If you have not seen the movie "Fireproof", I recommend you watch it with your wife. It is thought provoking. There is a book you can buy that has the 40 day journey as well. I highly recommend it.

The bible says to love her like Christ loves the church. How unselfish is that? He laid down his life for us and we should be willing to do the same.

So being the one to say I am sorry, should seem insignificant and should not seem like a great sacrifice. Yet, sometimes we still struggle with this. We have this pride thing - we think we have to be right.

A true servant spirit in a marriage makes it so strong. Putting her before yourself makes a huge statement about how you value her.

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I have found that valuing her opinion is important. Especially if you wife is a stay at home mom, she will need you to value her input. After spending the entire day with children, she is certainly going to want to have some conversation time with an actual adult and this is also a great time to help her by showing respect for her thoughts and opinions. It doesn't mean you will always agree, but when you seek her input and value it - that will definitely not go unnoticed.

When having a fight, it can be useful to have a keyword or a key phrase that you use to stop fights that are not important.

For example, my wife and I use a simple conversation set of key phrases to end fights - one of us will say "This is ridiculous!" and the other will say "Very!" At that point, we sort of laugh and it's over. It simply signifies that the topic or issue we are fighting over is just not worth it. This is an easy way to prevent yourselves from fighting over unimpo… Continue

One way to grow your marriage is to commit to a consistent date night. For my wife and I, this has been either Thursday, Friday or Saturday typically. For 20 years, we have only missed a handful of weekends. That is probably one of the keys to why we have been so happy.