Perfect Valentine’s Gift

Don’t know what to get for that perfect Valentine’s Gift? How about something that 1. Is perfect for husbands or wives 2. Never goes out of style 3. Has no age limit 4. Has a long-lasting effect 5. Will benefit both you and your spouse 6. Really is “one size fits all” 7. Will change [...]

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Comment on 30 Day Challenges

I received this comment from Karmen regarading the 30 Day Wife and Husband Challenges. My husband and I did the 30-day husband and 30-day wife encouragement challenges together. I was already on day 25 when I requested the 30-day wife challenge for him. Once I received that in PDF, I started over on day one [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 30

(Song of Solomon 5:16b)(Prov. 27:12) Friends can be completely honest with each other, but friendships are strained when truth is not spoken in love. How are you speaking to your beloved? Are you so “used” to him that you don’t appreciate the wonder of his friendship? That is your challenge today. Is your sweetheart your [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 29

A prudent man foresees evil, and hides himself; the simple pass on, and are punished. (Prov. 27:12) As you near the end of your Encouragement Challenge, take time to think about your husband’s responses to the wickedness of the culture, the media, etc. Does your husband recognize and avoid evil? Does he regularly turn his [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 28

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility. (Prov. 15:33) Sometimes, when we just “know” we are right and our husbands are wrong, it takes great humility to honor them. It is difficult to speak well of our husbands when our own hearts are puffed up with pride. [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 27

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the LORD. (Ps. 31:24) You have almost completed the “30-Day Encouragement Challenge.” Perhaps it has taken you a tremendous amount of courage to speak words of encouragement consistently to your husband. Courage comes as we place our trust in God. [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragment Challenge: Day 26

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. (Luke 2:52) If you have faithfully encouraged your husband, you will no doubt have seen some changes in his life . . . and your own life, as well. Encouragement is a wonderful habit that we hope you will continue for [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 25

Seek peace, and pursue it. (Ps. 34:14b) You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. (Isa. 26:3) Before you consider whether these verses describe your husband, consider your own presence in the home. Do you promote an atmosphere of peace, or do critical words often [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 24

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4) Children can be quite a challenge to the marriage relationship. A wise wife will support her husband’s leadership in the home as much as possible, and will praise him for his [...]

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30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge: Day 23

Let your speech always be with grace. (Col. 4:6a) You’re moving toward the home stretch of your 30-day challenge! Just a reminder of what you’ve committed: “You can’t say anything negative about your husband . . . to your husband . . . or to anyone else, about your husband. “Each day, say something that [...]

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