Marriage

Even a healthy relationship is like a country road, with its twists and turns and occasional dips. The key is how you respond to the challenges.

In this age of oversharing, it’s often confusing to know the best way to talk through relationship struggles.

Marriage is a beautiful gift and precious blessing that provides us with an endearing and unique type of love, bonding us together as one, but it doesn’t even come close to the unconditional and unfailing love that our God offers us!

God’s goal is that romantic love, with all its potential pain and degradation, should be an arena of enjoyment for his redeemed people.

It's been estimated that 40 percent of Christians engaged in sex before marriage––even though they knew it was in disobedience to God’s command.

Husbands, when you said ‘I Do’, you were committing to take care of your bride as your own body for the rest of your life.

Husbands must understand that when a wife is frustrated, underneath that frustration is an emotional need that's gone unmet. When you cease to take her frustration as a personal criticism and start seeing it as an expression of her needs, you can ask the Lord how you best can meet it.

A touch, combined with a loving gaze and kind words, adds a powerful impact. There is something very basic and powerful about a loving touch.

Is it possible to keep the marriage spark burning without leaving the house? Whether your kids are too young to stay with a sitter, money is too tight to afford the cost, or your child has special needs, you don’t need to write off date nights. Instead, create dates at home to nurture your marriage relationship.

Marriage is a gift – an amazing blessing from God.

You can certainly ask for an increase of faith, but do not let anyone tell you that your lack of faith has kept you infertile. God’s plan is greater than your understanding, and He sees your mustard-seed faith in the middle of the unknown.

Drifting is never something a spouse intends. But without intentionally bringing intimacy back into the marriage, the consequences can be dire. 

When your marriage feels heavy and hope seems far away, God's Word is your anchor. These Scriptures offer the grace, strength, and peace you need to hold fast through the darkest seasons.

When you’re closely connected to God and each other, you can find the power you need to manage any circumstances together with peace and joy. Here are five signs that you and your spouse are growing spiritually together as a couple. 

When a mother’s love starts looking like exhaustion, something in the home needs to shift. Too often, wives carry the silent burden of planning, cleaning, parenting, and remembering it all. Here’s how husbands can carry more of the daily weight and lead their families with intentional love.

Sometimes you may think that mentioning them will make your mate think about them when they otherwise weren't. But of course, you know the truth: they already were. You just let them know they weren't alone in that.

No matter how that ancient serpent—the devil—is attacking your marriage today, you can fight back. Here are 7 commitments married couples can make to fight the enemy together.

Loneliness and disconnection are sneaky ways the enemy tries to pull apart our marriages. They can creep in even when we aren't dissatisfied with our spouse. Our partner may be a great provider, parent, and helper, but even so, you may still feel disconnected.

We need to talk about emotional needs, deep wounds, and other issues that may come between us. Conflict may arise when this happens, but when you are committed to your marriage, you can be assured that you will always work things out.

Don’t marry someone to redeem him. That’s Jesus’ job. Marry someone you respect for who they are now, not for who you hope they will become.