My Marriage
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PK Promise #4
I WILL BUILD a strong marriage and family through love, protection, and biblical values. |
| “Each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband” Ephesians 5:33 The Book “Love and Respect” is getting lots of attention in the USA this year. Many church groups are using the book as a study guide or doing the small group DVD series. What is so revolutionary about one well known scripture? It is the two points that Dr Eggerich brings out: * Respect is unconditional, just as love is unconditional. * Women speak the language of “love”. Men speak the language of “respect”. Unless men and women understand that two languages are being spoken, they will talk past each other and not connect. |
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| A Man's Guide to Valentine's Day - Patrick Morley Legend says that Valentine was imprisoned, where he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter. Just before his execution he wrote her a love letter and signed it, “From your Valentine”. The English popularised Valentine’s Day in the 1700s. Americans picked up on this and began exchanging handmade valentines. Printed Valentines first appeared in America around 1840. Valentine’s Day is the 2nd largest day for greeting cards (after Christmas), and women purchase 85% of all valentine cards. (www.historychannel.com, retrieved December 10, 2003) To read more, click here |
| Need some inspiration for real romance? Here are some stories of men making an effort to touch the heart of their wife. These stories were entries in Radio Rhema’s Marriage Week competition 2007. Read here |
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* Be discreet with affections. * Consider consequences of sexual sin. * Repel advances of seductive people. * Redirect your steps away from temptation. * Rekindle romance in your marriage. * Set predetermined boundaries on all relationships with the opposite sex. * Seek personal inner wholeness. * Meet each other’s needs. * Communicate using your wife’s love language. To learn more, click here |
| Symbol and Reality - I have promises to keep Learning to keep a promise is more important than many think. Happiness in life and success in business is dependant on trust. Changed attitudes to marriage vows over the last 100 years illustrate the importance of trust in both symbol and reality. Read more |