2007-06-05 05:49:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Unity!!!
In Matthew, Jesus said if any two touch and agree then God will hear them and answer. (check chapter 18 - He said it twice).
Agreement is very powerful. If the two of you can agree then you will be sucessful.
My sister and her husband made a promise to each other when they married that when they made big decisions, if they could not agree they would not go forward. This has been extremely sucessful for them. There have been times when one felt uncomfortable with a decision, they went forward with it and it was not the best decision. Everytime they have had agreement on things, those decisions have been the best ones for thier family.
To get in agreement...start praying together. Every day. Pray for each other seperately and together, pray for the plans you are making. Pray for unity. Pray for God's Kingdom to come and His will to be done in your marriage, your family, your church, etc.
2007-06-05 06:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by cbgrace71 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The atheists I know that have been married a long time rate their marriages very highly. I'm an atheist who will celebrate my 10th wedding anniversary next year, and I'd rate my marriage highly. I imagine Christians who have been married a long time would also rate their marriages highly. Edit: It is not true that theists marriages are happier and have stronger bonds. My bond with my husband is solid. Our marriage IS "sacred" to us. Just because we don't believe that a magical being has anything to do with it, doesn't mean our devotion and love to each other is ANY less than anyone who *believes* that "God" is the source of love. Atheists don't EXPERIENCE love any differently than theists, they just don't ATTRIBUTE love to the same thing. That's the only difference. They also work every bit as hard at their marriages as ANY theist. If your "thoughts" (that Christian/theist marriages are more solid, "sacred", and loving than atheists, and that they're more "tolerant and understanding of each other's shortcomings:, and "less likely to be quitters") had any merit, then it would stand to reason that Christians/theists would have a much lower divorce rate. However, the statistics prove that this is false, by quite a large margin. The highest divorce rates are Jews, at around 30% divorce rate, then "born again"/fundamentalist Christians, who have an approx 27% divorce rate. Other Christians stand around 24% divorce rate. Atheists are actually amongst the lowest, at around 21%. How do you explain that? There is NO basis whatsoever for any "thought" or claim on your or any other theist's part that "religious" marriages are happier, stronger, more 'sacred', or more 'loving" than atheist marriages. Any claim to the contrary is nothing more than a fantasy on the part of theists, and it's *demonstrably* so. Unfortunately, despite this fact, all of these "thoughts" that you typed up here are *exactly* the type of thing that theists completely make up, and then tell to each other as if it the claims some basis in fact. In reality, it's NOTHING more than a complete fabrication. And then theists wonder why atheists are so ticked off at them all the time.
2016-05-17 09:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of a ten step program for a happy marriage...but I will compile a list based upon my own marriage.
1) Love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. ..and your marriage will be happy, healthy, long lasting and based on a firm foundation that is unshakable.
2) Pray together every morning before leaving the house. Make this a priority.
3) Read/study the word together every day - even if it is only for a few mins. (my husband reads to me while I am putting on my make-up or sometimes while I am cooking dinner - as he can't cook!)
Hope this helps.
2007-06-05 06:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by Belize Missionary 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why 10 steps? It's such systematic thinking. Why not just focus on loving your wife as Christ loved the church and love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
If you do those 2 well, you're marriage will be amazing!
2007-06-05 05:54:46 · answer #4 · answered by small group guy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The 10 commandments.
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2007-06-05 05:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wives and Husbands
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."[c 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
2007-06-05 05:56:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christian and long marriage is an oxymoron.
2007-06-05 05:53:55 · answer #7 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
10 centimeters of tape over your mouth when you want to say something stupid and mean.
2007-06-05 05:54:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
love
s*x
respect
patience
mercy
2007-06-05 05:53:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