Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley have discovered three key experiences to help strengthen a couple’s spiritual connection.
Serving Together with Your Spouse
Helping others as a couple can improve communication and create intimacy in your marriage.
As we pondered Jesus’ command in Acts 1:8, we’ve come to realize that our “Judea” is essentially those living nearby. We began reaching out by simply loving our neighbors.
While foreign missionaries are busy witnessing around the globe, they need to know that there’s a team back home supporting, encouraging and praying for them, even if they are out of sight.
How one couple worked together to support a ministry of caring for abused kids and horses.
The term “empty nest” evokes an array of reactions. Some couples wonder about the future of their marriage after the kids move out. But you can grow closer to your spouse and the Lord during this time.
Praying for a friend’s marriage doesn’t require eloquence, but it does guard that marriage against the demonic forces trying to dismember it.
Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson and her husband, Sean, share how thankful they are for God’s grace and the joy of doing ministry together.
Compassion for kids with special needs brought them together and shapes their outreach as a couple
A couple that loves well will often extend that love to their children, their neighbors and the passersby with whom they share their world. As iron sharpens iron, these loving couples push each other to be better members of their community.
Joyless people are miserable people. They haven’t tasted and seen that the Lord is good. They haven’t yet learned that it’s through our times of suffering that the Lord often does his best work. I have been in a joyless place, and chances are you have, too.
We’re called to serve, whether it’s feeding the poor, caring for the sick or teaching children. When you and your spouse answer this call together, you can discover new opportunities to enrich your marriage.
As we grow more aware of His love, we are empowered to love others with His love. Our spouse can be the recipient of our love and good works, as well as the one who encourages us to persevere in it.
Most husbands share a certain set of needs and desires. Some of your husband’s needs may surprise you, but you can learn how to move beyond your expectations to build a marriage that goes the distance.
To reach the newborn King, the wise men may have journeyed nearly 1,000 miles across sweltering deserts. But when they found Jesus, they experienced the joy of His presence. Are others drawn to the Lord because they see His joy in us?
From the football fields to the sweet potato fields, Jason Brown talks candidly about God’s directive for him to quit the NFL and farm for the poor in North Carolina.
Collaborating with our spouse in spiritual disciplines can strengthen our walk with Christ, as well as strengthen our marriage.
Love is not only something God does; it’s who He is. Spending time with Him can help us appreciate this aspect of God. Then His unconditional and sacrificial love can overflow into our marriages.
Helping others together as a couple can make your marriage stronger.
Hurting people need Christians in their community to reach out and demonstrate the love of Christ.
