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1. When Your Spouse Hurts You, Try These 4 Spirit-Fueled Responses

... r whatever)." Other people expect their spouse to meet all their needs, read their minds and overlook their faults while responding perfectly at all times. When the husband doesn't pay enough attention, ...

Created on 14 October 2019

2. 5 Grace-Filled Tips for the Spouse Who Is Also a Caregiver

If your marriage has had a reasonable degree of closeness and love, when one spouse becomes ill it affects the other deeply. Sure, there are the "little" things such as the flu or a necessary surgery. ...

Created on 11 September 2019

3. 6 Crucial Steps to Help Close the Gap Between You and Your Spouse

...  only feel able to engage sexually when they feel emotionally connected. Learn to communicate in the way your wife needs you to. 3. Make the mental switch. Connection begins by intentionally turning to ...

Created on 26 August 2019

4. 3 Powerful, Prayerful Tips for Reconnecting With Your Spouse

...  frustration, overwhelm or other pressures. Your husband responds with anger when you try to talk. Why? Your wife continues to criticize you in public. Why? Your spouse may very well be wrong. But seeki ...

Created on 24 July 2019

5. 3 Things Not to Do When You Feel Disconnected From Your Spouse

...  there are different seasons in a marriage. But if unaddressed, that feeling of disconnection can grow, and before you know it, you feel like you're living more as roommates than as husband and wife.  ...

Created on 17 July 2019

6. Why 'Helper' in Gen. 2:18 May Not Mean What You Think

A few years ago, at a wedding reception in Ontario, Canada, Sue and I were seated with a Jewish businessman and his wife who are quite orthodox in their faith and fluent in Hebrew. We had a great time ...

Created on 16 July 2019

7. The Secret Ingredient That Can Make Your Marriage Work

The trash didn't get taken out—again. His underwear is there on the floor—again. She was late getting ready—again. He didn't listen—again. She made an excuse to say no—again. Should you have to put up ...

Created on 26 June 2019

8. Why Your Husband Can't Read Your Mind

Romance novels, movies, TV shows and magazines love to paint unrealistic pictures of what modern loving relationships look like. I have a strong disdain for "princess movies" that make girls think a handsome ...

Created on 13 June 2019

9. 5 Life-Changing Steps to Take if You've Messed Up in Your Marriage

Marriage is the union of two sinners. You can be sure your spouse will mess up; that's what sinners do. And the same goes for you. Whether you knew better or not, you will fail your husband or wife in som ...

Created on 10 June 2019

10. 3 Christlike Commitments to Help You Win at Marriage

This week, Steve and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. Recently, a young medical student asked me what the secret has been to keeping our marriage strong through the years. As I've mulled that ...

Created on 07 June 2019

11. 5 Life-Changing Questions Every Married Person Should Ask

... n should ask that can significantly change both your satisfaction and your success in your most important human relationship. Some spouses primarily ask, "How can I get my husband (or wife) to do what I w ...

Created on 23 May 2019

12. How You Can Have a No-Regrets Marriage

... nd or wife dies, it's too late to love them well. Here are a few things I would encourage any married person to embrace, knowing you will want to look back at your marriage without regrets. 1. Say what n ...

Created on 16 May 2019

13. 7 Secrets to Help You Overcome Infidelity

"I wanted to die," my friend said as she dabbed tears. "I never expected he'd cheat on me. I never, ever saw it coming. I asked him if he still loved me," she said in the midst of sobs, "and he said he ...

Created on 08 May 2019

14. The Marriage SCENE You Must Move Beyond

Today's Western culture is often less than helpful or friendly to long-term Christian marriage. Few believers would dispute that, and you would probably agree that marriage is more like a marathon than ...

Created on 01 May 2019

15. When You're Married to an Unbeliever: 3 Words of Wisdom

You may have married before you became a Christian and now feel the growing disconnect between your newer relationship with Jesus and your relationship with your spouse. You may have married someone who ...

Created on 23 April 2019

16. Separated? This Author's Been There and Now Helps Others Move Forward

... ster to three different clients at the same time—the husband, the wife and the marriage. When conflict arises in the session, a therapist not specifically trained in marriage counseling may not know w ...

Created on 18 April 2019

17. Why Owning Up to Your Sins Will Transform You—And Your Marriage

Now, I know we all know that as Christians, we are sinners. Yet I travel all around the country speaking at marriage conferences in churches, and I can't tell you how many men and women have shared with ...

Created on 17 April 2019

18. 3 Key Steps to Take Your Marriage From Good to Great

If your marriage is good, be grateful! Those struggling in a bad marriage can learn a lot from you. But God is not satisfied with good; He desires your marriage to be "very good." He wants it to be great! ...

Created on 10 April 2019

19. 3 Spirit-Filled Steps to Take When You Realize You're in a Bad Marriage

... any affection or sexual advances. a wife with mental illness who refuses any help to get better. a husband who presents a long written list of "sins" to his wife while refusing to acknowledge any wound ...

Created on 01 April 2019

20. Your Secret Weapon to Fight the Enemy—and Save Your Marriage

During my three-year separation from my husband, God opened my eyes to the fact that I was not just fighting a physical and relational battle for my marriage, but a spiritual battle as well. Breaking through ...

Created on 27 March 2019