Are you establishing family relationships that honor Christ?
For most of us, marriage and family are two of the most relevant ways of loving another. Living with “loved ones” daily tests our ability to love someone day in, day out. As a maturing Christian seeks to honor Christ, loving a spouse and children is central to maturing in the faith. The Bible instructs us on how to love and treat our spouse and children to maximize our joy and contentment with them, thereby honoring Christ, and glorifying God.
This is huge for a man. If you want to keep your husband’s eyes on you and not a another woman, then the first step is to respect your husband.
Men need respect as women need love. The easiest way to get a man’s attention is to take an interest in who is then believe in him. The dirty little secret is that men have a difficult time living without a woman.
Think about Adam and Eve for a moment. Adam told God that out of all the creatures that God just created, there was not a help-mate suitable for him so God created one … from Adam. Adam’s reaction: Whoaaaaa! At last! I will call her woman because she came from man. (Genesis 2:23)
Men have an intrinsic need for women. The woman who respects him for who he is and what he does will get his attention … married or not. Scripture points out: “…and let the wife see that she respects her husband.” (Ephesians 5:33 ESV)
It seems this is the way many affairs get started. The husband is not getting the respect he needs at home (often times unbeknownst to him) and another woman begins to respect him in ways his wife is not.
Conflicts happen. Disagreements are a part of life. Anger, disappointment, unmet expectations, being let down and miscommunication are all things that happen as sure as the sun rises in the east.
If you are alive and breathing, these things are an inescapable part of life. We live in an imperfect world with imperfect people so imperfect things will happen. If we run from these things, they will follow us and haunt us.
I have met many people who have run away from dating relationships without reconciling a disagreement or conflict. They just leave with hard feelings. Without fail, they take their hard feelings and open wounds into the next relationship and that new relationship rarely has a chance of succeeding because of all the baggage brought into it.
“There are three rings in marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and suffer ring” – Anonymous
You may be scratching your head thinking, “how on earth can my marriage make me more like Christ?”
Think of it this way: God’s will for you is to become more like him and less like yourself. (1 Thessalonians 4:3) He will use any means necessary to achieve his goal including your marriage.
Each of us has rough edges that need to be refined; the Lord is sculpting us day by day and he uses our spouses and the situations that pop up in marriage to draw us closer to him. Here's how he may use your spouse:
Examine Your Experience 
You may be scratching your head thinking, “how on earth can my marriage make me more like Christ?”