Your marriage needs both PRAYER and PURSUIT. Prayer is going to God and entrusting him with everything that is out of your control, while pursuit means choosing to live out the actions of love. In this episode we hashed out principles and practicalities around both. Enjoy!
5 Keys to a Healthy Perspective on Sex
How we see sex dramatically affects our experience of it. The problem is, it’s so easy to see sex incorrectly because of our our own pasts and perspectives as well culture’s popular beliefs. In today’s episode, we talked through one of our favorite passages on sex, Proverbs 5. Listen in and see just how God’s vision of sex in marriage can change your relationship. Listen…
What, Exactly, is a “Normal, Healthy Marriage”?
“Healthy” isn’t always our normal or our default. So it begs the question: what is a healthy, normal marriage? In today’s episode, Ryan and Selena explored big truths given in Scripture and talk about how, as believers, we can apply it with wisdom, discernment, and help from the Holy Spirit, for our good and for God’s glory. Listen below!
Social Media, Your Marriage, and You
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and the like are all incredible tools of our time. However, they do carry with them the potential to damage our relationships. While the Bible doesn’t directly talk about social media, it does teach us how to become the kinds of people who make wise decisions—all of which help us navigate our modern age. Listen below!
Growing Together While Apart / Military Deployments
Brooks and Hunter (she’s the founder of the Journeywomen podcast!) have spent the majority of their time as a married couple apart. Still, even with their time apart, they learned ways to grow closer to one another and closer to Christ. If you or your spouse are serving in the military, this episode is for you. Or, if you know someone who struggles with long…
Foundations of Forgiveness
Forgiving others when we’re genuinely hurt is one of the most difficult but important principles we must learn in marriage. In this episode, we looked at The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18) and explored all it can mean for life and marriage. We hope it blesses you. Listen below.
5 Important Considerations When Dating To Marry
Dating is a funny thing. It’s not overtly discussed in scripture, and those living somewhere between single and married often ask us for advice. So, I figured it was time to write a post specifically for those who are in serious dating relationships, or want to learn principles for dating when they meet that special someone.
What is a ‘Marriage After God’?
What if God has purposed your marriage for something so much more than happily ever after? Since the very beginning, God’s design for marriage is for husbands and wives to be ambassadors of holy love to a hurting world. Still, so many couples stop short at happy and wonder why they feel unsatisfied. Rather than “you and me against the world,” God calls each couple…
5 Hurtful Phrases to Remove from Your Marriage Vocabulary
It seems like marriage is just another word for “endlessly learning to communicate”. Yes, there is so much more to marriage than communication, but how many marital issues would be erased or solved if we just learned to communicate in a more healthy manner? Our 15 years of marriage have taught us that it’s not a matter of if we disagree, but when we do,…
Your Habits and the Health of Your Marriage
Habits are behaviors that form your character, life, and experience over time. Often times, our habits are our default behaviors… but we’re called to cultivate “the ground” (soil) of our lives, which means the healthiest habits won’t happen without our effort. What could developing healthier habits mean for your marriage? They could change everything. Listen below for more! Resources Mentioned: Download the FREE eBook: 5…