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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Friends With Benefits!
This is the last post in the series FINDING A FRIEND IN YOUR MARRIAGE. I hope the series of posts have helped inspire you to re-look at the friendship you and your spouse have and maybe given you the needed push to invest more time and energy in this important relationship! Keep reading, friend.
The Importance of Deep Conversations in your Marriage
The need for intimate conversation is essential for women to feel safe, loved and important to their spouses. Conversation is not something that comes naturally to most men, but it is a skill that can be developed. As a communication specialist, I think I am qualified to offer a little help. As a wife of 32 years to a naturally introverted engineer, I know I can 😊! Keep reading!
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!
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!
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.