Below you will find our 6 most recent articles relating to marriage and family from Marriage Australia.
Dive into our previous articles for valuable insights and practical tips that are aimed at building and strengthening Christ centred marriages.
Join with others to honour and celebrate marriages during Marriage Week, the second week in September each year, we make available many resources to help you promote your event and your effective ministry to marriages of Gods design.
Preparing for Marriage
Covenant Marriage of a man and woman before God is a significant step for any couple to take. Despite the erosion, the devaluation of marriage that has occurred throughout most of the world it is still the aspiration of many to get married. In Australia in fact, according to the ABS the total number of marriages for 2024 was 120,844 and 96.1% were according to God’s design of marriage. Regrettably, the ABS no longer shows the number of marriages
The church is strategically positioned to create healthy marriages
In his epistle to the Phillipians the apostle Paul “Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.” (Philippians 2:4 NKJV). Thursday the 11th September is “R U OK Day” which is a great “wake up call” across Australia to engage with neighbours and others in meaningful conversations that will encourage and support those that are struggling with varying pressures on their lives. For us who are disciples of
Theme for Marriage Week 2025
Our theme this year is “Marriage a genesis of hope, a fountain of renewal in your journey towards lasting love!” This theme emphasizes the idea that marriage between a man and a woman as designed by God, can be the genesis, the foundation, of hope and the motivation, stimulation for renewal in life, a transformation of the heart. It motivates couples to grow in their love that endures time and will also serve as a Godly influence in their
Marriage Creates a New Family
“God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply.””(Gen. 1:27–28) In God’s creation, maleness and femaleness are a central part, together with their being complimentary and both being made in God’s image. God’s word shows that, sexual union only occurs within marriage and giving the potential for new life, new fruit. The sexual
The Importance of Reclaiming Marriage
“Marriage is not a human invention; it is a divine revelation. Its design never was our own made-up arrangement of infinite malleability. It was given to us, at the beginning of all things, as a brightly shining fixity of eternal significance. We might not always live up to its true grandeur. None of us does so perfectly. But we have no right to redefine it, and we have every reason to revere it.” “I yearn for a recovery of
Communication
From what we see and hear in God’s creation, He has created many forms of communication. But, for us, He chose that our primary means of communication is the speaking out of words! The heavens and the earth were created by God, with each part of creation being initiated by the words, “And God said....” After creating Adam and seeing it was wrong for him to be alone, God created Eve and, as Gen 1:28 “And God blessed them.