Once your wedding vows have been said, you and your spouse can start on an even bigger adventure - the miracle of merging your lives together. When the bliss wears off and challenges confront you, you'll need to build the kind of relationship that will stand the test of time.
Creativity is at the core of romance. Get your own creative juices flowing by trying one or all of these four fun dates to add a little spark to your marriage.
Why do you need for him to talk? Aside from the fact that speech is a uniquely-human ability and you’d like for him to prove his humanity from time to time, why do you need for him to talk?
For some things it's easy to say "no" - To kids who want their 3rd bowl of ice cream, to teens who want to skip school, and to door-to-door salespeople - saying “no” is easy. But when it comes to marriage, it isn’t easy to discern when to say “no.”
Here are 5 things you can say “no” to in order to better your marriage.
We find that we have to work really hard to understand, accept, and appreciate the differences in each other. Frankly, learning to do this has been significantly more difficult than we expected.
Horror stories about monstrous mother-in-laws, bigoted father-in-laws and clueless sister or brother-in-laws abound in pop culture and media. Are in-laws that bad? Is it possible to have a healthy relationship with your in-laws? Try these steps toward a rewarding connection with your in-laws.
Do you and your mate struggle to have healthy conflict? Join the club. Many couples struggle to keep conflict to a minimum and relational pleasure maximized. However, IF you prepare effectively for conflict, actually less conflict will occur....
We might think the greatest threat to our marriages would be obvious dangers like infidelity, finances, or in-laws. But the greatest threat to our marriages is something much more subtle...
You can have a lifelong love affair with your spouse if you follow God’s principles for healing your relationship and rekindling the romance between you.
When it comes to the joy and the stress of the holidays, how do you and your spouse approach it? As a united team? Or do tinsel, gift giving, and extended family get-togethers turn you against each other?
If you and your spouse are struggling to face the holidays together, here are 5 ways you can navigate the season hand-in-hand rather than back-to-back.
In a time where the divorce rate has risen to around 50%, the culture believes it has marriage all figured out. But in order for marriage to work as it was intended, we have to go back to the source, the blueprint, and the original intent for marriage - in order to cherish it and save it.
We all journey into marriage with our hearts brimming over with hopes and dreams. But a lot can happen between the “I do” at the altar and the years that follow. We can end up married to someone yet emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically disengaged.
If you’re bored in your marriage, you don’t have to try to escape from it. Rather than seeking a way out, you can create a new marriage from within, with help from the source of all love: God.
When our fall schedules, dominated by the demands of parenting, stretch our marriages and spiritual lives, it’s time to take a closer look. Here are six things to consider to recalibrate your life, for the sake of your marriage and your walk with the Lord.
I thought I knew a lot about marriage when we stood before our family and friends because I had memorized Ephesians 5 and read some books, but the following months proved I didn’t know much at all...
