Tom Heston

Write out your marriage vows and keep a copy in your home.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

When the going gets tough, hang in there. Resolve to be there for your spouse, for life.

1 Corinthians 13:8

Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

Commit to and support your spouse’s dreams.

Psalm 37:4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

Pray together.

Matthew 18:19

“I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.”

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

Read the Bible and meditate on what you read. Do this often.

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

If you need counseling, get it.

Proverbs 15:22

Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success.

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

Live a life of character and morality. Encourage this within your marriage.

1 Corinthians 13:6

It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

Your spouse completes you. No success is complete without your life companion, your spouse.

Ecclesiastes 4:11

Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

Be aware of your spouse’s sexual needs and try to fulfill them. This is the teaching of the Bible.

1 Corinthians 7:3

The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks

Do you always cave in to the requests of your friends and your parents, putting your spouse second? Do you have a problem growing up and having an adult relationship with your parents?

Genesis 2:24

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

Resources:

The Love Dare, Fireproof, The Love Dare for Couples Workbooks