What kinds of things do you usually ask God to give you?

Are you quick to listen, and slow to speak? Slow to get angry? Learn of an exercise that can help you get stronger.

What is your ultimate place of rest? Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land after forty years of wandering in the wilderness. Yet, as Hebrews 4:8 makes clear, the Promised Land wasn't Joshua's ultimate place of rest. His ultimate rest would come in God's kingdom, which all believers can experience in part now.

For the Christian, work is a sacred calling. Each of us has certain interests and abilities. God expects us to use these for the good of humankind and for His ultimate glory. All good work is seen as service to God.

Attitudes affect actions. If you have a pessimistic, defeatist attitude, it will be expressed in negative words and behavior. The reality is that you may not be able to control your environment.

gative thinking tends to beget negative thinking. If you focus on how terrible a situation is, it will get worse. But if you focus on one positive thing in that situation, another will get worse. But if you focus on one positive thing in that situation, another will appear.

What specific truth do you need to hear most? Why? Read more ways and thoughts to help you with your self-image.

Think of a time when each of you was "unlovable" How did the other respond?

Just as emotional intimacy comes from sharing our feelings, spiritual intimacy comes from sharing our walk with God. We don't have to be spiritual giants to have spiritual intimacy as a couple, but we must be willing to share with each other where we are spiritual. d lately to encourage others' spiritual journey?

Use your freedom to serve one another in love, (Galatians 5:13). Those words of the apostle Paul were directed to the church, but they apply just as easily to marriage - as does his warning two verses later: "But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another."