Asking your spouse to help you find your personal blind spots can help you grow closer together. Discovering weaknesses and improving them can change your relationship for the better.
Strengthening Your Marriage
God can help you find ways of loving your disabled spouse in the years ahead. This requires taking care of yourself even as you care for your spouse.
The unhealthy attitudes I ‘inherited’ from family hurt my marriage. I learned how to conquer bad attitudes, and so can you. Here’re tips to develop skills that will improve your communication.
The difference between a ho-hum marriage and a dream marriage during the parenting years may take less than five minutes a day. Even as a busy parent, you can manage that.
Words have incredible power, and careless words can destroy a marriage. Speaking words of death and condemnation is easy, but couples who choose encouraging, uplifting words enjoy the fruit of happiness.
Why are we unhappy in marriage? How can we repair our broken relationship? We can find healing through commitment, communication and Christ.
At any time between “I do” and “I don’t anymore,” our choices either deepen the relationship or deplete it, potentially damaging it. One key to successful marriage is making purposeful choices.
Through reading the Bible and observing my husband, Josh, I have learned two things about marriage. First, marriage is a partnership, and, second, God designed our differences for our benefit.
This season, make sure you connect with your spouse so that you don’t get “wrapped up‚” in busyness. Here are some ways to bring you and your spouse together to celebrate Advent in a meaningful way.
Taking time to rest—physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally—is in the best interest of you and your marriage. God doesn’t want you to be an empty, exhausted person with nothing to give.
A consumer drains value from a marriage. He leaves little after taking what he wants. But an investor adds value to a relationship. He gladly sacrifices because he experiences a return on investment.
We’re too busy. Instead of waiting for long, uninterrupted blocks of time to strengthen your marriage, take advantage of key moments that happen every day.
Researchers found that it’s important for couples to share the load of doing the dishes. Here’s my takeaway: Women who had a husband who helped with washing dishes were happier in their marriage.
A negative body image could mean that you see your body through a negative lens, feeling ashamed, anxious or self-conscious. This can have a profound impact on your confidence level and marriage relationship.
Christians who regularly practice their faith are less likely to divorce than the average population. But no matter how strong their faith, couples often experience a lack of connection in marriage.
Every marriage has seasons that change over time. Wives, you don’t have to be stuck in a “winter” period. If you pursue your spouse, the emotional climate of your marriage can change for the better.
Suffering of some sort is inevitable in marriage. When we learn to turn our eyes and hearts to God during those times, we can draw closer to each other as a couple, as well as to our heavenly Father.
When you go through hard times in your marriage, why not view them as opportunities for greatness? As you commit to learning from them, God can build a rock-solid marriage.
So many marriages end in divorce because husbands and wives simply give up. They lack grit. Couples who wish to succeed in marriage need passion and perseverance.
We can improve our ability to control our emotions. The skills we develop can make us more aware of what we are feeling, which can help us break the cycles in the way we interact with our spouse.