All Articles for God's Plan for Marriage

Cultivate Oneness in Your Marriage: Water Your Own Grass

Cultivate Oneness in Your Marriage: Water Yo...

In your marriage, will you be the gardener or the consumer?

Hope for your marriage

There Is Hope for Your Marriage

As bad as your situation might be, it is not beyond God’s power to fix.

Your Spouse Is Not Your Enemy

Your Spouse Is Not Your Enemy

Satan is our real enemy, and he would love to divide our marriages through suspicion, jealousy, disrespect, and resentment.

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Maintaining Our Individuality in Marriage

When you look at our marriage you see unity, but you also see each one of us as a different and unique person.

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Moving Beyond the Fairy-Tale Marriage

The divine design of marriage calls us to something deeper—to God’s daily involvement. Because we can’t uphold our vows without Him.

Better Marriage

Your Marriage Is Not Your Parents’

Having divorced parents doesn’t mean your own marriage will also end in divorce. You are not destined to live out the same mistakes as your parents.

The Secret to Marriage

The Secret to My Marriage

One simple concept will guide you into the relationship you always wanted to have.

3 Ways to Move Toward Oneness in Your Marriage

3 Ways to Move Toward Oneness in Your Marria...

Marriage is like a three-legged race; these suggestions will help you cross the finish line in first place.

A Passion for Building Godly Families

Two ordinary couples who are helping change the world.

Shock Your Spouse and Kids With This Questio...

Here’s a practical way to revolutionize your relationship with your family. But it requires some risk.

Building a Marriage That Lasts

Isolation can be defeated if you are willing to make the right choices to build oneness and intimacy.

Building Your Family With the Right Set of B...

Like the box top of a puzzle, God’s Word provides a necessary picture of what our lives are supposed to look like.

Do I Deserve Marriage My Way?

Do I Deserve Marriage My Way?

Our selfish nature distorts our view of life and marriage. But God has a different plan.

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Embracing God’s Purposes for Marriage

Women have the tendency to pursue secondary purposes over God's primary purpose.

5 Essentials for a Thriving Marriage

5 Essentials for a Thriving Marriage

Take a few minutes to evaluate how you can improve your marriage relationship.

Giving Up My Independence

The uncomplicated yet difficult path to oneness in marriage.

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Improve Your Marriage by Being Worse Parents

Parents often put their marriage relationship on the back burner. These four principles will help you balance working on your marriage while attempting to raise children.

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Is Marriage a ‘Dying Institution’...

Marriage is facing some big challenges today, but that doesn't mean we should replace it with something different.

Is Marriage Just a 'Piece of Paper'?

Is Marriage Just a ‘Piece of PaperR...

A growing number of couples are choosing to avoid marriage altogether.

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Marriage Is Not Our Ultimate Destination

The real 'happily ever after'

On the Mountaintop or in the Valley

We found that attending a Weekend to Remember® marriage getaway was a different experience at different points in our lives.

The Futility of the 50/50 Plan

One the surface, this approach to marriage sounds reasonable, but in the end it won't work.

God’s Purposes for Marriage

The uncomplicated yet difficult path to oneness in marriage.

God's purpose for marriage

How Should We Define Marriage Today?

What does it mean for followers of Christ to live in a culture that often defines marriage differently than the Bible does?

How to have a Successful Marriage

8 Keys to a Successful Marriage

Looking back, it was easy for us to fall in love. But staying in love, well … that takes hard work.

Grow into true intimacy

Are You Settling for Artificial Intimacy?

A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make. And you have to keep on making it.

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When Strangers Observe Your Relationship, Wh...

Our world is in desperate need of married couples who strive to love and to serve each other.

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8 Decisions That Will Define Your Marriage

How we answered these questions set the direction and foundation for our married life.

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Why the 50/50 Plan Won’t Work in Marri...

If you're keeping score in your marriage, you're in trouble.

Marriage

Marriage Requires Humility

Every day, the world bombards you with messages of power, independence, and control. Jesus tells you the opposite: Die to yourself.

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8 Lies That Destroy Marriage

Every wrong behavior begins with believing a lie.

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Secrets to Matrimonial Friendship

If friendship has grown cold in your marriage, or was never given an opportunity to develop in the first place, these suggestions can help you change that.

With Humility of Mind

The best place for us to practice being "servants of all" is in the home.

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Why We Need Marriage

In an age when so many question the need for marriage, it's helpful to remind ourselves why this was the first institution God created.

Good, bad, and ugly in marriage

The ‘Good the Bad and the Ugly’...

Couples need to learn how to love each other with the love of God.

When Everything Is About Me! Me! Me!

In my effort to build a lasting marriage, I've realized I face a never-ending battle against my natural sinfulness and selfishness.

Marriage

The Foundation of a ‘Oneness Marriage...

God has given us divine blueprints that offer hope, direction, and purpose for marriage.

Superglue Your Marriage

The world's 50/50 Plan for marriage is destined for failure. God's plan calls for something much greater.

Is There Hope for American Marriage?

Marriage was created by God for our good, for the good of our society, and for His plan to be fulfilled.