Practices of a Healthy Marriage

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

Q 1 What is the most important foundation for marriage?

A friend loves at all times …

Proverbs 17:17

… This is my beloved, this is my friend, …

Song of Songs 5:16b

Q 2 How do you keep your marriage fresh? 

Q 3 Why didn’t you quit when things got hard?    

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Matthew 19:4-6

Q 4 How do you resolve conflict?

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

James 1:19

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

James 5:16

Q 5 What spiritual practices support your marriage? 

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:5