CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE COUNSELLING for when theres trouble at home

If you are dissatisfied with a mediocre or troubled marriage that is not living up to your expectations, then Christian marriage counselling can help you restore it. Marriage has been trivialized by the prevalence of living together as a substitute for matrimony. It has been attacked by radical feminists as an obsolete, oppressive patriarchal institution, it has been perverted by the advocates of same-sex marriages who reject the traditional meaning of matrimony as the union of a man and a woman, and it has been marginalized by professionals who postpone marriage and children for a more affluent lifestyle.

Problems may also be relational, a result of not knowing how to interact. Other serious problems that could develop might be lying, adultery, pornography, emotional wounds, mental conditions, etc. When these problems are not dealt with, they represent a potentially crushing threat to the marriage. Christian marriage counselling can help us deal with the problems that threaten to tear apart our lives.

It's easy for us to get distracted and lose sight of what and who is important, but Christian marriage counselling can help you see what God wants from your marriage, and generally involves three main areas:

• problems or issues in general, such as difficulty communicating
  
• personal problems that develop or occur within marriage
  
• loss of a sense of God's principles for marriage.

All relationships go through difficult times - it's how we handle those times that makes the difference between staying together and splitting up. Far too many couples leave counselling until it's too late. Years of bitterness and resentment have built up and the fear of being hurt blocks out any chance of change. FamilyLife is the Marriage and Family Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, and a marriage seminar geared towards married couples in your church can provide Christian marriage counselling to any number of young couples who might be anticipating divorce.