V. SURRENDER OF THE INITIATIVE A. Now things are starting to get a little more complex. Now we’re dealing here with authority and leadership in the marriage. Now things could become heated very quickly. Divine order is always hotly contested by Satan. ILLUSTRATION I know of no way to illustrate this better than for you […]
II. DIFFERENT LIFE PHILOSOPHY Now the second cause of marriage conflict relates to a different PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. This is critical! The center-of-life philosophy will always boil down to two choices – GOD or MAN. Either God is the source of all wisdom and meaning in life, or man is the source of all wisdom […]
We’re going to deal with PROBLEMS IN THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP. And what we are going to talk about is FOUNDATIONAL, and therefore MANDATORY for all. None of this is OPTIONAL or to be dealt with later or lightly. It is first things first, right from the beginning issues. It all stands or falls right here. […]
I recall vividly the couple that I was pre-marriage counseling, and of whom I asked a standard question among many other standard questions, and that question was: “ARE YOU HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE TOGETHER?” It was obvious by their uneasy facial expressions and body twitching that the question was a very uncomfortable rhetorical one in the […]
Your eager and positive response to Wayne Benson’s “The Passion of the Vanguard” was so strong, that again with his blessing I bring you what I am calling “The Spouse Seducer’s Strategies” taken from his powerful series “Restoring Spiritual Passion – A Passion for Holiness.” Wayne’s heart has always strongly reached out to the needs […]
5. THE NEED TO DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP The next thing that happens is that there is a sense of a “Need To Define The Relationship.” A need to describe it! And maybe you will begin to articulate it, maybe to that person, but maybe not. But in any case, the question will be asked:“WHAT […]
My husband and I are proud parents of three foster children and four children of our own. We became foster parents after the foster home that our first foster child came from lost their license due to lack of proper judgment on raising a teenage girl. She was our daughter’s best friend and she was […]
A young man spied a beautiful young woman walking along the road and followed her for about a mile. The young woman knowing that she was being followed, finally turned, looked straight at the young man and asked him demanding, “Why are you dogging my footsteps?” He answered, “Because you are the loveliest, the most […]
Perhaps you have experienced this a time or two in your marriage. Your wife is feeling particularly romantic, but in her own searching way. Wives are like that! When my wife and I were younger, and we were in bed together at night in our love nest which seemed to make the whole world go […]
We must accept something at the outset, though it is a difficult fact for most people to come to terms with. And it is this: “WE ARE BORN WITHOUT A SMIDGEN OF TRUE LOVE IN OUR ENTIRE BEINGS.”
A little girl sat crying in the schoolyard one day, When a stranger came up to her and began to say: “Sweetheart, why are you weeping? Is there anything I can do?” The little girl looked up and seeing a kind face asked, “Who are you?” The man said: “I’ve been […]