3 Wise Marriage Choices for the New Year How to build your marriage in the new year
New beginnings. What can a new year mean to your marriage? Perhaps it’s a time to make things right. An opportunity to start a new program or habit. Maybe, if you like goals, a [...]
Connect Intentionally Every Day in Your Marriage Questions to grow closer in your marriage
Have you unlocked all of your spouse’s thoughts, insights, ideas, and dreams? We haven’t and we’ve been married over 36 years! We love learning new things about each other. Early in our marriage we [...]
Can you thank your spouse for these 75 things? Building a heart of gratefulness for your spouse
This week is Thanksgiving and we will be remembering some things for which we're thankful. Do you love your home? Are you grateful for your job? Your kids? Your church family? The car you [...]
How to Have the Best Marriage 4 Steps to Peace With God
People are talking about Kanye West's recent profession of faith in Jesus. Questions like: “Is it genuine?” “Is he faking?” “When did this happen?” “How did it happen?” are swirling around some circles. Regardless [...]
How to Stay Strong in a Hard Marriage 7 Things you do when marriage is hard
Some marriages are hard. They take work. They feel lonely. The relational and emotional distance can be difficult to reconcile - usually because one spouse doesn’t want to be close. Sometimes it’s just a [...]
Build Your Marriage Spiritually Connecting with your spouse and others to grow
Do you want to grow closer to your spouse spiritually? At Build Your Marriage our mission is “To help couples build a Christ-centered marriage.” Out of that calling, we are constantly asking, “How can [...]
Five Things to Know Before You Marry–Part 5 Let's talk about commitment
Before you get married, how can you know your future spouse’s commitment to you? The truth is there can be an onslaught of factors that hit a marriage through the years that can threaten [...]
Five Things to Know Before You Marry–Part 4 Let's talk about dating history
Imagine you are on a date with someone you’ve been dating for awhile. The two of you run into someone your date knows. As your date makes introductions they stammer, “Oh...um...this is __________...we used [...]
5 Things to Know Before You Marry–Part 3 Let's talk about family
Have you heard the phrase, "When you get married, you don't just marry the person but you marry their family?" In many ways, it really is true. Getting to know each other’s family and [...]
5 Things to Know Before You Marry—part 2 How will we approach our finances?
“I have $20,000 in credit card debt but I’m not telling him about my finances until after we get married.” This happened almost 30 years ago as Brad was meeting with a bride-to-be. Because [...]
5 Things to Know Before You Marry–Part 1 Are we spiritually compatible?
If you’re planning to get married have you asked yourself, “What are the top five things I have to know before we get married or engaged?" For those of you who ARE married...what top [...]
How to Build “TEAM” in Your Marriage Four keys to being a team for every marriage
Have you struggled for unity in your marriage and wished the two of you could be more of a team? In any team sport you can't have players running their own route, playing any [...]
