3 Signs that Your Marriage is Stuck on AUTO-PILOT, and How to Break this Negative Cycle

Over the years, my husband, Dave, and I have talked to countless couples that are simply sharing a home…just existing…in a lifeless marriage – on “auto-pilot”.  Some of these couples have lived this way so long that they don’t even remember what it is like to have a flourishing, enjoyable marriage.  They become trapped in a stagnant cycle of mind-numbing marriage survival from day to day.  No passion or intimacy.  NO LIFE.  A marriage that is just cruising along, but not really going anywhere.

It’s a sad existence, and it doesn’t have to be that way.  In fact, it shouldn’t be this way.

God didn’t create marriage to bring us down.  He told us that two are better than one in Genesis; therefore, marriage is supposed to make us better.

In John 10:10, Jesus tells us that He came so that we could have a full and abundant life–not a stagnant one that is just barely getting by emotionally, spiritually, and physically.

Marriage is a gift…a gift that should enhance our lives, not suck the very life right out of us.

So, how can we recognize if our marriage is stuck on auto-pilot?  Well, here are a few signs…