Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Communication, Conflict, Needs...
http://gosmalley.com/explaining-your-needs-and-desires-to-your-husband
Share needs and feelings instead of critizing, making your husband feel like a failure or blaming.
Verses:
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 27:15
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
http://gosmalley.com/choices-that-impact-your-marriage
I am responsible for my own choices. I'm not a victim or controlled by my marriage or my circumstances. I have choices in my life. I must have personal responsibility instead of trying to change my husband and unconditional love to accept my husband for who he is. Intimacy, happiness, growth, communication, and so on are the harvest of these two choices. Happiness rests in my hands, not my husbands. If I want an exciting and happy marriage, then I need to do my part. I need to love unconditionally, take responsibility, and not try to change my husband.
Share needs and feelings instead of critizing, making your husband feel like a failure or blaming.
Verses:
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 27:15
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
http://gosmalley.com/choices-that-impact-your-marriage
I am responsible for my own choices. I'm not a victim or controlled by my marriage or my circumstances. I have choices in my life. I must have personal responsibility instead of trying to change my husband and unconditional love to accept my husband for who he is. Intimacy, happiness, growth, communication, and so on are the harvest of these two choices. Happiness rests in my hands, not my husbands. If I want an exciting and happy marriage, then I need to do my part. I need to love unconditionally, take responsibility, and not try to change my husband.
What love is...
1 Corintians 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Wow, I have a lot to work on. I tend to be the opposite of love most of the time.
Love:
patient
kind
not jealous
not boastful
not proud
not rude
not self-seeking
not easily angered
doesn't hold wrongs
doesn't delight in evil
rejoices with the truth
protects
trusts
hopes
perseveres
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Wow, I have a lot to work on. I tend to be the opposite of love most of the time.
Love:
patient
kind
not jealous
not boastful
not proud
not rude
not self-seeking
not easily angered
doesn't hold wrongs
doesn't delight in evil
rejoices with the truth
protects
trusts
hopes
perseveres
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Love and Marriage
Since it will soon be Valentine's day, I thought that I'd include some links and articles that will help with growth in these areas.
There are a ton of Valentine's day ideas here:
http://www.the-generous-wife.com/share-the-wealth/valentines-day-ideas/
Valentine's Day on a Dime, Christian Finance, Debt, Money Management
Model Christ's Love with Your Family this Valentine's Day,
http://simplemom.net/8-ways-to-make-valentines-day-more-meaningful-for-your-family/
http://simplekids.net/more-than-words/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SimpleKids+%28Simple+Kids%29
Simple DIY Valentine's Day Games for Ages 6 and Up
Find out how to easily create 3 party games to add fun and meaning to Valentine's Day this year.
Read More
Top Romantic Movies
http://gosmalley.com/the-top-25-romantic-movies-from-the-50s-60s-70s-80s-and-90s
Some of my other favs are:
A Walk to Remember
Fireproof
The Notebook
French Kiss
Far and Away
9 Months
Lady and the Tramp
Sleepless in Seattle
Sweet Home Alabama
Articles and Verses:
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." Ephesians 5:33 (NIV)
When Your Heart Longs to be Romanced, Christian Women, Spiritual Life
John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."
Inexpensive Ways to Honor Your Spouse this Valentine's Day, Christian Marriage
http://www.realrelationships.com
(get a free download of 7 secrets to marriage)
Love Every Day
Marriage Bible Quotes
There are a ton of Valentine's day ideas here:
http://www.the-generous-wife.com/share-the-wealth/valentines-day-ideas/
Valentine's Day on a Dime, Christian Finance, Debt, Money Management
Model Christ's Love with Your Family this Valentine's Day,
http://simplemom.net/8-ways-to-make-valentines-day-more-meaningful-for-your-family/
http://simplekids.net/more-than-words/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SimpleKids+%28Simple+Kids%29
Simple DIY Valentine's Day Games for Ages 6 and Up
Find out how to easily create 3 party games to add fun and meaning to Valentine's Day this year.
Read More
Top Romantic Movies
http://gosmalley.com/the-top-25-romantic-movies-from-the-50s-60s-70s-80s-and-90s
Some of my other favs are:
A Walk to Remember
Fireproof
The Notebook
French Kiss
Far and Away
9 Months
Lady and the Tramp
Sleepless in Seattle
Sweet Home Alabama
Articles and Verses:
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." Ephesians 5:33 (NIV)
When Your Heart Longs to be Romanced, Christian Women, Spiritual Life
John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."
Inexpensive Ways to Honor Your Spouse this Valentine's Day, Christian Marriage
http://www.realrelationships.com
(get a free download of 7 secrets to marriage)
Love Every Day
Marriage Bible Quotes
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Praying for my Husband
These are things that stood out to me from reading The Power of a Praying Wife by Omartian.
*Pray to be the wife that God wants me to be to my husband.
*Pray for my husband's job that he will be satisfied in his work, get paid well, have stability, and for his co-workers. Pray for our finances that we will use them wisely and honor God with them. Praise that my husband is a hard worker and that God has blessed us.
Practical Ways a Wife Can Show Admiration to Her Husband, Christian Marriage
*Pray that God will take away anything that hinders or is impure in our marriage.
1 Corinthians 7:4-5 (New International Version)
4The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
*Affirm my husband. Tell him the things that he is doing right. Have affection in our marriage. I pray that we will show care for each other and value each other. Help us God to show each other affection and love towards each other.
Philipians 2:4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Increase the Affection in Your Marriage,
*Pray to be the wife that God wants me to be to my husband.
*Pray for my husband's job that he will be satisfied in his work, get paid well, have stability, and for his co-workers. Pray for our finances that we will use them wisely and honor God with them. Praise that my husband is a hard worker and that God has blessed us.
Practical Ways a Wife Can Show Admiration to Her Husband, Christian Marriage
*Pray that God will take away anything that hinders or is impure in our marriage.
1 Corinthians 7:4-5 (New International Version)
4The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
*Affirm my husband. Tell him the things that he is doing right. Have affection in our marriage. I pray that we will show care for each other and value each other. Help us God to show each other affection and love towards each other.
Philipians 2:4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Increase the Affection in Your Marriage,
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