Scripture: Genesis 2:24, Colossians 3:14, Song of Solomon 2:10
How do we keep our love alive and stay connected over the whole course of a marriage?
Spend Special Time Together
Keeping love alive is a deliberate choice. It includes:
Discover Your Partner's Emotional Needs
Discovering what makes our partner feel loved builds deep connection between us and enables us to love effectively. We can be very different from each other in the ways we give and receive love.
The five love languages 1
All five ways of expressing love are important in every marriage, but usually there will be one or two of them that communicate love in the way we particularly understand it and like to receive it.
How to Build a Good Sexual Relationship
Sex joins us together, not just physically, but emotionally, psychologically and even spiritually.
How to establish and maintain a pattern of good sex in marriage:
Be ready to talk
Bring closure to past sexual relationships
Good sex has so much to do with our state of mind
Problems resulting from abuse or other sexual trauma from the past may require professional help.
If pornography is an issue in your relationship, have an honest and non-judgmental conversation with your partner. Taking steps to change your habits will have a hugely positive impact on your relationship and will make having good sex a reality in marriage.
Low self esteem and poor body image affect our sexual responses
There are significant differences between men and women in sexual arousal.
Create a climate of trust.
1 The teaching on the Five Love Languages is adapted from Dr Gary Chapman’s bestselling book, The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts