Love Is a Decision: Proven Techniques to Keep Your Marriage Alive and Lively

Gary Smalley with John Trent

Love Is a Decision challenges the idea that lasting love depends primarily on feelings. Gary Smalley and John Trent argue that love is a choice expressed through intentional actions, especially during the difficult seasons of marriage. Through biblical principles, practical techniques, and stories from couples, they explore how honoring your spouse, creating emotional security, communicating meaningfully, maintaining courtship, rebuilding trust, and nurturing intimacy can strengthen a marriage over time. At its heart is a hopeful and practical message: good marriages do not simply happen; they are deliberately built, as husbands and wives repeatedly choose behaviors that communicate love, value, and commitment to one another.