Simple Steps to Improve Your Marriage

Could you use a simple tip to improve your marriage?

How about 100 simple tips?

Matt and Lisa Jacobson, our guests on our Focus on the Family Broadcast “Simple Steps to Improve Your Marriage,” actually have them for you.

After 25 years of marriage, Matt and Lisa looked at each other one day and decided, “Let’s each write down one hundred things that we’ve done to create a loving marriage.” When they compared notes, they realized that the present is always the culmination of little decisions that stack up over time.

Big things are important, too. But most of the magic in a relationship comes from the small choices we make every day.

That’s where most of the distractions come from as well. We’re busy. We’re racing to keep up with our responsibilities both inside and outside of the home. Life gets so noisy and so busy that we put our heads down and plow forward blindly, anything just to get the next thing done. And then the next thing. And then the next thing. Along the way, we forget to invest in our marriage – one of the most important relationships we’ll ever have this side of heaven.

God’s desire is for every couple to enjoy a beautiful marriage, but that takes a willingness to learn a different way of doing things. Fortunately, there are literally a hundred little things you can do right now to create the marriage you want. We’re talking about a few of those ideas on our broadcast with Matt and Lisa Jacobson. Tune in on your local radio station, online, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or on our free phone app.

You explore the full list in two books they’ve written: 100 Ways to Love Your Husband by Lisa and 100 Ways to Love Your Wife by Matt. Both are great resources for any couple needing some direction. I’d like to offer them to you for a gift of any amount. If you can’t afford them, we’ll still find a way to get them to you. Call Focus on the Family at 1-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459). Or visit our website.

And while you’re online, why not take a few moments to try our free Marriage Assessment online tool? It will help you quickly determine what’s working well in your relationship and identify areas where you may need some improvement.

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