Scripture is full of passages that encourage us to evaluate ourselves and our potential partners, and to
grow in marriage relationships in ways that are healthy and spiritually fulfilling.
Subtle distress signals such as a catch in the voice, a slip of the tongue,
tension in a marriage relationship, or a change in the pattern of church participation can often be picked up if the minister has his psychological antenna out to catch these cries for help.
It is very easy to give or receive an «ego bruise»
in a marriage relationship by a rejecting word, lack of thoughtfulness (as in forgetting a birthday or an anniversary), or the attack of «putting the other down.»
If you are a
Christian in a marriage relationship, you have been entrusted with beautiful truths that are meant to shine bright for ALL to see, not just those who have lots in common with you.
The agreement contains a similar provision specifically dealing with spousal support, whereby the parties acknowledge that ``... the terms of this Agreement, reflects an equitable sharing for
support in their marriage relationship or upon a breakdown of their relationship.»
Use the tests and relationship evaluations to assess your level of fulfillment in your marriage
Even as you do the exercise, you will begin to see that
improvements in your marriage relationship are easier to accomplish than you think, because what Gottman recommends is an example of what the authors of Switch call «shrinking the change».
Actually, if there is very little or no
conflict in a marriage relationship, it probably means that one partner (or even both) is not being honest and is suppressing their own personality in order to keep the peace at any price.
(The other reason why this makes such sense is that it isn't exclusive to men and
women in a marriage relationship: holistically, men and women together in the Kingdom of God are meant to be allies.)
Key Connection Moments Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) attachment perspective of love provides a key insight into understanding poisonous
cycles in marriage relationships.
It is true that women «appear» to have a subjugated (or lessor) role in the Bible, it is a matter of perspective, but God created and established the pecking order between men and women
in their marriage relationship, and yet He often used women in leadership and life saving roles.
«Before marriage, you don't really know if it's «the one,» and afterward, you're
in the marriage relationship and so you have to live in that commitment — that person is «the one.»
The former is a religious service symbolizing the ways in which both God and the religious community are deeply involved
in the marriage relationship.
(The fact that sexual attraction may, in some cases, contain no element of love in it at all, but be only an act of lust, must not be allowed to blind us to the love that can be, and indeed ought to be,
in the marriage relationship.)
These free dating sites online help the US male and female singles to find the long term relationship and even settle down
in marriage relationships.
Below the age of thirty only 45 % of Black women are
in a marriage relationship.
However, learning to compromise is a valuable key to peace in your home and
in your marriage relationship.
Intimacy
in the marriage relationship can seem to suffer when our family is at its busiest.
It suggests rather a need to develop some new tools to deal with situations in your life and
in your marriage relationship.
Figure out where weaknesses are
in your marriage relationship and begin to work on them.