It's important to communicate about your vision. This is where you and your spouse sit down and discuss where you are going, what your goals are, and where you want to be in the next year or five years. This is your direction as a couple, your family’s direction, maybe the direction of your careers or your ministry. Having clear communication about your vision helps eliminate confusion about what is most important in your family.

Communicating Vision

Marriage unites two people with their own sin and baggage. The problem is not the other person, your children, money, or being dealt a bad hand. It’s sin. Sin destroys lives and marriages.&nbsp; But in spite of its challenges, marriage, if done right, is better than you can imagine. Marriage is full of blessing. It offers the fun of companionship, the joy of sexual intimacy, the security of commitment. Marriage provides one of life’s deepest satisfactions. Don’t miss that blessing.

Harder, but Better

Author and critic, Os Guinness, makes a profound statement about who is influencing our lives and actions. He says, “I live before the audience of one. Before others, I have nothing to gain, nothing to lose, nothing to prove.” Os Guinness is talking about living for Jesus Christ and his opinion alone, but we believe this also applies to marriage.

An Audience of One

Life is certainly not a fairytale, but we can live happily every single day. How? By living in the moment. Don’t be afraid to be spontaneous. Drop everything and do something unexpected.&nbsp; By living for the future. Have a plan for your marriage that you and your spouse decide together. A plan that includes date nights. And by living for eternity. Trust your life and your marriage to Jesus. We both love Jesus more than we love each other, and it makes all the difference.

Happily Ever After

Everything good we experience on earth is meant to teach us something about God’s character. Physical intimacy between a husband and wife reflects the desire that God has for us. It is a taste of the connection we were meant to have with him. The intimacy he offers is deeper, more real, and more satisfying than anything we have experienced on earth. He is better!

He is Better

Many women deal with the fear of losing their husband or child. You’re not the only one. Yet dwelling on the uncertainty of tomorrow can keep you from living today to the full.

Peace Despite Fear

Creating a family mission statement helps you say those all-important words: Yes and No.

Get off the Treadmill

For us, death is not the final word.&nbsp;It is painful, but it is full of the hope of a future life with Jesus.

Death is not the Final Word

When we pray about everything, we can find peace knowing that God is in control. He promises to work in every situation for our good - if we will allow Him to.

Pray About Everything

Many devoted Christians fear that they will marry the wrong person and screw up God’s plan for their life. After all, what bigger decision is there than who you marry? As long as you are submitting your will to God, He is placing you right where He wants you to be.

Jay and Laura