Hey everyone, we're so glad you're here with us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

Rick is sharing biblical wisdom that we need to have great relationships.

And let's admit it, we can all use that.

Okay, so here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of a message called How to Keep Your Marriage

Growing.

A woman wrote to Dear Abby these words, do all marriages eventually go stale, ours has.

My husband and I don't seem to have much to talk about anymore.

We used to talk about our kids, but now they're grown and gone.

Now I have no major complaints about my husband,

but the old excitement just isn't there anymore.

We watch a lot of television, and we read a lot,

and we have fun with some friends.

But when we're alone together, it's pretty dull.

We even sleep in separate bedrooms now.

Is there some way to recapture the old magic?

Reader's Digest reports that the number one question people ask marriage counselors is,

why don't we love each other the way we used to?

Why don't we love each other the way we used to? Why don't we love each other the way we used to?

Well, the truth is, every marriage is always either growing together or growing apart.

Because it's a relationship, it never stands still.

And I'll tell you right now, if you're not growing closer to your husband or to your wife

right now, you're growing apart, little by little.

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