Marriage Blog: Daily Prayers & Nuggets

Ideas for Dating Your Husband

October 17, 2015

Her husband praises her: "There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!" Proverbs 31:29 I remember seeing this on the wall...

14 Ideas for Dating Your Wife

October 7, 2015

For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her. Ephesians 5:25 If I asked you if you'd be willing to...

War Room

September 30, 2015

But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you."...

Servant's Hearts

September 23, 2015

Even Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Excerpted from Mark 10:45 Check it out: We talk a lot about...

The Key to Overcoming Your Differences

September 14, 2015

“Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and...

Are You a Generous Tipper with Your Spouse?

September 1, 2015

That is why I am commanding you to share freely. Deuteronomy 15:11 This blog for which I'm indebted to Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott reminded me of the...

Our Journey

August 29, 2015

Dick and Barb Ivey Educators, Mentors, Coaches The gorgeous redhead and I are not on our first marriage. We both wish that wasn't so and that somehow God might...

How to Strike Gold in Your Marriage

August 11, 2015

Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. Psalm 68:13 Here is a...

Vulnerability and Random Acts of Kindness

August 4, 2015

All too many of us come to marriage with the notion that we are in it to be served. When each of us is independently able to care for our most common of all...

Distractions

July 27, 2015

When Barb and I got married, we had no intimacy...we thought we did, but alas, all we had was sex. We had sex, and for awhile that was enough, but that's an...

What Are You Saying?

July 23, 2015

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those...

Four Decisions Healthy Couples Make

July 6, 2015

This is good stuff...pay attention! Adapted from Jill Savage, CEO, Hearts at Home Every Friday is date day for my husband and me. It’s a decision we make in...

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