Wifehood

10 Ways a Wife Can Deal with Her Fears Regarding Finances

Many wives can relate to having financial pressures in marriage, after all, money is one of the top 3 issues that couples fight over. So, if you put a woman in a marriage and then not have enough funds to pay the bills, you’ll see her freak out real quick. When my man and I…
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How to Restore Your Marriage After You’ve Been a Horrible Wife

I sat at my desk one afternoon listening to the voice messages wives have left me asking for biblical guidance about their marriages.  After I had listened to each story, my eyes welled up with tears as I heard their disappointment and heartache. Oh, how I wish I could sit down with every woman who shares her…
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Becoming Stable When Your World Feels Unstable

The year was 2009, and I was standing at the kitchen counter, preparing dinner, as usual when my man and I were discussing our current financial dilemma.  Our problem of the day?  We couldn’t afford to pay our rent.  It wasn’t as if we were out spending money left and right because that certainly wasn’t the…
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When He Tells You He’s Not Attracted to You Because You’re Overweight

No wife wants to hear her husband is not attracted to her because she’s overweight.  If my man made this statement to me, my heart would break.  The blow of his words would leave me staggering.  Thoughts would run through my mind of feeling ugly and undesired.  To recover emotionally, I might be tempted to…
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The 3 Root Issues that Cause Us to Freak Out Over Finances

I think most people at one point in their lives have worried about their finances.  We’ve attended what I like to call, The School of Financial Suffering.  Of course, some have been attending this school longer than others.   Certainly, the one person that holds a Doctorate in this school is Job himself.  Goodness, I think he…
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How to Encourage Your Husband to Attend Church

So you want your man to attend church with you.  What wife wouldn’t! But sometimes your guy might be resistant to your efforts.  This is what one wife is dealing with in her marriage.  Here’s her story… Dear Jolene, Our marriage is completely on the rocks, in the natural. I told my husband I will…
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What’s a Wife to Do When Her Husband Has Friendships with Other Women?

Is it wise to develop a friendship with the opposite sex when you’re married?  Would this outside relationship strengthen your marriage or weaken it?  What if your man has drawn close to another female?  Would this be a concern of yours?  Well, I can tell you it would be a concern of mine!  This scenario…
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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Anniversary Getaway

Eric and I just returned from a weekend getaway for our 19th wedding anniversary.  We were so excited to get away as just the two of us.  For years, we couldn’t afford much of an anniversary celebration.  If we were fortunate, maybe we could go out to dinner, but there were many years we couldn’t…
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What’s Okay and Not Okay in the Christian Marriage Bed?

Ever wonder what is sexually appropriate in the marriage bed?  In this video and audio cast, Eric and I discuss all sorts of topics directly related to the marriage bed. Watch the video. Or listen to the audio. For more podcast episodes and to subscribe to our show, you can do so here. Live a poured…
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When Your Sex Drive is Higher than Your Husband’s

Physical intimacy can be such a complicated issue in marriage.  Usually, we hear the husband has the higher sex drive, but what’s becoming more and more common today is hearing how the wife has the higher drive.  This is what one woman is dealing with in her marriage. Here’s her story… Dear Jolene I am always…
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