7 Ways to Help Your Marriage Thrive When One Spouse is Sick
Remember your vows? “In sickness and in health, ‘till death do us part.” Your marriage vows probably said something similar.…
Marriage and Family Life
How to Help Your Spouse Feel Secure
Security is about much more than money. Of course it’s nice to have a steady income, safe home, and adequate…
How Would You Live If You Knew . . .
Most of us really don’t know. And perhaps that’s a good thing. We don’t know when the next life-altering event…
6 Reasons Your Wife Doesn’t Want Sex
If you’re like many men you want sex more than your wife does. If she says NO your natural reaction…
Reasons to Have a Baby for Christians
Some couples assume that having children is just something you do when you get married, and don’t give much thought…
6 Things To Do If You’re Disappointed In Your Marriage
The honeymoon is long over. The person waking up across from you in the bed every morning doesn’t have a…
Live Healthy, Live Whole!
It’s here! Your Prescription for Healthy Living, Loving Relationships, and Joyful Spirituality Have you ever tried to have a meaningful…
7 Ingredients to Rebuilding Trust Between You and Your Spouse
A long-haul truck driver called our radio program. He worried about his wife every time he left home. It wasn’t…
How to “Make Up” When You’ve Hurt Your Spouse
As uncomfortable as it may be, saying “I’m sorry” for a small thing to someone you may never see again…
What to Do When Your Spouse Won’t Change
It’s frustrating with your spouse won’t change. Your husband left his dirty socks strewn on the bedroom floor. Again. Your…
5 Ways to Pray For Your Wife
You know you “should” pray for your wife. And you want to. You really do. But you feel awkward. Long…
5 Keys to Having the Husband You Want
You want your husband to understand you, love you, and be there for you when you need him. You want…
What I Want for Valentine’s Day
My husband gets these posts in his email inbox. I’m sure when he sees the title of this one he’ll…
Sex Without Pain
Is sex without pain possible? Sex shouldn’t hurt! But too often it does. As a gynecologist I have talked with…
How to Fill an Empty Marriage
One more night of feeling lonely while lying next to someone who you had hoped would be your soulmate forever.…
Enjoying Sex After Menopause
Some men complain their wives lose interest in intimacy around the time of menopause. Some women complain they can’t enjoy…
How to Enjoy Sex With Your Husband
Bedroom conflict is at it again. Husband wants sex with wife and she doesn’t want to give it. Wife wants…
How to Study Your Spouse
One of the two best pieces of advice I heard prior to getting married was this: Study Your Spouse! I…
How to Not Hurt Your Husband when You Earn More Money
It’s not the fifties any longer. Only a small minority of families fit the classic pattern where dad goes off…
7 Ways Your Wife Needs You
Both husbands and wives need each other. As a husband, when you first fell in love you probably felt like…
7 Ways Your Husband Needs You
Both husbands and wives need each other. This is a message to wives. Many men like to pretend they are…
5 Ways To Help Your Husband Desire You
Deep inside a woman’s soul is the desire to be wanted. God put it there. And all the feminism, the…
Marriage Under Pressure: Staying Intact Through Difficult Times
Every marriage faces times under pressure. Sometimes you overschedule your time or money, and the pressure builds. Sometimes an unexpected…
If Your Wife Does Not Respect You
Men thrive on respect. It’s right there at the top of a man’s emotional needs. If your wife does not…
What The Bible Says To Those Struggling With Infertility
There is probably no place in modern medicine where ethics, morality, and science collide with a more resounding crash than…
6 Ways To Answer When Your Spouse Asks, “What’s Wrong?”
Your spouse: “What’s wrong?” You: “Nothing.” How’s that been working? Probably not very well. And it may even be making…
To the Lonely, Disappointed Wife
When you first got married you imagined every day would be wonderful. Someone would be there to do much of…
5 Regrets You Can Completely Prevent
It’s a blessed person indeed who can look back at his or her life without regrets. Very few, if any,…
The ONE Thing Guaranteed To Destroy Your Marriage
It’s not sex, or lack thereof. It’s not fights over money or in-laws. It’s not personality conflicts or differing expectations…
Five Do’s and Don’ts for Singles
It’s not easy being single. Loneliness can make you vulnerable. If you do want a relationship, your efforts to develop…
5 Ways To Connect With Your Husband
You wake up one day and realize you don’t feel like a wife at all. You feel more like a…
How To Communicate Better With Your Spouse
I love board meetings. Really. I do! Because that’s how we communicate better. But these are not your normal board…
What Is A Christian Marriage?
What makes a marriage Christian? Is every good marriage a Christian marriage? Is every Christian marriage a good marriage? Ask…
7 Secrets To Improved Sexual Intimacy With Your Spouse
You’re married, but there’s not much fireworks between you any longer. Things are more than a little dry and stale,…
Does Your Husband Have To Earn Your Respect?
