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Marriage Moment Gratitude-a feeling, emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.
November 4, 2011
RESPECT-A positive feeling of esteem for a person (showing gratitude for what one has re-
Recommended Reading: Love and Respect (great read for both sexes) by Eggerichs Emerson For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn For Men Only (for men but you can also read to get some more insight in to yourself) by Shaunti Feldhahn
ceived or will receive).
Ephesians 5:33—Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband DO’s
Affirm him in public and in private. Tell only good stories about him!
Practice silence—silence is way better than disrespect—take a walk, take a shower, run to the store, pray!, sing worship songs in your head-upbeat ones, put in your whitening tray!
The Power of Prayer to Change Your Marriage by Stormie Omartian The Power of Prayer for Couples by Stormie Omartian Have a New Husband by Friday (take the bold cover off or your reading-aged kids and your husband will NOT understand) by Kevin Leman
Let him be a Daddy! And affirm him regularly on his efforts. Your way isn’t the only right way.
Tell him HOW you respect him—for providing for the family, for watching Johnny while you have a girls night out, for grabbing milk at the store on the way home, for being one of the few Dads that makes it to most of the games, for calling you to tell you he’s going to be late, for coming up with
The Love Dare (great read for both sexes) by Stephen & Alex Kendrick Every Woman’s Marriage by Shannon & Greg Ethridge The Surrendered Wife (very convicting for women with control issues) by Larua Doyle The Politically Incorrect Wife by Nancy Cobb Finding the Hero in Your Husband by Julianna Slattery Sacred Marriage (great read for both sexes) by Gary Thomas How to Improve your Marriage Without Talking About It by Patricia Love & Steven Stosny
a good decision for your family, for managing the finances, for taking care of the car, etc. Nothing is too small!
Tell him ―That’s a good idea‖.
Serve him! First out of obedience! Then God will change your heart!
Ouch!). If you just want more conversation, say ―That’s interesting, tell me more.
Don’t ―should‖ on your husband. Men don’t like their choices to be challenged. It’s disrespectful.
Don’t criticize him (even jokingly) in public or private.
Don’t try to solve his ―problems‖, tell him how to drive, how to change the baby’s diaper, what to do , when to do it, what to wear, etc. He wants a wife, not a mother. Don’t read his mind or tell him what he’s feeling!
Don’t talk (so much)— really—stop talking! Give him some empty space to open up and lead your family with his voice!
DON’T’s
Don’t disrespect! If you don’t have anything respectful to say, don’t say anything! Proverbs 17:28—Even a
fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent!
Don’t ask Why—He has a fragile ego and when you ask why it’s like you’re saying he’s stupid (it’s like you’re saying, ―why did you do/ say/think that, you idiot?‖
Some Verses...
Jeremiah 29:11-‖For I know the plans that I have for you,‖ declares the Lord, ―plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.‖
Proverbs 14:1– The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down with her own hands. Proverbs 17:28-Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is
deemed intelligent! Ephesians 3:20-Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us
Marriage Prayer (the “change me” prayer)
Lord, I pray that the commitment my husband and I have to You and to one another will grow stronger and more passionate every day. Enable him to be the head of the home as You made him to be, and show me how to support and respect him as he rises to that place of leadership. Reveal to me what he wants and needs and show me potential problems before they arise. Breathe Your life into this marriage. Make me a new person, Lord. Give me a fresh perspective, a positive outlook, and a renewed relationship with the man You've given me. Help me see him with new eyes, new appreciation, new love, new compassion and new acceptance. Give my husband a new wife, and let it be me. In Your name, Amen.
Marriage Moment Gratitude-a feeling, emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.
November 4, 2011
RESPECT-A positive feeling of esteem for a person (showing gratitude for what one has re-
Recommended Reading: Love and Respect (great read for both sexes) by Eggerichs Emerson For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn For Men Only (for men but you can also read to get some more insight in to yourself) by Shaunti Feldhahn
ceived or will receive).
Ephesians 5:33—Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband DO’s
Affirm him in public and in private. Tell only good stories about him!
Practice silence—silence is way better than disrespect—take a walk, take a shower, run to the store, pray!, sing worship songs in your head-upbeat ones, put in your whitening tray!
The Power of Prayer to Change Your Marriage by Stormie Omartian The Power of Prayer for Couples by Stormie Omartian Have a New Husband by Friday (take the bold cover off or your reading-aged kids and your husband will NOT understand) by Kevin Leman
Let him be a Daddy! And affirm him regularly on his efforts. Your way isn’t the only right way.
Tell him HOW you respect him—for providing for the family, for watching Johnny while you have a girls night out, for grabbing milk at the store on the way home, for being one of the few Dads that makes it to most of the games, for calling you to tell you he’s going to be late, for coming up with
The Love Dare (great read for both sexes) by Stephen & Alex Kendrick Every Woman’s Marriage by Shannon & Greg Ethridge The Surrendered Wife (very convicting for women with control issues) by Larua Doyle The Politically Incorrect Wife by Nancy Cobb Finding the Hero in Your Husband by Julianna Slattery Sacred Marriage (great read for both sexes) by Gary Thomas How to Improve your Marriage Without Talking About It by Patricia Love & Steven Stosny
a good decision for your family, for managing the finances, for taking care of the car, etc. Nothing is too small!
Tell him ―That’s a good idea‖.
Serve him! First out of obedience! Then God will change your heart!
Ouch!). If you just want more conversation, say ―That’s interesting, tell me more.
Don’t ―should‖ on your husband. Men don’t like their choices to be challenged. It’s disrespectful.
Don’t criticize him (even jokingly) in public or private.
Don’t try to solve his ―problems‖, tell him how to drive, how to change the baby’s diaper, what to do , when to do it, what to wear, etc. He wants a wife, not a mother. Don’t read his mind or tell him what he’s feeling!
Don’t talk (so much)— really—stop talking! Give him some empty space to open up and lead your family with his voice!
DON’T’s
Don’t disrespect! If you don’t have anything respectful to say, don’t say anything! Proverbs 17:28—Even a
fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent!
Don’t ask Why—He has a fragile ego and when you ask why it’s like you’re saying he’s stupid (it’s like you’re saying, ―why did you do/ say/think that, you idiot?‖
Some Verses...
Jeremiah 29:11-‖For I know the plans that I have for you,‖ declares the Lord, ―plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.‖
Proverbs 14:1– The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down with her own hands. Proverbs 17:28-Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is
deemed intelligent! Ephesians 3:20-Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us
Marriage Prayer (the “change me” prayer)
Lord, I pray that the commitment my husband and I have to You and to one another will grow stronger and more passionate every day. Enable him to be the head of the home as You made him to be, and show me how to support and respect him as he rises to that place of leadership. Reveal to me what he wants and needs and show me potential problems before they arise. Breathe Your life into this marriage. Make me a new person, Lord. Give me a fresh perspective, a positive outlook, and a renewed relationship with the man You've given me. Help me see him with new eyes, new appreciation, new love, new compassion and new acceptance. Give my husband a new wife, and let it be me. In Your name, Amen.
