Heavenly Marriage: "Have Ye Experienced this Mighty Change in Your Hearts?"
Conclusion, of The First Principles of Marriage
We need more than a set of skills for expressing discontent and requesting changes in marriage. We need a change of heart. The only way to build a truly healthy marriage is by being a truly good person — to be changed in our very natures.
By H. Wallace Goddard

How do We Get Charity?
Chapter 7, Conclusion, of The First Principles of Marriage
All who have been married more than an hour have felt irritated with their spouses. How is it that some people can shrug those irritations off?
By H. Wallace Goddard

The Role of Charity in Marriage
Chapter 7 of The First Principles of Marriage
Charity may be one of the rarest of gems in this mortal world. What is it? What does it look like? How do we get it? And what difference does it make in marriage?
By H. Wallace Goddard

Consecration in Marriage
Chapter 6 of The First Principles of Marriage
Consecration has everything to do with marriage. It is much more than "staying together for the kids." It is acting to redeem our partners and our covenants with everything we have and everything we may draw from Heaven. We do all of this in order to establish Zion in our homes.
By H. Wallace Goddard

Preserving Purity in Marriage
Chapter 5 of The First Principles of Marriage
If you find yourself enjoying a friendship with someone of the opposite sex more than you enjoy the friendship with your spouse, you could be on the road to disaster. Here are steps to reclaim your eternal perspective.
By H. Wallace Goddard

Humility and Repentance: “O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me..”
Chapter 4 of The First Principles of Marriage
Every serious relationship will get to the point of desperation. At some point we know our partner well enough to be irritated and to know that the sources of our irritation are not likely to disappear. That is the watershed moment. We can leave the relationship, smolder in sullen resentment, or repent. God recommends repentance.
By H. Wallace Goddard

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ: "Lord I believe; help thou mine unbelief"
Chapter 3, Part 2 of The First Principles of Marriage
If the wolves that threaten marriage are crowding at your door, they can be turned away if we trust God's purpose in perfecting our partners and instead concentrate on perfecting ourselves. To quit a relationship because it is difficult is like dropping out of school because the mascot is not to your liking.
By H. Wallace Goddard

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ: “Lord I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”
Chapter 3, Part 1 of The First Principles of Marriage
If we truly believe in Christ and apply his principles to our lives, we may forget the faults of our loved ones and work instead to improve ourselves.
By H. Wallace Goddard

“Willing to Submit in All Things”
From Chapter 2 of The First Principles of Marriage
Since marriage is God's finishing school, we should expect more afflictions or challenges in marriage than in any other arena of life. With practice, the choice to sing the song of redeeming love will become easier. Yet every day we must choose.
By H. Wallace Goddard

The Change of Heart
From Chapter 1 of The First Principles of Marriage
We do not become Celestial by adding a pinch of Jesus to a terrestrial life. At some point we simply throw ourselves on His merits, mercy and grace.
By H. Wallace Goddard

The Journey of Life
From Chapter 1 of First Principles of Marriage
The Good Samaritan story about the man who fell among thieves is a perfect description of what every person experiences in the course of mortality.
By H. Wallace Goddard

Toward a Joyful Marriage
Chapter 1 of The First Principles of Marriage
For most people, marriage can be a refuge against the storm. At other times marriage is the storm.
By H. Wallace Goddard