21 Marriage Tips
from Dennis and Barbara Rainey

  1. Marriage and family are about the glory of God, not you. Your marriage has the transcendent purpose of reflecting God to a fallen world. Genesis 1:26-28

 

  1. Your marriage is taking place on a spiritual battlefield not on a romantic balcony. Remember your spouse is not your enemy.

 

  1. Your spouse is not your enemy. Ephesians 6:10-12

 

  1. A couple that prays together stays together.

 

  1. Isolation is a subtle killer of relationships. In isolation a person can be convinced of anything. Genesis 2:24-25.

 

  1. It is a whole lot easier for two broken people to build a marriage and family from the same Biblical blueprints than from two different sets of the world’s blueprints. Psalm 127.1

 

  1. Never use the “D” word in your marriage – instead use the “C” words. Commitment, covenant keeping love.

 

  1. Your marriage and family are redemptive….they have saved you from toxic self absorption.

 

  1. Communication is to marriage what blood is to the body. It is the life giver to a relationship.

 

  1. Be transparent. Share your struggles and temptations with your spouse. James 5:6

 

  1. “Marriage is the union of two forgivers.” Ruth Graham. It is categorically impossible to experience marriage as God designed it without being liberal and lavish in your forgiveness of one another.

 

  1. The greatest threat in any marriage is losing a teachable heart. Proverbs 4:23

 

  1. Build many guardrails to protect your life, marriage, and family rather than too few. … be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.

 

  1. Differences aren’t wrong, just different. Embrace your spouse’s differences as new opportunities that God has brought into your life. Genesis 2:22-23

 

  1. Make your home a storm shelter, suffering is in the fine print of your marriage covenant. Matthew 7: 24-27.

 

  1. Men and Women process suffering very differently. Sorrow shared is grief divided. Suffering will either drive you apart or it will be used by God to merge you together.

 

  1. Loss is a part of life and increases as we age. How you and your spouse process loss, by faith, will determine whether you grow old blessing others or cursing them.

 

  1. Women spell romance differently than men. Wives spell it R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P. Husbands spell romance S-E-X. Song of Solomon 7:11-13, Ephesians 5:25

 

  1. Marriage was designed by God to be Missional.

 

  1. Your home is an embassy, an “Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven” 2 Corinthians 5:20

 

  1. The most important decision you will ever make is that of surrendering to Jesus Christ. Matthew 7:24-27

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