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The Root Cause of All Marriage Problems

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737353: The Complete Husband
The Complete Husband
By Lou Priolo

If I were to ask you to name, in one word, what you think the root cause of all problems in marriage is, what word would you select?

Well, let’s think about the two greatest commandments: They are, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself.

There’s something that is a given in those statements– that you will love yourself.

Priolo then expounds upon this concept, applying the love that you are supposed to have for your wife– a love that meets needs. You see, wives are never instructed to love their husbands the way husbands are instructed to love their wives. And then there’s the whole “We men must love our wives as Christ loved the Church.” Jesus was the initiator, He gave his life for the church…


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Table of contents for The Complete Husband

  1. Introduction
  2. I Wish She Came With an Owners Manual
  3. A Woman’s Roles
  4. 11 Questions to Ask Your Wife
  5. So, What’s There to Talk About?
  6. A Crash Course in Biblical Communication - Part 1
  7. 11 Un-Biblical Forms of Communication
  8. Maintaining a Spirit of Unity
  9. Love is a Verb
  10. The Root Cause of All Marriage Problems
  11. 18 Signs that Your Husband Is Bitter
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3 Responses to “The Root Cause of All Marriage Problems”

  1. MyAvatars 0.2 AG Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am Subscribed to Comments

    That’s a good point - women will generally reciprocate whatever love they feel others have toward them.  If a man initiates and loves his wife, she will love him in return.
    Another point: I believe the root cause of all marriage problems is selfishness.  This ties in to your article in that a man must be selfless to love his wife like Christ loves His Bride.

    AG’s last blog post..God is so good!

  2. MyAvatars 0.2 Mary Says:
    February 2nd, 2008 at 11:40 am

    I think AG’s got it, and as she said, it ties into what you said MIn, the more of self, the less of others=less love to go around.Sacrifice is the key to a great marriage, and because we love, we willingly sacrifice.

    Mary’s last blog post..Wish List Meme

  3. MyAvatars 0.2 MInTheGap Says:
    February 6th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    Selfishness is probably the biggest problem in a marriage, hence all the Scripture that talks about submission and love. It’s only when we get out of looking at our marriage as something for us and begin thinking of it as something for them that we will begin to live the married life that’s possible.

    I’m sure that if we asked those couples that have long marriages what their secret is, this would be the key. More than talking a walk when angry, if we’d practice preferring one another we would see a lot of marriages last much longer than we do today.

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