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By Dr. Beverly and Tom Rodgers
Marriage is a journey that requires intentional care and spiritual connection. When you understand how childhood experiences shape your emotional responses, you can begin to recognize how past wounds impact your relationships. By identifying both your own soul wounds and your spouse’s, you can take the first step toward deep, lasting healing through God’s Soul Healing Love.
A strong, soul-healing marriage doesn’t happen by accident. It requires intention, prayer, and consistent nurturing from both partners. Here are the tips that can make your marriage successful:
1. Learn how your childhood affects your marital relationship.
2. Learn what your soul wounds are as well as what your spouse’s soul wounds are.
3. Recognize how they can be triggered in your marriage.
4. Pray for God’s soul healing love to heal your childhood soul wounds and your spouse’s.
5. Know that every couple has at least three issues that they conflict about. The top 6 toxic subjects are sex, money, roles, in-laws, jealousy over time spent outside the marriage, and child rearing.
6. Learn to communicate effectively.
7. Practice empathy daily
8. Be forgiving.
9. Go to at least one marriage weekend a year.
10. Couples who pray together, stay together. Couples who play together do too. Make laughter, play, and prayer a regular part of your daily lives.
11. Date each other regularly.
12. It takes at least 5 positive affirmations to make up for one criticism. Find at least 3 things that you like about your spouse and tell them weekly.
13. Limit time spent outside the marriage. Guard your time together as a couple. It is sacred.
14. Don’t sweat the small stuff in marriage. Men will always be men …Enough Said!
Marriage is not about perfection. It is about grace, growth, and consistent connection. Whether you are laughing together, praying as a couple, or simply choosing to forgive, small daily choices can strengthen your bond. Do not let the little things divide you. Instead, invest in love, laughter, and lasting commitment.
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