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Category Archives: Growing Strong Marriages
Never Stop – A Love Song For You To Send
Today is a great day to send a special love note to your spouse. Let this post be your envelope, and the following video your heart communicated through song. Most marriages fail not because of huge conflicts, but because of … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Encouraging Your Spouse, Growing Strong Marriages, Love Songs, Music
Tagged Love Songs, Never Stop, Safetysuit, Wedding Songs
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Hike And Tell – A Journey Of A Lifetime
It was a typical day for my ladies’ retreat at our cabin. We had taken an afternoon trip to Mast General Store to do some shopping when I met them–Jake and Rachel–a young couple who have launched a journey of … Continue reading
Red Lights, Green Lights, And Smoke Screens
Our marriage community group is going through a book and DVD series titled, Grace-Filled Marriage, by Tim and Darcy Kimmel. In our last session the topic was Grace-Filled Sex, and he told a story I’d like to share with you, paraphrased … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Troubled Marriage
Tagged Drifting marriage, Drifting relationships, Red Light Green Light, Smoke Screen
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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
Happy Hour
Our Happy Hour specials this week mostly focus on the sexual relationship in marriage. We pray these excellent blog posts will help answer questions and lead you to a healthier enjoyment of each other sexually. Hot, Holy and Humorous Why … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour, Sexual Intimacy
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The Discouragement Of Besetting Sin
Our pastor shared something recently that has stuck with me. It’s regarding the idea that we are called as Christians to crucify the flesh with all its passions. While most well-taught Christians get this, we don’t all go after our … Continue reading
Vintage Post – The Guilt Caused By Marriage Blogs
When Tom and I first started The Romantic Vineyard there weren’t many marriage blogs focusing on the positives of married life–romancing your spouse, date night ideas, honoring and respecting your spouse. Most were focused on the struggles marriages encounter and … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Biblical Standard for Marriage, Guilt
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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
Fresh Breezes Are Blowing…
We’ve had a welcomed change in temperature here in Orlando, and I must admit it feels good. We’ve already had a few weeks where the temps climbed into the 90’s, which is way too early for Spring in FL. Summer … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance in Marriage, Romantic Ideas
Tagged Romance in Marriage, Sheer curtains blowing in wind
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Vintage Post – A Sponge Or A Spring?
All married couples desire to have it. What is it? Romance. However, romance in itself is not the answer. If it were then all we would need is Hollywood. Romance is the outflow of all the right stuff in our … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Encouragement, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Counsel from the Cross, Elyse Fitzpatrick, The Gospel & Marriage, Vintage Post
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The Marriage Stretcher
Stretching. It can be a good thing–like when you’re warming up before a strenuous workout. It’s always advised to stretch your muscles first to give them the heads up that a challenge is coming. It can be a bad thing … Continue reading
Decades of Marriage – The Fourth Ten Years
We’ve had some extensive posts about what to expect in each decade of marriage. Now we’ve caught up to where we are. Tom and I celebrated our 37th anniversary in February, so we’re almost through our fourth decade–crazy! This has … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Caring for Parents, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Seasons of Life
Tagged 30th Wedding Anniversary, Decades of Marriage, Empty Nest, Retirement
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ForgiveMess
We were recently at a restaurant to meet another couple and got there a few minutes early to get a table so we wouldn’t have to wait once they arrived. We spotted the perfect table where we could talk. … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Encouragement, Christian Marriage, Conflict, Forgiveness, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Forgivemess, Forgiveness
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Decades of Marriage – The Second Ten Years
You’ve just celebrated your 10th wedding anniversary. Congratulations! Many couples don’t make it this far, so you must have learned some degree of communication skills to get you to this point. You are to be commended. Just about the time … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Parenting, Seasons of Life
Tagged Decades of Marriage, Raising Teens
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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
Happy Hour
I’m very excited to share with you a couple of new blogs I’ve discovered this past week. The first is a woman and author named Ellen Gee, who has faced tremendous battles in her life. Through her blog and her … Continue reading
What’s Your One Thing?
Many couples we’ve talked to have areas in their marriage that are neglected simply because the husband or wife doesn’t do something that they could or should do? It may be because they don’t make it a priority on their … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Priorities
Tagged faithful in the little things, Little Things, marriage, neglect in marriage
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Happy Hour
It’s Friday! Time to share with you the posts that qualify for our Specials of the Week. Take some time this weekend to read these. Your marriage will thank you! Encourage Your Spouse A Good Marriage Needs Encouragement<<Lori does a … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Encouragement, Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
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Vintage Week – Cultivating Romance
A beautiful garden doesn’t come together and look great all by itself. It takes planning, plowing, digging and planting. It takes watering, weeding and pruning. And it takes harvesting and reseeding to keep the crops coming back year after year. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance in Marriage
Tagged Marriage Garden, Romance in Marriage, Song of Solomon 4
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