to stand on.
- We Promised… but What Did We Promise? For you if marriage feels more like sharing a roof than a living commitment.
- You Are Not My Everything (and That's a Good Thing) For you if one of you leans too hard on the other, or if the relationship has started to feel suffocating.
- A Cord of Three Strands For you if you believe God should be at the center of your marriage but aren't sure what that looks like day to day.
- What I Expected and What I Received For you if you feel disappointed because marriage didn't turn out the way you imagined.
Intimacy
- Close in Body, Far in Soul For when you live together but feel disconnected inside.
- Talking About What We Barely Talk About For when sexual intimacy has become an awkward or unspoken subject.
- Coming soon Praying Together Without It Feeling Awkward For when you want a shared spiritual life but don't know where to begin.
- Coming soon Guarding the Heart, Not Just the Behavior For when you want to protect your marriage from the affections and glances that pull you away.
- Coming soon Opening Up Again After Rejection For when a wound made one of you shut down to closeness.
Communication
- Coming soon When Everything Ends in a Fight For when you argue often, and almost always about the same thing.
- Coming soon We Talk, but We Don't Understand Each Other For when you talk plenty and still feel far apart.
- Coming soon Words That Build, Words That Tear Down For when words have become a weapon inside the home.
- Coming soon The Silence That Hurts For when one of you shuts down and pulls away instead of talking.
- Coming soon Speaking the Truth Without Wounding For when you stay silent to avoid trouble, or when honesty ends in a fight.
Healing
- Coming soon When I Can't Forgive For when something from the past still hurts and won't let go.
- Coming soon Learning to Trust Again After a Deep Wound For when trust has broken and you don't know how to rebuild it.
- Coming soon When One of You Has Gone Dim For when one person's sadness or discouragement is weighing on you both.
- Coming soon Living with Anxiety Without Letting It Divide Us For when constant worry is robbing you both of your peace.
- Coming soon When a Bitter Root Has Grown at Home For when old resentments are poisoning your present.
Home
- Coming soon Money Shouldn't Be Something You Fight About For when finances are a constant source of tension.
- Coming soon Who Decides What? For when decisions get made separately or end in a tug-of-war.
- Coming soon We Run All Day and Never See Each Other For when the routine has you living like housemates.
- Coming soon Let Home Be Rest, Not a Battlefield For when coming home weighs on you instead of giving you relief.
- Coming soon Serving Outward Together For when your marriage has become a closed circle with no shared purpose.
Family
- Coming soon Truly Leaving Father and Mother For when one of your families still stirs up friction between the two of you.
- Coming soon My Parents, Your Parents For when dealing with in-laws or extended family wears the two of you down.
- Coming soon Parenting Without Coming Apart For when the kids have become a frequent source of disagreement.
- Coming soon When the Children Don't Come The longing to be parents hurts, and you don't know how to carry it together.
- Coming soon What Are We Leaving for Those Who Come After Us? You want to live with a clear sense of purpose and legacy as a family.
Knowing Myself
- Coming soon Why Do I React This Way? For you if the same reactions keep repeating and you don't understand where they come from.
- Coming soon What I Brought from My Parents' Home For you if you keep repeating patterns you saw as children without meaning to.
- Coming soon What I Didn't Even Know Was Hurting Me For you if out-of-proportion reactions are hiding an old wound.
- Coming soon My Way of Loving Isn't the Only One For when you feel you're trying so hard, but your spouse doesn't experience it as love.
- Coming soon My Worth Doesn't Depend on My Spouse For when your sense of security rises and falls with how your spouse treats you.
Delight
- Coming soon Are We Still Friends? You miss enjoying each other and not just managing life together.
- Coming soon Falling in Love Again on Purpose The romance has cooled, and you want to rekindle it intentionally.
- Coming soon Laughing Again It's been a long time since your marriage felt joyful or lighthearted.
- Coming soon Thank You for You Criticism has taken the place of appreciation at home.
- Coming soon Celebrating What God Has Done You stopped looking back and giving thanks for the road you've walked together.
Frequently asked questions
What are the Edifying Themes?
They are guided, multi-day Bible studies organized by category —foundations, intimacy, communication, healing and more— to build your marriage step by step.
How are they different from the daily devotional?
The daily devotional is your everyday habit; Themes are deeper topical plans you choose based on what your marriage needs to work on right now.
How long does a theme take?
Each theme spans several days. You can go at your own pace and the app saves progress for both of you.
What categories are there?
Foundations, intimacy, communication, healing, finances and more. Each category gathers studies designed for Christian couples.
Is it a Bible study for couples?
Yes. Each theme starts from Scripture and applies it to real married life, with questions to talk through and pray over together.