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1. The One Deep Need Every Husband Has

This one is for wives only. (I know; you may read this even if you're not a wife.) But here's a secret many husbands wish their wives knew: He needs you to need him. But this is not for every wife. Some ...

Created on 15 January 2019

2. A Heartfelt Prayer for When You Feel Deeply Wounded

Did you see that? How could they have done that to me? I'm angry and hurting. I come to you, Father, because I would like to be free. So first, I give this offense to You. I ask that You help me to let ...

Created on 14 January 2019

3. A Luke 10:27 Key to Guide Your Decision-Making All Year

It was a little over one year ago that we quietly started having the conversation about how we could best serve my husband's mom and aunt. His mom is a widow, and she and her sister (who is single) have ...

Created on 11 January 2019

4. 4 Life-Changing Ways God Wants You to Invest in Your Marriage

About four months into dating, my husband and I began to embark on the topic of marriage. One of the things we talked about on those dates was the importance of the husband and wife relationship after ...

Created on 08 January 2019

5. Asking This One Powerful Question Can Help Your Marriage Become a Miracle

The fact that any two sinful human beings ever make it through decades of living together can seem like a miracle. And when that marriage is characterized by respect, intimacy and true love, it truly is ...

Created on 07 January 2019

6. Why Lysa TerKeurst Fought for Her Marriage After Her Husband's Infidelity

Lysa TerKeurst defines vulnerable as she explores the latest chapter in her life: recommitment after his devastating affair and her multiple illnesses. In her most recent Instagram post, she shares why ...

Created on 27 December 2018

7. Why You Don't Need to Get Everything 'Just Right' This Christmas

I was shopping for gifts in one of my favorite stores a few years back when I saw one of their signs announcing "The Perfect Christmas." That's a nice sentiment, but it got me wondering: What does that ...

Created on 18 December 2018

8. Marriage Restored: Lysa TerKeurst Shares Stunning Photos of Recommitting to Her Husband

Nearly 18 months after announcing the end of her marriage, Proverbs 31's Lysa TerKeurst shared gorgeous images celebrating her restored relationship with husband, Art. In June 2017, TerKeurst announced ...

Created on 17 December 2018

9. 5 Healing Steps You Can Take When Your Spouse Betrays You

Among all the possible sources of pain, a spouse's betrayal ranks as one of the worst. The person you expected to have your best interests at heart and stick with you through good and bad has let you down. ...

Created on 17 December 2018

10. 11 Characteristics That Will Destroy the Marital Intimacy You Crave

... vious as those who control by not giving. Roommate The characteristic I have seen in a vast majority of intimacy anorexics' marriage relationships can be summed up with the keyword "roommate." The spouse ...

Created on 14 December 2018

11. Why You Can't Live the Christian Life as a Lone Ranger

Few people experience lasting spiritual growth in isolation. God never intended us to grow alone. He created us with the need, desire and capacity for authentic intimate personal relationships because ...

Created on 14 December 2018

12. How You Can Use Your Words of Faith to Bless Others This Christmas

Since our words are filled with power, I believe they are a gift we can bless others with every day, especially during this Christmas season. Why not start your morning with the following confession of ...

Created on 12 December 2018

13. How God Healed This Woman After Her Tragic Divorce

LouAnn could hardly believe when her husband of 20 years walked out the door. Their marriage had never been one others would want to emulate, but she thought they had both resigned themselves to having ...

Created on 11 December 2018

14. This Churchwide Epidemic Will Quickly Land You in Spiritual Quicksand

There's a "coolness" epidemic that threatens to ravage the Christian church—an insatiable quest among some to be seen as cool, relevant and in-step with the culture. Many times, this curious quest comes ...

Created on 10 December 2018

15. How to Respect Your Husband Even When You Feel He Doesn't Deserve It

Love and Respect Women long to be loved by their husbands. In all the years my husband and I have done biblical marriage counseling, we have seen that wives are often plagued with the question, "Does he ...

Created on 06 December 2018

16. 3 Choices You Can Make to Bring Peace to Your Christmas Conversations

Peace on earth. Wouldn't that be lovely this Christmas? A few moments scanning Facebook or a moment watching the evening news shatters that hope. We're polarized and divided. Strong opinions seem to be ...

Created on 04 December 2018

17. Powerful Prayer Strategies to Heal Your Holiday Hostilities

Is your worst holiday fear the idea of your dining table filled with relatives who act as opposing political commentators? Family get-togethers can be stressful enough, but with our culture fueled by hate, ...

Created on 26 November 2018

18. 5 Questions to Help You Know if You're a People-Pleaser

Last week, I sat across the examining bed where my 90-year-old Mom waited for the doctor. After a complete check-up, the nurse came in with a device to measure her eye pressure. A simple procedure that ...

Created on 23 November 2018

19. Fumigate Toxic Friends From Your Life

... sharpening-iron relationships please God: "So comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, just as you are doing" (1 Thess. 5:11). "Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that  ...

Created on 21 November 2018

20. The Most Critical Task You Need to Accomplish as a Single

I wanted to get married, but nothing was happening. I spent many years wondering what was so wrong with me that no one would choose me. The few relationships I did have never went anywhere. The loneliness ...

Created on 19 November 2018