Create a rut free relationship
Spicing Up Your Lives in the Midst of Your Routines I promised you last time that we'd talk about how to get out of ruts that most couples get in from time to...
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Nuggets of wisdom and Daily Prayers for your marriage journey
Are you and your Spouse in a Rut?
"Rut" - a grave with both ends knocked out!) Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country... . There I will give you my love. Song of Solomon 7:11-12 I'm...
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Every Couple Needs Some Private I & YOU Time
Every Couple Needs Some Private I & YOU Time If you have spent any time with us, you know that we heartily recommend that parents work at not losing sight...
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Special Edition
24k Gold Marriage was founded as a 501c3 non-profit organization to provide a safe place for couples to come for help. When couples come to us they know they...
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Victimology 101 and The Yoda Principle
There are two words that grate on me like fingernails on chalkboards for those of you who remember slate chalk boards. They drive me nuts. CAN'T and TRY! I...
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Falling in Love – Falling out of Love – Finding your Way Back
The movie that made Marilyn Monroe famous was The Seven Year Itch. The idea was that about every seven years most married people begin to itch where they can’t...
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#3,952 and Counting
On Friday this week, I will put marble #3,952 in the big glass jar...one for every week I've been alive. What in the ever-loving world for you ask? Of course I...
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Forgiveness Means Letting Yourself “Off The Hook”
There is nothing heavier to carry than a grudge or unforgiveness 41 Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people-500 pieces of silver to...
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Finding Joy in the Journey
A Roger Miller song reminds us that "You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you've a mind to." Joy is such an elusive quality that...
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How to Stop Worrying Forever
Somewhere in my life, I picked up the behavior of worrying. About money, mostly, but I can worry about anything, really. I don't believe I was born worrying,...
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How to Predict a Happy Marriage
John the Baptist answered, "It's not possible for a person to succeed. I'm talking about eternal success-without heaven's help. You yourselves were there when...
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Happy Father's Day
Bates Ivey - My Dad You know, any fool with live sperm can father a child, but it takes a very special man to be a Dad. My Dad was 97 when he shuffled off this...
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