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Marriage Success

Humility and Self-Forgetfulness

While humility is not often praised in society today, it is a characteristic that Christ displayed at every turn. Marriage offers the perfect testing grounds for humility.

Created for Connection

Human beings have an innate desire to connect, to experience dynamic relationships with one another.

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Defending Your Marriage Against Mediocrity

When couples compromise on obedience to God, their marriages drift towards mediocrity. Abundant marriage, however, is within reach when attending to five key areas.

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Your Time Apart: Making it Through and Back

The goodbye is over — good for you! You’ve made it through what was most likely the toughest moment of your time apart. The next thing you have to look forward to? The reunion! Here are some tips for making it from the moment after goodbye through the readjustment period with your health, sanity and …

Thirty-Three Months at War

‘I’m not ashamed of my experiences because I know … I’ll be able to use what I’ve been through to help and bless another. …’

God’s Promises to Service Members and Spouses

God’s promises are solid and surprisingly applicable to military life.

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Fanning the Flame From Afar

Eight practical tips for keeping close to your spouse despite the fact you are miles apart

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.

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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.

What Is a Hedge?

What’s a hedge? And why would you want one in your marriage?

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The Half-Hearted Marriage

Commitment means making a choice to give up other choices.

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Blending Two Spiritual Lives

Loving God is a great place to build a foundation for spiritual intimacy within a marriage.

Building Hedges Around Your Marriage

A hedge is a protective investment that will help your relationship to flourish like never before.

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Staying Married for Life

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.

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To Step into Your Calling, You Must First See Clearly.

Truth Rising exposes the cultural crisis we face and the bold faith it takes to confront it. Watch the film, then go deeper with a study on Hope, Truth, Identity, and Calling. You were created for this moment.

Choose to see. Choose to believe. Choose to act.