Quotes About Marriage

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech–every now and then she stops to breathe.

Anything in marriage that is not willfully submitted to the ownership of the other person is held outside the union, producing legitimate jealousy.

Like the utensils that are too long to get food and return it to our own mouths—we got married because we couldn't meet our own needs. We needed a partner to serve us and to fulfill us.

But the way in which a wife speaks to her husband will decide if she has any influence with him and whether or not she will motivate positive behavior in him.

Remember this: Even though it is natural for us as humans to respond in kind to how we are being treated—it is Christlike to respond with a spirit of grace and to treat people better than how they deserve. It is the secret to redeeming people and situations that are difficult and even destructive. Nowhere is this ethic more important than in our marriages.

Don't focus primarily on your spouse; focus on yourself. You cannot change his or her behavior, but you can change your own behavior with God's help.

In review, here are the five Servant Rules: Serve what your spouse needs in spite of what you need, want, or understand. Enjoy serving your spouse and do it with a joyful attitude. Reject score keeping and do what you do with a spirit of grace and faith. Vigilantly protect the time and energy necessary to serve your spouse. Expect to be blessed and don't get discouraged and give up.

Obedience to the roles in Ephesians chapter five completely neutralizes our sin natures and causes us to return to the blessed state of unity and intimacy that God originally designed for marriage.

As it applies to marriage, this first step means remembering the joyous details of your happy and giving actions at the beginning when the relationship was so exciting and fulfilling. Remember how you honored the other person and were so sensitive in your speech? Remember how you did little things to impress them? Remember how both of you thought of each other all day and anticipated and prepared for your times together?

The ability to talk about sensitive areas of our lives with each other has greatly enhanced our marriage. We are able to relate to each other as best friends, to confess sin, or to reveal deep feelings without being accused or mistrusted.

That is the essence of women's sin natures in marriage. They often become stubbornly defiant and refuse to receive input from God or their husbands concerning issues in their lives and marriages.

As you go on your vision retreat annually and surrender your marriage to God, you are taking a huge step to unify your marriage under His authority and with His provision. Unity comes because we aren't two stubborn people trying to impose our wills upon each other. We are two submitted people trying to find God's one will for our purpose together.

Having a good marriage means you can process your anger and resolve it.

Women want their husbands to be the spiritual leaders of their homes and to pray with them.

When we honor His laws of love, we live our married lives in peace and safety. When we don't, disappointment and failure are sure to result.

As soon as I humbled myself and submitted to the Lord, He exposed the lies the Devil had told me and evaporated them in the light of His truth. Through my bitterness and unresolved anger, I had allowed the Devil to show me my wife through his evil eyes.

It is what we all want in love and life. We are looking for someone to share the rest of our lives with who truly loves us and will be attentive to our needs and desires. And so, having won each other over in the early phases of our relationship, we head into marriage with all of our hopes and dreams intact.

In marriage, for example, feelings of rejection can cause spouses to become hostile and aggressive toward one another.

Humility must replace pride as we lower ourselves and exalt our spouses until the playing field is level. Humility is the atmosphere where great marriages happen.

The Devil makes easy prey of people who emotionally navigate their lives and marriages

Mature people act above their emotions and love beyond their comfort zones. This is the secret of growing together in marriage. It cannot be achieved by two temperamental snowflakes who are imprisoned by their feelings. It can only be achieved by those who are guided by their love for God, their dedication to each other, and their conviction that doing the right thing will be blessed in the end.

Even though many times the passions in the marriage have faded at this point because of the problems that have existed, that doesn't matter. Don't let your feelings dictate your actions. Do the right thing, and the passions of your marriage will return.

If you find that your marriage isn't what it once was and there is a lack of romance in your relationship, be the first person to do the right thing and to set an example. Don't get discouraged if things don't change overnight. Be committed and consistent and trust God for the results. When the results do come, don't take them for granted. Keep the dynamic love growing in your marriage by preemptively serving your spouse.

I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman.