He used porn, she used "helpful" words, both behaviors contributed to a marriage on the rocks.
After we'd been married awhile, I realized I had gone from Dave's biggest cheerleader to his biggest critic.
Jen Weaver knows that marriage is a lot like dancing: One partner has to lead while the other has to follow. Otherwise, you're only stepping on each other's toes.
Author Jen Weaver made a vow to her husband on their wedding day that she would "try" to love, honor, and obey him. She soon realized how much she needed Jesus to be the third party in their union.
Barbara Rainey explains that if you are a Christ follower, the Holy Spirit is enough for your tomorrows because He lives in you. Are you listening to His voice?
Whether you are experiencing a sunny day or storm clouds, Barbara Rainey wants to remind you that God is in control.
All of us have a past that includes good, bad, and ugly. How do you reconcile pain and suffering with a good God? Barbara Rainey talks about a God who is not "safe," and how Jesus is enough.
In our crazy, fast-paced lives, it’s easy to be distracted from what is most important. Here are some ideas to make more time for the person you love most.
Four suggestions on how to be nag free and make life easier for you and your family.
God has given us women the privilege and the ability to bring life to our husbands with our love.
A wife plays a pivotal role in her husband’s transition from boyhood into manhood.
Some wives don't understand how important respect is to a man. Here are some ideas for how a woman can give her spouse the esteem he longs for.
Growing up with my stepdad and younger brother I thought I knew a thing or two about men. While I knew not to change the channel during a football game, not to serve quiche for dinner, and not to attempt to fix a broken doorknob with a rubber band, there were a few important things […]
The only way you can experience true joy is by pursuing intimacy with Christ on a daily basis.
I asked some girlfriends, “What should a wife stop doing if she wants to improve her marriage?” This list is based on their responses.
While the Bible doesn't apply our modern word "role" to marriage, the Scriptures are clear about the unique responsibilities God assigns to a wife.
Barbara Rainey has exerted a quiet influence over the life of her husband for more than four decades. Hear some of Barbara Rainey's key messages.
Trent and Andrea Griffith give a message explaining five ways a wife can show respect to her husband.
Trent and Andrea Griffith describe how God created wives to complement their husbands. One way wives do this is by showing respect.
Wife and mom Lauren Chandler talks honestly about the chains that often bind us. She reflects on her own chains of a disordered desire and the steps she took to find freedom.
Lauren Chandler, mother to three and wife to Matt Chandler, takes listeners back to Thanksgiving in 2009 when Matt blacked out from a seizure.
Author Lauren Chandler, wife of Pastor Matt Chandler, fondly shares how she and Matt met and married. Chandler tells how she struggled in the shadow of Matt's obvious calling to preach.
If you're not meeting your husband's need for sexual intimacy, then both of you are missing out. Author Rhonda Stoppe says wives need to affirm their husbands with words and actions, in and out of the bedroom.
Every marriage has dark seasons. Author Rhonda Stoppe remembers a time when stress led her to verbally wound her husband. By pursuing Christ first, she began to show respect to her husband.
Rhonda Stoppe's picture perfect marriage faded after their "I dos." Stoppe shares what she learned the hard way: A happy marriage stems from how well we know God.
Author Nina Roesner explains that physical intimacy is as important to men as emotionally connecting is to women; without that, a man may be less attentive to his wife emotionally.
Nina Roesner, author of "The Respect Dare," explains that when a woman speaks a man's language of respect, he will reciprocate in kind with the love she craves.
Nina Roesner's husband ranked their relationship a perfect 10; she only rated it a two. Roesner tells how God grew her relationship with her husband as she learned about respect and submission.
A submissive wife is not a doormat. Hear noted authors Robert Lewis, Cindy Easley, Sara Horn, and dispel this myth and others.
Did you know that a key ingredient to respecting your husband is humility? Learn why from Robert Lewis, Ann Wilson, and Barbara Hughes.
