Spend Time with Friends
One of the ways to have a healthy relationship and marriage is to spend time with friends of the same sex. Just because you are married, doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have friends. Men, whether married or single, need to hang out with other men regularly. The same goes for…
Adopt a Pet Together!
Are you and your partner animal lovers? Pets are great stress relievers, which is why studies show that couples with pets are happier in their relationships. They also have lower blood pressure! There’s something about pets that makes people nicer! It’s a proven fact that humans are more likely to…
Are You Too Open About Your Marriage?
Any confidential information that is shared between spouses must be guarded like a treasure. Sharing this information with a third party, including friends and family, is dishonorable, and there are many ways in which it can go terribly wrong. Here are some of the things that could happen. Losing control…
Stop Making Excuses!
Excuses are a way to avoid taking responsibility, justify an offence and blame external factors for mistakes. People often opt for excuses when they feel the real reason is not good enough to elicit sympathy or any other desired reaction from their spouses. Since excuses are usually seen as a…
Invest In Your Marriage
In love and marriage, much like most of life, you reap what you sow. Sowing bitterness, anger and unforgiveness is the surest path to an unhappy marriage. And sowing good seeds like hope, perseverance, patience, love, kindness, faith, trust, forgiveness and acceptance sets the pace for a happy and healthy…
Be Your Husband’s or Wife’s Biggest Cheerleader
One of the main benefits of marriage is having someone to motivate you every step of the way. Continuous affirmation and encouragement are necessary for a happy relationship. As a Christian couple, it is your God-given responsibility to be each other’s biggest fans. In fact, Hebrews 3:13a says “Encourage each…
Want to Meet Other Couples? Host a Dinner Party
Couples who spend time with other married couples are more likely to have a happy and satisfying marriage. There’s something about spending time with other couples that makes people feel closer to their romantic partners. Sadly, it’ not easy to meet new couple. That’s where dinner parties come in. Dinner…
5 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress in Your Marriage
Stress has a way of evolving into marriage problems. That’s because when you’re stressed, you’re more likely to get mad at each other and argue. Thankfully, this is something that married couples have been dealing with since the beginning of time. This means there are tried and tested ways of…
Do You Keep Making the Same Mistakes Over and Over Again?
To err is human but it is also a bit shameful. This is why we go out of our way to cover up our mistakes by lying or denying they happened. Sometimes, we are so busy trying to minimize our mistakes that we miss out on the lessons. Sadly, those…
Too Much Compromise is Unhealthy!
Compromise is supposed to keeps a marriage strong and healthy. However, is there such as thing as too much compromise? Absolutely! Unhealthy compromise occurs when one spouse feels like he or she is doing MOST of the compromising! Or when there is so much compromising between the spouses that the marriage…