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Dealing With Differences in Your Marriage

Learning constructive ways to handle your differences is one of the most important things you can do to protect your marriage. You can decide to take control of your issues.

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How To Get on the Same Financial Page As Your Spouse

Having trouble getting your spouse to help with money issues or join the get-out-of-debt crusade? Here’s help.

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Financially Healthy Marriages Require More Than Money

Couples often struggle with their differing money personalities and the destructive attitudes that keep them in debt. Mary Hunt offers insights to help couples find hope.

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3 Tips for Intentionally Connecting with Your Spouse

As we seek to focus on the significance of Jesus’ birth amid all the hustle and bustle of the season, another crucial part of Christmas is often lost.

Growing Stronger Through Stress in Marriage

Challenges, stress and painful trials are going to be part of your life together. The key to a thriving marriage is to learn how to manage the crises that are inevitable.

Healthy Conflict in Marriage Is Beneficial

If we avoid conflict or pretend it doesn’t exist, the greater the problem will become.

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8 Devotionals For Married Couples To Bring You Closer

It is rare that a marriage hits a crisis point as the result of one move of one person.

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In Sickness and in Health: How To Face Chronic Illness in Marriage

When your spouse is diagnosed with a chronic illness, you begin to realize that your life, your spouse’s life and your marriage will never again be the same.

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Communication in Marriage is an Example of Christ

How a wife and husband communicate with each other tells other people a lot about their relationship. Your marriage can be a witness of Christ’s love.

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Enduring Bonds of Marriage: Building a Lasting Love

Authors Bill and Pam Farrel look back on some of life’s storms that helped them build a lasting, enduring love in their marriage. They offer some tips that will help you do just that.

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How to Communicate Better With Your Husband

Erin Smalley challenges wives to avoid criticizing their husbands. She’s found that effective communication in marriage includes encouragement and positive feedback.

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3 Myths About How To Be a Marriage Mentor

What does it really take to mentor other couples? Longtime marriage mentors dispel three misconceptions.

3 Tips for a Great Marriage

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Having a good marriage takes a lot of intentionality and effort. However, with these 3 tips for a great marriage, you can elevate your relationship with your spouse to the next level. 3 Tips for a Great Marriage Tip #1 for a great marriage: Believe the best—even when you’re hurt …

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The Secret to Sexual Intimacy With Your Spouse

When you choose to be affirming, encouraging and giving, you stimulate positive emotions in your spouse. Couples who understand this learn how to make love, not just have sex.

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Married to an Addict: How to Help Your Loved One

If you’re married to an addict, don’t give up hope. An expert counselor explains how to care for yourself and avoid enabling your addicted loved one.

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How to Avoid or End an Affair

Consider the following ways to avoid or end an extramarital affair and learn about the importance of knowing your spouse’s primary needs.

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When Expectations Meet Reality

There are many things that newlyweds experience and one of them is disillusionment.

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Did I Marry the Wrong Person?

Marriage is not primarily about finding the right spouse. It’s about being the right person.

The Sexual-Spiritual Union of a Man and Woman

A good marriage is a mystery on many different levels.

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Viewing Your Wife in a New Light

After getting married, seeing your wife in a new, perhaps disappointing light can damage your relationship. Here’s what you can do about it.