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1. 20 Things You Should Know About Your Spouse

No human being has the potential to make a greater impact on the quality of your life than your husband or wife. Years ago, I heard the advice, "Study your spouse." That certainly applies before you sa ...

Created on 27 July 2018

2. Helping Your Spouse Move Past Their Past

Every human being comes into marriage with baggage. You cannot make it through a couple decades or more of life without experiencing some kind of trauma. Some of those wounds are deeper than others. What ...

Created on 18 July 2018

3. 7 Questions You Should Ask When Your Wife Behaves Badly ...

Neither gender has a corner on bad behavior, so I had to arbitrarily pick which side to address first. Next week we'll address husbands' behavior, but today is for the husband whose wife is behaving badly ...

Created on 14 March 2018

4. Timeless Tools to Help Make Praying With Your Spouse a Reality

... r with Him will be. Some husbands, especially, feel intimidated by praying with their wife. Don't let that stop you. Use these ideas to start where you are and take the lead in bringing your marriage  ...

Created on 24 October 2017

5. Should Your Husband Come Before Your Kids?

... , "Does your wife love you?" They all answered, "Yes!" He then asked, "Does your wife like you?" Most of them answered, "On most days, no." Too many married couples are walking through life in barely tol ...

Created on 26 July 2017

6. Your Husband Longs for These 5 Life-Giving Things From You

So many people look at marriage as a way to get their own needs met. In a godly, healthy marriage you will have many needs met. But as an adult, as a believer and as a wife, you will be much happier, more ...

Created on 25 July 2017

7. 5 Godly Things to Do About Your Spouse's Destructive Behavior

... won't even acknowledge he has a problem."     "My wife is only after me for my money and spends irresponsibly. She refuses to engage in intimacy or conversation."     "My husband has had a mistress for ...

Created on 12 July 2017

8. Wife, Your Attitude Can Either Reinforce or Hinder Your Husband ...

... e very acquainted with the art of disagreement. We have gone through maturation periods that have stretched our faith, our trust and our very marriage. As a wife, I have run through the gamut of emotion ...

Created on 06 July 2017

9. Moving Forward When God Doesn't Restore Your Marriage

Sometimes all you've got is not enough. Sometimes even God can't fix it. Sometimes all your tears and work and prayers and love fall flat and your marriage fails anyway. Before you get upset at "even God ...

Created on 19 June 2017

10. What Your Husband Really Wants for Father's Day

... hat can a wife give to her husband? What does he need most from her? Not just on Father's Day, but every day. I have thought of at least four things your man cannot get enough of. Use these as a simple  ...

Created on 15 June 2017

11. 5 Steps to Healing Your Heart When Your Spouse Fails You

Your spouse cheated—emotionally or physically. You found pornography on their smartphone. Your spouse abuses alcohol or drugs, is physically or verbally abusive, spends money you don't have, flies into ...

Created on 14 June 2017

12. Sure Signs You've Made Your Husband an Idol

... ed the real me. Engaged at 23, I had no idea how becoming a wife would change, challenge, break, shape and force me to die to myself if I wanted our marriage to last. I refused to see the log in my own  ...

Created on 30 May 2017

13. Strengthening Your Marriage While Coping With Heartbreaking Loss

Loss comes in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it can be a job, a move, a close friendship, losing your church family or even the loss of your health. Maybe like us, you have lost a loved one. We lost our ...

Created on 29 May 2017

14. Fight for Your Dehydrated Marriage With These 7 Insightful Strategies

You try. You really do. But your spouse seems to show no interest. You want your relationship to improve, and occasionally your spouse promises to do better. Then you're frustrated when nothing changes. ...

Created on 23 May 2017

15. Trusting God With Your Divine Call—Even When People Throw Stones at You

When I married Ross, I became Athena Dean Holtz, and a pastor's wife, entering a life of living in the proverbial ministry fishbowl. While I said a wholehearted Yes to spending the rest of my life wit ...

Created on 27 April 2017

16. 5 Wise Steps to Take if You Find Your Spouse in an Emotional Affair

It might seem simpler, though even more devastating, to walk in and find your spouse in bed with someone else. Emotional cheating is squishier. You—and your spouse—may find it easier to come up with excuses ...

Created on 18 April 2017

17. Watch Out for This Oft-Ignored Signal of a Fizzling Marriage

... three-strand cord binds us together as more than one. ©2017 by Teresa Shields Parker Teresa Shields Parker is a wife, mother, Christian weight loss coach, speaker and author of Sweet Grace: How I Lo ...

Created on 11 April 2017

18. Reignite the Love in Your Marriage With These 5 Healing Tips

Spring has sprung, and although cleaning the house is the normal protocol of the season, why not also take some inventory of your relationship with the one you love? If you feel your relationship has become ...

Created on 07 April 2017

19. Building a Joyful Marriage Despite Life's Devastating Skirmishes

... s of a joyful marriage. I am my wife's chief intercessor, and she is mine, making requests on one another's behalf. We are journey-mates in the fellowship of the gospel, all about seeing the "good work" in o ...

Created on 29 March 2017

20. Detoxifying Destructive Relationships in Your Life

When John and I were first married, things proved far more difficult than either of us had imagined. In our youthful naiveté, we thought that because we were in love with each other, the transition into ...

Created on 02 March 2017