Marriage

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

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.

When the Mockingbird Finally Hears His Song

When the Mockingbird Finally Hears His Song

In a national study done years ago, four hundred men were asked to choose between one of two negative experiences: If you were forced to choose one of the following, which would you prefer to endure?

What? Respecting a Disobedient Husband - Part 2

What? Respecting a Disobedient Husband - Part 2

In part 1, we shared 1 Peter 3:1–2 and Peter’s command to a wife to remain respectful to her disobedient husband. The first major reason to do this is because by doing so they will find favor in the eyes of God.

When the Mockingbird Finally Hears His Song

What? Respecting a Disobedient Husband - Part 2

4 Reasons Valentine's Day Was Special – or Not!

4 Reasons Valentine's Day Was Special – or Not!

I hear two extreme responses from couples AFTER Valentine's Day: "We had the most romantic Valentine's Day! We are still in the afterglow!" "We got in a huge fight on Valentine's Day! We are still mad at each other." There are four reasons why this feels like the best day or the worst day for most people. Reason #1:A Wife’s Sentimental Desire for Love

Her Need for Sentimental Love, Part 3

Her Need for Sentimental Love, Part 3

In Part 2 of this series, we discussed how some men refuse to try to understand the sentimentality of women when it comes to love. Because he does not have the same need, he demands that she adjust to him, not vice versa. But God has something to say to him about this:1 Peter 3:7 commands the husband to "live with your [wife] in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman."

Her Need For Sentimental Love, Part 2

Her Need For Sentimental Love, Part 2

As we said in Part 1 of this series, many men do not fully grasp the sentimentality of women when it comes to love. So, why is this an issue? Some husbands refuse to bring roses or write a love note. These husbands downplay the cry of a wife's heart for more loving engagement. He views her sentimentality as too much for him. Since God hardwired him differently, he resists her requests and defends his lack of loving and affectionate expressions, leaving her in emotional pain. Because he does not have the same need, he demands that she adjust to him, not vice versa.

Her Need For Sentimental Love, Part 1

Her Need For Sentimental Love, Part 1

As a husband, have you discovered the sentimentality of your wife and why love is so important to her, especially on those special days? Because I attended an all-men’s military school from eighth grade to my senior year in high school, I gained an advantage over the other guys when I entered college.By that, I mean, I tried to figure out what girls were feeling.