Be sure you truly know your fiancé before making that life-long commitment. Knowing about his or her understanding of certain topics like his or her spiritual life and history is key, as well as understanding how he or she views your relationship, the institution of marriage, gender roles, finances, communication, and parenthood are important.
Marriage Prep
Don’t get swept away with the exciting notion that your soulmate has arrived. Check what the Bible has to say about soulmates first.
There is not a great wealth of research on the best age to marry, but there is some good data that can be helpful.
What will help you navigate your first year together? Two young couples reveal the marriage advice they wish they’d known before the wedding.
Should couples invest the most resources in a dream wedding day, a dream house or a dream relationship — one that lasts for a lifetime?
If you put off planning for your future marriage until after the honeymoon, you’ll miss valuable time getting to know the one you’ve chosen to partner with for the rest of your life. Here are some questions to discuss that will hopefully help your journey.
Physical intimacy and romantic love are not what keep couples together. It’s the emotional and spiritual aspects that make a marriage sweet.
One of the biggest reasons why marriage is more successful than cohabitation is commitment.
When we’re excited about a relationship, it’s easy to overlook the red flags that at least need to be explored.
If you are preparing for marriage, we can’t emphasize enough (both from research and personal experience!) how important it is to have the support and encouragement of a veteran couple to walk alongside you. If you are looking for premarital counseling with a mentor couple, here are some common questions that you might find helpful! …
There are many principles that, if practiced, can help you build a solid marital foundation.
What does it take to build a fulfilling, lasting marriage? And, how do you prepare for that quickly approaching wedding day?
If you experienced a low level of contentment as a single, expecting marriage to propel you to marital bliss probably won’t happen.
How do you ‘celebrate your singleness?’ Here are some ways to go on the offensive.
Divorce If your friend was married before, it’s vital to consider what happened in that former relationship and what factors were involved that caused the commitment to be broken. Society views remarriage as a given, but the Bible speaks to this important issue. Focus on the Family believes that Scripture addresses three specific situations in …
Controlling Your friend can manipulate in many ways: guilt-inducement, threats of abandoning you, threats of self-harm, yelling, physical aggression, isolating you, pouting, interrogating you, etc. It may be obvious; it may be much more subtle. You might be told that it’s really love, but deep down you know that’s not the truth. If you see …
Here are a few things to keep in mind as you travel the ocean of online dating.
A few things to keep in mind when planning the biggest day of your life.
It takes work to grow in oneness, but the reward is definitely worth it.
What’s needed is a new, objective standard for what makes a good match, because there are some non-negotiables for choosing a mate.