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What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

It’s amazing how often our search for answers to conflicts and situations we are dealing with in the twenty-first century ends up taking us back to the beginning of Genesis.

Why She Shares, and What He Hears

Why She Shares, and What He Hears

When a wife dares to share her hurt and negative feelings with her husband, she does so hoping he will humbly apologize and make efforts to do things more lovingly next time. Her goal in addressing her concerns is to get rid of her hurt, be energized, feel positive, and respond to him in caring ways.

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

A wife who has been married for twenty years to a loving, goodwilled husband and father (her words!) found herself suddenly struggling to understand how their relationship had gone south.

A Kernel of Truth Does Not Justify the Unloving Gut-Punch

A Kernel of Truth Does Not Justify the Unloving Gut-Punch

In my book Speak Your Mind, I offer a four-point checklist that everything we communicate should be. Whether we’re talking to our spouse, our children, our boss, or the bank teller, we should ask ourselves, “Is that which I’m about to communicate: 1) true? 2) kind? 3) necessary, and 4) clear?

What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

What Burdens You As A Parent?

What Burdens You As A Parent?

What burdens you as a parent? Would you read below and tell Emerson if this meets a felt need you have as a parent Is the following relevant or irrelevant to you? Your feedback really helps us! In the Bible, there is a plan to parent God’s way.

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What Is Love? Answer: C-O-U-P-L-E [Video]

What Is Love? Answer: C-O-U-P-L-E [Video]

I received an email from Nathan and he asked, “Husbands are to love their wives. That’s their special command. So what is ‘love?’” Excellent question. There are all kinds of answers; many of them are rather flowery and syrupy, while some are very romantic. I responded to Nathan with what I believe are practical, down-to-earth, biblical instructions on how a husband can spell “love” to his wife. I provided six principles using the acronym, C-O-U-P-L-E, as described in chapters 8-14 of my book Love & Respect.

Do You Ask Or Tell Your Spouse What To Do?

Do You Ask Or Tell Your Spouse What To Do?

A man shared with me the following, “When it comes to respecting others, I think a good rule of thumb is ‘ask, don’t tell.” I had all these flashbacks to taking the garbage out. Literally I'm walking to go take the trash out to the street, and my wife says, ‘Go take the garbage out.’ I think to myself, ‘I was already going to do it, but the fact that she said that, now I don’t want to do it anymore.’” He continues,…

The Difference Between Saying “Thanks” and Feeling Gratitude

The Difference Between Saying “Thanks” and Feeling Gratitude

A dog owner commanded his dog to say thanks just before receiving a treat. “Say thanks!” he said. Then the dog would bark as a sign of his thanksgiving. Of course, we all know the dog was just barking. Have you ever thought about the difference between saying “thanks” and feeling gratitude?There is a difference.

Adult Children: How Have Your Parents Affected Your Faith?

Adult Children: How Have Your Parents Affected Your Faith?

In Love & Respect in the Family, I unfold what God reveals to parents about parenting. Each concept is based on key biblical passages on the subject. I refer to them as G.U.I.D.E.S. Parents are to be Giving, Understanding, Instructing, Disciplining, Encouraging, and Supplicating. When parents apply these six revelations from God, they produce the most loving environment that best motivates a child to chose the parent’s faith and values.

What is The Love and Respect System? Part III [Video]

What is The Love and Respect System? Part III [Video]

Did you miss Part I and Part II of this three-part series? I recommend checking them out first, and then moving on to Part III below. This overview will teach you the basic Love and Respect principles and show you how applying them can improve your marriage as you understand the 3 cycles: The Crazy Cycle; The Energizing Cycle; The Rewarded Cycle.

What is The Love and Respect System? Part II [Video]

What is The Love and Respect System? Part II [Video]

Did you miss Part I of this three-part series? I recommend checking it out HERE first, and then moving on to Part II below. This week, I’m giving you an overview of the Love and Respect system. In this series, you’ll learn about the three cycles, the basic principles of Love and Respect and how applying them can improve your marriage.

What is The Love and Respect System? Part I [Video]

What is The Love and Respect System? Part I [Video]

Over the next few days, I’m going to provide you with an overview of the Love and Respect system. This overview will teach you its basic principles and show you how applying them can improve your marriage as you understand the 3 cycles: The Crazy Cycle; The Energizing Cycle; The Rewarded Cycle