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What Does the Bible Say About Marriage and Divorce?

Divorce was never a part of God’s original, ideal design for mankind.

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How to Adjust to a Military Homecoming After Deployment

Homecoming is fraught with emotion and expectation. Ensure a smoother transition for growing together after being apart that includes the simple joys of family and clear, steady communication.

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20 Creative Ways to Invest in Other Married Couples

A mentor is someone you can turn to for wisdom and support — and someone who can help you make the most of your marriage.

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How God Redeemed an Irretrievably Broken Marriage

Cocaine, parties, affairs. Bill and Vicki Rose were on the path to ruining their marriage — until God redeemed them and their relationship.

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3 Secrets to a Lifelong Love

Have you ever pondered the question, “What is the secret to a lifelong love?” Erin Smalley offers three secrets to building your marriage amid the changing seasons of life.

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Countdown to a Hassle-Free Move With A Moving Checklist

If you are facing a move in the near future, don’t panic. Instead, take a deep breath and begin by repeating Proverbs 16:9. Then consider these guidelines to ease the process of moving your family.

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Seeking Marriage Help Leads to Restoration

One couple learned to restore the joy in their relationship with a visit to the National Institute of Marriage.

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Setting New Goals Together for the New Year

Do you want to draw closer as a couple in the new year? Try sharing and then setting your goals for the next 12 months together.

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Shifting Your Perspective on Marriage Can Restore It

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Did you know that shifting your perspective on marriage can restore it? An excellent example comes from Tara, a young lady at the church I was working for at the time. She approached me one day after church and asked to speak with me. “You’ve got to help me. I …

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Creating and Keeping a Heart Connection in Marriage

Heart connection is when two people delight in living their individual lives in a way that breeds trust and consistently adds value to their identity as a pair.

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How Can My Spouse and I Get Out of Debt?

Many marriages are blessed with a spouse who is a live-life-to-its-fullest spender, while the other spouse saves each penny. But too often, husbands and wives end up feeling like they’re on opposing teams.

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God Made You a Fierce Woman and Wife

A woman’s role as her husband’s “helper” is not an insignificant assignment. To serve well in her role, a woman must be fierce. Not destructively fierce but beautifully fierce.

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Date Night With Your Spouse: A Win-Win Situation

When conflict arises in a thriving marriage, both partners win when they remember that, ultimately, they’re on the same team.

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Healthy Conflict Resolution in Marriage

If your approach to conflict resolution is going nowhere, you may need a heart change. Try these five ideas.

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Laughter is The Best Medicine in Marriage

Laughter helps us avoid taking ourselves too seriously and is a great stress reducer. If your marriage is anything like Mark and Debbie Gungor’s, it has its fair share of stress.

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Faith Conversations: Ways to Show Love to Your Spouse

Denying our own interests doesn’t come naturally, but it conditions us toward a more sacrificial love. Dying to self proves we’re serious about loving our spouse in the same way Christ loves His church.

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Date Night With Your Spouse: Authentic Intimacy

Have you heard about the other way of writing the word “intimacy”?—”INTO ME, SEE.” There’s a valuable piece of marital wisdom embedded in this clever play on words.

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Date Night With Your Spouse: Encourage Each Other

What is a marriage? It’s a question well worth pondering.

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Date Night With Your Spouse: Pursuing Unity in Marriage

The parallel between romantic love and God’s relationship with His people is a theme that runs all the way through Scripture, and it has a great deal to teach us about the spiritual dimension of marriage.

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How to Strengthen Your Marriage by Loving Your Mother-In-Law

Learn how to strengthen your marriage and love your husband by building a good relationship with your mother-in-law.