Marriage

Serve her by checking off some items on her to-do list. Get home early and fix dinner. Allow her to sleep in on weekends and fix breakfast for the family. Stay home with the kids and let her catch up with her friends. Help her get solutions to her work projects. Do everything within your power to enthuse her and make her life easier. You are imitating Christ's love for His bride as you serve her.

Marriage isn’t about never arguing—it’s about learning how to honor Christ when we do. Here are practical, biblical ways to turn conflict into deeper unity.

There is no formula for how to best show affection. What matters is that we are willing to keep putting ourselves out there for the sake of our marriages. The most dangerous thing we can face in our relationships is apathy. When we stop caring, the Devil can easily divide our home. Commit to showing each other love and care, no matter how you feel.

Is there practical advice from our ancient text for the nitty-gritty frustrations of modern married life? Yes it does: Scripture has a rich treasure trove of practical wisdom on how we can be better spouses, and it is hiding in plain sight.

When a rift occurs between two parties and we can’t reach reconciliation, we do not need to feel ashamed. We do need to consider how to move forward. Here are seven things to do when you can’t fix a relationship.

Wives love to spend time in intimate conversations with their husbands. They want to share their innermost feelings with the man they love. When this happens, they feel loved and cared for.

Marriage is a joy and a blessing, but it won't always be easy. When tensions and anger take hold, when trust is broken, when it feels like God is silent - cling to these verses.

When we look at Jesus life, there are quite a few holes. This inevitably brings up quite a few questions, and one that people love to explore is whether or not Jesus was married. Various "discoveries" and fictional accounts have fed these inquiries. But is there an answer? And if Jesus wasmarried, how would that change the Gospel narrative?

God’s redeeming love for each couple offers second chances. Both husband and wife have to return to their commitment to stay together.

A compliment can really go a long way and give your wife the pep in her step for the day.

I personally love when my husband comes straight to me and gives me a big hug right when he gets home. It reminds me that he is on my team and that I matter to him. Make sure to never leave the house without first stopping for an embrace.

Husbands must understand that when a wife is frustrated, underneath that frustration is an emotional need that's gone unmet. When you cease to take her frustration as a personal criticism and start seeing it as an expression of her needs, you can ask the Lord how you best can meet it.

Rather than give, we take all we can get. How do you know you’ve lost your way in loving your spouse? Here are 5 signs that you’re the taker in the relationship.

Friends, the deceiver is still deceiving! But God is still God, and His very nature exudes love, grace, and mercy. So, when one of those students asked if God forgives sex before marriage, my initial response was a wholehearted, "Yes, of course, He does!" However, I know that there are many layers to this question, and it comes with a heart that may be seeking permission to fall into lust (if there will be forgiveness) or repentance due to guilt that is weighing heavy.

Do you attend to everything else and give your family leftover crumbs of your time? Are you always tired while interacting with your family because you spent all your energy out there? It hurts your wife deeply if she senses that your family is not among your top priorities.