New Year: Be a Marriage Keeper

Here we are at the beginning of another New Year. Are you excited for the possibility (Lord willing) to have 365 brand new unspoiled days ahead of you? We are! We’ve had a lot of difficulties that have left us looking back, glad to see the past year end. (That’s Read More…

Purpose Driven Love in Marriage

Do you and your spouse live and demonstrate a purpose driven love within your relationship? Do you reveal and reflect the heart of Christ within your marriage? We ask you this question because of something we read on this issue, which stood out to us. The authors (Rob and Amy Read More…

Forgotten Promises: I Didn’t Marry This

Have you ever forgotten promises that you made to your spouse on your wedding day? We sure have! (That’s especially true after 47+ years of marriage!) There have been many times in our married life when I (Cindy) have looked up to Heaven and said to God, “I didn’t marry Read More…

Living in the Promised Love of Marriage

In your wedding you made a vow to devotedly “love, honor, and cherish” each other until you are parted by death. Those promises seemed so easy to give at the beginning point of your married life together. Your love was fresh and new. But how do you keep these vows Read More…

Put God’s Power to Work – Marriage Message #187

Putting God’s power to work in our marriages is something we may all want, but when it comes to actually doing what it takes for this to happen, that is something entirely different. That’s because, as I (Steve) read the scriptures, I realize that in order to put God’s power Read More…

Wedding Vows Taken Seriously

I love officiating formal church weddings. It’s a privilege to be a part of the ceremony when wedding vows are exchanged. I especially look forward to that precise moment when the bride first steps into view. I relish the exquisite sensations of those extraordinary seconds. Then I watch her raise Read More…