Marriage Articles

What Do You Think When You Hear “Happy Wife, Happy Life”?

Are You Fighting a Battle Your Spouse Doesn’t Even Know You Are Having?

Are You Fighting a Battle Your Spouse Doesn’t Even Know You Are Having?

Husbands and wives will find themselves in conflict with each other—that is undeniable. In fact, because the apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 7:28 that those who marry “will have trouble in this life,” we can also conclude that some conflict within marriage is by God’s design.

Do You Have the Humility Necessary to Move First?

Do You Have the Humility Necessary to Move First?

When a husband and wife find themselves on yet another out-of-control Crazy Cycle—where feeling unloved, she reacts without respect; and feeling disrespected, he reacts without love—how do they decide who is going to be the first to stop reacting unlovingly or disrespectfully?

What Do You Think When You Hear “Happy Wife, Happy Life”?

What Do You Think When You Hear “Happy Wife, Happy Life”?

You’ve probably heard the phrase “happy wife, happy life” before. Maybe it’s in the context of something simple, like choosing what restaurant to eat at or not leaving dirty clothes on the bathroom floor.

Why Does a Wife Not Hear That Her Husband Needs Respect?

Why Does a Wife Not Hear That Her Husband Needs Respect?

The idea of unconditional respect for the husband has always been the Love and Respect message’s unique feature, based on Ephesians 5:33. Many books stress Paul’s instruction for husbands to love their wives (“each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself . . .”), but few spend equal space if any at all, to the rest of the verse (“. . . and the wife must respect her husband”).

How Is C.H.A.I.R.S. The Key to Having More Meaningful Conversations With Your Husband?

How Is C.H.A.I.R.S. The Key to Having More Meaningful Conversations With Your Husband?

Many wives share disappointment that their husbands rarely talk to them at a deeper level. “Emerson, when we were dating, we used to talk long into the night getting to really know each other. What happened to him?”

Why Does a Wife Not Hear That Her Husband Needs Respect?

How Is C.H.A.I.R.S. The Key to Having More Meaningful Conversations With Your Husband?

Why Do Some Husbands Say, "I Do Not Feel Any Love For My Wife?" [Video]

Why Do Some Husbands Say, "I Do Not Feel Any Love For My Wife?" [Video]

When we say that God commands a husband to love his wife, we are not saying that God commands the husband to feel love for his wife. He may feel little to no love for her because of her reprehensible actions. No person on the planet should feel love for what is not intrinsically lovable. So then, what do we mean by loving one’s wife?

Marriage Helps: The Two Most Helpful Helps [Video]

Marriage Helps: The Two Most Helpful Helps [Video]

How did you get here? Did you run a Google search for “marriage helps,” recognizing that you need help on a marital concern that leaves you feeling helpless? You might have hoped that a search for “marriage helps” would produce a fairly easy answer. You might have thought, “Perhaps a thoughtful individual will furnish a timely nugget of truth to assist with my marriage difficulty."

Understanding Your Motivation in Your Marriage, Part 3: Three Important Areas To Consider

Understanding Your Motivation in Your Marriage, Part 3: Three Important Areas To Consider

Part 1 and Part 2 discussed and showed you that: - A wife must guard against judging her husband because he does not respond like she would respond. - A husband must guard against judging his wife because she does not respond like he would respond. So how do you apply this in healing your marriage?

Understanding Your Motivation in Your Marriage, Part 2: Moving Forward

Understanding Your Motivation in Your Marriage, Part 2: Moving Forward

Part 1 showed us how blaming the spouse and negative profiling do not heal a marriage. It does not solve the problem. What should you do with a disrespectful wife? How do you handle an unloving husband? I have learned that spouses who move forward to heal the marriage do not habitually and negatively profile.