I heard a nugget of truth several years back during an interview with a couple who had been married over fifty years. The interviewer asked the husband what the secret was to a happy marriage. His answer was so simple and so profound that it embedded firmly in my memory bank and I will share it with you....

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2. Google:
"keys
successful
marriage"

3. Lots of responses with numbers

4. 8 Essentials for a Successful Marriage 15
Key Secrets To A Successful Marriage
3 Keys to My Successful Marriage
7 Love Keys To a Successful Marriage
5 Secrets of a Successful Marriage

5. How
many
are
there?

6. We see many
marriage
counseling
clients in-office
and over the
internet

7. Lots of presenting issues and history

8. Primary source of problems?

9. Selfishness

10. Two selfish partners? Chaos

11. One selfish, one
giver? Marriage
limps along

12. Ideal: Two
unselfish
people

13. Husbands are to live their wives as
Christ loved the church (He gave
himself up for her)

14. Wives are to submit to their husbands
as unto the Lord

15. (Eph 5:22-23, Eph 5:28, Eph 5:33)

16. Whats the key?

17. "Marry someone who is a better person
than you and do whatever it takes to keep
them happy." - Source unknown

18. This nugget of truth captures
many biblical truths

19. Principle works in any
marriage if applied

20. Gain
encouragement
from 1 Peter 3:1

21. Wives, in the same way submit yourselves
to your own husbands so that, if any of
them do not believe the word, they may be
won over without words by the behavior of
their wives

22. We have seen this
scripture apply to wives
and husbands also who
submit/serve

23. Get counseling for you, even if your
spouse will not commit to joint
sessions

24. God wants marriages
whole and healthy

25. Let Him show you how you can
cooperate with His plan and keep your
peace on the journey

26. Need help?
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