Address those issues that make it difficult for your spouse to cherish you. Don’t wait for explosions to address the weaknesses in your life.

The 50/50 marriage is an arrangement of trade-offs and compromises, with spouses keeping score so one person never gets more or gives more than the other. Serving and submitting to one another are replaced by an emphasis on getting what is rightfully yours. Marriages only work when each spouse is giving 100 percent.

Marriage is so commonplace we miss the miracle daily. Yet a godly marriage should be the cause of everyday thanks.

Sex is the ultimate knowing of one another, and the ultimate expression of intimacy. The more intimate you can be with each other, the more passionate and wonderful sex will be.

When someone exhausts your patience and you want to hit back with a comeback zinger... just don't. Words hurt, and are never worth it.