We need to live our lives knowing that we have been created for intimate union with God.
Strengthening Your Marriage
God desires that we develop and nurture a personal, interactive relationship with Him.
A marriage that can ascend to the heights of intimacy requires careful navigation and routine maintenance.
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 …
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.
Jesus must be the focal point in marriage, not your spouse. Much of the time, without being aware of it, we end up idolizing our spouse, and making them our God, instead of allowing God to be our God.
A couple’s level of oneness is usually evident in their level of companionship, commitment and passion for each other.
Are you guarding your marriage? Better yet, are you guarding your heart in your marriage?
Parenting teens provides a new set of conflicts for couples: debates over discipline, respect, privileges, responsibilities, media choices and dating boundaries.
Thoughts and attitudes are like the engine of a train and our emotions and behavior are like the caboose.
External stressors are magnified in cross cultural marriages because of disappointments when cultural assumptions are unmet. Developing a shared identity is the key to growth.
God has made provisions for you to withstand negative influences on your marriage.
Human beings have an innate desire to connect, to experience dynamic relationships with one another.
According to Jacob Silverman there were 1,138 federal benefits, rights and responsibilities associated with marriage.
When couples compromise on obedience to God, their marriages drift towards mediocrity. Abundant marriage, however, is within reach when attending to five key areas.
Building and protecting a strong relationship may sound a bit like getting a root canal. But is it really?
Marriage without friendship cannot work in our culture.
Being ‘there’ for your spouse is what being married is really about. It takes time to get to know another person. If you’re not available, it can’t happen.
Women need to feel loved, and men need to feel respected.
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 …