Questions and answers for a strong relationship.

Question #1

What is the key to having a long-lasting love story?

Answer (By Dr. Sue Johnson)

1. Protecting your relationship
2. Building your relationship
3. And, developing a system for repair when the relationship gets fractured.

Question #2

Do you understand your emotional, relational needs?

Answer:

One need is to be emotionally-intimately connected to another human being.

Question #3

Do you understand common deep, emotional, relationship fears?

Answer:

One fear is to live in a relationship and not be emotionally connected.

Question #4

(Everyone is so different. Chances are you and your spouse will view the world differently, solve problems differently and parent differently.)

Do you have a plan to cope and deal with your differences?

Prayer

Father, help me love my spouse well through our differences. Help me love through conflict. Help me see and accept my spouse with his/her differences. Bless us through our conflicts and differences. Amen.

Bible

You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don’t turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love. – Galatians 5:13 (NOG)

Note: The above applies to the regular challenges in a relationship. For addiction, trauma, and abuse issues, see a specialist.