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9 Questions to Ask Your Spouse That Can Reduce Conflict

People often adopt a reaction to stress when they’re kids, and the patterns continue into adulthood. But couples can learn to discuss nine points to deepen their understanding of each other.

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MARRIAGE DEVOTIONAL: THE ORIGINAL INSULT GURU

Sarcastic words, spoken in the heat of the moment can destroy your marriage. What if, instead of insults, you spoke with truth and kindness?

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Your Romance Story: The Formula For Making a Great Marriage

Every popular romance story portrays a loving bond so special it comes just once in a lifetime. How can you ensure that your own romance has a lifetime filled with those happy-ever-after endings?

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MARRIAGE DEVOTIONAL: VACATION FUN FOR COUPLES

Whether you visit Walt Disney World or the World’s Largest Ball of Paint, get serious about having vacation fun as a married couple.

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MARRIAGE DEVOTIONAL: WACKY ARGUMENTS WE LOVE TO DEBATE

Jesus never told us how to squeeze the toothpaste. But He did warn us against turning small issues into destructive ones.

Indterdependence is important trait in a healthy marriage.

MARRIAGE DEVOTIONAL: UNITED WE GROW

In a healthy marriage, spouses must care for themselves (independence) while depending on each other to keep the relationship strong (interdependence).

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God Uses Your Scuff Marks in Marriage

Marriage is messy, but God uses our blemishes and imperfections. Relationship intimacy is the perfect test kitchen for God to mature us and change us into utensils He can use for His purposes.

Cooking Up Community: How Food Brings People Together

Author Laura Schupp and her husband, Thom, have been building community through hospitality for more than two decades. Laura hopes to pass along her skills and knowledge to her children.

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Making Room for the Important Things in Your Marriage

Marriage requires making room for someone else in your life. To add this relationship to your life requires letting go of some of your other commitments and giving your spouse priority consideration.

A couple, symbolizing Ron and Opal Erickson, laughing together outdoors while playing a guitar, enjoying a lighthearted moment.

Ron and Opal Erickson: From Disharmony to Beautiful Music

Even with their marriage on the brink of divorce, God softened Ron’s and Opal’s hearts, giving them a hope that shone brightly enough to lead them on a path to restoration.

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Embrace Your Money Personality to Find Financial Unity

When the God-given money types work together in unity, not only can couples reach their financial goals, but they can also achieve a level of relationship health that transcends monetary value.

A grieving woman sitting in a nursery, holding a white teddy bear, symbolizing the emotional journey of coping with miscarriage.

Coping With a Miscarriage or Stillbirth: Healing Your Broken Heart

When you lose a baby during pregnancy, not only do you have to accept the fact that you’re not going to bring your baby home, but you also have to deal with massive hormone shifts and unpredictable emotions that hit you like a wave you never saw coming.

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How Self-Care Can Turn a Good Marriage Into a Great One

Roadblocks to self-care affect marriages because a spouse who isn’t cared for comes to the marriage depleted instead of ready to give. A marriage thrives when each spouse is seeking his or her own care.

Commitment: The First Defense Against Marital Stressors

Unconditional commitment is the key to resisting marital stressors. This is accomplished by attending to each other’s needs, honest communication and timely encouragement.

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Defined By God: Finding My Identity in Christ

“Do you have any hobbies?” asked a sweet white-haired lady at an event where my husband, Tim, was speaking. We hadn’t been married long, and our schedules didn’t always make it possible for us to travel together. This was one of the first times Tim and I were in public as a married couple. The …

A couple sitting at a table, sharing a meaningful conversation over coffee, symbolizing the effort to learn from mistakes to improve their marriage.

Learn From Your Mistakes to Improve Your Marriage

Most of us in second marriages can clearly see that adding education, personal awareness and intentionality to our current marriage can create a new, mutually satisfying relationship.

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I Quit Social Media for a Week … and My Marriage Thrived

Have social media become a time waster that is interfering with your relationship with your spouse? Consider disconnecting.

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How to Draw Closer to Your Spouse During Tough Times

A parenting crisis can really test a marriage. What can you do to keep your marriage strong during trials? Here’s how to develop a stronger bond in the face of seemingly insurmountable pressures.

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How Jeremy and Adrienne Camp Live in Harmony

Christian recording artist Jeremy Camp, and his wife, Adrienne, find ways to stay united even when they’re miles apart. Knowing that each day is a gift from God, they strive to be best friends.

Happy parents receiving good news from a doctor about their daughter who’s lying next to them in a hospital bed after a health scare.

Keep Your Marriage Strong During a Health Scare

Health scares can test the strongest of marriages. So, when someone — or everyone — in the family becomes sick, what are the best ways to manage the marriage relationship and remain a strong team?

Dear Focus on the Family Reader, 

The Southern Poverty Law Center couldn’t be more wrong. They recently named Focus on the Family to its radical and inflammatory “hate group” list. Ridiculous!

The ministry you support is pro-person, not pro-sin. We follow the infallible biblical truth that God created two (and only two) genders, and that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one woman. These are divinely inspired beliefs held by faithful Christians for thousands of years, not hate speech.

Will you give today to stand up for truth and provide resources that invest in God’s plan for marriage and families?

We won’t back down from God’s calling and will continue to fight for families. Together, we will endure and combat hate with Christ’s overcoming love.

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Jim Daly
President of Focus on the Family