Christian Relationships
21 Articles & Excerpts
Really Love Your Wife
Your Wife is Not Your Momma: How You Can Have Heaven in Your Home by Wellington Boone When you get married, you leave your parents' home and enter a whole new phase of life. Your love for your wife is different from your love for your momma, and your wife's love for her daddy is different from her love for you.
Good News For The Divorcée
God is a Divorcé Too! by Sherman Nobles Good news for all divorcées! God loves you and His grace and forgiveness is for you. If you are now single again, He understands your need for companionship and will provide for it. God does not expect you to live single the remainder of your life
Do You Believe in Fairy Tales?
Finding the Hero in Your Husband by Julianna Slattery Finding the Hero in Your Husband is an essential tool for understanding the Christian concept of submission-a frequently misunderstood and often contentious subject. Dr. Slattery combines Christian principles, her professional expertise as a psychologist
Identity in Crisis
In Search of the Proverbs 31 Man: The One God Approves and a Woman Wants by Michelle McKinney Hammond Someone-I think it was a bitter woman-once said, Men! Can't live with them, can't kill them! I have my own version of this expression: Men! Can't live without them, though sometimes living with them may take a bit of work.
What a Real Hero Looks Like
Finding the Hero in Your Husband by Julianna Slattery Finding the hero in your husband. What does that mean? There is a lot of talk today about what makes a hero. How does one become a hero? Through special talents or athletic prowess? Superhuman feats? Daring rescues?
One Flesh? Are You Sure?!
Help Me, I'm Married! by Joyce Meyer Marriage begins with a promise between a man and a woman to honor and cleave to each other for life. Too many couples depend on love to keep their marriage together, but commitment is the adhesive of marriage, and love is the reward of keeping the promise
Marriage Is
I Like Being Married: Treasured Traditions, Rituals and Stories by Michael Leach, Therese J. Borchard The most beautiful things in the world are not seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. -Helen Keller. My husband is my best friend. When I wake up and look at him next to me, I smile. He is a good man and a gift of God to me. -Carmen Rodriguez.
Recognizing the Voice: Knowing Your God
In Search of the Proverbs 31 Man: The One God Approves and a Woman Wants by Michelle McKinney Hammond I personally envy Adam, the first man who walked and talked with God in the Garden of Eden. The account in Genesis tells us that these two enjoyed constant fellowship. Can you imagine the conversations that were held?
Love Is Not Enough to Make a Marriage Good
I Love You More: How Everyday Problems Can Strengthen Your Marriage by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott It's a rare week when our postman in Seattle does not deliver a wedding invitation to our door. Because we work with so many engaged couples through our teaching, seminars, and counseling, we get invited to more weddings than we can ever attend.
Love Is Not Enough
I Love You More: How Everyday Problems Can Strengthen Your Marriage by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott Like most couples deeply in love, Les and I longed to find ways to make our love endure even before we were married. Part of the impetus for our vision came from reading A Severe Mercy, the real-life love story about Sheldon and Davy Vanauken, two lovers
Your Flesh Or Mine?
Help Me, I'm Married! by Joyce Meyer If two people are to become one flesh, as God frequently repeats in His Word, it was obvious that one of us was going to have to make some changes. It seemed right to me at the time that Dave was the one who needed amendments.
Beginnings
If I'm Waiting on God, Then What Am I Doing in a Christian Chatroom? Confessions of a Do-It-Yourself Single by Kerri Pomarolli While enjoying some cheese dip at a ladies' church function, I sat down near two twentysomething girls and noticed they were not wearing rings on their left ring fingers. Great, I thought to myself, I'm not alone.
Ideas for Mentoring Any Couple
51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors: Connecting Couples to Build Better Marriages by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott Practice the Thirty-Second Rule: This little idea is a winner that works for every marriage mentoring relationship. And it's simple. Within the first thirty seconds of a meeting with your mentorees, say something encouraging to them.
Alone but Not Alone: Our Heart's Mirror
In this moving, interactive guide, Serita Jakes helps you take an eye-opening look at your past and present, heal the broken places, strengthen your faith, and reach for happiness. With prayers, Scripture, and thoughtful reflections, Serita leads you
Woman; Man's Equal by Thomas Webster In this enlightened age, the sentiment of the Rabbi Eliezer, that the law should be burned rather than delivered to women, would be execrated by the right-minded of every Christian country. But was such a sentiment any farther from right, either in theory
American Woman's Home by Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe It is the aim of this volume to elevate both the honor and the remuneration of all employments that sustain the many difficult and varied duties of the family state and therefore to render each department of woman's profession as much desired and respecte
A Little Different Approach
Super Bowl Marriage by Terry Owens Television and movies often portray love as a powerful feeling. People fall in love, but the feeling eventually dulls. People fall out of love. It's part of a natural progression. The time comes to move on. Maybe fall in love again.
Marriage Mentor Training in a Group Setting
Marriage Mentor Training Manual for Wives by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott If you are a part of a larger church or community that is launching or has already begun a marriage mentoring ministry, we recommend conducting your training in a group setting. Why? Because there is synergy in meeting together.
The Preliminaries
Marriage Mentor Training Manual for Wives by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott Because we want to eliminate any hurdles that may exist in getting a marriage mentoring ministry off the ground, we have designed our training program to be flexible — so that it can be implemented in a small church of just a few dozen
Where We're Headed
Marriage Mentor Training Manual for Wives by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott Before beginning a new journey, it's always helpful to chart the course. So let's survey the territory ahead. Here, in session 1, we are merely giving you a few suggestions on how to use these marriage mentoring resources effectively.
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