Marriage Update Archives

10 Tips for De-Escalating an Argument with Your Spouse

Marriage isn’t about never arguing—it’s about learning how to honor Christ when we do. Here are practical, biblical ways to turn conflict into...

10 Tips for De-Escalating an Argument with Your Spouse

What Does it Mean to Be a Wife of Noble Character?

So let us all — women, as well as men — strive to be like the wife of noble character described in Proverbs 31. Let us all work to be selfless,...

What Does it Mean to Be a Wife of Noble Character?

6 Signs Your Marriage Needs to Change

In a two-becoming-one type union, there are bound to be issues. But here are six signs that your marriage really needs to change.

6 Signs Your Marriage Needs to Change

3 Ways to Have More Patience with Your Spouse

Before your next hard conversation with your spouse, here are three wise, biblical ways to bring calm, clarity, and even a little joy back into...

3 Ways to Have More Patience with Your Spouse

Does the Bible Mention Soulmates?

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

Does the Bible Mention Soulmates?

5 Ways to Be a Supportive Husband

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...

5 Ways to Be a Supportive Husband

5 Efforts Wives Want Their Husbands to Make

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,...

5 Efforts Wives Want Their Husbands to Make

5 Encouragements to Hold to When Suffering through Infertility

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...

5 Encouragements to Hold to When Suffering through Infertility

4 Signs Your Marriage Is Drifting and What You Can Do about It

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

4 Signs Your Marriage Is Drifting and What You Can Do about It

6 Glues That Hold a Marriage Together

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...

6 Glues That Hold a Marriage Together

5 Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong While Raising Teenagers

Marriage in the teen years is no easy task. These five biblical-minded steps can help you stay united, find peace in the chaos, and strengthen what...

5 Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong While Raising Teenagers

What Is the Secret to a Long and Happy Marriage?

Here is the key: if you suddenly start performing a bunch of thoughtful gestures for your spouse, don’t get bitter if they don’t return the favor...

What Is the Secret to a Long and Happy Marriage?

7 Surprising Things the Bible Says about Being a Husband

The head of the household. The king of the castle. The man of the house. Our world has a lot to say about being a husband, but men looking to...

7 Surprising Things the Bible Says about Being a Husband

4 Steps to Take if You Are Unhappy in Your Marriage

While seasons of unhappiness are a normal part of marriage, they are meant to be just that, seasons. If you find yourself stuck together in a place...

4 Steps to Take if You Are Unhappy in Your Marriage

5 Steps to End an Ugly Fight

When was the last time you had a fight, slept in separate bedrooms and had fantasies/fears that your marriage was over?

5 Steps to End an Ugly Fight