Refrain from anger and turn from wrath. (Psalm 37:8)Husbands and wives become angry at each other for many reasons, ranging from nitpicky differences that can annoy to major issues that can destroy. One key adjustment for any married couple going through a difficult time is learning how to deal with feelings, such as anger, and…

Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:8)Perhaps you’ve heard someone in a failed relationship say,” We always loved each other, but we just couldn’t get along.” They may have loved much, but they didn’t know how to love well. 1 Corinthians 13 is great counsel on how to love well in marriage. Loving well is the…

It is typical for a man to marry without knowing how to talk to his wife. Some men don’t know that their wives need intimate communication. Often a man is completely unaware of his wife’s sensitive nature. He doesn’t know that things he considers trivial can be extremely important to her – things like anniversaries…

But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. Zipporah performed hasty surgery on her son when she realized God was about to kill her husband, Moses. While it isn’t stated, evidently God was about to…

Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you. (Genesis 12:13) Life can present a married couple with tough choices. Do you take the promotion at work if it means traveling with business associates who have no scruples? Do you…

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. (Genesis 8: 20) Noah’s altar in Genesis is a ritual that other people had sacrificed animals before. Many had directed their prayers heavenward in the smoke of offerings. But that…

“The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’” (Genesis 2:18) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and for the finishing touch, he made a human man in his own image, with a soul that would live forever.…

Genesis 19:17 says “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” If only we hadn’t married so soon. If only we had more money. If only I had married Jake instead of John. Regrets in marriage are damaging. They…