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Marriage Success

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Serving Together in Your Community

Hurting people need Christians in their community to reach out and demonstrate the love of Christ.

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Love and Respect: A Royal Marriage

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.

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Serving Together as a Couple

When couples choose to unselfishly serve others together, they experience peace, contentment and a deeper bond that strengthens their marriage.

The Husband and Father’s Role

When a man enters into a covenant relationship with his bride, he commits to the responsibilities of loving, honoring and cherishing her.

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Why Have Kids?

“Why have kids?” That’s a question couples are increasingly prone to ask.

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Timing Matters When Having Kids

Your timeline for having kids is important. It is worthy of careful prayer, but not hypercare.

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Kids Can Be Good for Marriage, Really

Yes, having children will change your marriage, but you can trust that God designed your marriage to grow and deepen through that change.

Defending Your Marriage From External Stressors

God has made provisions for you to withstand negative influences on your marriage.

Does Your Spouse See Jesus in You?

If you really want your spouse to see Jesus in you, you have to genuinely put into practice an attitude of becoming more like Christ in everything you do.

Preparing for Your Time Apart

You might not feel like planning, but a little inconvenience now can save a lot of heartache later.

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Maximize Your Fun-Factor

In the business of life, couples in blended families often stop connecting through shared leisure time. They simply spend their time on other things. But, wise remarried couples recognize the importance of leisure, and they maximize their fun-factor.

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Approaching Remarriage

Remarriage should be considered carefully and only after a couple has sought premarital counseling.

A couple sits in a green field with trees in the background, with the husband's arms wrapped around the wife. They are smiling, as they have been enriching their marriage with devotionals for married couples.

Devotional: External Relationships

When we choose to live our married life according to the design God has for us, it can be amazing.

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Faith, Family, Friends, Finances and Food

Inter-ethnic couples face key decisions early in the marriage that establish their foundation. By intentionally attending to these decisions, they leverage their differences as strengths.

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So, Where’s the Honeymoon?

Unrealistic expectations create disillusionment when your hopes are not realized. Realistic expectations for your blended family give much need perspective and guidance for a fulfilling family experience.

Devotional: Facing Adversity

The reality of the presence of adversity in life is a given.

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Devotional: Love and Respect

To assume that our ability to love another person has its source in our own hearts carries with it the potential to be embarrassing, painful, or dangerous.

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Serving With the Right Attitude

Serving your spouse should be considered an opportunity and conducted with joy. Jesus was the perfect example of serving with the right attitude.

Devotional: Spiritual Foundations

Spiritual intimacy between a husband and wife provides a safe covering.

Devotional: Time and Money

As with everything in our lives, our ability to live in the fullness that God has for us has all to do with our focus.