Christian Family Life Blog
Are You Cherishing Your Wife?
By cherishing your wife, desiring your wife and loving her character, you are esteeming the “trophy” God has placed in your life and on the way to building a marriage that will last a lifetime. God’s Amazing Gift Remember as a boy when your trophies decorated the room...
Are You Turning Toward or Away?
Connecting with your spouse is a daily choice that you must make. It is your choice in turning toward your spouse to connect or turning away to disconnect. Strong relationships are built incrementally, daily, as one partner will “bid” for connection and another will...
What is Marriage Oneness?
Oneness in marriage can be an elusive concept, and it is not one that just happens. So what is marriage oneness, and how can you make it happen in your marriage? Oneness and Your Marriage as a Target “There is no subject where error is more dangerous…and discovery...
6 Pieces of Spiritual Armor to Protect Your Marriage
Marriage has a spiritual component to it, so you must put on your spiritual armor to protect your marriage from the common enemy that is trying to destroy it. Gazing into the eyes of your soon-to-be spouse and pledging to a lifetime partnership before family and...
6 Reasons Marriages Fail
Marriages fail for many reasons, but knowing these 6 primary reasons marriages fail will help you avoid some of the pitfalls common to most couples. All relationships, whether romantic or friendly, start with a basic motivation of attraction. This motivation may focus...
The Importance of Friendship in Your Marriage
The importance of developing friendship in your marriage helps make your marriage healthy and sustainable. Over 29 million Americans watched the recent wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The God-honoring ceremony held in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle...
8 Character Traits for a Great Marriage (Lessons from the Beatitudes)
There are 8 character traits for a great marriage we can learn from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. By Don and Sally Meredith, founders, Christian Family Life “Character is destiny,” proclaimed one Greek philosopher. “The true test of a man’s character,” legendary...
5 Things to Do When Your Spouse Loses a Job
What do you do when your spouse loses a job? Here are 5 things you can do to help the situation when a spouse loses a job. The Bad News when Someone Loses a Job I heard the garage door opening. It was only 5 o’clock. Don certainly was home early. Lately he had been...
Taming The Tongue: Speaking Life or Death in Your Marriage?
The saying "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." just simply isn't true. Taming the tongue can be difficult, but the tongue has power to speak life or death in your marriage. The Power of the Tongue We must make no mistake about it: our...
God’s Third Purpose for Marriage – Reign Together in Power
One of God's purposes of marriage is for you and your spouse to reign together in the power of the Holy Spirit. You and your spouse are not enemies, but rather you have a common enemy to fight. Note: This is part 3 of a 3 part series. Click to read part 1 and part 2....
God’s Second Purpose for Marriage – Reproduce a Godly Heritage
One of God's purposes of marriage is to reproduce a godly heritage in your children. As Christians, if we have children, we are to mold them to live for Him. Note: This is part 2 of a 3 part series. Click to read part 1 and part 3. Here's a riddle for you: They can be...
God’s First Purpose for Marriage – Reflect
One of God's purposes in marriage is reflect his character and unconditional love. Note: This is part 1 of a 3 part series. Click to read part 2 and part 3 What does the "perfect" marriage look like? Movies suggest it might be sharing breakfast in bed, a walk down a...
