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#37: The Value Of Children
Psalm 128 One of the characteristics that distinguished the Jews from other people of the Bible was the value they placed on children. They had learned well Yahweh’s absolute prohibition of child sacrifice (Dt 12:31-32) and the importance he placed on teaching children to love and serve him (Dt 6:7-9). Jesus responded in anger to…
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#110: Relax A Little
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life. (Ecclesiastes 9:9) We just love when we take our Monday off so that we can both relax and just enjoy one another’s company. These days feel like holidays to us. We don’t have to plan our day. We don’t need…
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#109: Show Hospitality To “Your” Saint
Be hospitable to one another. (1 Peter 4:9) Many times in our marriage we come to a stage of taking each other for granted. Neither of us focus on the positive things about the other. So our home atmosphere turns into one of distance and boredom, particularly when children leave home for studies, careers or…
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#108: Healing Marital Hurts
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you… forgiving one another. (Ephesians 4: 31-32) As we work through the forgiveness process in our relationship with our spouse, we can discover several significant issues. First, hurting our spouse also hurts God. God calls it sin when we say disrespectful or…
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#106: Faint Praise
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. (Proverbs 31:28) Isn’t it a great feeling to be praised for something you’ve done? There is hardly anything like it. We all love to get verbal “pats on the back” when we do something well. It’s part of how we…
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#104: Intimacy Is To Know Me
O Lord… you know me. (Psalm 139:1)The Psalmist in this passage is expressing the sheer wonder that God knows him and still loves him. He marvels at how intricately God knows and understands his heart, mind, thoughts, and actions. Ephesians tells us that we are God’s workmanship, or handiwork, and that He has studied and…
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#103: Serving Each Other
We should serve in the newness of the Spirit. (Romans 7:6)Mutual giving is one of the goals we work for in our ministry with couples. As each marriage partner finds freedom and motivation to serve the other, intimacy follows. Caring for another during life’s endless demands is what having a servant heart is all about.…
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#102: To Beseech Another With Exhortation, Comfort & Care
I, therefore… beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. (Ephesians 4:1) Caring entreaty (an earnest and humble request of what really matters) helps give purpose and passion to life. It’s easy to fall into the barrenness of a busy life, thus faithfully addressing the tyranny (cruel and oppressive) of…
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#101: By The Nose Or Arm-In-Arm?
Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman. (1 Corinthians 11:3)Men like to joke about marriage. Some of the jokes are funny, but some are just plain cruel. One joke we frequently hear from men is referring to another man’s marriage as “a ring through the nose”.…
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#100: Lifting Up Your Spouse As A Person Of Great Worth
He who humbles himself will be exalted. (Luke 14:11)It feels great to have someone – a friend, a business associate, or a family member – view you as a person of great worth. To have such a promise of exaltation from the Lord is tremendous. But to be valued as important by one’s spouse may…
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