Tag: wives
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5 “Whys” of My Unmet Expectations of Marriage
A fairy-tale wedding, an enchanted honeymoon, and a blissful marriage filled with joy, children, and deep love. That’s what I dreamed of. How about you? Soon, I found my expectations of marriage would go unmet. Fifty-two years later, I can look back and see the five “whys” of my unmet expectations of marriage.
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From Confession to Forgiveness to Restoration in Marriage
Confession is good for our souls and our relationship with God. It renews our right standing before God. If marriage is a picture of our relationship with God, could confession be an important characteristic of marriage? Confession leads to forgiveness and restoration in marriage.
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A Wife’s 8 Steps to Focused Prayer
Our close relationship with God transforms how we pray for our husbands. Often, our prayers for our husbands are prayers for ourselves. “Lord, please change him. Make him more loving.” As we grow in our relationship with God, we will see our husbands as God’s sons, and we will become empowered to see them as…
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Wives, Are You Presently Perplexed?
What if we looked at our marriages as a picture of the saving work of Jesus? What if we shifted our focus from our expectations onto God’s expectations?
