There’s no place like home when marriage is thriving and functioning biblically. The marriage is the starting point to a thriving family. Genesis 1:27 God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Our differences do not make men better than women, or women better than men, but they do make men and women better together. Genesis 2:24 A man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Matthew 19:4-6 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Marriage is a covenant, not a contract. Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. The best thing you could ever teach and model to your children is how to love your spouse. Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. A wife’s submission isn’t weakness—it’s strength that empowers her husband to grow into his full potential. Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. The husband is called to gentleness, not harshness — and activity, not passivity. Gentle activity. Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Sometimes we don’t have a marriage problem, we have a Jesus problem.