Many Christian women wonder: “Do I have any say? I know I’m supposed to submit, but does my opinion even matter?!” Of course your opinion matters. My husband often says that after the Holy Spirit and Word of God the wife should have the loudest voice in her husband’s life. Here are a few problems […]
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Do You Let Your Husband Rebuke You?
Rebuke. Our flesh hates that word. Coddle. Comfort. Encourage. Compliment. Our flesh likes those words! Rebuking is loving though. Rebuking can be even more loving than comforting or encouraging because those we truly love receive not just compliments from us but the truth spoke in love from us. God gave us our husbands for many […]
4 Simple Ways To Show Your Husband You Appreciate Him
Say it. Sound too simple? It is, but very few practice it! Some of us are more verbal than others. Did you marry a man who loves to HEAR your appreciation for him? Then speak your appreciation. I don’t know what it is but for some women it’s like pulling teeth to get them to […]
7 Ways To Always Be Offended
It seems some of us wake up looking for ways to be offended. I know I struggle with it! Here are the 7 ways I have found that make it quick and easy to be offended. 1. Insist that EVERYONE view the world through your eyes. Forget that everyone is different. Forget that everyone comes from […]
5 Ways To NOT Hate Your Husband
Scott and I will be married for 10 years this coming August! 10 wonderful, stretching, growing, fun, exhausting, loving years. Around our anniversary I often contemplate where we are at in our marriage and what I need to work on. We should never stop looking for ways to grow as a spouse and to be […]
Do You Deprive Your Husband?
“For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, […]