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The (Almost) Guaranteed Way to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage

Can you imagine if we reduced the divorce rate in America by 99.999%?

We’ve all heard that approximately 50% of marriages in the U.S. end in the divorce. But what if it was only 0.001%?

If you’re married and want to stay married, you need to read this.

If you’re not married and want to have a successful marriage, don’t gloss over this. You need to know this for when you do get married. It will improve your chances of staying happily married by a factor of 500,000 (seriously).

How to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage
So I’ll cut straight to the chase.

50% of all marriages fail. But there is something you can do to reduce that chance to 0.001%:

Pray together.

No really, that’s it. No classes. No books. You don’t have to buy anything or set aside hours a day to talk. Just pray together.

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How to Live a Pain-Free Life | Use Pain to Shatter Your Comfort Zone

Life is painful sometimes.

How to live a pain free life

My aunt Mary recently passed away from a two-year battle with cancer. Her last days were unimaginably painful. While we miss her tremendously, we all breathed a sigh of relief for her sake when she was taken home.

I’ve never experienced the kind of physical, emotional, or spiritual pain she went through. But I have been through pain. Because of the things I have done, risks I have taken, and people I have trusted. For the longest time, I had no clue what to do with it, but over time, I learned how to use pain.

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40 Days in the Lord’s Prayer

I like to color outside the lines.

I don’t like formulas or outlines. I rarely have a clue what will show up on a page when I sit down to write. My numbered lists (like the 15 things that will happen if you join the Thank You Revolution) usually start with an “X” in place of the number. I might have a general idea of the 4 things you can do to improve your presentations, but the final number is always a mystery.

Praying the Lord's Prayer

So when I stumbled upon a “formula” for prayer that works for me, I was shocked. I think “prayer formulas” and other inventions of the church are ridiculous. The very word formula means, among other similar definitions:

a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.

any fixed or conventional method for doing something

a recipe or prescription:

Meh. Not exactly what I call a conversation, which is exactly what prayer should be.

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