Couples with thriving relationships make it their goal to function as a team, because the most important thing is how they work together, not what other people think.
Intimacy
Though there is overlap, husbands and wives tend to take two unique paths toward intimacy. It’s important to understand where they lead and that sometimes we may have to force ourselves onto them.
A working definition of nourishing is demonstrating your love. It involves a conscious resolution to identify your spouse’s strengths and find creative ways to stimulate them.
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.‚” Mark Twain
Thriving couples cultivate common hobbies and undertake shared adventures through regular Date Nights!
Is it possible to keep a healthy sense of mystery alive in a familiar, long-term relationship?
Thriving couples cultivate common hobbies and undertake shared adventures through regular Date Nights!
As the weather cools and the seasons change, we couldn’t pass up talking about a critical component of your thriving marriage — mutually satisfying physical intimacy.
Cultivating romance and fostering spiritual growth with your beloved takes discipline and intentionality
Healthy conflict can actually be a pathway to deeper intimacy in your marriage.
Relationships change over time. In the context of marriage, this means that there will always be something new for you to learn about your spouse
Whether we’re talking about Date Night, or any other time that you and your spouse have time together in the car . . . it’s not just about the destination, it’s about the journey!
Conflict doesn’t guarantee intimacy, but it is an open door to discover our spouse’s most important feelings and needs.
NFL coach Mike Shanahan has said, “Individual commitment to a group effort—that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
Spiritual friendship is eagerly helping each other know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.
False intimacy promises an emotional high but leaves us empty. Learn how to identify false intimacy and replace it with biblical intimacy.
Studies show that the average couple spends only four minutes per day engaged in meaningful conversation. Four minutes! Can couples really expect to foster intimacy with so little time devoted to positive communication?
Marriage encompasses the spiritual and physical act of two lives becoming one. But can that union truly thrive if one or both of the individuals involved is feeling unfulfilled?
“When two people always agree, one of them is unnecessary.‚”
Ecclesiastes says that there is a time and a season for everything. December is the season for singing.
