Fighting to Forgive
My wife and I fought a lot early in our marriage. We had a shouting match almost every day about something. Typically I caught myself and turned my emotions off.…
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Move Closer
When my husband and I are sitting together in a restaurant, he’ll pull my chair over and say, “Closer.” It’s the sweetest thing. He makes me feel loved and wanted…
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Slow Down Your Marriage
Jim and I (Doug) meet with too many couples who have created a script for their marriages that substitutes Jesus’s promise of abundance and fullness and replaces it with busyness,…
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Do My Words Count?
On average, women speak 20,000 words a day. That’s 13,000 more daily words than our male counterparts! Yet how often does it feel like our words fall on deaf ears?…
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I’m Just “Helping”
God called Eve Adam’s “helpmate,” and as a helpmate myself, I take my job seriously. I help my husband drive I help my husband dress. I’m his little helper. In…
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The Encouragement Challenge
I am an editor by trade and by natural bent. That means I have spent most of my adult life noticing and trying to correct mistakes. My husband, Robert, says…
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10 Questions To Ask Your Husband Every Year
We were on a trip with another family who were good friends. The other couple was so sweet to one another in both their affection and their words. Mark and…
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Win Back Your Wife’s Heart
I’ve discovered most men have injured the women in their lives emotionally, at least at some level. That’s because most men are typically thinking beings—we predominately process experiences in a rational,…
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4 Ways to Turn Your Wife On
Do you remember those times early in your relationship that the world seemed to disappear when you made love, lost in each other’s embrace? If that intensity has cooled and…
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Is Someone in Bed with YOU?
On your wedding day, each of you carried a special book up the aisle . . . and then back down the aisle after you were pronounced husband and wife.…
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