LIVING AS CHRISTIANS: Week 3 to June 9, 2024, May love never be lacking in your marriage, Video: Secrets for a happy marriage: Show your love, Analysis and Answers.

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS: June 3-9-2024, May love never be lacking in your marriage, Video: Secrets for a happy marriage: Show your love, Analysis and Answers.

May there never be a lack of affection in your marriage (10 mins.) Analysis with the audience.

Let's imagine a wedding couple on their wedding day. They feel happy imagining a future together and are full of dreams. They hope to have a long and happy marriage. Fashions are sometimes very happy. For this reason, many say that their wedding day was one of the happiest of their lives.

In Ecclesiastes 9:9 we notice that a man and a woman have to work hard to make their marriage strong. But if they try hard, they will be very happy. One of the keys is to always show the affection you feel for each other.

The text of Genesis 26:8 is a great example for married people, because according to the Biblical story, Isaac and Rebekah continued to show each other affection and tenderness, even though they had been married for more than 30 years, they still remained united.

Nowadays, many couples also keep their marriage strong, after many years. They have achieved this by learning to talk to others in a sincere but kind way. To have this good communication, we will see that the couple must understand, love, respect and treat each other with humility.

Play the VIDEO Secrets for a happy marriage: Show your love. Then ask:

What can lead married people to distance themselves emotionally?

What can lead married people to distance themselves emotionally is leading a very busy life, due to work and distractions, but if we are not careful, the misuse of technology could cause us problems, for example it could steal valuable time that we could use. our spouse. Also when we take work home unnecessarily. These situations can make us distrust each other and begin to distance ourselves.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Several factors can lead married people to distance themselves emotionally from each other. For example, the lack of effective communication, since poor communication or the lack of open and honest communication, can generate emotional barriers in the relationship. Also the daily routine, work and family responsibilities, can cause couples to spend less time together. quality together, which can cause emotional distancing, and the absence of affection, tenderness and appreciation can make spouses feel emotionally disconnected.

To make your husband or wife feel unloved and valued, you can follow the advice of Acts 20 35 which says that there is more happiness in giving than in receiving. Some actions that can help show love and appreciation toward your partner include: Expressing gratitude and appreciation for the things they do. Show genuine interest in their thoughts, feelings, and activities. Also show love through small but meaningful gestures, such as love notes, hugs, kisses, and compliments.

Emotional distancing in marriage can occur when busy life, work, and distractions get in the way of the relationship. This situation can lead couples to stop communicating with the same frequency and depth as before, which in turn decreases the feeling of closeness.

The perceived lack of appreciation can generate cold and distant treatment, affecting even intimacy and the display of affection. Over time, a couple that used to be romantic and loving may become simply two people sharing a home.

What can you do to make your husband or wife feel loved and valued? (Acts 20:35).

To avoid this distancing, it is essential to apply the principle of Acts 20:35, which says that there is more happiness in giving than in receiving. So the key is to know what our spouse needs to feel loved and valued, and the best way to find out is to ask them directly.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Each person has different needs to feel loved, some need to be listened to carefully, others appreciate words of affirmation, quality time or help with household chores. It is important that both spouses strive to meet those needs and accept each other's imperfections.

Open and honest communication about how you feel and what you need is essential. When one listens to the other, he should do so without becoming defensive, seeing the conversation as an opportunity to strengthen the relationship. If both of you do everything possible to show love and affection, affection and closeness will arise naturally, contributing to a happy marriage.

To show consideration to someone, we have to understand them. We can both be understanding, treat each other with dignity and respect, showing that we love and value our partner not only with our words, but with our actions, for example: a kind, thoughtful gesture, taking feelings into account, quality time, Help with housework, even if both of us are imperfect, we must take into account what our partner tells us. We should also strive to do things that make him feel loved and valued.

ANALYSIS OF OTHER ADDITIONAL POINTS OF THE VIDEO

Almost all of us who are married have had a very busy life at some point. Work and distractions can cause us to distance ourselves emotionally from each other, we no longer talk as much as before and therefore we no longer feel as close.

We may not feel valued, and that can cause us to treat each other in a cold or unloving way. It could even happen that we do not want to be intimate with our partner, nor do we feel like accepting their signs of affection, and we go from being a romantic and affectionate couple to being simply two people who live together.

What can we do so that this doesn't happen to us? Something that can help us a lot is the principle that we find in Acts 20 35 "There is more happiness in giving than in receiving" but how can we know what we have to give to our spouse? o What can we do to make him feel our love and affection? The best way to know what our husband or wife needs is to ask them.

To feel loved, some need to be listened to carefully or told how much they are loved and valued. Others need a caress, to have their hand held, to spend quality time with them and others feel loved when they help them with housework.

And even though we are both imperfect, let's take into account what our spouse told us and strive to do those things that make them feel loved and valued. If we both do everything possible to show love to our spouse, affection will emerge naturally, and this is just one of the many secrets to having a happy marriage.

Now stop the video for a moment and ask each other these questions:

What things make you feel that I love and value you?

Do you feel that I give you all the love you need?

What else can I do to show my love?

Remember to be honest and tell your spouse how you feel, then when it's your turn to listen, don't get defensive, take it as an opportunity to express your feelings. So pause the video and start chatting.