ICI: THE WINNING WAY OF LOVE DEVOTEES
🧡🤍🤎In yesterday’s devotional, we explored the story of a dogmatic husband who, instead of joyfully accepting his wife’s romantic suggestion, turned against her. He accused her of infidelity and deeply embarrassed her in front of her parents—all because he was stubbornly attached to archaic beliefs and impervious to the new perspectives that transform marriages. Only […]
THE DANGERS OF DOGMATISM IN MARRIAGE
🤎💕About three years after Maximum Marriage Ministries began hosting marriage seminars, I encountered a story that perfectly illustrates the destructive power of a rigid mind. It concerns a wife who attended a couples’ workshop focused on sexual intimacy. She happened to have attended the meeting alone. One of the key sessions explored “Intimacy Styles”—an area […]
LESSONS FROM JOB AND HIS WIFE (PT.2)
🥧🎉🎈In yesterday’s Devotional, we saw how Multi-Billionaire Job and his amiable wife used their wealth to positively impact the lives of many; because they understood that prosperity is for generosity. 🥧🎉🎈FROM BILLIONAIRE TO “ZERONAIRE”Now, when you read Job 1:13-19, you’ll see how four tragedies of horrendous proportions suddenly befell the Multi-Billionaire couple and immediately rendered […]
LESSONS FROM JOB AND HIS WIFE
Job and his wife were an exceedingly rich couple. If they lived in our day, they would easily be referred to as a multi-billionaire couple. In fact, the Bible makes it clear that they were the wealthiest couple in the entire Eastern hemisphere. Job 1:3 records his wealth as follows: “He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 […]
EMPTYING THE HEART OF YESTERDAY’S HURTS
🌹There are many things we make great efforts to remember, including academic subjects and precious spiritual lessons. We sit down for hours, study, and memorize to pass exams; we meditate on the Scriptures to gain deeper spiritual knowledge and insight. 🌹A PROPENSITY FOR UNPROFITABLE MEMORIESBut what about the mundane matters, such as wrongs committed against […]
THE ATTRACTION FACTOR: KEEPING THE SPARK ALIVE!
🤎🧡🤍One of the most common mistakes spouses make in their love lives is abandoning the consciousness of the need to be—and feel—special. Over time, many stop striving to smell, sound, and look alluring, or to come across as strikingly unique to the person they married. 🤎🧡🤍A GRAVE MISTAKEDuring courtship—a “lower” level of the relationship—this awareness […]
THE EMOTIONS OF LOVE
🌹🌹Every spouse enjoys the emotions of love—those “feel-good” sensations that make you grateful to be with that special person. You were born to be “one flesh” with them, bonded till death in the covenant love of marriage. 🌹🌹ELUSIVE AND SHIFTYHowever, unless you learn how to retain them, the emotions of love can be elusive […]
GIVING AND GIVING UP: THE WINNING WAYS OF LOVEBIRDS
🍎🍊🥭God is Love. He is the ultimate wellspring of the knowledge required to live a successful and fulfilling love life. 🍎🍊🥭THE DYNAMICSIn Christ’s matchless love for the Church, we see the true dynamics of devotion. At its core, loving involves two fundamental actions: Giving and Giving up. Interestingly, the process of love often begins not […]
LOVE THAT PRODUCES A GRATEFUL HEART
🎸🪘🎈💕There is a kind of love that produces a grateful and devoted heart. It is the kind of love Jesus demonstrated toward the Church, winning her heart and devotion forever. 🎸🪘🎈💕EXTRAVAGANT LOVEBecause of the far-reaching and extraordinary love Jesus showed—leaving His heavenly throne, coming to earth in human form, and enduring a torturous death for […]
MARRIAGE IS SIMILAR TO MAKING BUNS
🧆🧆🧆1969. That is a year I remember easily for a number of reasons. It was the year I became a “Soldier of Christ” without being born again. Hahaha! It was also the year I ate buns for the first time. I had eaten bread for years, but buns? No! I had never tasted anything quite […]