Making Your Marriage A Second Heaven Series
20 Ways of Making Your Marriage Life Strong and Healthy
“Enjoy life with your wife whom you love all the days … of your life God has given you. Eccl. 9:9
- Bonding Time: spend quality time together, set date and time, go out,
- Breathing Room: allow each other some space and ways of doing things
- Commitment: marrying till death do us apart
- Code words of Communicating: Ex: going to bed or the ‘palace’
- Communicate Freely: Level 1. (TMC talks), Level 2. (Heart to Heart)
- Dedication: make your spouse needs your complete focus
- Effort: being emotionally naked with each other (trust, love, frank), 100/100% and not 50/50% effort of each other
- Enjoy each other: figure out what makes him or her happy
- Laughter: laugh at yourselves over issues
- Learn to Apologize: say honey I’ m sorry, please forgive me
- List things you expect of your spouse and tell or remind him/her
- Partnership: marriage is a partnership contribute your expertise
- Put things in Perspective: Give honest answers.Go for win-win situation
- Resolve Conflict as soon as possible and Practice Forgiveness: do not let sun go down on your anger
- Prayer: Pray together. Pray for each other
- Prioritize: make your spouse your number one priority.
- Pursue Peace in your marriage at all cost at all times (Rom 12:18)
- Team Work and Ownership: our problems: job, schooling, children, money, extended family
- Self Sacrifice: sharing tasks and helping each other to succeed
- Say I love you to each other very often
Positive Communication +Love+ Forgiveness +Prayer + Sexual Intimacy = Healthy, Happy, Vibrant and Strong Marriage.
Labor on to enjoy your marriage. Stay blessed in Him all the time.
Rev. John Ofori
COP USA, Atlanta District
October 14, 2012