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Healthy Marriage

Our Blessed Marriage Can Become a Blessing

Have you and your spouse committed to giving God thanks on a regular basis? When we’re grateful, we can more clearly see how rich we really are and we can be a blessing to others.

Fight for a Stronger and Deeper Marriage

Let Erin Smalley’s 10 tips on fighting for your marriage help you strengthen and deepen your relationship.

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For a Happy Marriage: Believe the Best — Even When You’re Hurt

In this first article of Shaunti Feldhahn’s three-part series, she shares how believing the best about your spouse, even when you’re hurt, makes for a happier marriage.

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10 Keys to a More Loving Relationship

10 keys to help make your relationship with your spouse more loving.

A husband stands behind his wife with his arms around her, both smiling, with fall leaves in the background, conveying the importance of making your spouse feel cherished.

Cherish: Recognize Your Spouse’s Value

Honor isn’t based on behavior or subject to emotion. You grant your spouse value whether they want it or deserve it. Honor is a decision you make and a gift you give. This is exactly what the apostle Paul encouraged the early Christians to do when he wrote, “Be devoted to one another in brotherly …

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Love and Respect: A Royal Marriage

Marriage is a lot like royalty. A wife wants to be first in the heart of her prince. A husband wants to be the hero that his princess admires and respects.

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Defending Your Marriage Against Mediocrity

When couples compromise on obedience to God, their marriages drift towards mediocrity. Abundant marriage, however, is within reach when attending to five key areas.

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The Half-Hearted Marriage

Commitment means making a choice to give up other choices.

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You’re Stepping on My Air Hose!

When the husband sees the spirit of his wife deflate, he should realize he’s stepping on her air hose and get off it.

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The ‘Love and Respect’ Principle

Maybe you’ve heard that a woman needs to be loved by her husband and a man needs to be respected by his wife. However, if you’re like the average man or woman, you’re thinking, “Sure, that all sounds great, but what does it mean?” Men often define love differently than their wives, while women often …

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Basics of Love and Respect

Women need to feel loved, and men need to feel respected.