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The words we speak to our wives help create the relational climate of our marriages. A husband cannot control his wife's character, but he is responsible for what he contributes to their relationship. Speak grace. Build up. Nourish and cherish. Your wife is not the enemy. She is your bride.
Marriage can become surprisingly inward-looking. One simple way to grow closer is to turn outward together—serving someone else side by side. Shared service gets us outside ourselves, lets us see Christ at work in one another, and shows our children that love and ministry are personal, not merely programmed.
We cannot intentionally grow what we cannot accurately see. Awareness helps us recognize reality, understand our personality and patterns, examine the stories we tell ourselves, receive what others can see from where they stand, and bring what we discover into intentional action.
Good intentions matter, but they do not produce growth by themselves. Intentionality closes the gap between what we say matters and what we actually do. Learn why intentionality is foundational to growth and how to turn knowledge, plans, and good intentions into consistent action and transformation.
It can be easier to lead, encourage, and hold other people accountable than to consistently do those things for yourself. But every other expression of leadership rests on a more fundamental responsibility: learning to faithfully govern the person you will lead for the rest of your life—you.
