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Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money

Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide to Money

Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money is written by Dave Ramsey.

Money, above all, is definitely one of the major discussions in everyone’s marriage relationship.

My daughter, Pam, recently got married.  Since she and her husband have had their own bank accounts, they are wondering how to merge their money together now that they are married.

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Sexual Intimacy in Marriage

Sexual Intimacy in MarriageSexual Intimacy In Marriage, by William Cutrer, MD and Sandra A Glahn, provides married couples with answers to many questions they may have related to sexual intimacy and the biblical view of sex.

Sexual Intimacy In Marriage begins by defining sex in one of the first chapters and the next two chapters teaches the reader about the male anatomy and the female anatomy.  The authors remind us that “an entire book of the Bible, Song of Solomon, is devoted to helping us appreciate the delicate, God-given gift of Continue reading →

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The Love Dare

love dareThe Love Dare,  by Stephen & Alex Kendrick, is an amazing book that “dares” you to love your spouse unconditionally!

Did you see the movie Fireproof?  If you did, this is the “40-day Love Dare” that was given to Caleb by his dad to challenge him to love his wife unconditionally.  Caleb and his wife were headed for divorce court, but Caleb chose to accept the challenge his dad Continue reading →

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21 Days to a Great Marriage

21 Days to a Great Marriage  21 Days to a Great Marriage, A Grownup Approach to Couplehood is written by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend.  This book has so much information in it.  You can choose to read it in 21 days straight through, but I would recommend for you to take your time to soak in all of the information.  One or two chapters a week may be plenty to work on.

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Two Hearts Praying As One

Two Hearts Praying As OneTwo Hearts Praying As One, written by Dennis & Barbara Rainey, is a couple’s prayer devotional.  There are 30 devotionals with prayers or prayer suggestions–one for each day of the month.  The Raineys choose to do 30 because there are many studies that show that it takes at least 30 days to start a habit.  Praying together as one is a habit that all married couples will reap many benefits from!
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Capture His Heart

capture his heartIn Capture His Heart, Becoming the Godly Wife Your Husband Desires, Lysa TerKeurst helps women to understand their husbands better.  I was first introduced to this book in my pre-marriage class over 10 years ago.  It is a great book.  There is a companion book for him to read to learn how to capture your heart.  I am glad that these books were a part of our reading assignments for this class.  The more that each of us are able to learn about Continue reading →

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for women only

for women only

for women only, by Shauti Feldhahn, is a very enlightening book to help women know about the “inner lives of men”.  I read this book many years ago.  When I picked it up to write about it this week, I remembered that I had read information in the book that I never really knew, but I couldn’t really remember enough about it to write about it.  I realized that I had to re-read this book and I am so thankful that I did. Continue reading →

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His Needs, Her Needs: How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage

his needs her needsI first read this book, His Needs, Her Needs, by Willlard Harley, when my husband and I were taking a pre-married class at church.  Having already lived through a divorce that involved an affair, I wanted to learn everything that I could to do my part in keeping that from happening again.  While reading it, I wished that I would have read it a long time ago.  There are so many things different about the way men and women think and what they need from their spouses. Continue reading →

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Love & Respect

love and respect
Love & Respect, by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, was a life-changing book to me.  I had already been through a divorce before this book was even written.   Thankfully, I did read it before I re-married.  I could identify with many mistakes that I had made in my first marriage and knew that I didn’t want to make those mistakes in the future.

Dr. Emerson Eggerichs tells us that women desire to be loved, but men desperately need to be respected.  As a woman, I pretty much felt that I Continue reading →

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The Five Love Languages

Five Love Languages

The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman, is one of the best books to read if you want to be a student of your spouse and love your spouse the way your spouse needs to be loved.

What makes your spouse feel “loved”?  It is not likely that your spouse feels loved when you do things for your spouse that you would want your spouse to do for you.  Find out which of the five love languages is your spouse’s primary love language.
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