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Category Archives: Christian Marriage
9 Fun Dates to Heat Up Your Summer
It’s the time of year when we all want new ideas on how to romance our spouse. The dog days of summer will begin shortly, so why not feed the dog something fresh. Maybe it will forego the normal doldrums. … Continue reading
New Venture With Engaged Marriage
I’m happy to announce that today marks the beginning of being a part of the Writing Team on the Engaged Marriage Blog. I’ll be posting once a month on the topic of Romance and Date Night Ideas. I hope you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Date Night Ideas, Growing Strong Marriages, Guest Post, Romance in Marriage
Tagged date night, Date Night Ideas, Engaged Marriage, marriage
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If Only My Spouse Would ______________!
If only my spouse would ______________! How you fill in the blank determines if you feed your spouse’s inner critic or inner encourager. Imagine these inner voices living on each shoulder whispering thoughts into your spouse’s ear. It’s our job … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Encouraging Your Spouse, Growing Strong Marriages, Roles In Marriage, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Bible, Christianity, English Standard Version, God, Hebrews 3:13, Inner Critic, Inner Encourager, Jesus, Lord, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality
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Recharging Your Date Nights
We all know what it’s like to have our cell phone, camera or tablet die on us right when we need it most. This can happen to our date nights too if we’re not careful. Imagine life has gotten too … Continue reading
Happy Hour
This past week J, of Hot, Holy and Humorous, wrote a post that we simply must share with you. The title alone compelled me to share it, but when I read the post in it’s entirety? Wow. Tom and I … Continue reading
I’ll Do It If You Notice
In a marriage it’s important that each partner knows what is expected of them in order for the home to work well. You may do most of the inside tasks, while your spouse takes care of the ones outside. Or … Continue reading
Are You A Weed-Puller Or A Weed-Ignorer?
I’m sitting at my computer and I can hardly move. Why? Because I spent and hour and a half weeding my garden this morning before it got too hot. Every time I weed I wonder why it is that I … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Priorities, Troubled Marriage
Tagged Conflict in Marriage, Garden, God, Lord, marriage, Resolving Conflicts, Rose, Thought, Weed, Weed control
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The Unselfish Server
Tom and I went to a restaurant after our church service yesterday. It was a busy place with people everywhere. One of the servers (not our’s mind you) walked passed our table and noticed our two empty paper straw covers. … Continue reading
What If My Marriage Has Disappointed me?
This post continues the conversation that began with our post You Could Be Dissing Your Marriage And Not Know It. I’ve been thinking a lot about disappointments and how detrimental they can be to a marriage. If you have a … Continue reading
I.Love
We live in an age where we can stay connected with our spouse even when we’re not physically together. Social media has made the world so much smaller, and it can be a good thing when used to communicate our … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Music, romancing your spouse, Worship
Tagged Arts, August Rain, Christ, God, I Love, marriage, Online Writing, Poetry, relationship, Romance, Social Media Love Notes
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You Could Be Dissing Your Marriage And Not Know It
To diss someone is to: —v.t. 1. to show disrespect for; affront. 2. to disparage; belittle. As you can see to dis your spouse is not the way God intends for husbands and wives to relate. We are to show high regard and honor for … Continue reading
Mark Your Calendar Is Back!
Happy Monday! We hope your holiday weekend was one full of special times and great memories together as a couple and with friends and family. We asked you if you missed our Mark Your Calendar posts each Monday, and we … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Date Night Ideas, Mark Your Calendars (time sensitive), Orlando Date Ideas, romantic date nights, Romantic Orlando
Tagged Central Florida, Date Night Ideas, Downton Abbey, Gregg Allman, Hank Williams Jr, July, Orlando Date Ideas, Orlando Florida, UCF Arena
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Happy Hour
This week we celebrated Independence Day in the United States of America. It was our nation’s birthday, and everywhere you looked you could see signs of the nationwide party about to take place. For our Happy Hour feature we wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour, Intimacy, The Gospel & Marriage, Troubled Marriage
Tagged Declaration of Independence, Dependence in Marriage, Hot Holy and Humorous, Independence Day, Independence in Marriage, Interdependence in Marriage, Jerry Maguire, marriage
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50 Daily Kindnesses
Pour their coffee in the morning and take it to them before they get out of bed. Write an encouraging Bible verse on the shower wall. Pray specifically for your spouse’s day and write a note telling them you … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, Thankfulness
Tagged Be Kind One To Another, Bible, Chapters and verses of the Bible, Christianity, Kindnesses, Outdo one another, relationship, Snuggle
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Secret Word Game
This is a fun way to communicate a simple word to your spouse over the course of a day. Here is all you need to do: Think of a word you want to say to your spouse. It could be … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Daytime Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, Romantic Ideas
Tagged Arts, Encourage Your Spouse, Facebook, games, Paris, Post-it note, Romantic Secret Word Game, Secret Word Game, Video Games, Word, Word game
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The Longest Wait
Sometimes a story just needs to be told and retold. This story is one. I am struck by this widow’s commitment to her husband when she said, “He loved me his entire life, and I will love him for all … Continue reading
Happy Hour
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Happy Hour feature, and today we have a great blog to share with you. Bonny Logsdon Burns mainly focuses on encouraging wives who have low libido and helping their marriage become … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Happy Hour, Summer Date Ideas, Travel, Vacations
Tagged Bahamas, Carnivorous plant, Gardens, Home, Romantic Getaways, Venus Flytrap, Wilmington
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The Long Tomorrow
We have good friends who are busy planning a huge celebration for their parent’s 65th wedding anniversary. Can you imagine? 65 years together, walking through all kinds of changes. They were married in 1948. Most likely before any of us … Continue reading
Anniversary Round-Up
We’ve been collecting the anniversary dates of our FB fans the past couple of days, and last count we were at 156. We have nearly 3k fans, so we’re hoping to get a lot more of our readers to respond. … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Celebration Dates, Celebrations, Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance in Marriage, Unique Dates
Tagged African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baskin-Robbin, Oklahoma, Olive Garden, Opal, Othello, Outback Steakhouse, Shopping, Wedding Anniversary Ideas
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