Do you tend to offer your spouse authentic apologies, or cheap one-liners? Many of us need to learn to offer true apologies. But a thriving marriage requires two spouses who are good at giving and receiving apologies. Healing may take time, but forgiveness is immediate.
Marital Communication
Many couples face perpetual conflicts in their marriages. Because you and your spouse are different people, when you marry, you are choosing a set of constant disagreements. If they are not handled well, they can become a marriage-killing cycle. But if you follow a few basic principles, they don’t have to derail your relationship.
Warning signs alert us when the Enemy attacks your marriage. Learn how to be victorious against the Devil’s schemes.
Resolving conflict healthily honors marriage and keeps the marriage bed pure. Praying with your spouse leads to emotional safety, which encourages sexual intimacy.
An emotional word picture is a tool that simultaneously activates the emotions and intellect of the listener. When you use a word picture to communicate, it can go straight into your spouse’s heart.
A biblical tool called “emotional word pictures” can help you improve your communication skills with your spouse. Learn to use this emotional language of love that Jesus modeled for us.
Invigorate your spiritual connection by reading the Bible together. By applying biblical principles as a couple, you’ll reach into an untapped power source.
Persuading someone to accept feedback isn’t just about phrasing things the right way. You’re showing your spouse what he or she doesn’t already know. Both of you will grow through this trust-building process.
A Naval Corpsman’s injury in Afghanistan changed his career and his marriage. But God used the trauma for good.
Practical steps for developing a fruit of the Spirit in your marriage — patience — which will help you better love your spouse
You can step onto the down escalator, stop fighting, and return to the issue level, or you can keep moving up to a third level of emotion.
Emotional abuse in marriage is one of the hardest forms of abuse to recognize, but unrepentant patterns are the key to identifying it.
If you’ve been through an abortion in the past, keeping it from your spouse can cause even more pain. Here are several ways you and your spouse can deal with a past abortion.
People often adopt a reaction to stress when they’re kids, and the patterns continue into adulthood. But couples can learn to discuss nine points to deepen their understanding of each other.
Marriage requires making room for someone else in your life. To add this relationship to your life requires letting go of some of your other commitments and giving your spouse priority consideration.
Uncover the lie that distorts true marital unity
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes “Why can’t you care about how I feel?” My wife, Erin, was in tears as she stormed out of the bedroom. Not a great start to our evening together. She’d already been crying in the bathroom when I got home from work. I asked Erin what was wrong, and she …
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes I stood in line to board the airplane, wondering if I should say something to the woman behind me whose conversation I could hear. As a social researcher, I often overhear strangers wondering about a question I’ve studied: Why do men do that? Most of the time, I resist the …
Although he wasn’t willing to admit it at first, Dr. Greg Smalley felt that God was making him aware of how selfishness causes issues in his marriage. Greg shares some of the things he’s learned.
For so many couples, Christmas and the gift-giving experience can move from feelings of anticipation to disappointment. The Palmers share ways to turn frustrating exchanges into opportunities.