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1. She Endured a 3-Year Marital Separation; Now She Offers Hope to Other Struggling Couples

It is estimated that upwards of 80 percent of separated couples ultimately seek out a divorce. Despite the sobering statistics, it is possible to reconcile and build a stronger, lasting marriage. In Fighting ...

Created on 21 March 2019

2. How True Biblical Intimacy Can Transform Your Marriage

... cy God experiences in Himself. And yes, that's a mystery! It's the foundation of "one flesh": "Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they will become one fles ...

Created on 20 March 2019

3. 4 Life-Lifting Lessons to Help You Navigate Your Single-Again Path

Being single again often seems harder. As difficult as navigating singleness as a never-married young (or not-so-young) person can be, finding yourself "alone" again after the end of a marriage through ...

Created on 14 March 2019

4. When God Calls You to Stay in a Bad Marriage

Every marriage will have periods of challenge, times when "till death do us part" seems beyond your ability to handle. Let's assume you have prayed and fully considered the circumstances, and are certain ...

Created on 06 March 2019

5. How to Know if Your Painful Marriage Qualifies You for Divorce

... n Jesus spoke of "the hardness of your hearts," He was referring to both husband and wife. God can and does restore anyone and anything where He is given opportunity to do so. He can and does restore marri ...

Created on 28 February 2019

6. The 5 Life-Changing Challenges Every Pastor's Wife Faces ...

"The pastor's wife." It's how most people introduce me. Some have asked if that bothers me. I lean toward taking it as a compliment. Yes, I am my own person and have my own identity. However, I learned l ...

Created on 21 February 2019

7. Make Your Marriage a Priority—Not Just on Valentine's Day

... to those who believe they need to make up for an earlier failure. In her teens, my wife, Stephanie, worked at a department store during the holidays. Christmas Eve was one of her favorite days. Desper ...

Created on 14 February 2019

8. Need to Get on the Same Page as Your Spouse? Here's How

... y, time and money would be wasted. Employees, customers and investors would be confused. The business would soon fail. It's the same when husband and wife are not aligned. Some couples who are not "on the ...

Created on 14 February 2019

9. 4 Healing Songs for When You've Been Betrayed

Well, here you are. A place where you never thought you would be. Maybe it was unexpected, or maybe you were suspicious for quite some time. Regardless, you wish that in this moment, you could be anywhere ...

Created on 08 February 2019

10. Identifying Your Marriage's God-Ordained Mission

... boat? So many marriages disintegrate into a miserable detente, or worse. That doesn't have to happen to you. I heard one husband describe how he invited his wife into a restorative marriage. He painted a  ...

Created on 31 January 2019

11. Read Pat Boone's Touching Spiritual Tribute to His Wife ...

... h He didn't approve them) and could tell other mere mortals what really counted in a woman and what to search for, perhaps in vain, in a prospective wife. I married that woman. And the old king was ri ...

Created on 23 January 2019

12. 3 Ways You Can Tear Your House Down Without Realizing It

I married later in life. Fact is, I wasn't sure if I'd ever get married. The one thing I always wanted to be was a wife and mommy. When all my schoolyard buddies wanted to be firemen, nurses, police office ...

Created on 22 January 2019

13. The One Deep Need Every Husband Has

This one is for wives only. (I know; you may read this even if you're not a wife.) But here's a secret many husbands wish their wives knew: He needs you to need him. But this is not for every wife. So ...

Created on 15 January 2019

14. 4 Life-Changing Ways God Wants You to Invest in Your Marriage

About four months into dating, my husband and I began to embark on the topic of marriage. One of the things we talked about on those dates was the importance of the husband and wife relationship after ...

Created on 08 January 2019

15. What to Do if You Think You Married the Wrong Person

... zed helping of God's grace. Each marriage that works is the union of two sinners transformed through the Holy Spirit's work. Here's what Paul says about an unhappy marriage: If any brother has an unbel ...

Created on 07 November 2018

16. Putting Your Marriage in Its Place

When you get married, most people appropriately assume they will be No. 1 to their spouse. There's nothing like the heady days of being in love. Those days make you feel nothing could ever be more important ...

Created on 30 October 2018

17. The Guaranteed Steps You Need to Change Your Spouse

Oh, if it were only that easy! I hear every day from a husband or wife who says, "I can't get my spouse to do ... And if they would change, everything would be great!" You cannot get married expecting  ...

Created on 22 October 2018

18. 10 Ways to Let Your Wife Know She Still Captures Your Heart ...

What can you start doing that communicates, "I love my wife"? Author Stasi Eldredge writes about a woman's deepest need: Little girls want to know, Am I lovely? The twirling skirts, the dress up, the longi ...

Created on 18 October 2018

19. Beth Moore: I'm Going to Get Flak for This, but It Needs to Be Said

Bible teacher Beth Moore took her followers to church Thursday morning with a series of tweets that challenged readers to evaluate their relationships. Run for your life from this thread this morning. ...

Created on 18 October 2018

20. Has Satan's Tricky Lie Infiltrated Your Marriage?

Almost everywhere you turn, couples are encouraged to introduce pornography to their relationship as a way to spice things up in the bedroom. Surveys will illustrate that in doing so, couples are significantly ...

Created on 16 October 2018