The Magic Formula for Resolving Marital Conflict

"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."  Ephesians 4:32

Do you ever feel like you are constantly fighting with each other and struggling to get along?  You need reconciliation!  Reconciliation is the restoration of friendly relations.  Married couples must resolve conflicts, or they will foster a dysfunctional marriage or worse it will often end in a divorce.

My wife Leslie and I have been married for nearly 20 years.  We’ve learned that there is no biblical reconciliation without a few things.  It’s like a magic formula.  Repentance + forgiveness = reconciliation!  Reconciled marriages are God’s plan for strong and healthy marriages.  God is our perfect example.  He is faithful to forgive. 

Couples Discussion 

• What should repentance look like in our marriage? (Repentance is turning away from sin and turning towards the savior, Jesus!)
• What should forgiveness and reconciliation look like?  
• How can we apologize in a way that’s meaningful? 

Want to Learn More about Marriage?  Got Questions?

I am relaunching Real Life with Ryan on my personal Facebook page, which will have live videos starting with Marriage & Parenting on Thursdays at noon.  If you have questions about our current series or just about marriage and parenting, please send them over to me at www.RyanRice.org, where I have a form that you can use to ask me questions that I might use in the Facebook live events.  Join me beginning Thursday, August 25th at noon.