Since our mate is always growing and changing, we need to maintain the mindset of a lifetime learner.
Intimacy
As the weather cools and the seasons change, we couldn’t pass up talking about a critical component of your thriving marriage — mutually satisfying physical intimacy.
This month’s Date Night will give you the opportunity to take a break from the holiday grind—the stress, the worries, the overcrowded schedules, the race to find the perfect gift, and other stressors—and invest as a couple in the well-being of someone else.
Sometimes, the sweetest, most tender memories are those that happened during moments that were unplanned and that may seem unremarkable to the casual observer.
Conflict doesn’t guarantee intimacy, but it is an open door to discover our spouse’s most important feelings and needs.
Healthy conflict can actually be a pathway to deeper intimacy in your marriage.
Marriage encompasses the spiritual and physical act of two lives becoming one. But can that union truly thrive if one or both of the individuals involved is feeling unfulfilled?
Studies show that the average couple spends only four minutes per day engaged in meaningful conversation. Four minutes! Can couples really expect to foster intimacy with so little time devoted to positive communication?
“When two people always agree, one of them is unnecessary.‚”
False intimacy promises an emotional high but leaves us empty. Learn how to identify false intimacy and replace it with biblical intimacy.
If cherishing is to be pushed to an even higher level in a couple’s present experience of marriage, it will happen because they find ways not only to keep in touch with the past, but to project the past into the future.
If you and your spouse are growing apart, you may have overlooked an important piece of the intimacy puzzle: friendship.
NFL coach Mike Shanahan has said, “Individual commitment to a group effort—that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
A working definition of nourishing is demonstrating your love. It involves a conscious resolution to identify your spouse’s strengths and find creative ways to stimulate them.
Is it possible to keep a healthy sense of mystery alive in a familiar, long-term relationship?
Relationships change over time. In the context of marriage, this means that there will always be something new for you to learn about your spouse
Cultivating romance and fostering spiritual growth with your beloved takes discipline and intentionality
Spiritual friendship is eagerly helping each other know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.
Whether we’re talking about Date Night, or any other time that you and your spouse have time together in the car . . . it’s not just about the destination, it’s about the journey!
Thriving couples cultivate common hobbies and undertake shared adventures through regular Date Nights!
