This weekend at Christ's Church of Flagstaff, my wife and I tag-teamed the sermon. Our title was Dynamic Marriage. We hit on four lessons we have learned along the way. This week my plan is to expand on these four topics here at Closing the Gaps, and add a topic or two that we cut from the message.
Here are the four lessons:
Understand that the purpose of your marriage is NOT to make you happy.
Learn how to communicate and receive Love in the Language of your spouse.
Never let your kids ruin a perfectly good marriage.
Learn how to lead your heart instead of following it.
What are some other relationship topics you'd like to explore?
If you find yourself in a marriage or other important relationship that seems to be struggling remember this- everyone goes through tough times. If you bail during the tough times you'll never know the joy and intimacy that comes from working through the those tough times. Sometimes spouses end up like soldiers in a fox hole- bonded together for life because they survived the darkest of nights.
Send some questions or issues and we would love to share our insights. Our marriage is not perfect, but we have learned some incredible lessons along the way.
Here is the audio of Kristi's debut in Flagstaff:
http://www.ccof.net/index.php?%2Fpodcasts%2FSingleEpisode%2F2145
3 comments:
Definitely need a section on finances and how the husband may interpret "money", how it's earned and used, completely differently from the wife. And vice versa... I think it's one of the most miscommunicated topics inside of a marriage. Especially when most men, let it define status, while women view it as a means of security.
We all assume that money always has of the same "value" as seen in our spouse's eyes. When in reality, that seems to be the last thing discussed between couples. They fear that they'll sound materialistic and greedy instead of having the confidence that it is just part of being a responsible adult.
Communication!
Tell us what it bugging you before it's too late...When and how is a good time to talk?
Communication is HUGE. Thanau mentiones money. That is such an incredible obstacle in communication. The other commentor mentions communicating things that are bugging you. I will try to address both of these issues soon.
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