Marriage

I want to give you permission to grieve what you expected. I want to assure you that you are not the only one who feels like she lost a bit of herself with each move and change.

While seasons of unhappiness are a normal part of marriage, they are meant to be just that, seasons. If you find yourself stuck together in a place of perpetual unhappiness and unhealthiness, then it's time to ask God and each other what needs to change. If your partner is unwilling to pursue health after prayer, patience, and intervention, then seeking out trusted advisors to guide you toward health is wise. While God values marriage, he also values each of us, and at times, a marriage must end for health to happen in a home.

Is sleeping in separate spaces a sign of a relational break or just a pragmatic decision for more individual comfort? Let’s explore the potential consequences of this growing trend.

You may have many close friends and even a few best friends; however, your spouse stands apart from all the rest. You get to have all those attributes mentioned above, plus the one thing that makes this relationship distinct, intercourse. This God-designed act is a gift for married couples. The intimacy involved in intercourse brings you a closeness with your spouse that you will not experience elsewhere. It’s a bond you share.

Truly, it is only God’s grace that can redeem deep hurts that at times bring us to the point that our marriage feels as though it’s failing. Let’s explore some scriptures on marriage restoration on how we can apply them to our lives.

Pornography distorts the purpose of sex and spoils a tender, three-dimensional intimacy between couples. There is hope for healing, however. How can one spouse respond redemptively when his or her spouse becomes addicted to porn?

In a two-becoming-one type union, there are bound to be issues. But here are six signs that your marriage really needs to change.

Many things are expected of us as Christian wives. Foremost, we should be companions and helpmates to our husbands. Everything else should come after that. None of us are perfect. We are human and are all works in progress. If there are some things on this list that you struggle with or are hard for you, it’s okay. The most important thing is to be there for your husband, then your kids, and make sure you spend time with the Lord every day.

The enemy has been plotting to destroy what God created to be good since day one. We must not slip into complacency and fail to recognize the sneaky ways of the enemy. Instead, let’s choose to protect our marriages by understanding the threats we face today and then bring our vulnerable hearts before God and our spouse, seeking ways to stand firm and fight back. Below, you will find nine unique threats that target Christian marriages in today’s culture.

I entered into marriage believing certain myths—idealistic, storybook ideas of what marriage should be like—that just aren’t true.

Marriage isn’t about the big moments but the moments in between, the day to day. It’s the boring moments in between that make a break a marriage. It boils down to perspective.

Marriage in the teen years is no easy task. These five biblical-minded steps can help you stay united, find peace in the chaos, and strengthen what matters most.

Maybe you are in a marriage with some warning signs, and you are left wondering whether you are in unsafe territory. Maybe you are searching for hope and pleading for restoration. Maybe you are in a fairly good marriage, but you question how to keep it from venturing down a dark and dreary path.

It is tempting to think Dan knows how I feel about him after all these years. But God has convicted me that keeping romance alive in a marriage is a huge investment in my husband and our relationship. And that investment honors God.

Two far-from-perfect people are covenanting their life together — in sickness and in health, for better or for worse — until death parts them. What a beautiful picture of Jesus Christ (the groom) and his never-ending love for the Church (the bride).