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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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 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 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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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 Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day 27

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 (NIV) For reasons that women often find hard to understand, very few men have close friends – especially friends that will hold them accountable and help them grow in the Lord. Pray that God will bring such a man into your life and that [...]

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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 Wife Encouragement Challenge: Day 26

A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17 (NIV) I once heard someone say that a friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway. Does this describe your relationship with your wife? Does she know all about you? What are you holding back from her for fear that she will not [...]

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