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Category: Marriage
Articles on marriage by ministers, experts, and people who’ve been married long enough to know what they’re talking about.
Love The Lord First
I love my husband. He is my best friend, lover and leader of our household. He is a pretty swell guy. He makes my heart swoon. And yet, there is another man in my life who trumps my husband every time.
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Help! My Spouse Is Losing Her Faith!
Are You ‘Unequally Yoked’ If, After Marrying A Christian, Your Spouse Loses Their Faith?
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The Affair Phenomenon
There was a lot of press recently about the leaked members list of the Ashley Madison website. Frankly any site with the tagline “Life is short: have an affair” should be something people who claim Christ dwells in them should run from as fast as possible, but at the end of the day we’re all human as well as Christian.
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A Sunday School Lesson On Eve Gone Wrong
A humorous look at a Sunday School lesson on God creating Eve from Adam’s rib.
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How to BE Happily Married, Part 2
Happily married? Your marriage may be the greatest joy of your life or, maybe, you’ve just experienced the first real threat to a “happy marriage.” Or perhaps, the dream of being happily married may be a distant memory for you.
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Are You A Smothering Spouse?
Wives smother to control—to stop something from happening or to ensure that something will happen. After all, if you don’t control this situation, what will happen?
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How to BE Happily Married, Part 1
The Bible gives commands for the kind of people we all need to be. Applying those principles (with some poetic license) to our marriages keeps us on track or fills in the missing pieces in a less-than-happy marriage. Stated succinctly, our marriages would be a lot better off if we extended basic human decency to our spouses.
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My Husband Won’t Pray With Me
As a Christian desiring the best marriage and a close walk with God, you may wonder why you and your spouse don’t have a deeply-connected prayer life together. You say a blessing over the food, and you pray for the missionaries; but you seldom if ever pour out your hearts before God together.
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What Do Wives Want From Their Husbands?
Wives want quality time, help around the house, leadership, and affection. That’s what the article I read listed. Fairly simple and straightforward. Life tells a very different story. What do women really want from their husbands?
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Forfeiting the Marriage Contest
Let me ask you a question about your marriage, and try to answer it as honestly as you can. Are you silently “keeping score?” In other words, do you tally your spouse’s faults and weaknesses while only taking note of your own good deeds? And once you’re ahead, do you leverage your scorecard to bully your spouse or get your own way?
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How To Win Back Your Spouse – A Testimonial
In April of 2009 our couples’ therapist asked me; “Do you want to save your marriage?”
My wife and I had come to him in a state of crisis after she recently revealed her involvement in an affair. I should make clear this wasn’t something she had admitted doing and now it was over. No, it was something she was currently doing without any indications she might be willing to stop.
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Interrupting Negative Circles In Your Marriage
When my husband and I drove through Europe, we frequently found ourselves caught up on rotary traffic circles in the cities (some call them “roundabouts”).…
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Should I Stay Married For My Children?
Every day our organization works with people whose marriages are in crisis. We hear the stories – infidelity, control, selfishness, and much more. So how do we answer the question, “Should I stay married for my children?”
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Child-Proofing Your Marriage
Having a baby turns your marriage upside-down. There’s no denying it. You take on these new roles of “Mommy” and “Daddy” and within that, it can be hard to relate to each other. You can feel more like colleagues working together on an important project than lovers. But it’s important to remember your real relationship. So how do you do that?
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