Give the language of love your spouse receives --
Recharge your mate's emotional bank with affirmation each morning --
Be grateful --
Be kind to your mate --
Believe the best about your mate --
Bless and prosper each other --
Build on each other's strengths --
Don't let one bad day ruin a good week --
Don't compare your marriage to others; compare it only to God's truth --
Dress to show you care for your mate --
Enjoy physical intimacy --
Guard your tongue and speak life --
Keep passion alive --
Laugh with one another --
Give love; earn trust --
Love unconditionally --
Never publicly expose or ridicule your mate --
Never take your mate for granted --
Only do what the father tells you to do --
Prize your mate's gifts and talents --
Go to sleep reconciled --
Face the problem now --
Pray; God doesn't need your help; he wants your prayers --
Spend positive time together daily --
Never defend yourself --
Parent in agreement --
Winning loses; if one wins the argument, both lose --
Write down God's vision for your marriage --
Keep your marriage vow; you're in a covenant, not a contract --
Enjoy serendipities --
Enjoy the journey --
Always expect God to be doing something new in your marriage --
Leave an inheritance for your children --
Measure growth by fruit, not just stuff --
Purpose to be married for life --
Release your mate to be all God created her to be --
Say, "How may I serve you?" --
Stay on-purpose --
Know that your past doesn't determine your future --
Be teachable --
Learn each other's nonverbal language --
Listen before you speak --
Refuse to dump on your spouse --
Understand before you try to fix it --
Be presence-driven --
God changes; you encourage --
Make marriage a three-fold cord—the two of you and God --
Praise God as your source --
Pray for your spouse --
Pray together to hear from God --
Pray together often --
Sow blessing into other marriages --
Than God for the gift of your mate's personality --
Get over it --
Say "I was wrong" when you are wrong --
Confess quickly; repent thoroughly and sincerely --
Forgive; it's marriage's balm for healing hurts --
Pray scripture with each other --
Refuse offense --
Give your spouse undivided attention --
Be burden bearer, not a burden --
Guard your heart and your senses --
Husband, go first to battle for and protect your wife --
Serve and worship God together --
Find ways to give generously to each other --
Talk about Jesus --
Ask for your needs --
Be interdependent, not independent or dependent --
Be morally accountable to one another --
Share financial responsibility and spending --
Never own anything --
Set right priorities: God first, marriage and family and then the rest --
Share transparently to eliminate the need for excuses --
Get out of debt; get the debt out of you --
Encourage one another.