Marriage mentor moments for Exceptional Relationships. Unconditional love, forgiveness, boundaries, accepting differences.
God wired your brain to call the shots. Focusing on good fortune in your marriage rather than fretting over frustrations is pretty brainy. “A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.” PROVERBS 17:22 AMP “A heart at peace gives life to the body, …
Work for your marriage with all your heart because a myriad of distractions will threaten to put it on the back burner. A marriage on the front burner provides stability and peace so all the other pots stop boiling over. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.” …
As mentors we often hear stories of conflicted marriages. After talking to the spouse who contacted us for help we realize in many of these situations only one spouse is aware of the problem or willing to work on them. We think of the spouse who contacted us as the eagle – the one with …
How to Resuscitate a Broken Marriage if your Spouse is an Ostrich Read More »
We mentor married couples because we believe in marriage. As leaders for our church campus Marriage Ministry, we are always looking for new ways to encourage our couples to keep trying. I was recently reading about how to turn bad days into useful information and had an ‘ah-ha’ moment. Out of that moment comes 5 reasons …
5 Reasons to Stick it Out When your Marriage is on the Rocks Read More »
My husband and I lead the Marriage Ministry at our church campus and we mentor couples and individuals. I also lead a small group for wives in challenging marriages. I’ve listened to many women who are desperate and ready to throw in the towel. One of the most common questions wives ask me is how …
How to Show Respect When He’s Not Acting Respectable Read More »
I asked a friend of mine why she needed to read my book, Making Peace with Prickly People: Transforming Relationships by Loving God, Self, and Others, and she said, “I need to read this book because I tend to attract 2 kinds of people, first the ones who suck the life out of you and the …
I’m going out on a limb today to blog about a topic that hugely affects married life, but – like the elephant in the room – is only reluctantly talked about. The topic is a wife’s libido. For men, it’s a key to a happy marriage to have sex, yet for their wives it can …
The Most Important Marriage Topic that Never Gets Discussed-A Wife’s Libido Read More »
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad 2016 is over. I am ready to plunge into a new year. In this video, I wanted to share some highlights of last year as well as some goals I have for this new year. I also want to bless you as I pray all of us …
