Four free studies to help you restart and rebuild your marriage: overcome old hurts, learn the two keys of love between husband and wife, control your temper, communicate well, and rekindle your love. Watch even if you're single or your spouse won't join you.
Maybe you're single and preparing for marriage, maybe your marriage is good and you want it better, or maybe you're hurting right now. Waiting for next year's conference feels too long when things are hard. Pastor Scott welcomes you to this online marriage conference, and after more than three decades of pastoring, he has seen God use these studies to help couples reconcile.
You can like someone a lot and still not know how to love them, and that gap shows up fast once you're married. When feelings fade, couples start tearing each other down, and home can feel lonelier than being single. Pastor Scott shows the difference between like and love, and how a committed love can heal old hurts and let the passion grow again.
Hints, sharp words and silence can leave you and your spouse living like business partners instead of close friends. Each time one of you retaliates, wins the argument, or hears only the negative, the distance grows. Pastor Scott shows how to de-escalate conflict and talk in ways that bring you close: make clear requests, stay positive, give time for change, and seek first to understand.
These studies hold a lot of good teaching, and it's easy to watch them once and move on. But like a language or a sport, what you don't practice you lose. Pastor Scott encourages you to take notes, go back over the principles, and practice them on purpose, so your relationship can go from blessing to blessing.
Many couples get stuck in the same fight: one feels unloved, the other feels disrespected, and each reacts to the other. Left alone, that crazy cycle keeps spinning and digs a deeper rut every time. Michael Thom shows the two keys in Ephesians 5:33, love for wives and respect for husbands, and one simple question that can calm an argument before it grows.
Some days your spouse is hard to love, and your feelings want the last word. When they win, you dwell on every wrong done to you and forget the person beside you. Michael Thom walks through 1 Corinthians 13 and shows that real love is patient, kind and enduring, a sacrifice made for the other person whether or not they return it.
After a few of these videos you may feel a little overwhelmed by how much God's Word has to say about relationships. And marriage is only one part of what it offers. Pastor Scott invites you to keep learning, from finances and health to your purpose in life, and to come be part of the church family at Cross Christian Fellowship any Sunday.