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59 Ways to Keep the Love Alive

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It is often the small gestures that keep the love alive in a marriage. Try some of the following to renew the spark in your relationship!

1 Walk in the park holding hands
  2 Read the Word together
    3 Go to a museum together
      4 Tackle a chore together
        5 Say “I love you”
          6 Listen to another couple’s story of how they fell in love
          7 Buy your partner’s favorite candy bar or snack and put it in his/her lunch
        8 Spend an afternoon exploring your partner’s favorite hobby
      9 Put a love note under his/her pillow
    10 Cook together—try a new recipe
  11 Pray together
12 Learn something new about your partner—talk about childhood years
13 Go to your favorite restaurant
  14 Compliment your partner
    15 Spend time with an elderly couple hearing stories of their life and love
      16 Give a kiss good night or goodbye
        17 Share your engagement story with a newly engaged couple
          18 Take a ballroom dancing class
          19 Give your spouse a massage
          20 Attend a worship service together
        21 Read a story together to a child
      22 Go on a drive together
    23 Look at your wedding pictures
  24 Donate blood together
25 Work at church together
26 Brag about your spouse
  27 Bake cookies together
    28 Take a break from the kids and go on a “date night”
      29 Explore a nearby city
        30 If you don’t have kids, volunteer to baby sit someone else’s kids together
          31 Dance in the kitchen
          32 Participate in a small group together
        33 Try a martial arts class together
      34 Create a treasure hunt
    35 Checkout a poetry book from the library and read to each other
  36 Go to a movie
37 Watch the sunrise together
38 Read aloud to each other
  39 Write a poem for your partner
    40 Make your spouse a mix music CD
      41 Offer support to a younger couple on the questions they have in life
        42 Write to each other in a journal
          43 Watch your wedding video
          44 Try something new—that neither of you has ever done
        45 Spend the day at the zoo
      46 Go on a romantic getaway
    47 Teach Sunday School together
  48 Look at baby pictures of each other
49 Honor other people’s marriages, write them a note to say how they have influenced your marriage
50 Surprise your partner with a picnic
  51 Volunteer together
    52 Go to a concert together
      53 Plant a tree together
        54 Spend a weekend away playing games and laughing with friends
          55 Watch the sunset together
          56 Tell your kids how much you love your spouse
        57 Work a garden together
      58 Recreate your first date
    59 Bike ride together

Based on the Holy Bible, The New Church gains further inspiration and understanding through the teachings of 18th century scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg. In his 35 volumes of theology, Swedenborg helps set forth the Lord's plan for a rebirth of Christianity, a clear vision of God in His own Word, and what that means in our lives.

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