Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God with all the heart. The second great commandment is…“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Mark 12:31). The word neighbor means “close by.” Your wife is your nearest neighbor, and you are commanded to love her! Remember Important Days. Start with the basics: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays,...
“Let the husband render unto his wife due benevolence…” (I Cor. 7:3) My wife and I have been married for nearly 32 years, and I have never bought her a dozen roses. In fact, I never did before we were married either, and possibly I never will. On occasion, I have given her a single...
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. Ephesians 5:25 Love is one of the great foundations of a happy life, marriage, and family. “God is love,” we are told in 1 John 4:8. Ephesians 5:2 says, “Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for...
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.” (1 Pet. 3:7) Peter writes that part of our responsibilities as a husband is to dwell with our wives according to knowledge. I suppose men have always felt that “you just can’t understand women.” Apparently God...
We all carry our own personal atmosphere with us wherever we go. All of us live in an environment, be it peace or anger, joy or sadness, hope or despair. Just like individuals and churches have a “personality,” so do marriages. There are things that you do, or don’t do, that create the atmosphere in...
Some years back, my wife and I attended a “Family Conference.” Upon arrival, the attendees were given a questionnaire. One of the questions was, “How would describe your home: Very Happy Happy Not so Happy Miserable” Each attendee filled out the questionnaire and handed it in. One evening the speaker announced the children’s responses to...