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Marriage Success

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God’s Design for Sex Reveals His Heart For Us

Husbands can reveal God’s loving, self-sacrificing movement into people’s hearts by the way they treat their wife. And wives can reveal God’s invitation to be filled with His strengthening presence.

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How to Align Your Dreams as a Couple

I wasn’t fully on board with my wife’s dreams to adopt. But we finally found ourselves on the same page. We have some suggestions for aligning your dreams so that you’re headed toward the same goal.

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Sex Is Not About Waiting: Everything You Need to Know About Premarital Sex

Some see sex as a means to an end. But when something is reduced to a utilitarian process, it ceases to be beautiful. Waiting for sex helps couples find its true value: unity.

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Dealing With Differences in Your Marriage

Learning constructive ways to handle your differences is one of the most important things you can do to protect your marriage. You can decide to take control of your issues.

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3 Tips for Intentionally Connecting with Your Spouse

As we seek to focus on the significance of Jesus’ birth amid all the hustle and bustle of the season, another crucial part of Christmas is often lost.

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Communication in Marriage is an Example of Christ

How a wife and husband communicate with each other tells other people a lot about their relationship. Your marriage can be a witness of Christ’s love.

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Enduring Bonds of Marriage: Building a Lasting Love

Authors Bill and Pam Farrel look back on some of life’s storms that helped them build a lasting, enduring love in their marriage. They offer some tips that will help you do just that.

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3 Myths About How To Be a Marriage Mentor

What does it really take to mentor other couples? Longtime marriage mentors dispel three misconceptions.

3 Tips for a Great Marriage

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Having a good marriage takes a lot of intentionality and effort. However, with these 3 tips for a great marriage, you can elevate your relationship with your spouse to the next level. 3 Tips for a Great Marriage Tip #1 for a great marriage: Believe the best—even when you’re hurt …

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The Secret to Sexual Intimacy With Your Spouse

When you choose to be affirming, encouraging and giving, you stimulate positive emotions in your spouse. Couples who understand this learn how to make love, not just have sex.

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How to Avoid or End an Affair

Consider the following ways to avoid or end an extramarital affair and learn about the importance of knowing your spouse’s primary needs.

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What to Look for in a Mentor

Every good mentor — or mentor couple — should have these three qualities.

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Red Flags in a Relationship

When we’re excited about a relationship, it’s easy to overlook the red flags that at least need to be explored.

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Couple Friends: Double Dating to Strengthen Your Marriage

Along with a couple’s relationship with God, it takes a supportive community of friends to keep a marriage strong.

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Premarital Counseling With Marriage Mentors

If you are preparing for marriage, we can’t emphasize enough (both from research and personal experience!) how important it is to have the support and encouragement of a veteran couple to walk alongside you. If you are looking for premarital counseling with a mentor couple, here are some common questions that you might find helpful! …

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To Know and Be Known: Vulnerability in Marriage

Dr. Henry Cloud describes how vulnerability makes a difference in marriage as it builds trust and empathy between a husband and a wife.

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Spiritual Leadership Creates Intimacy in Marriage

Spiritual intimacy can be a confusing issue for many couples. Dr. Greg Smalley offers personal insights on how husbands can be spiritual leaders and wives can see beyond basic spiritual disciplines for intimacy at home.

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Love That Goes the Distance: 13 Ways To Have a Great Marriage

A lasting marriage really is possible. But don’t settle for a good marriage or a so-so marriage. Here are six secrets to a great marriage.

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Single to Married: What I’ve Learned From My First Year of Marriage

While I realize that Noah and I have plenty of mountains and valleys to travel in the years ahead, we’ve experienced growth and victories even in the start of our journey.

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Back to the Future

If cherishing is to be pushed to an even higher level in a couple’s present experience of marriage, it will happen because they find ways not only to keep in touch with the past, but to project the past into the future.