You’ve heard that men live on respect. But when do you give respect? Do you wait until he does something…
7 Things Men Wish Women Knew About Being Sexual
As a woman, you probably know (or at least think you know) that most men want sex. A lot of…
How to Bring God Into Your Marriage Bedroom
God invented marriage, God invented sex, and He called them “good”. The logical part of your left brain may believe…
What The Bible Says To A Woman Who Feels Unloved By Her Husband
Sometimes I feel like I just want to run away. He keeps me around for convenience, appearance, and sex, and…
What Does The Bible Say To A Man Whose Wife Doesn’t Want Sex
You can struggle greatly when your wife does not or cannot respond to you sexually. It’s a little ironic: here I am a woman, talking to men about sex. That’s because I’ve been asked about this specific question more than once, and this post is my answer. You may be struggling with this in your marriage and have told no one. I hope this helps you in some way.
7 Things To Do If You Want Your Husband To Be The Spiritual Head Of The House
Many Christian women complain that their husbands are not fulfilling their godly duty by being the spiritual head of the house. They envy women whose husbands who seem to be more spiritual. Their disappointment can become a source of conflict, anger, and emotional separation in the marriage.
5 Ways To Keep Your Husband Stuck To You Like Glue
“Nothing you can say, Can tear me away, From my guy. Nothing you could do, ‘Cause I’m stuck like glue, To my guy.”
Thank you, Smokey Robinson! Even though it’s been 50 years, you expressed what many women would love to be able to say today.
It’s one thing to be stuck to him. But it’s another thing entirely when he’s stuck to you more like a Post-it note instead of glue. Something, or more likely someone, comes along that feels a little stickier, and he sticks there instead.
The One Thing That Will Make You IRRESISTIBLE To Your Wife
You don’t want to look outside the marriage for satisfaction, but sometimes you’re not sure how much longer you can put up with things the way they are.
But you won her heart once. Wouldn’t you like to do it again? Wouldn’t you like to be her Knight in Shining Armor? Wouldn’t you like for her to look at you the way she did when you first said, “I DO?”
Sure, you want her. You want the physical connection of sex. You want to feel like a man. But you also want more than that. You want her to want you!
24 Things Your Spouse May Be Feeling When They Seem Upset With You
Your husband is giving you the silent treatment. You immediately think he’s angry with you, and you want to call him on it. You feel yourself getting angry in return. “Why won’t you talk to me?”
Your wife is irritable and distracted, and hasn’t taken care of what you asked her to do today. You’re frustrated, and want to lash out at her. “Why can’t you take care of something so simple?”
How To Talk To Your Spouse About Sex
Sex can become one of the most contentious and painful aspects of a marriage. Or it can be one of the most affirming and bonding parts of your relationship. One of the best way to move sex from something you avoid to something you anticipate is through talking about it.
Do’s and Don’ts For When Your Spouse Is Depressed
God’s plan for marriage is that husband and wife be a support to each other in good times and in bad. When your spouse is struggling with depression you will likely need to draw on the full range of physical, emotional, and spiritual coping strategies in order to do so.
A few things to do and not to do that will help you remain sane, strong, and supportive:
What To Do When Your Husband Wants Sex and You Don’t
I’m going to assume for a moment that you have a genuinely good man for a husband, not perfect, but one who truly wants to be good to you. You recognize that sex together as husband and wife is important to him, and you’d like to handle it better. Here are some things you can do.
10 Mistakes To Avoid In Looking For A Husband
Looking for a husband? So was I.
And then I gave up. And it’s probably the best thing I ever did.
I’d like to look at it from the other side. Sadly, if you are looking for Mr Right there are a number of married women who would be glad to give him to you! Learning from mistakes others have made may save you a lot of heartache. (And in a moment, I’ll also share two things you SHOULD do.)
Where Are YOU Looking For Love?
If you’re a single person, you’ve certainly been asked the question, How’s your love life?
As for the single life, I know what that’s like. During much of my single years I was decidedly unhappy about being single, and felt terribly lonely. But I did learn a lot. And I’d like to share two of those things with you.
God Has NO Perfect Soul-Mate For You
Don’t go looking for a perfect soul-mate. News flash: there aren’t any! And if there were a perfect soul-mate out there somewhere, you wouldn’t be eligible to develop a relationship with them. Because YOU are not perfect!
So let’s get rid of the idea that there is one perfect soul-mate out there for you, and you will only be happy when you find that person. That idea will make you sorely unhappy!
2 Questions to Help You Decide If Your Marriage Is Too Destructive To Save
If you’re wrestling with a painful or destructive marriage, you know all too well the frustration, tears, and loneliness involved. You know the feelings of powerlessness, shame, sadness, disappointment, or guilt. You may have prayed, cried, and done all you know, and are only left with weariness and hopelessness.
There are two things I know for sure:
