How Do You Spell L.O.V.E.?

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With Valentine’s Day season upon us, you might wonder how spell L.O.V.E.  In our  book, The First Five Years, we explain how to create a memorable romantic encounter for your spouse no matter how many years you are married. (And we will adapt this for those who are single and dating).  Keep this acrostic for LOVE in mind as you make plans to wow the one you love:   Listen Observe Vary Extract   Listen Your spouse will drop hints about the things he or she loves and you can use these hints to create more romance and sizzle in…

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Commitment in Marriage

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 In our living room is a symbol my husband, Dale, and I used in our wedding. It’s a three-fold cord of red, white, and gold. It symbolizes that the commitment we made to marriage wasn’t just between the two of us. The covenant is between three of us, with God at the center. Scripture says “a cord of three strands is not quickly broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12). That’s how we want our commitment to be, and that takes making daily choices to keep our commitment strong. Of all the major decisions in life, making a commitment to marry is one of…

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Sunday Reflection: Spiritual Intimacy

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Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving . . .  (Colossians 4:2 NASB) We travel, and we really appreciate the hotels that have the small peak holes so that when someone knocks you can look out and see who’s there. That is what prayer is like. People usually aren’t phony when praying because it is a time of vulnerability before God. Couples that pray together get a window into each other’s hearts. You might feel irritated at your spouse all day, you might not understand why she did or said something, but during prayer,…

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