Confidence over Comfort
While we want to be comfortable around our spouse, it’s important to realize that it is a fine line between comfort and complacency.
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Look past the words…
Look beyond the words spoken, to the heart of the person saying them.
The Golden Rule of Marriage
…a slight revision to the Golden Rule that applies to marriage. It goes like this “Do unto others (your spouse) as they want to be done unto”.
No Marriage is Perfect
I work with people in various levels of marital distress. I like to think that I provide them with Godly counsel and practical advice on how to make their situation better. But the key here is the word – “better”. I didn’t say “perfect”. I… Read More »No Marriage is Perfect
5 Steps to a Shocking Marriage: #5
Step 5 – Be Prepared The Boy Scout motto is – Be Prepared. As an Eagle Scout myself, incorporating that motto has helped me across a variety of scenarios in my life. In a nutshell, this motto suggests that you look ahead and anticipate the… Read More »5 Steps to a Shocking Marriage: #5
5 Steps to a Shocking Marriage: #4
Step #4 – Set Goals A shocking marriage is one that improves over time. As we’ve already discussed, this doesn’t happen naturally, it takes prioritization and intentionality. Without a concerted effort to improve, marriages simply degrade over time. Anyone who has been in any type… Read More »5 Steps to a Shocking Marriage: #4
5 Steps to a Shocking Marriage: #3
Step #3 – Set Priorities We saw in the first two steps that (1.) if you do nothing, your marriage will deteriorate and (2.) you need to be intentional in terms of focusing on your relationship to keep it strong. In this step we talk… Read More »5 Steps to a Shocking Marriage: #3
Godly Marriages are Supernatural
Dictionary.com defines supernatural in the adjective form as “of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.” As a noun it is defined as “direct influence or action of a deity on earthly affairs.” You’ve probably never thought about marriage in these terms, but perhaps you should. The very institution of marriage was designed by God, as can be seen in… Read More »Godly Marriages are Supernatural
Do Marriages Need a Gym?
You probably know a person that after a health scare, began to focus on exercise, quit smoking or lost weight. Being faced with one’s mortality is a tremendous motivator for lifestyle change. It seems to me that we treat our marriages in much the… Read More »Do Marriages Need a Gym?