Some of the more common areas of conflict most couples face early on include finances, in-laws, spiritual growth together, the roles of husband and wife, where to attend church, and conflict resolution. Consider a few pointers that will go a long way toward helping you and your spouse handle these challenges: 1. Ask a more […]
Category: Marriage Matters
Add Empathy To Your Communication
The dictionary traditionally defines understanding as “the faculty of the human mind by which it. . .comprehends the ideas which others express and intend to communicate.” Yet in the Bible, understanding is not just a transfer of information, but empathy for the other person. Consider Exodus 36:1, which tells how two craftsmen name Bezalel and […]
Respectfully Leave Your Parents
You may have moved out of their house a long time ago, but have you really left your parents behind? God did not mince words when He instructed a married couple to leave their parents. The Hebrew word that normally gets translated ‘leave’ from Genesis 2:24 more fully means “to forsake dependence upon,” “lose,” “leave […]
Maintaining Emotional And Moral Fidelity
For too many people, Christians included, adultery is the first step out of a marriage. An emotional or sexual attachment to someone other than your spouse creates intense passions that sabotage trust and steal marital intimacy. For that reason, God stated emphatically in the 7th Commandment, “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). Adultery destroys […]
Three Are Present
The Bible has a lot to say about the benefits of fearing God. Leviticus 19:14, for example, indicates that a healthy fear of God will motivate us to care for the needs of the disadvantaged with grace and kindness. Proverbs 22:4 tells us that fearing God leads us to life, while Proverbs 10:27 tells us […]
Experience Is Not The Best Teacher
Yeah, you read right. . . When I was a single lady, I would speak about marriage with all authority anytime I was leading Bible studies. Someone asked me one day how come I knew so much about marriage and how I had answers available for many questions pertaining to marriage. I simply told that […]
A Real Storybook Finish
Do you want a marriage that both of you find fulfilling, satisfying, and sometimes thrilling? Then do in your marriage what the apostle Paul advises in Philippians 2:3-4. “Esteem one another better than yourself, looking out not only for your own interests, but for the interests of your spouse.” Imagine if Abraham had done this […]
To Have And To Hold
When we declared our vows, most of us repeated the words to have and to hold, till death do us part. But have you ever thought about what it means to have and hold your husband? To have implies a possession. It means he belongs to you and is no one else’s. Are you fulfilling […]
Marriage Multiplies A Godly Legacy
A line of godly descendants- your children will carry a reflection of God’s character to the next generation, just as it did at the very beginning (Gen. 5:1-32) God’s original plan called for the home to be a sort of greenhouse, a nurturing place where children learn godly character, values, and integrity. Too many couples […]
God’s Purpose For Marriage
The first three chapters of Genesis provide us with foundational understanding of God’s purposes and plan for marriage: *Genesis 1:27,28 makes it clear that God made two sexes and that He made us with more than simple biological differences. *Genesis 2:18-23 describes how God created the woman to be a companion and a helper to […]
Marriage Fills Our Gaps
Everyone must adjust to qualities in a spouse that went unnoticed or got ignored during the dreamy days of courtship. How many individuals have encountered a painful frustration in marriage and asked themselves, ‘Why did I do this? Did I marry the wrong person?’ When these questions arise, you need to confront them immediately. If […]
You Married The Right Person
Everyone must adjust to qualities in a spouse that went unnoticed or got ignored during the dreamy days of courtship. How many individuals have encountered a painful frustration in marriage and asked themselves, ‘Why did I do this? Did I marry the wrong person?’ When these questions arise, you need to confront them immediately. If […]
A Comparable Helper
While all of us are called to help others- “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2)- the Bible places a special emphasis on this responsibility for wives. It also tells us that God specially designed women to be the kind of helpers that make them the ideal […]
Marriage Mirrors God’s Image
God’s first purpose for creating man and woman and joining them in marriage was to mirror His image on planet earth. Focus your attention on those words, MIRROR HIS IMAGE. The Hebrew word for mirror means to reflect God, to magnify, exalt, and glorify Him. After God created the earth and the animals, He said, […]
Why Does God Allow Infertility?
When a couple has been waiting upon the Lord for months or years for the fruit of the womb, we tend to ask so many questions. Why does God permit his loved ones to suffer pain, such as the pain of being unable to bear children? Why can’t He just give a child to parents […]
Hath Thou Clean?
Yeah, I’m talking to you. Are you clean? Spotless? Without wrinkle? Have you kept yourself away from every form of defilement? Are you still 100% committed to your spouse? So many questions, right? We are in a world where defilement enters the same bus or plane as you everyday. It works in your office. Walks […]
Let’s talk Chastity! (2)
Still on the issue of chastity. This time around the focus is on the married. O yes, before you ask, chastity concerns the married too. Chastity within the confines of marriage means you don’t do anything to violate your marriage either with someone other than your spouse (adultery) or with yourself (pornography). Your marriage is honourable […]
Let’s Talk Chastity! (1)
Sadly, this topic is turning into a ‘not so fancy’ topic as the days go by (Sigh). Chastity is sexual purity. It is a virtuous character. It is purity in conduct and intention (action and thought alike). Chastity concerns everyone, married or unmarried.Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers […]
A Working Relationship With God Births A Working Relationship With Man
The Word of God is health and life not only to our soul, but also to the marrow of our bones. God has taught me that His word is alive and powerful. When someone shares a verse from His Word, God wants us to actively incorporate it into our thoughts. We shouldn’t just read His […]
Marry God’s Friend
I have read and heard many people who advice that one thing that makes marriage work is to marry your friend. But this theory has failed many. They marry this so-called friend and he begins to act like a stranger. They begin to wonder where the person they thought they knew and got married […]
