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5 Keys to Avoid the Hazards of Anxiety in Marriage

Anxiety, contained and denied, affects our bodies, minds, emotions, and, relationships. Here are 5 key ingredients to a lasting relationship, and...

5 Keys to Avoid the Hazards of Anxiety in Marriage

How Trials Can Make Your Marriage Better

I remember the moment I stood before my groom and recited my wedding vows. I certainly didn’t expect life to be perfect, but I assumed my marriage...

How Trials Can Make Your Marriage Better

3 Ways Christianity Makes a Marriage Unique

We were both Christians. Of course God would be at the center of our marriage. What other way is there for Christians to be married? We quickly...

3 Ways Christianity Makes a Marriage Unique

5 Things Every Married Couple Should Do

Investing in your marriage means doing small things that will have a huge impact. Whether you’ve been married for 5 days or 50 years, it’s never...

5 Things Every Married Couple Should Do

The One Thing Married Couples Would Do Differently If They Could

I can see now what I didn’t see then—that this misinterpretation created a cycle. He needed space to get refilled, which I perceived as rejection,...

The One Thing Married Couples Would Do Differently If They Could

10 Things You Should Never Say to Your Wife

This one’s for the husbands; a list of things better left unsaid to your wife.

10 Things You Should Never Say to Your Wife

False Opinions Wives Have about Husbands (And Vice Versa)

When you take time to learn how your spouse really thinks, rather than assigning wrong motives to their actions, you’re actually serving the Lord! ...

False Opinions Wives Have about Husbands (And Vice Versa)

What You Need to Know about Marriage That Isn't in the Bible

We should absolutely strive to live our marriages as prescribed in Ephesians 5. But sometimes we will fail. Our spouse will fail us, and we will...

What You Need to Know about Marriage That Isn't in the Bible

10 Unique Valentine’s Day Dates Your Spouse Actually Wants to Go On

Valentine’s Day is just a day to appreciate and show love to another. It doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t have to be expensive.

10 Unique Valentine’s Day Dates Your Spouse Actually Wants to Go On

How to Reclaim Intimacy in Your Marriage

One question we are often asked during our coaching sessions with married couples is: How can we reclaim intimacy once it is lost? Oftentimes...

How to Reclaim Intimacy in Your Marriage

7 Ways to Ask for the Love You Need

In a perfect world, the ones we love would know instinctively how to love us in a way that meets our needs. But you and I are not living in a...

7 Ways to Ask for the Love You Need

10 Date Conversation Starters That Have Nothing to Do with Your Kids

Before baby made three (or many more), there were two – a happy couple with hopes and dreams, and plenty to talk about that had nothing to do with...

10 Date Conversation Starters That Have Nothing to Do with Your Kids

9 Ways to Intentionally Love Your Spouse

In a world that competes for your focus, time, and attention, it’s easy to turn on autopilot and put intentionally loving your spouse on the back...

9 Ways to Intentionally Love Your Spouse

Why Wives Must Read the Context of Ephesians 5:22

Let’s put Ephesians 5:22 in context. This passage is all about empowerment for EVERY member of the family.

Why Wives Must Read the Context of Ephesians 5:22

4 Practical Ways to Honor Your Husband

I’m not perfect and neither is my husband. But that’s not the issue. God wants us to honor each other, even with our imperfections.

4 Practical Ways to Honor Your Husband