Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2006
"In a revealing poll, almost all (97 percent) who rate their communication with their partner as excellent are happily married, compared to only 56 percent who rate their communication as poor. The poll concluded, ’In an era of increasingly fragile marriages, a couple’s ability to communicate is
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Independent/Bible
MSNBC reported on an archaeological dig in Cana, Israel in 2004. The article read: “Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
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J. Paul Getty was one of the richest men who ever lived. You wouldn’t expect him to be envious of anyone. But Getty once said he was envious of those who knew how to make marriage work and be happy in marriage. Getty knew whereof he spoke, because his record was five marriages and five divorces.
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Contributed by James Arnold on Dec 25, 2006
As it was in the days of Noah. They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. People today are able to go to Las Vegas and get married on one street then get divorced across the street an hour
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
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Dr. David Swift of the Smalley Relationship Center states why blended families have such a difficult time making things work.
"Most parents begin their second marriage by trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Until we realize that the two are different, we will waste time becoming angry,
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DIVORCE DOESN'T MEAN HAPPINESS
Survey of those who had been seriously considering divorce.
Five years later, revisited. Some had divorced, some had done hard work to stay together.
On repeat survey, those who had done hard work and stayed together rated their lives as happier than those who’d
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
"When researchers examined data from the late 1980s on 5,232 married adults, they found that 645 subjects reported marital dissatisfaction. When the unhappy spouses were surveyed five years later, those who had remained married were more likely than divorced subjects to state that they were happy.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
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One “Frank & Ernest” cartoon shows Moses bringing the 10 Commandments to the people, and one of them says, “Could you make
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have
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