Encouragement for Hurting Husbands
God has strong encouragement for husbands who are praying for reconciliation in their marriages.
12 Choices for an Extraordinary Marriage (Part One)
The first year of marriage doesn’t have to be hard. Learn about some intentional choices that can make your marriage extraordinary in Part 1 of this two-part post by Kristen Hogrefe.
3 Tips to Transform Any Marriage (A Webinar and a Winner)
Most successful couples practice this one skill. In fact, this skill is so important to a healthy relationship that the direction of a marriage can be predicted based on this skill alone. Do you know what that is? Another practice is so powerful in marriage that couples who make this Read more…
Praying Psalm 1 for Your Husband
LORD, I thank You for my husband. Thank You for creating him in Your image, designing him for greatness and strength. I pray that my husband will be like a great tree planted by streams of water, its branches reaching up to the sky. May my husband be a mighty Read more…
Coming Up:
Mark and Jill Be sure to join us ON THURSDAY (April 20) for our prayer call with Mark and Jill Savage. They have an incredible story of a restored marriage. (Read more about this couple HERE.) You will be encouraged by their insights, and you will be strengthened by the time of Read more…
Christmas Prayers
Thank You, LORD, for the awesome message of Christmas: You stoop down to make us great. (Psalm 18:35, NIV) How incredible! This is precisely what You did through the stunning miracle of the Incarnation. You stooped down beneath the stars, beneath a low stable door, entering our world to enter our lives. Read more…
Reformation Day: A Day to Celebrate!
A Holy-Day to Celebrate You probably know that today is Halloween. But did you realize that it is also Reformation Day? And did you know that Reformation Day is a fantastic thing to celebrate? On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the wooden door of the cathedral Read more…
5 Great Quotes & 1 Interview
5 Great Quotes: Elizabeth Elliot put it this way: we married our spouses because we loved them, so now we must love our spouses because we married them. Be for your spouse! Don’t just commit to your marriage: commit to the good of your spouse. Love is a decision to seek Read more…
Mountain-Moving Faith
Need to move any mountains? Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.” Read more…
The ABC’s of Worship (Part 2)
Have you ever used the alphabet to spur your responses of worship to the Lord? Last fall, I shared with you several graphics that used the letters of the alphabet to structure a prayer of praise to the Lord. (Click here for “The ABC’s of Praise.”) Today, I would like Read more…
Is God’s Will for You a Mystery?
Sometimes, God’s Will can be a real mystery to us. At other times, it can seem rather mundane. But we can learn from several fascinating stories how to push through the mysterious and mundane into the marvelous! Kings have dreams. In ancient Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar had a disturbing dream. When Read more…
Christmas Prayer
In Psalm 18:35, God says that He stoops down to make us great. Isn’t that incredible? I think that also sums up the wonderful message of Christmas: God came down to lift us up. How amazing! I wrote about Psalm 18:35, Christmas, and marriage in “A Christmas Prayer for Our Read more…
Battling Bitterness
A Strategy to Target Bitterness “If I were your enemy, I’d use every opportunity to bring old wounds to mind. … I’d try to ensure that your heart was hardened with anger and bitterness. Shackled through unforgiveness.” (page 151) With this insight, Priscilla Shirer begins her discussion of a prayer strategy Read more…
Turn Your “Hit-or-Miss” Prayers into Targeted Prayer Strategies
What are your prayer strategies? Could you use some? We understand that we are in a spiritual battle. We “wrestle not with flesh and blood,” but against spiritual forces. We wage this battle through prayer, fighting on our knees. But do we understand the need for clear battle strategies? Do Read more…
The ABC’s of Praise
On the Thursday prayer call recently, we “entered His courts” by thinking through the letters of the alphabet in order to list praiseworthy things about God. I like to use this simple method because it quickly brings to mind many words that I can use to express my gratitude and Read more…
“War Room”
I saw War Room last night. This new movie has a fantastic message: PRAY FOR YOUR MARRIAGE! The right way to fight in marriage is by fighting on our knees through prayer. We want to fight for our spouses, not against them. We must ask God to fight the real Read more…
Ready for a Challenge?
Here’s one that will strengthen your marriage: a 30-day prayer challenge. During the month of September, FamilyLife is offering a “Oneness Prayer Challenge.” For 30 days, FamilyLife will text or email to you a short devotional and prayer that you and your spouse can share together. One of the most Read more…
Top 10 Tips for Marriage [with graphic]
What are your best marriage tips? I recently listed my top 10 tips for marriage here: 10 Simple-but-Powerful Ways to Build Your Marriage. The article explains each tip, but this chart gives a summary of the ten points: Read more…
National Day of Prayer 2015
This Thursday, May 7, will be the 64th National Day of Prayer. You can be part of this important movement as we pray together for our country. The National Day of Prayer website offers a number of prayer resources. I am attaching two of those resources here because they are helpful Read more…
Vicki Rose on this week’s prayer call
Could you use some encouragement in your marriage? Do you know someone else who could? This Thursday, author Vicki Rose will be joining me on our weekly prayer call—and I am confident that God will use her to encourage everyone on the call. Vicki is the author of Every Reason to Read more…
