Often couples respond to conflict poorly. Emotions flood them and they feel out of control. Here’s how to stop that destructive cycle.
Emotional Intimacy
If you are angry, afraid, resentful, jealous or depressed, the fault may lie in your thinking.
A spouse can bring pain, triggers and irrational responses to a marriage when he or she has experienced trauma that’s unresolved. But with love and commitment, his or her spouse can learn to help.
Three journeys fill the scope of marriage: the husband’s, the wife’s and the united (or marital) journey. The only journey you can walk without your spouse’s consent is your own.
Is your spouse the same person you married? Your spouse keeps changing in preferences and interests. To stay current, study your spouse to understand, serve and love him or her better each day.
True romance is more about being captivated by your spouse than buying flowers or chocolate. And captivation is all about curiosity and interest — being allured by your spouse.
Scripture indicates that one virtue — love — has supreme value above all other virtues. But when you don’t feel particularly loving, you don’t have to try to muster romantic feelings for your spouse.
Appreciating our husband’s or wife’s emotions can be difficult. But we can give our spouse a special gift by seeking to thoroughly understand him or her before reacting.
Most marriages experience some obstacle in physical intimacy. But the Lord asks you and me to view sex as a gift of creating. Just like a LEGO set, the joy is found in building.
After years or even decades of marriage, how can you pursue your spouse? Three things — understanding, action and serving — can help you get on the right track.
Kissing, holding hands and hugging communicate love and romance to your spouse. Giving simple acts of affection shows deep appreciation and devotion, expresses support and builds intimacy.
Your Secret Agent is intimacy-challenged. He or she may have no trouble talking about superficial things. But he or she closes down when it comes to any personal, below-the-surface conversation.
Every successful married couple has to find ways to navigate and negotiate their similarities and differences. Toby (TobyMac) and Amanda McKeehan have the added challenge of differing cultural customs.
It’s true that emotional connection doesn’t come easily for many men. But God desires that we engage our families wholeheartedly — with all our heart, soul, mind and strength!
One compelling reason to have sexual self-control before and after your wedding is that you’re more likely to have a healthy sex life in marriage.
Married couples can commemorate significant events in their marriage in which God proved faithful. What are some things you do to mark the milestones in your marriage?
Amid the busyness of life, Erin Smalley incorporates simple affirmation into her marriage relationship and watches her husband thrive.
Negative body image can lead to dissatisfying or infrequent sex, and women who don’t like their bodies tend to take fewer emotional risks, including sharing intimate thoughts and desires.
To love with God’s love in your marriage, you need to be connected to Him and joined spiritually to your spouse, placing God at the center of your relationship and growing closer to Him as a couple.
Find ways for your family to serve aging adults in your neighborhood.
