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Category Archives: Marriage

Love is…Forgiving (4/5)

Love is…forgiving How quick are we to forgive our brother or our spouse? When we are on the receiving end of ‘forgiveness’ for something we have said or done do we remember the significance to ‘our well-being’ it was for us and our walk with God?  Remembering thus happening in our own lives is the […]

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Love is .. God’s Word (3/5)

Love Is – God’s Word In continue of our discussion about ‘love’, mainly the use of the Greek word “agapa” … Agape is ‘an intelligent, purposeful attitude of esteem and devotion’ – ‘a selfless, purposeful, outgoing attitude that desires to do good to the one loved.’  Jesus said at:  Matthew 22:37–40  –  37 – And he […]

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Love Is…Agapa (2/5)

Love is… “agapa”  Expanded….   1 John 2:9-10(ESV) 9Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.  10Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him£ there is no cause for stumbling.  John uses strong words in what he thinks love is.  The Greek-speaking Jews chose to […]

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Love Is…-(1/5)

Love is… Many think that ‘love’ is a feeling.  When one says he ‘falls in love’ and finds his heart beating in an electrify state he thinks that is what ‘love’ means.  If that is what ‘love’ is, then what happens in a couple years when the flittering diminishes?  When they no longer have this […]

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Independence – Public Ridicule

Seventy-seven Irrefutable Truths of Marriage  a book written by  Keefauver, L. and Keefauver, J. (2002) (a book review)   Following are three of excerpts from the book.  1) Praying together often!   –  2) Never do public exposing or ridicule of your spouse!   3) What level of ‘independence’ is acceptable?   Public exposing your spouse or […]

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Clues of Danger

There are danger signs for us in a marriage!  Will we look for them?  What to look for:     Here are some of the clues to watch for: 1.      A couple that uses a public situation to cut each other down. 2.      A husband who uses his wife as the butt of his jokes. […]

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Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church   1 Corinthians 5  It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be […]

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Marriage – Danger Signs

Honey, Is Anything Wrong? The bedroom door slams, and Fred hears his wife stomping down the stairs. He is glued to the television. As he watches the Miami Dolphins huddle, he quickly opens the door, and his ears pick up the clamor of pots and pans coming from the kitchen. They pick up a first […]

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101 Things Husbands Do To Annoy Their Wives

101 Things Husbands Do to Annoy Their Wives A book whose contents are:               1.   Speeds through mall             2.   Doesn’t listen             3.   Uses wrong names             4.   Says, “Shhhhh”             5.   Dreams while driving             6.   Snatches things             7.   Says, “Yes, dear”             8.   Open-mouth snoring             9.   Mother-in-law jokes           […]

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