There never has been nor ever be a union between two people that is perfect, but there are loving relationships that have many perfect moments.

1. Attributes of marriage
Marriage is great and if couples were to make the
most of their marriages by practicing unconditional
selfless love, our marriages would be entirely
where we wanted them to be. Marriage is the best
place to start improving our lives and the lives of
those around us.
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2. • It is important to focus on personal attributes
that make your spouse who they are and not
just what you or your spouse can do.
• These attributes reflect who you are and not
just a person's capabilities or talents.
Recognizing, complimenting and supporting
these attributes are what leads to open and
positive relationships in marriage.
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3. ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT MARRIGE
• To have a great marriage you must:
1. Go Together:
• When you set out together and wherever you
go, GO TOGETHER. You are not separate
people. You are one flesh and one Spirit. If
you’re spending evenings apart or week ends
apart , this will affect your relationships . Work
is not more important than your marriage.
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4. • I repeat:
• LEARN HOW TO GO TOGETHER
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5. • 2. Be Together:
• You are a couple and you belong together.
You were two people who have become one.
• Genesis 2:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
• 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and they
shall become one flesh.
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6. • Oneness, which is healthy and biblical, may
begin with “feeling” love but it grows from
there. It requires both action and sacrifice.
•
LOVE MEANS BEING TOGETHER
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7. • 3. Inspire together:
• Marriages are not to become centered
around what you’re getting, nor what you’re
giving. If you’re giving more than you’re
getting, you may never be happy.
• Focus on the inspiration you can give other
married couples.
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8. • BE MENTORS.
• Mentor others and INSPIRE
OTHER COUPLES TOGETHER
.
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9. • 4. Work Together:
You don’t have to have the same occupation
but you can work towards the same
outcome.
When two people build something, they both
have to know what the other one wants.
Your thoughts, actions, responses, goals,
direction have to be the same.
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10. • It’s that way with a MARRIAGE; Both working
for the same goal in marriage. We must learn
how to:
• a. teach each other.
• b. teach our children.
Don’t send mix signals to each other or to
your children.
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11. • Dreams and destinies in our marriage are
achieved when we work together to achieve
them.
• SIMPLY WORK TOGETHER.
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12. • 5. Take Chances together:
• Don’t be afraid to try new adventures. Try
changing things up or even spicing things up.
Try new ideas. Don’t do things routinely all
the times. It becomes boring.
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13. • Always have new adventures in your life. You
will learn lots of things that you change in
your marriage. Some may be good and some
bad but DO it together.
• TAKE CHANCES TOGETHER TO
BETTER YOUR MARRIAGE
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14. • 6. Bless each other.
• Bless your spouse. Tell them and others how
much he/she means to you.
We tend to do this well when we’re first
dating. We can’t say enough good things to
and about each other but needs to continue
in our marriages.
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15. • To bless each other means we speak well:
a. About each other to friends and family.
b. To each other in casual conversation and in
arguments.
c. Through action. Actions speak louder than
words.
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16. • DON’T STOP BLESSING YOUR
SPOUSE. MAINTAIN THE SAME
SPIRIT AS IF YOU ARE DATING
HER/HIM NOW.
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17. • 7. Encourage each other.
• To encourage means to “build up”. We should
be our spouse’s greatest encouragers. Give
total encouragement at all times even when
there appears that there is no hope.
• Encourage your spouse to exploit all the
potential he or she has.
•
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18. • Encourage your spouse. Be his or her greatest
encourager.
• ENCOURAGEMENT BUILDS UP
HOPE, TRUST, RESPECT AND
PATIENCE.
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19. • 8. Submit to each other.
• Eph.5: 21, “You will submit yourself to one
another out of reverence for Christ.” Eph.
5:33, “each man must love his wife as he
loves himself, and the wife must respect her
husband.”
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20. • Oneness is mutual submission! Men, we have
to put to death our own selfish and
egocentric traits to focus intently on the
needs of our wives!
• Submit yourself to him/her. Desire to put
their needs above your own.
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21. • SUBMISSION BUILDS UP
COMMITMENT, LOYALTY,
COURTESY AND GRATITUDE.
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22. • 9. Treasure each other:
• God has called us to love our wives as
ourselves and to lay down our lives that we
might be one with them.
• Women, it is important to find ways to let
your husband know that you treasure him.
• Treasure them as the gift God intended them
to be in your life!
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23. • TREASURING EACH OTHER
BUILDS UP PATIENCE,
RELIABILITY, PASSION,
DEDICATION AND FRIENDSHIP.
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24. • 10. Love your spouse:
• Love is the best attribute we can practice in
our marriages. We need to be proactive in it.
Love as if you will never love again. If many
more spouses practiced unconditional,
selfless love, our marriages would be entirely
different.
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25. • The best place to start improving our lives and the
lives of those around us is loving without limits our
spouses and families.
• LOVE BUILDS EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT, TRUST, FRIENDSHIP,
FORGIVENESS, DEDICATION,
AFFECTION AND DETERMINATION.
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26. • FINALLY
• Have commitment in your marriage
• Set common goals together
• Always have a sense of humour
• Improve your listening skills and be listening
attentively
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27. • Never argue for the sake but agree to
disagree
• Seek for common interests for both of you
• Always have unconditional love
• Have an open-mindedness approach to
issues in your marriage.
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28. • Do not be overly sensitive
• Have a giving/unselfishness spirit in your
marriage.
• Improve your communication skills.
• Keep the marriage relationship fresh.
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29. • There never has been nor ever
be a union between two people
that is perfect, but there are
loving relationships that have
many perfect moments.
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30. • SEEK TO ENJOY AND MAKE YOUR
MARRIAGE HAVE THOSE
PERFECT MOMENTS. IT IS YOU
WHO CAN BRING THEM INTO
YOUR MARRIAGE.
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