Pray Together – It Just Might Save Your Marriage

Last week, e-Mom hosted Marriage Monday where the topic was prayer in marriage. I didn’t do the math, but a lot of women admitted that praying together with their husband does not happen in their home, at least not on a regular basis. As I had posted in Marriage Monday – Praying in Marriage, Family [...]

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Marriage Monday – Prayer in Marriage

My husband and I have prayed together from the very beginning of our marriage, and even while we were dating. From the time we were serious about each other, prayer came naturally. We hold hands and pray together at every meal, whether at home or at a restaurant, and every night before we fall asleep. [...]

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Men: Overcoming Visual Temptation, Your Heart

You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eye ~ Song of Songs 4:9 Thus far in our discussion, we have briefly touched on the first two perimeters of defense in the war on sexual impurity: your eyes and your mind. Today we touch [...]

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15 Minutes to Strengthen Your Marriage (Revisited)

This post originally ran on October 3, 2008. In honor of my friends from Indiana to Washington, D.C., who are snowed in today, try one or more of these simple things to strengthen your marriage whatever the weather where you live. ————————————————————- 15 Minutes to Strengthen Your Marriage In making our homes a sanctuary, Rachel [...]

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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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Great Christmas Idea!

I received this request for the 30-Day Wife Encouragement Challenge. What a great idea to encourage your children and their children to have a great marriage! Please send me the pdf version of the 30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge. I want to give this and the counterpart 30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge to my daughters [...]

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30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge Available as PDF

The entire 30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge is also available in pdf format. You may get it by requesting it when you leave a comment or by emailing me at claudia @ theanniversaryshop.com (be sure to remove spaces around @ intended to fool spammers).

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30 Day Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day 29

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30 (NIV) Just as your marriage has undergone changes since your wedding day, you and your wife will continue to change physically, spiritually, and emotionally as the years bring new joys and new challenges. As you [...]

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What If … You Tried It Just For A Day

If you’ve been around my blog any time at all, you know that the 30 Day Wife and 30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenges have been important to me this year. I see marriages in crisis all around me, and this is my effort to help strengthen those marriages that haven’t gotten to the “Where do [...]

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