A Marital Fool?

We just “celebrated” April Fool’s Day on April 1st. It’s an “official” yearly holiday where people enjoy playing practical jokes and hoaxes on others—often yelling ‘April Fools!’ afterward so they know they’ve been pranked. We love jokes and humor, but we aren’t really interested in making anyone feel like a Read More…

Proverbs for Everyday Married Life

The best marriage advice we could ever give anyone is, get into God’s Word, the Bible… read it, and live it. If you do that, you will always be on the right track. This goes beyond being “Bible-believing” Christians. You can talk about what you believe all that you want. Read More…

Want to Be Married for Life?

Most of us, when we marry, would say, “YES! We intend to be married for life!” But then life together gets real, real messy. And that’s when our commitment can waiver. We’ve been there several times in our 50+ year marriage. But thank God (literally) we have stuck it out! Read More…

The GIFT

All around us we see people searching for just the “right gift” to give their spouse. “But thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15) You can’t receive any more perfect of a gift than to know Jesus in a personal way! “Every good and perfect gift Read More…

Marital Biblical Advice – MM #366

In this world there is an overload of information available at our fingertips. We come across all kinds of advice on how we should live out our married lives. And much of it can be GREAT! We can get wonderful advice from family, friends, pastors, counselors, and all kinds of Read More…

Pray Scriptures for Marriage – MM #363

Do you pray for your marriage? If so (which we hope you do) we encourage you to pray scriptures for your marriage. “Someone said that a successful marriage requires partners of steel. I believe that is true. But I would add that prayer is the anvil upon which the partners Read More…

Additional Proverbs Marriage Tips – MM #362

Two weeks ago, we gave some tips from the Bible to help strengthen our marriages. As we said, “The tips for loving are the tips for living, which are contained within the Bible.” You can’t get a much better marriage manual than God’s Word! This week we’d like to expand Read More…

Weeping Instead of Blinking at Failed Marriages

I dare say that few of us would think we’re “blinking” (or looking with “indifference”) at failed marriages. But when I read something written by Nancy Leigh DeMoss in the book, The Quiet Place: Daily Devotional Readings I could see how she would say that many people do. What it did for Read More…

COMMUNICATION SCRIPTURES for Your Marriage

Good communication is said to be a lifeline to the health of a good marriage. It is pretty obvious to all who are wise, that there are good ways and harmful ways to communicate with each other. To help you to better discern the good from the harmful, you will Read More…