The move from “I have to” to “I want to” is a move from duty to delight How often do we view meeting the needs of our spouse as an obligation, yet another item on our already crammed-full to-do list? The problem with seeing our spouse as a duty, through the lens of “I have …
Intimacy, that sense of being deeply connected, reaches its pinnacle when we are fully known and completely loved. The Bible calls this being “naked without shame,” and it’s how God designed marriage to operate. If we go back to the first marriage, way back at the dawn of creation: For this reason a man will …
There’s a popular notion today that the best marriages are 50-50. The problem is that’s just not the way God designed it to work. When you keep score, nobody wins.
It was 2010 when I first came across a Scripture that has since become my favorite piece of marriage advice. I had been blogging for less than a year, but I had been studying marriage for many years beforehand in my attempt to understand God’s heart for our marriage. I had even read the verse …
As a husband, you have a scriptural mandate to provide a covering for your wife. But what should covering look like? An important part of my role as Jenni’s husband is to be a “covering” for her – spiritually, emotionally, physically, and financially. It’s a responsibility every husband should take seriously, but what does it …
