A Ministry of Woodland Community Church
Helping Married Couples connect with one another, and with God.
If you can’t think of a single reason to stay with your spouse, remember that Jesus went to the Cross for you when you were useless to Him. He kept His covenant with you when you didn’t give Him a single reason to. ••• Do you feel like your marriage is hanging on by its … Continue reading Resurrecting Your Marriage
If you see a problem in your marriage, you don’t stop participating in your marriage, you stop participating in the problem. ••• Sometimes it is easy to draw back and not communicate when we are frustrated with our spouse. It’s easy to listen to that little voice telling us, “Well I’m just not going to … Continue reading stop participating in the problem
The most guaranteed way to turn your marriage away from destruction is to choose to turn yourself away from sin. ••• It is so important in marriage to remember that sin is not just avoiding those big, “no nos.” Sin is disobedience, too. It’s not just avoiding things like adultery, it is also ignoring the … Continue reading God is looking out for your Marriage
As we discussed on Day One, conflict is not a bad thing. What is important is how we deal with it. One of the biggest myths about marriage is that fights “just happen”; that they are random, unpredictable events. Instead, I believe that people make a conscious, deliberate choice when they decide to turn a … Continue reading Choose to Focus on the Process
The big idea behind the transformation of your marriage is that you can make choices in key areas to heal it. You are in control of the conflicts that occur in your relationship. Conflict, in and of itself, is not a bad thing. What is important is how we deal with it. Conflicts will happen, … Continue reading Marriage Is About Choice
I remember a time in our marriage that I thought if there were professional marriage fighters, we could probably turn pro. We fought a lot. We had no idea how to fight fair. We did the win / lose thing. We fought about the same things over and over and had no clue how to … Continue reading The Boxing Ring
Thomas and Alison both came from broken homes. After a really good first year of marriage, life together began to have rough patches. By the end of year three, there were a lot more tough days than good days. They found themselves at a crossroads. They could take the path their parents took and get … Continue reading “Is It Worth It?”
As married couples, we can find ourselves in a negative cycle of conflict. We argue and can’t seem to get past it. It is easy to think the answer lies within the details of who is right and who is wrong. But typically, we are not really arguing about what we are arguing about. It’s … Continue reading Respect and Love
A Ministry of Woodland Community Church 