Most of the articles on this site are geared toward helping couples save their marriage without a religious foundation to build on. However, if you are looking for Christian marriage advice, the I will presume that you and your spouse are Christians, or religious in general. That means that you probably have a better chance of success because marriage is ordained of God and he wants you to succeed.
The first way to keep your marriage strong and healthy is to pray together often. Set some time each day for prayer. If you are having difficulty, then you are probably not going to feel like praying, but you must humble yourself and get on your knees, even if your spouse will not pray with you. We tend to pray often when things are going well, but sometimes we get a little upset with God and stop praying. That is a dangerous place to be, because you need Him.
Keep the romance alive. While we are single, we tend to put on our best face while dating. We dress up nice, shower, brush our teeth, do our hair, and otherwise make ourselves presentable to our out dates so that they will think highly of us. After we get married, we tend to forget about doing the nice things together that we used to do while we were dating. My biggest problem is that I get so busy with life that I just forget to do nice things for her. So stop reading right now and call or text your spouse and let them know you love them. Now if you really want to be spontaneous, set an alarm on your phone to remind you to do something nice next Thursday at 2pm. You’ll be reminded to do something nice and your spouse will think it was out of the blue.
Serve each other. Do you get that really good feeling of self satisfaction when you help someone? I do, and the bible teaches us to serve each other. “But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.” Galatians 5:13 When we serve our spouse, we feel good, and when they serve us, they feel good. So if we could serve each other, then we would have a remarkable marriage. Now I realize that this is easier said than done, but every effort you make, every little thing you do helps.
Get away ever once in a while. This is a hard one to do. Sometimes the commitments that we have keep us so busy that we don’t have time to get away. Other times, we may want to but the money is tight and we just can’t afford anything major. My advice is to make a point of getting away, even for just an afternoon or evening. And when you get away, make sure that you spend time talking. Don’t just go to the movie and then come home – that doesn’t count. Remember, you used to dress up fancy and impressed each other. Well do it again.
Hopefully you have gotten some good Christian marriage advice with this article. It is worth it to stay together, even if you don’t think so. Now I’m sending my wife a text, you do the same.
