Flourishing Marriage Tips

There is a quiet difference between dreaming together and building together. Many couples share affection, history, and faith, yet never pause long enough to shape a shared direction. Over time, life fills the gaps with busyness, unspoken expectations, and reactive decisions.

We speak often about flourishing at Odigia Global. As we begin a new year, it is important to clarify what we mean, and what we do not mean, when we use this language. The beginning of the year invites assessment. We look back on the goals we set, the lists we wrote, the vision boards we curated with care and expectation. Did I get the new car? Did I secure the promotion? Did I find romantic fulfilment? Are my family relationships finally stable and peaceful? These are not tr

he end of the year has a way of bringing romantic longings to the surface. Christmas gatherings, engagement announcements, family questions, and quiet moments of reflection can heighten awareness of what feels absent or unresolved. For some, it highlights loneliness. For others, it exposes relational fatigue or unmet expectations. Love, during this season, can feel tender and complicated.

The Church often speaks about singleness with polite sympathy, as if it were an unfortunate waiting room outside the real life of marriage. Yet Scripture never treats singleness with pity.

Peace in a home does not happen by accident. It is shaped. Chosen. Guarded. Peace is not merely the absence of conflict, it is the presence of wholeness. Scripture calls this shalom, a fullness where relationships are ordered under God, hearts are aligned with His love, and actions reflect His grace. In a world where stress is constant and relationships are strained by pressure, the Christian home can become a sanctuary where the peace of Christ is felt and seen.

In some ways, Hurricane Melissa was a lot like the COVID-19 pandemic. It was sudden, disorienting and a huge disruption to life as we knew it. We had to face uncertainty, loss and the limits of our control. But it has also provided a powerful reminder about what really matters in life. Just as lockdowns gave us precious time to rediscover relationships, this storm, too, offers a unique opportunity to reset. 

Many Christian singles carry a default narrative: “I’m in a holding space until God gives me a spouse.” This mindset treats singleness as sub-optimal, as second best, as a mere “waiting room” phase. But what if that paradigm is flawed? What if God intends for us to live whole, flourishing lives in our singleness, not “half a life” pending marriage?

Few words spark more debate in conversations about marriage than submission and sacrifice. In modern culture, these words often carry heavy baggage, evoking images of control, oppression, or loss of freedom. Yet when we return to Scripture, we find something radically different. Far from being chains, submission and sacrifice are gifts - pathways to flourishing love that reflect the heart of God Himself.

Most couples do not wake up one day deciding to see each other as opponents. It is a slow drift: a word misunderstood, a habit left unaddressed, a quiet assumption that “they should know better.”

Marriage is a journey. Though it’s sometimes smooth and sometimes bumpy, it’s always sacred when God is at the center. As David and Juliet, we’ve known the sweet smooth times and the bumpy times that felt like they would never end. 

Let’s talk about something that's everywhere right now: self-help. You see it in books, YouTube videos, podcasts, social media quotes and while some of it can be helpful, a lot of it is destructive. It contradicts the very life they’re promising to provide.

We all want to see our relationships bloom, not just survive, but thrive. Whether you're navigating the sacred bond of marriage, the sacred

“I can’t believe I am marrying my best friend” How many times have we heard those words when someone got engaged or during their wedding? If you’re like me, the answer is infinitely more once you include all the social media captions and anniversary throwback posts. 

In relationships, the idea of a "50/50 balance" is often suggested as a way to ensure fairness and mutual respect. However, when viewed through a Biblical lens, this concept becomes far more complex than this simple arithmetic. Scripture calls us to a deeper level of selflessness and sacrificial love that transcends keeping score like 50/50.

Whether your relationship is the best it's ever been, hanging on by a thread or somewhere in between, the best thing you can do for it is to pray. If you want strong relationships that continue to flourish, then prayer cannot be your last resort. It must always be your first weapon in the arsenal against the attack of the enemy. Here are three prayers you can use today. 

He ran out into the middle of the street, with great excitement, raised his hand, with a fist in the air, and brought it down on his bent kn

In a world governed by agreements, “covenant” and “contract” are often used interchangeably. However, their meanings and implications are...