Make your wife #1 in your life.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21
Become a gentle, loving and tender husband who does not lecture.
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12
When you offend your wife, seek her forgiveness – don’t sleep on it.
A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:13
Give her what she can’t resist – Praise!
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1
Decide to be wise and open yourself to your wife’s correction.
The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor. Proverbs 15:33
Protect your wife in all areas of her life in which she feel vulnerable or fearful.
After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church – for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. Ephesians 5:29-31
Commit to total agreement on all important decisions.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21
Do activities together that she enjoys.
We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.
1 Thessalonians 2:8,9
Become an example of what you want her to be.
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
Romans 2:1
Don’t relax – Building a better marriage is a life-long endeavor.
A man’s pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.
Proverbs 29:23
