Marriage and Other Spiritual Thoughts

How Having Faith In Jesus Christ Helps Our Marriage What is Faith? According to dictionary.com It is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. or strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. But in my opinion the best definition comes from the scriptures in the book of Hebrews chapter 11 verse 1 from the New Testament it says "Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." In the book Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage H.W. Goddard says "The question is not whether Jesus is able to heal, the question is whether we will believe in him." (Goddard, 2009, pg 56.) "It takes faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to remove evil from our marriages and bring them to vibrant life" (Goddard, 2009, pg 57.) "When we have vibrant faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we know that the irritations and challenges of marriage are blessings intended to develop our character....

What is a love map? We all know what a road map is and why we would need to use one? What is a love map? its when emotionally intelligent couples are very familiar with each other's world. Dr. John M. Gottman Ph. D calls this richly detailed love map. Dr. John M. Gottman Ph.D in his book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work he says "Couples who have detailed love maps of each other's world are far better prepared to cope with stressful events and conflict."(Gottman, 2015, pg 54)  How to Enhance our Love Maps? Valentines day is this week and a great time to remind ourselves of how to Enhance our Love maps with our spouse. Dr. Gottman says "Getting to know your spouse better and sharing your inner self with your partner is an ongoing process. In fact, it's a lifelong process." (Gottman, 2015, Pg 66) In Chapter Four of this book he gives us exercises, games to do/play with our spouse.  I was so moved by this chapter that I started to take ...

  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Vs the Four Horsemen of Marriage Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? I found the answer from Wikipedia. The rider of the White Horse  is generally referred to as " Conquest ". [1] The White Rider has also been called "Pestilence in popular culture, and is associated with infectious disease and plague. The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War [2] (he is often pictured holding a sword upwards as though ready for battle [18] ) or mass slaughter. The second Horseman may represent civil war as opposed to the war of conquest that the first Horseman is sometimes said to bring. The third Horseman rides a black horse and is popularly understood to be Famine as the Horseman carries a pair of balances or weighing scales . The fourth and final Horseman is named Death . This is found in the New Testament of the Bible in the book of Revelations but what does it have to do with marriage you say?   In...

What is Marriage? Why does one enter into Marriage? What do we gain from being Married? Some of the sort of questions that have crossed my mind from time to time. In his talk "Covenant Marriage" by Elder Bruce C. Hafen he says "When troubles come, the parties to a contractual marriage seek happiness by walking away. They marry to obtain benefits and will stay only as long as they’re receiving what they bargained for. But when troubles come to a covenant marriage, the husband and wife work them through.They marry to give and to grow, bound by covenants to each other, to the community, and to God. Contract companions each give 50 percent; covenant companions each give 100 percent." He also says "Covenant marriage requires a total leap of faith: they must keep their covenants without knowing what risks that may require of them. They must surrender unconditionally, obeying God and sacrificing for each other." Elder Hafen teaches about three kinds of ...