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When one person is in control of another, love cannot grow deeply and fully, as there is no freedom.
Love is at the heart of marriage, as it is at the heart of God himself
The marriage relationship needs other ingredients to grow and thrive. Those ingredients are freedom and responsibility.
When two people are free to di...
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When people grow in character, they grow in the ability to set and receive boundaries in their marriages, and they mature.
When they resist hearing the word no, they remain immature.
They never reach the true “knowing” of each other and the ongoing ability to abide in love and to grow as individuals and as a couple—the long-term fulfillment that was God’s design.
a boundary is a property line. It denotes the beginning and end of something.
ownership is also very important.
A relationship like marriage requires each partner to have a sense of ownership of himself or herself.
