30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day 10

It has been a while since we checked in. How are you doing with the basics? You can’t say anything negative about your wife . . . to your wife . . . or to anyone else about your wife. Say something that you admire or appreciate about your wife . . . to your [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 10

Behold you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! (Song of Solomon 1:16a) We all crave appreciation. We want to know that we are valued and loved. Early love letters probably reflected our admiration, but if we’re not careful, our spouse will forget why we were drawn to him. If you still have any of your [...]

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Fireproof Movie Review

If you are one of the thousands of people who saw Fireproof when it opened this weekend, you have already formed an opinion about it.  According to Fandango, 436 out of 630 reviews netted it a Must Go status.  (Update: as of 12:30pm on 9/30/08, the Fandango Must Go! reviews are 1966 out of 2288.) Of [...]

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Fireproof Now Showing

Have you heard about the new movie Fireproof?  It just opened today and promises to be a great movie geared toward helping husbands and wives understand what’s important in life and in marriage and what it takes to keep a marriage together. My husband and I are going to see the movie tonight with some friends.  [...]

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30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day 9

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord. Genesis 18:19 (NIV) Many Christian women long for their husband to be the spiritual leader in the home. Too many men are busy with work, sports, and daily life to learn [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 9

Be swift to hear, slow to speak. (James 1:19b) We are often so busy speaking that we don’t take time to listen. We are so quick to offer a comment—negative or positive—that we don’t really “hear” our husband’s heart. Remember: we have two ears and only one mouth. We need to listen more! As you [...]

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30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day8

There is a time for everything … a time to be silent and a time to speak. Ecclesiastes 3:1,7 (NIV) How easy it is to speak before thinking, especially if that pattern has already been established in your marriage. Do you or your wife have the habit of returning one hurtful jab for another or [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 8

How are you doing with the “30-Day Encouragement Challenge”? In case you’ve forgotten, here’s the challenge: You can’t say anything negative about your husband . . . to your husband . . . or to anyone else, about your husband. Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband . . . to your [...]

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Is It Possible to Relax Too Much?

I took a suggestion from Rachel Anne at Home Sanctuary, and now I’m not so relaxed any more. It’s not her fault; I just let the time get away from me. I work at home, so I’m often at the computer doing “real work” for more hours than I mark on my timesheet. That’s a [...]

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30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day 7

Let love and faithfulness never leave you. Proverbs 3:3 (NIV) Nothing gives encouragement to your wife like knowing that she is the only one for you. Tell your wife today that you are glad you married her, that you would marry her all over again, and that you will keep your vows made before God [...]

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