Here’s an overview of resolving conflict in various relationships.
What do we do with negative thoughts about our family? We can control our thoughts and avoid assuming.
Is your wife withdrawing from you or becoming increasingly intense toward you? Let's talk about how you can help.
We are shaped and prepared for ministry via our relationships at home.
Our marriages speak to others and are a testimony of what we believe - especially about how we see God. How might we pattern our marriages after God's heart to share a better message?
We can learn how to grow deeper in our marriage relationship by understanding how we grow deeper in our relationship with the Lord.
When married, do we serve individually, together, a mix of both? How might this look and how do we serve together?
Can we go into each other's holy place? What does it look like there, and what are the rules of your holy place?
In marriage, we are to grow to a place of being spiritually and emotionally naked and unashamed.
Let's talk about Proverbs 16:24 and what it means for our words to be sweet for another person to receive them.
Let's look at Proverbs 22:17-18 to understand how to listen to someone we want to blend with.
What's a man to do with a crying, wounded woman? (Yes, the idea for the title came from the movie, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.")
How do we pray in faith for our family, and how do we get started as a couple?
Jesus set an excellent example for us to follow when it comes to how we respond when we don't like the way we're being treated.
It's easy for a husband to get frustrated with his wife, but did you know God addressed this in His word? Let's look at Colossians 3:19 and talk about that.
Submission poses lots of problems because of misunderstandings about it. Let's talk about it....
In 1 Peter 3:8, we're told how to treat fellow believers. What does it look like to treat our spouse at least as well?
How will you respond when in conflict with your spouse? God's Word addresses how we should live - and yes! how we should treat our spouse when working to re...
In James chapter 1, we read that we should be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. These are great concepts for marital communication! Let's lo...
When couples are conflicted, everyone's talking, and nobody's listening. Let's look at what being quick to hear can do for communicating and resolving issues.
Has your heart become hard toward your spouse? Or has your spouse's heart become hardened toward you? What will you do now?
Do God and your spouse get the best of your time, focus, attention, enthusiasm? Or do you give that to someone or something else - or use it on yourself? W...
Most people long to be known for who they are deep inside their hearts, but who will go that far to know us or care so much to tread delicately there? Hopef...
To hear our spouse's heart, we mustn't be so self-focused we can only hear ourselves. Is your own perspective so loud in your mind you can't hear anything e...
Do you have ears to hear beyond the presentation to really hear the meaning of your spouse's message?
How can we hear the heart message of our spouse if we're focused on explaining self or dismissive of thought, feelings, and ideas outside self? Let's talk a...
To look at things the way God looks at things requires changing our perspectives. Could it be there are ways we think that are causing trouble in the marria...
How can we get the attention of our spouse? Let's look at what God's word shows are "winning" ways to engage.
What would it take to grow closer in your marriage? It's important to know where you are and where you want to grow, then come up with a plan to get there. ...
If it's not working, why keep doing it? Did you know your negativity is tearing apart your marriage? Learn some tools used in successful marriages, and cha...
For the first year of marriage, husbands are instructed to cheer up = please their wives. What habits would couples continue in if this was expected of newl...
If you're clashing instead of blending, you may want to back off and check out your foundation. For two to become one, we first must accept and appreciate t...
Is your biggest problem that you aren't recognizing and embracing that which is male and that which is female in your relationship? What if you're pushing a...
As couples work individually to improve their walk with God, we see the marriage begin to turn. This is the single most powerful positive impact on the marr...
When we present our issue well, we increase the likelihood of being heard. Our spouse isn't perfect, but when we reduce his hurdles, he doesn't have to weed...
There is power in marital intimacy missed when we choose to push away our spouse. When our spouse presents yet another area for blending, how do we respond?...
Are you trying to become on in marriage while thinking and acting like a single person? To the extent we hold onto our "singleness," we hinder our "oneness....
He and she have needs that should only be met in the marriage. When someone gives to us everything, we have an obligation before God to do the right thing a...
Is it a priority to you to do what pleases your spouse? To what extent do you go to find out what is pleasing? What is the amount of effort expended to ble...
