5 Reasons for Setting Marriage Goals
Setting marriage goals has become an annual tradition in our home for the past 16 years. As a matter of fact, we started setting goals for the new year together even before we were married during our...
View ArticleTips for Starting a Date Night Fund
Spending quality time with your significant other is important to keep your marriage thriving. There were times in the beginning of our marriage that we couldn’t afford to go out for date nights but...
View Article10 Fresh Spring Date Ideas
Looking for some fresh spring date ideas? You are in the right place! If you haven’t noticed, we are big proponents of making the time and effort to date your spouse. We are not talking about the...
View Article6 Ways to Keep Fun in Your Marriage
As many of you reading this already know, marriage isn’t always a party. Some seasons are tougher than others, and sometimes we have so much on our plates that we begin to let them weigh us down. If...
View Article10 Free Printable Marriage Scripture Lists
Today we are sharing 10 free printable marriage scripture lists with you. One thing that we have been doing for the entirety of our marriage is praying and speaking God’s Word over one another, our...
View Article51 Ways to Say I Love You to Your Spouse
In today’s world, there are so many distractions vying for our time. From jobs to caring for children to every day chores, if we are not careful we’ll allow the day to eat our time leaving us too...
View ArticleFulfilling Your Vows™ Marriage Podcast
We are so excited to share that beginning August 1, 2017 we will be hosting a free weekly marriage podcast. We will be tackling various topics to include: communication in marriage praying for your...
View ArticleFREE Love + Marriage Art Prints [for a limited time]
FREE Love + Marriage Art Prints LOVE + MARRIAGE is something to be celebrated! In honor of our upcoming 17th wedding Anniversary (on June 10, 2017) we wanted to release these prints celebrating...
View Article3 Strategies for Navigating Stressful Decisions with Your Spouse
A year ago, my husband Ted and I sold our home of four years and made a local move to a house half the size. It was no easy decision. It was very painful, and it took months to agree on the course of...
View Article17 Things We’ve Learned in 17 Years of Marriage
Today we celebrate 17 years of marriage. Seventeen. It’s amazing how it seems like only yesterday we were two college students who fell in love with Jesus and one another. And today we stand before...
View Article3 Reasons to Fiercely Protect Your Marriage
We all seem to go into marriage excited to start a new life with our spouse. We probably attend premarital counseling together and talk through all the issues that newlyweds may face. We walk down the...
View ArticleHow to Protect Your Marriage from Busyness
It was a busy season of life – one where outside responsibilities left little time for anything else. Day in and day out, we served our children, pursued our careers, and tended our home. Each night...
View Article8 Bible Verses to Strengthen Your Marriage
Marriage is such a blessing. But it is in no way a cake walk, and there is only so far that our own love or determination can take us. We need to rely on God if we want to experience a blessed...
View ArticleThe Simplest but Hardest Prayer for My Marriage
Have you ever been in a situation where there was no way out? Any choice you made would bring pain in your life or in someone else’s life. I was a no-win situation, but that’s where I found myself,...
View Article3 Steps to Take When Communication Is Frustrating
I collapsed on the couch next to my husband, Ted. It had been a long, emotional day. We’d packed four dance recital shows for three separate daughters into it. It was fifteen hours of costumes,...
View ArticleHow to Start a Couple’s Devotional with Your Spouse
You’ve heard it said that a married couple should read the Bible and have a couple’s devotional time. While it sounds wonderful to connect over God’s Word and to share your heart in prayer, it can...
View ArticleLoving Your Spouse Through Cancer
A year and a half into my marriage, before I had even learned how to be a “good wife,” our lives were forever changed. At 27 years old, my husband was diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly, all of our...
View Article3 Reasons It’s Important to Take Our Thoughts Captive
He walked away in frustration, choosing silence rather than speaking from anger. I knew I hurt him with my words, but they just came pouring out of my mouth. I was hurting, and I wanted to be sure he...
View ArticleWhy Every Couple Needs These 3 Types of Married Friends
It isn’t often that Ted and I find time to double date with our married friends. Between our work schedules and theirs, as well as our four kids and theirs (if they have any), it can be difficult to...
View ArticleThe Marriage Advice I’ll Never Forget
The Marriage Advice I’ll Never Forget It wasn’t your typical marriage advice, but maybe that’s why it has stuck in my head. This advice was simple, and it was actionable. It was something I could put...
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