If you want a marriage that lasts, agree on these four things before you walk down the aisle: 1. How you’ll handle money: budgeting, debt, saving, investing, etc. 2. Your faith and how you’ll live it out together. 3. Kids: if you’ll have them, how many, and how you’ll raise them. 4. How you’ll deal with extended family. Get on the same page now, and you’ll save yourselves years of heartache later. | Dave Ramsey

A healthy marriage has one head—not two. Marriage works when a wife supports her husband’s God-given mission. If you’re not ready to follow his lead, you’re not ready for marriage. | Mark Driscoll

Marriage grows you up—fatherhood takes it further. Marriage gives you purpose—but fatherhood, especially to a daughter, brings out your best. | Mark Driscoll

My husband created A NEW SCHEDULE for me to "BECOME A BETTER WIFE"! So, Jake and I had a pretty solid marriage for the first few years—until he started hanging out with this guy from work, Steve. Steve was a loudmouth from Jake's work, with no girlfriend, no wife, but he somehow knew everything about marriage. And Jake? He started listening. Suddenly, he's coming home with all these "tips" Steve gave him. Then one day, Jake walks in with this stack of papers, grinning like he just cracked the co