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Are You Making This Mistake In Your Marriage?
You had a long talk about a goal you both want to accomplish. Plans are set in place to see the goal reached. As the first few steps are taken you realize the goal you had didn’t quite match … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Encouragement, Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict, Keeping It Real
Tagged Are You Making This Mistake In Marriage?, Communication in Marriage, Goals in Marriage, Philippians 2:3-4
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Pinched Nerve
Tom has been struggling with a pinched nerve in his back the past couple of days. It’s making normal tasks nearly impossible because he gets a sharp stab saying, “No, you don’t!” I hate seeing him in pain, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict
Tagged Avoiding Conflict, Conflict in Marriage, Pinched Nerve
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Lingering And It’s Effects On Marriage
Linger… …The simple definition is to stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave. I’ve been thinking about this word lately and the impact it has made on my life. I love to linger in the … Continue reading
The Cause And Effect Marriage Covered With Grace
I didn’t even know my need until I saw the effect it was having on my marriage. Something was wrong between us. We weren’t connecting. We weren’t communicating. We were at odds living our normal everyday life. On the outside … Continue reading
Unexpected Expectations
Tom and I recently had a conflict that we didn’t see coming. The conversation grew tense, yet there wasn’t anything said to cause the conflict. We didn’t quite know how to fix it since the issue wasn’t obvious to us. … Continue reading
Decades Of Marriage – The Third Ten Years
You’ve just celebrated 20 years together. You wonder how in the world you’ve made it this far–wasn’t it yesterday when we were starting out on this adventure called marriage? Time has proven to fly, and it’s possible to feel lost … Continue reading
Happy Hour
It’s time for our weekly specials you don’t want to miss. Use the weekend to catch up on some inspired reading to build your marriage. ChooseJoy365 The Tale Of A Week Long “For Read Friday”<<Our daughter does an outstanding job … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, communication, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
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Decades Of Marriage – The First Ten Years
A decade is a long time–ten years, to be exact and much happens in this span of time. Just consider the past ten years of your life? Where were you in 2006? How have you changed? How has your marriage … Continue reading
How Will You Answer This Question?
We talked with a couple once who had been married for over 50 years. We asked them the reason they’d made it to this milestone. The husband answered… “She has her room and does the things she likes to do, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict
Tagged Boxing, Building a strong marriage, Secret to a Happy Marriage
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I Saw It In Her Eyes
Tonight we got a FaceTime call from our daughter-in-love in Tennessee. They are about to embark on a new chapter in their family–they’re moving in March from a townhouse to a house with two more bedrooms and a fenced in … Continue reading
Trigger Words Of Grace (Vintage Post)
I haven’t reached back into our archives to find a post worth re-posting in a while. So with our post Wednesday about Anger, I thought the following on Trigger Words would be a good follow-up. This was first published on … Continue reading
Posted in communication, Conflict, Forgiveness, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Anger, Forgiveness, Trigger Words of Grace
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Anger Crouching At The Door
Anger. It crouches at the door of marriage and seeks a way to attack. If we’re not aware of its intent, we could be assaulted without knowing what hit us until the damage has been done. It’s claws come in … Continue reading
Trials In Marriage – In-Law Relationships
If you have difficulty with your in-laws I’m sure this post caught your attention. It doesn’t get discussed much on marriage blogs; not because it isn’t an issue, but because it is a huge issue to those who are struggling. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict, In-Laws
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When Communication Breaks Down In Marriage
I have a feeling that if you’ve been married for any length of time that you know exactly what I’m talking about with this title –>When Communication Breaks Down. It happens. And how you handle it reveals whether you’re on … Continue reading
Is Menopause Destroying Sex In Your Marriage? – Intimacy In Marriage
Intimacy In Marriage – My dear friend, Julie, is running a series on Thursdays about the difficulties marriages face that can have an adverse effect on our sexual intimacy. Here are some of the titles to other posts in this … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Christian Marriage, communication, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Seasons of Life, Sexual Intimacy
Tagged Marriage and Menopause, Menopause and Sex
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Marriage A Mess Worth Making – Part 2
If you missed the first post in this series…you need to click here so as not to miss the flow of today’s post. The book, Relationships A Mess Worth Making, goes on to provide “seven tendencies of the sinful heart … Continue reading
Marriage A Mess Worth Making – Part 1
Marriage can be messy. If you’re fairly new to it, you may be discouraged thinking something is wrong with yours. If you’ve been married for awhile, you may discouraged thinking this is all there is, and maybe even tempted to … Continue reading
Can We Talk?
Last night at our small group meeting a couple shared something they had recently gone through that they thought would be helpful to the rest of us. It was. It provided a spring board for an entire evening of dialogue. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict
Tagged Can We Talk, communication, Conflict in Marriage, Fruit of the Spirit
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