Don't Let the Holidays Stress Out Your Marriage

"When the busyness of the season threatens to drag our spirits down, spouses need to be intentional about lifting each other up. To avoid losing the Christmas spirit (or just plain losing it) this time of year, my wife Holly and I make sure to love each other well".....

https://www.stewardship.com/articles/7-ways-to-love-your-spouse-during-the-christmas-chaos?ectid=50.16.7873

Kids Change Marriage Dynamics

"Once children come on the 'scene' it’s difficult not to center our lives around them. After all, their demands or 'needs' seem to cry out so much louder than ours. Our needs as a married couple, to continually grow closer together, are put on the back burner, usually for years. And that can be problematic in so many ways".....

https://marriagemissions.com/a-child-changes-the-dynamics-of-your-married-life/

Pebbles, Mountains, and Marriage

"When it comes to small frustrations and missteps, remember this: seek understanding first, you have bigger mountains to climb, and whenever necessary, let it go".....

https://fiercemarriage.com/let-go-pebbles-mountains-marriage

Your Wife's 3 Relationship Non-negotiables

"...one key to thriving in your relationship is to understand your wife. This is not to suggest that you should try to manipulate her. Rather, as you invest time and effort to understand your wife, you'll discover how to define romance using your wife's dictionary".....

http://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/marriage/staying-married/husbands/your-wifes-3-relationship-nonnegotiables?spMailingID=12421314&spUserID=MTM0NTg3NzIxMDAyS0&spJobID=1282097669&spReportId=MTI4MjA5NzY2OQS2

Five Ways to Bring a Good Man Down

"When you reject God’s commands, no matter how small, you put yourself outside of his protection, and that one area becomes the area through which Satan injects poison into your life".....

https://jdgreear.com/blog/five-ways-bring-good-man/?utm_content=buffer89008&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

You planned the wedding but did you plan to stay in love?

"Falling in love is easy. It involves butterflies and long walks on moonlit beaches. You hear wedding bells, see fireworks and fall into something that feels perfect. Staying in love, however, is not so easy".....

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/gods-design-for-marriage/plan-to-stay-in-love

You Can't Let This Account Get to Zero

"Hollywood has dramatically distorted our notions of romance and confused us entirely about what makes passion burn. While watching Ryan Gosling pour his heart out in 'The Notebook' may make your heart pound, real-life romance is fueled by the ways in which you interact with each other in the little moments that make up your day. It is kept alive through a joined effort to stay connected. It is created each time you let your partner know that he or she is valued and loved by you".....

https://www.gottman.com/blog/apply-the-research-building-your-emotional-bank-account/?utm_source=Marriage+Minute&utm_campaign=d4dd41fb57-MM_11142017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56abe07ac5-d4dd41fb57-135378537

Fighting for Your Wife

When it comes to body image our wives deal with an aggressive and mean passenger often, for some it’s every day. The passenger isn’t the culture or the images she sees in commercials, movies, and magazines. Those things just reinforce what the loud passenger is telling her. The aggressive and mean passenger is her internal voice.

http://www.allprodad.com/helping-your-wife-overcome-her-body-image-issues/

A Quick Test to Evaluate Your Marriage

Most of us, whether we realize it or not, evaluate our marriages almost every day.  If we’re in a social situation, we tend to wonder, 'How does our marriage measure up to theirs?' When we’re by ourselves, the evaluation is often along the lines of, 'Am I happier today than I was yesterday?' or 'Am I as happy today as I was the day we got married?'".....

http://www.garythomas.com/quicktesttoevaluateyourmarriage/

Marriage and a Child with Special Needs

"According to some research, the divorce rate for couples with special-needs kids hovers around 80 percent. More hopefully, however, other studies indicate that 18 percent of these couples in this situation say their children have brought them closer together. What’s the difference between the couples who rise to the challenge and those who don’t? Here are some tips".....

http://www.foryourmarriage.org/marriage-and-a-special-needs-child/

How to Protect Your Marriage

"Every day, your marriage enters a battlefield. What are you doing to protect your marriage against the dangers of, porn, workaholism, worry, pride, stress, fear, loss, addiction, comparison, social media, emotional cheating, that girl at the gym, in-laws, hormones, or idolizing your kids? To win a war, you have to know you’re in one".....

http://beating50percent.com/how-to-protect-your-marriage/