If you have ever been told that all your troubled marriage needs is “a DATE NIGHT”- you have been told wrong. Keep reading as I explain 7 Biblical truths that will impact your marriage more than a simple dinner and a movie ever could!
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The Importance of Recreational Companionship in your Marriage
Sisters, it’s time to make the friendship with your husband job #1! Your husband will appreciate your efforts and he will also be thrilled to see you make him a priority!
Answered Prayers
Today’s post is the 4th in a Word WashedWife series on prayer. I believe you will enjoy reading my DIL, Sarah’s words about a scary time in her marriage to my son, JP. Keep reading: “JP and I met during a time when we were both far from God. My walk with God was distant and he had rejected his faith. We started dating in the summer of 2010 and that fall I transferred and joined JP as an Auburn student. We were inseparable. “
Feeling Neglected
We neglect our spouses. Then wonder what happened when we find ourselves in the ditch. For example, if I pursue work as my priority for a few weeks, months, years and then want to have an intimate conversation with my long-suffering spouse, I will find both of us unable to do the heavy lifting. There is truth in the proverb- use it or lose it.
Repent and Forgive
We must lay aside our pride, acknowledge our hurt and let our spouse know when our feelings have been injured. I can’t stress how important the act of humbling yourself is to the health of your marriage! This will take a soul-bearing conversation where you may have to admit to your spouse that you are not as secure as you’d like to think you are or that you portray. It will require you to be vulnerable.
Love and Respect
God knew that inside each man and woman there would live a struggle. This struggle would revolve around issues inside a man’s heart and in a women’s mind. God knew men would have little difficulty loving themselves and that women would desire to rule over their husband. I do not for a minute believe that either struggle was shocking to God. He created Adam and Eve and fellowshipped with them as they lived in the Garden of Eden.
Love is a Verb!
Love starts with a perfect, well-timed kiss, but is sustained through purposefully loving your spouse!
Marriage is like a FOOTBALL game....
Marriage is like a football game- if you don’t believe me, keep reading!
Got My Bags Packed!
Now, I love a spontaneous adventure as much as the next girl, but I don't want the entirety of my life to be such. Jody and I do and have discussed the plans for almost everything. Early on, we discussed what concepts did we wanted our children to embrace during their childhood and what holiday traditions did we want to incorporate into our family in order to bring a sense of family unity and a dependence on God. Later, we discussed what joint physical fitness goals we wanted and what financial security goals we believed we needed, and we discussed how each would contribute to meet this accomplishment.
Play Together
Enjoying recreational activities together as a couple is an important part of building intimacy for a marriage that will stand the test of time.