5 Bible Ways You Can Improve Your Financial Intimacy With Your Spouse

Many marriages today blow apart over financial issues than almost any other factor. The truth is that God has special purposes for every couple by creating a team that can achieve more together than the individuals could accomplish on their own. When it comes to finances in marriage, having the right perspective on finances will help keep God at the center of your relationship as a couple, not money. This right perspective keep every financial issues in check. And if you both have the right perspective about money and understand how to get along well in money matters, there won’t be much issues in your marriage about money.

True financial success comes not from accumulating a large surplus in our bank account, but from following God’s plan for our finances.

We Have Put Together Five Bible Ways We Believe Can Help You Improve Your Financial Intimacy With Your Spouse:

1.  Define Your Goals. Our first financial priority should be God and His work. Proverbs 16:3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” The issue of managing our finances, is of great importance to God. Goal setting is a form of practical dreaming – and who doesn’t like to dream about what the future could be? Goal setting is when couples sit down together to honestly ask questions like “Where do we want to be in 5 years? In 10 years? In 15 years?”  And then look at the financial implications of those goals they have jointly set. However, this goal setting shouldn’t just be about finances, but every other aspect in life as well. When you begin to align your goals together as couples, it becomes a lot more easier to accomplish them. But when you both have separate goals it will be nearly impossible to have financial intimacy in your marriage.

2. Share Responsibilities

   Decide together and assign responsibilities according to the task you are each good at. This may include things like paying bills, paying the children’s fees, feeding, making investment decisions, transferring funds, etc. Good money management sure takes knowledge and wisdom. So, create a “willing to do that” list and assign adjustable responsibilities by rotating every task in that list.

3. Keep Good Records. 

   As written in Proverbs 24:3-4 in the bible that “By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches”. It is important for couples to have their finances under control and have the basic understanding of good record keeping. As couples, it is imperative to develop your financial plans together and then decide on who should be the book keeper in the house.

4. Budget Jointly and Review Regularly:

   Examine each other’s financial habits and determine how you would like to proceed and where you need to cut back. After you have both defined your goals and figured out the financial implications of those goals. Next is to apply achieving those goals into your monthly budget. The budget helps you achieve the small goals along the way to achieving your ultimate goals. After setting your budget, regularly review it together and track your progress. As couples, you need to learn basic financial management and budgeting principles and use that information to avoid debt or financial problems.

5. Put the Needs of Your Spouse Above Yours.

   True love puts the needs of others first. The Bible gives us the way of Christ, which is self-giving, not self-seeking. True love is when you think about your spouse more over yourself, and you are willing to go the extra mile. To say you love someone means you have embraced that whole person despite their blemishes or faults even in the area of finances. This love brings an element of commitment into your marriage when things aren’t always on the straight and narrow.

Finally, always discuss finances together as a couple. You both need to have a balanced perspective about money and make decisions as a team. Financial intimacy in marriage will bring you together in a new and deeper way, as you trust God together and follow His plan for your marriage.