Tag: expectations

Laura Taggart knows what it's like to despair over your marriage. Taggart explains how the wheels fell off her marriage around year 13. Taggart talks about conflict she sees couples having.

Every marriage has dark seasons. Author Rhonda Stoppe remembers a time when stress led her to verbally wound her husband. By pursuing Christ first, she began to show respect to her husband.

Rhonda Stoppe's picture perfect marriage faded after their "I dos." Stoppe shares what she learned the hard way: A happy marriage stems from how well we know God.

Author Nina Roesner explains that physical intimacy is as important to men as emotionally connecting is to women; without that, a man may be less attentive to his wife emotionally.

Nina Roesner, author of "The Respect Dare," explains that when a woman speaks a man's language of respect, he will reciprocate in kind with the love she craves.

Nina Roesner's husband ranked their relationship a perfect 10; she only rated it a two. Roesner tells how God grew her relationship with her husband as she learned about respect and submission.

Author and blogger Sheila Wray Gregoire shares what she's learned about conflict resolution in over 20 years of marriage.

Sheila Gregoire, author of "9 Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage," reflects on her early years of marriage. After she decided to change her way of thinking, her marriage began to improve.

Author Paul David Tripp talks about the reality of marriage.

Our expectations and desires often take over the rightful place in our hearts that belongs only to Christ.

What if God designed marriage to make us holy rather than happy?