Marriage Update Archives

7 Common Marriage Mistakes That Cause Couples to Grow Apart

Is your marriage not as close as it once was? Even spiritually strong marriages can fall into quiet patterns that pull couples apart. Here’s how to...

7 Common Marriage Mistakes That Cause Couples to Grow Apart

3 Sneaky Ways Satan Tries to Harm Christian Marriages

Marriage is a wonderful relationship experience. But to be married well requires more than most of us imagine when standing at the altar. We are...

3 Sneaky Ways Satan Tries to Harm Christian Marriages

Why You Feel Lonely in Your Marriage and 5 Ways to Fight Against It

Chances are that the disillusionment and loneliness you feel stem from both of you taking your relationship for granted. Be intentional about...

Why You Feel Lonely in Your Marriage and 5 Ways to Fight Against It

6 Ways to Reconnect With Your Spouse When You Feel Distant

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...

6 Ways to Reconnect With Your Spouse When You Feel Distant

10 Wonderful Ways to Build Intimacy in Your Marriage

Start with giving thanks to God for your spouse. Then, allow Him to stir in your heart for ways to speak words that will resonate and express...

10 Wonderful Ways to Build Intimacy in Your Marriage

6 Ways to Prioritize Personal Time with God After Marriage

Another seemingly positive trend that infringes on our personal time with the Lord is the art of “shared” quiet time when spouses take time to pray...

6 Ways to Prioritize Personal Time with God After Marriage

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