Marriage Monday: Stop Making Excuses

Last Monday we talked about the value of “checking in” based upon the book Your Spouse Isn’t The Person You Married by Paul and Teri Reisser.  Today’s Marriage Monday is about the need to stop making excuses and start doing the things we...

Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement: The Value of Recalculating

“Recalculating,” states the voice on the GPS unit. “Recalculating,” she repeats once again as we find ourselves off course on a trip.It’s a scene most of us are familiar with in some way. Even if we don’t have a GPS unit, we’ve likely been around this new technology...

Marriage Monday: The Value of "Download" Time

Mark and I have been reading a book together called Your Spouse Isn’t The Person You Married: Keeping Your Love Strong Through Life’s Changes by Paul and Teri Reisser.  Today’s Marriage Monday is focused on staying connected to your spouse...

Marriage Monday: The Value of Praying Together

We once heard the statement that the couple that prays together, stays together.  Indeed, that can make a difference in a couple’s level of emotional and spiritual intimacy.  Today’s Marriage Monday is about the value of praying together.Mark...

Marriage Monday: Don’t Take the Bait!

Too often in marriage communication—and particularly in conflict—we make a big deal out of things that shouldn’t really matter.  Today’s Marriage Monday is a reminder for us to not take the bait!Mark says…It’s easy for us to...

Marriage Monday: Move from Me to We

The Bible says that when we get married the two become one.  Becoming one doesn’t mean that we lose our individuality. It does, however, mean that no longer make decisions without considering and/or consulting our partner.  Today’s Marriage...

Marriage Monday: Understanding Capacity

Every person is created differently. We have different personalities.  Different needs.  Different capacity levels.  Today’s Marriage Monday explores the concept of capacity in marriage.Mark says…Dictionary.com defines capacity as...

Marriage Monday: Love and Respect

Jill says…In the same way that a woman longs to be loved, a man longs to be respected. In fact, if a woman feels loved she will likely respect her husband. And if a man feels respected, he will naturally show love to his wife.Mark says…But the opposite is...

Marriage Monday: Protect Your Marriage

Mark and I spend alot of time mentoring broken marriages.  A large percentage of those relationships are broken because of infidelity. And most of the time those affairs happened not because someone set out to have an affair, but because there were no protective...

Marriage Monday: Evaluate your past

The marriage relationship is directly affected by the emotional health of each partner.  Once we get married, it’s important that we continue to grow emotionally, because it will strengthen our ability to relate to our partner.  Today’s Marriage...

Marriage Monday: The Power of Our Words

In marriage, our words can bring life or death to our relationship.  Our choice of words and the tone they are delivered with invest in or tear apart our marriage.  Today’s Marriage Monday is on the power of our words.Jill says…Seventeen years...

Marriage Monday: Introvert or Extrovert

Mark and I are complete opposites in so many ways.  He likes coffee and I like tea.  He likes spicy food…mild for me.  He’s a morning guy and I’m a night owl. He’s an extrovert and I’m an introvert.Today we’re going...

Marriage Monday: Reflective Listening

When Mark and I teach our marriage seminars we talk about “McDonald’s Drive-Thru” listening.  Today’s Marriage Monday is all about reflective listening.Mark says…When Jill and I were in our difficult season of marriage–between...