How to Have an Honoring Marriage (Marriage Vows Series)

How to Have an Honoring Marriage (Marriage Vows Series)

As a marriage coach, I notice how many marriages are devoid of an essential ingredient: honor. Most of these couples are experiencing conflict in their relationship, but few realize the conflict often stems from a lack of honor. In today’s episode, we are going to discuss what it means to have an honoring marriage. I share several practical ways of how to have an honoring marriage that we all can do.

But first, we discuss what is honor anyway?

In its most simplistic terms, honor can be defined as thinking highly of and showing high regard for someone or something. It’s recognizing the importance or someone or something. When we show honor to our spouse, we value them, their perspective, their opinions, etc.

Practical Ways to Show Honor

One of my favorite Scriptures on showing honor is Philippians 2:3-4: Be free from pride-filled opinions, for they will only harm your cherished unity. Don’t allow self-promotion to hide in your hearts, but in authentic humility put others first and view others as more important than yourselves. 4 Abandon every display of selfishness. Possess a greater concern for what matters to others instead of your own interests.

Honor, you see, is esteeming others above ourselves. It’s quite simple (not always easy) to do this in marriage. Here are some tips I shared on the show:

1. Encourage your spouse.
2. Call them up higher.
3. Respect your spouse’s opinion(s), especially when you disagree.
4. Speak well of your spouse in private and in public.
5. Prioritize what’s important to your spouse.

Be sure to listen the full episode below and let me know how you’d add to this list.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

• Join the Real Relationship Talk / Christian Marriages & Relationships Facebook Community!
• More ways to show honor in your marriage

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I really needed this

Sometimes God speaks to you directly. Other times He speaks to you through others. This time He spoke to me through you, Dana Che. One of the things God taught me when my husband and I were separated was that I needed to uplift him; honor him. Though I have improved greatly and my marriage has been blessed as a result of that, I still need to do a better job of honoring him in private talks with close friends and relatives. I have a tendency to expect him to respond to situations as I would instead of focusing on the fact that we are not made the same way. God made us different and with God, we are "Better Together". I say marriage is a work in progress. I'm not perfect but I'm glad that God is perfecting me to be a better wife and vessel for His light to shine through.