by Christian Family Life | Jun 9, 2023 | Build, Christian Marriage, communication, conflict resolution, marital trials, Marriage Health, Reality, Rebellion, Resentment
My husband and I will have been married for 40 years in just a few months. We were very young and immature in more ways than one! For the first 7 or 8 years we would fight like cats and dogs. It did not matter where we were or who we were around, we would fight...
by Christian Family Life | Jun 2, 2023 | Christian Marriage, communication, conflict resolution, intimacy, marital trials, Marriage Health, Reality, Rebellion, Resentment, Restore
Communication is a tool that can either divide or bring a couple closer. As couples, many times everyone else receives the best parts of us and we give each other the leftovers. With each cross, critical, or hurtful communication we are making withdrawals from our...
by Christian Family Life | Apr 6, 2022 | Build, Christian Marriage, communication, conflict resolution, Enrich, Marriage Health, Reality, Rebellion, Resentment, Restore
“Conflict is not merely inevitable it is necessary if one wants to grow both character and the depth of a marriage.”Dan Allender “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice]...
by Christian Family Life | Mar 30, 2022 | Build, Christian Marriage, communication, conflict resolution, Enrich, marital trials, Reality, Rebellion, Resentment
Years ago, Tammy and I were leading a small group marriage study. This was the beginning of some changes in our own marriage and a desperate need for it to be strengthened. One particular meeting, we had finally reached a point of vulnerability in the group. Everyone...
by Christian Family Life | Feb 23, 2022 | Christian Marriage, christian marriage, communication, conflict resolution, Enrich, marital trials, Marriage Health, Resentment, Restore
Many couples do a great job masking the dysfunction that exists at home. What seems to those on the outside as a match made in heaven is really a home filled with resentment, disappointment and regret with seemingly no way out. If we are on social media, we’ve seen...
by Christian Family Life | Feb 16, 2022 | Build, Christian Marriage, conflict resolution, Enrich, marital trials, Marriage Health, Reality, Resentment, Romance
“Nobody understands what we’re going through!”“I had no idea being married would be this hard!”“I don’t know if things will ever change!” The Stages In the Two Becoming One resource, we talk about the four stages of marital decline: Romance, Reality, Resentment, and...
