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The essence of the Gospel is relationships based on love
- Everyone is obligated to learn how to love God, others, and ourselves
- Our greatest emotional need as humans is to feel loved and accepted by our spouse, relatives, and friends. This is called emotional intimacy
- Marriage is the most difficult but also the most rewarding of human relationships because it can provide intense emotional intimacy
- Successful marriage is important in our theology, our civilization, and for our personal well being
Successful marriage requires dedication, work and growth; it is inherently difficult
- Marriage is intended by God to help us grow individually and together as spouses
- Successful, happy marriages survive and thrive on positive change; in turn, positive change creates greater intimacy
- Resolving problems with authenticity and love enables us to mature as complete humans with the capacity for real intimacy
Improving your marriage involves learning important skills
- Understanding yourself is the first step in improving relationships
- We should seek new, better informed perspectives regarding ourselves, our spouses and marriage itself
- Marriage can be enhanced by learning important relationship skills
- You can improve your marriage unilaterally or together
- Properly used, sex is a resource and tool that will prepare couples to address other marriage problems
Many of the techniques that improve marriage work equally well in our other important relationships
- Children
- Siblings
- Parents
