Best Marriage Advice Ever?

Posted by Chris Goins
​August 20, 2025
Posted in Christian Life, Marriage and Family, Personal Growth 
https://chrisgoinsblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/best-marriage-advice-ever/

​Tags: bible, Christianity, Commitment, Conflict in Marriage, Conflict Resolution, Growing In Marriage, Jesus, joy, Laughter, Love, Love In Action, Marriage, Marriage Commitment, Relationships, Sexual Intimacy, Time with Family

1. Choose to love each other, even in those moments when you struggle to like each other. Love is a commitment, not a feeling.
Love Defined: “Love is willing self-sacrifice for the good of another person that doesn’t depend on the person deserving it or ever repaying it.”
2. Make time together a priority. Budget for a consistent date night. Time is the “currency of relationships,” so consistently invest time into your marriage.
3. Surround yourself with friends who will strengthen your marriage. Remove yourself from people who may tempt you to compromise your character. (Book Recommendation: Toni Neiuwhof, Before You Split)
4. Make laughter the soundtrack of your marriage. Share moments of joy. And even in the hard times, find reasons to laugh.
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.” —C.S. Lewis
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” —Philippians 4:4 NIV
5. In every argument, remember that there won’t be a “winner” and a “loser.” You’re partners in everything so you’ll either win together or lose together. Work together to find a solution.
At some point, every spouse needs to answer the question: “Do I want to be right or do I want to be reconciled?”
Put Another Way: “Is my need to always be right undermining the reconciliation of my relationship with my spouse?”
6. Realize that a strong marriage rarely has two strong people at the same time. It’s usually a husband and wife taking turns being strong for each other in the moments when the other feels weak.
“It’s not good for man to be alone, I’ll make a helper suitable for him.” —Genesis 2:18
7. Prioritize what happens in the bedroom. It takes more than sex to build a strong marriage, but it’s nearly impossible to build a strong marriage without it.
“Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband.” —Hebrews 13:4 MSG
8. Remember that marriage isn’t 50/50— divorce is 50/50. Marriage has to be 100/100. It’s not splitting everything in half, but both partners giving everything they’ve got.
“Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another.
22–24″ Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ…
25–28 “Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives.” —Ephesians 5:21-22, 25-28 MSG
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