Single and Ready to Mingle: Gods principles for relating, dating & mating

Lastly, we don’t bring up the past when arguing, whether it’s something that happened before we met, or something that we had already resolved and forgiven each other for in a previous argument

We promised each other not to use the words “never” and “always” in an argument

Commitment is the foundation to becoming one. The next step is communication

covenant is an unconditional surrendering and laying down of your life and your rights, while increasing your responsibilities and safeguarding the interests of your covenant mate.

One of the ways to make your marriage permanent is to eliminate the idea of divorce as an option.
Also, don’t entertain thoughts of having made a mistake by marrying each other.
Finally, don’t use the word divorce to threaten the other person in an argument to get an upper hand

Les and Leslie Parrot said, “The success of a marriage comes not in finding the right person, but in the ability of both partners to adjust to the real person they inevitably realize they married.”

God outlined three principles of marriage at Adams and Eve’s wedding ceremony. The first one is the principle of priority, which is to leave our father and mother. The second one is the principle of pursuit, which speaks of cleaving to our spouse. The third one is the principle of process, which speaks of two becoming one.

To pursue your spouse, you must add wood to the fireplace. The wood is your choices, not your feelings

That means that God wants marriage to be a place where a man continues to pursue his wife

Leaving is the principle of priority, but cleaving reveals the principle of pursuit