Marriage
Keys to Success
Look to God for a Happy Marriage
Using two simple questions can help you improve your marriage.
For a Happy Marriage: Work as a Team
Working together as a team helps couples have a happier marriage.
Successful Families—Teamwork
Does your marriage mate seem more like a roommate?
How to Develop Patience
When two imperfect people marry, various problems will arise. Patience is fundamental to a successful marriage.
For a Happy Marriage: Show Respect
The Bible can help you to develop mutual respect in your marriage, even if it has been lacking.
How to Show Respect
Respect in marriage is not a luxury—it is a necessity. How can you show that you respect your mate?
What Has Happened to Respect for Family?
Every family can be happier when each member shows respect for one another.
For a Happy Marriage: Show Affection
Work, stress, and the everyday pressures of life can cause a married couple to show less affection. Can genuine affection be rekindled?
Maintaining Commitment in Your Marriage
What makes a marriage strong? What weakens it? How can you strengthen your commitment?
Be Loyal to Each Other
Is there more to faithfulness in marriage than avoiding adultery?
The Way of Happiness—Love
Giving and receiving love play an important role in one’s happiness.
What the Bible Says
Does the Bible Comment on Same-Sex Marriages?
The originator of marriage should know best how to make a permanent and happy bond.
Is Polygamy Acceptable?
Did the idea come from God? Consider what the Bible says about polygamy.
What Does the Bible Say About Interracial Marriage?
Consider some Bible principles that bear on racial equality and marriage.
What Does the Bible Say About Marriage?
Bible principles can help couples to avoid or overcome difficulties.
Problems and Solutions
A Better View of Your Spouse’s Annoying Traits
Rather than let an annoying trait create conflict, learn to see it in a different way.
How to Leave Work “at Work”
Five tips that can help you keep your job from intruding on your marriage.
Help for Victims of Domestic Abuse
Know that it is not your fault and that you are not alone.
How to Keep Peace With Your Relatives
You can honor your parents without compromising your marriage.
When Viewpoints Differ
How can couples resolve a conflict and remain at peace with each other?
Alcohol Abuse in Marriage
What can you do if alcohol abuse is affecting your marriage?
Pornography Can Shatter Your Marriage
These suggestions can help you quit a pornography habit and repair your relationship.
When a Marriage Mate Views Pornography
How can a couple work together to overcome a mate’s addiction to pornography and to restore trust in their marriage?
For a Happy Marriage: Apologize
Apologize to restore the peace and happiness in your family.
How to Let Go of Resentment
To forgive a hurtful act by your spouse, must you minimize it or even pretend that it never occurred?
Successful Families—Forgiveness
What can help you see past your mate’s imperfections?
When Tragedy Strikes Your Family
Get the support you need.
How to Avoid Jealousy in Marriage
A marriage cannot thrive in an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. So how can you avoid inordinate jealousy?
When a Friendship Gets Too Close
Do you tell yourself, ‘We’re just friends?’ If so, examine Bible principles to see how this line of reasoning holds up.
Separation and Divorce
How Divorce Affects Children
Although some people think that divorce will always be better for the children, research shows that its effects on children can be devastating.
Is Life Worth Living When a Spouse Is Unfaithful?
Many innocent mates have found comfort in the Scriptures.
Rebuilding Trust in a Marriage
If you are striving to save your marriage after a setback such as adultery, you face a difficult challenge. But you can succeed!
Does the Bible Permit Divorce?
Learn what God allows and what he hates.
How to Avoid “Gray Divorce”
What is behind “gray divorce”? How can you keep it from affecting your marriage?
Moving Forward After Divorce
Almost all who divorce find that life afterward is harder than they expected. The Bible’s practical advice can help you to cope successfully.
How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses View Divorce?
Do Jehovah’s Witnesses help couples deal with marital problems? Do congregation elders have to approve the divorce of a Witness?