Dr. Joel Beeke explains in this video that a marriage is positively impacted when spouses compliment each other, affirm, and lift up each other. It is something that spouses should attempt to do consistently to help to build a strong marriage that will weather through tough seasons.

1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) - "And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins."

When it comes to marriage, my wife and I have written a little book called Living in a Godly Marriage, and we have what we call Ten Commandments, ten things that you need to do to really have a, I'm talking about not a 5, 6, 7 marriage on a scale of 1 to 10, but a 9 and a half or 10. And one of the things that is most surprising in that list of people is that when spouses compliment each other, I'm speaking of PLI now, not PLE though that's important too, when they compliment each other every day and affirm each other and lift each other up and really show their love to each other, not just with hugs and physical intimacy, but with verbal affirmation and verbal appreciation, looking into each other's eyes, just saying, honey, I just love you so much. You are so beautiful in so many ways, especially reflecting qualities of their personality and that type of thing. That is very important for building a godly marriage. And also for times when there is maybe a disagreement, It's like putting money in the bank for those times because the person, the other spouse knows that you're really affirming that spouse or you're just talking over in the area where there's a disagreement.

So it doesn't need to go into an argument, but you can work it out because love, love wins the day. And when that love is verbal, it helps in so many, so many ways. So obviously your walk talks more than your talk talks, but your talk talks a lot too. And your talk is very important.