The In-Laws Are Coming, The In-Laws Are Coming! Dealing With Family Visits

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My in-laws are coming from Ohio to stay with us in a few days. How do you think I feel about that?

If you’re like many people, you may think that I’m dreading it. Well, I’m one of those rare people that actually like my wife’s parents. I’m glad they’re able to visit and wish that we had the opportunity to see them more often.

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Giddyup Reloaded – The Marriage Site Restarts

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Time to get back to it. For the past few months I’ve been working on moving my Christian marriage blog from being hosted on Blogger to hosting it myself utilizing WordPress. The reason for this was to provide more customization, flexibility, and a platform to build for the future.

It wasn’t easy, though the experience taught me a lot about web site design. Trying to find a template that I liked was like searching for the proverbial “needle in a haystack”. I did eventually find one that looked pretty good, but it wasn’t quite what I wanted. So I went ta codin’ and a customizin’. Fun stuff, but oh the time it eats up.

It’s taken a while, but I now have the site up and running, with all of the previous posts moved over.What you see before you is what I came up with, though it’s only about 75% of what I’m planning. Just getting a logo will go a long way towards making it look more complete and (dare I say it) professional. If you see any errors or things out of whack, please be kind enough to let me know by submitting a comment. I would greatly appreciate it.

If you’d like a quick refresher on what to expect from this site, see my original starting post Giddyup!

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Thanksgiving: Does the Turkey Get More Gratitude Than Your Spouse?

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Turkey, dressing, gravy…mmm, those are some things to be thankful for.

If you’re like many people on Thanksgiving day, you contemplate those things that you’re thankful for in your life. Maybe you even share a few things with family members over that delicious, traditional meal. But why wait until this one day every year to show some gratitude?

When was the last time you were thankful for your spouse? Or better yet, when was the last time you expressed your gratitude for who your spouse is and what they do?

For me, I’m thankful to my wife for the Godly mother she is, for all of the dinners she’s cooked, for all the laundry washed, and clothes ironed. She keeps the household running smoothly. She takes care of helping our boys with their school projects while helping them learn to be responsible. Additionally I’m thankful for her sweet personality, her sense of humor, her intelligence (which is definitely where my boys get it from), and her beauty.

Don’t take your husband or wife for granted. Take the time to thank God for them today. Then take it one step further and actually tell them how you are grateful for them. Be specific and don’t assume they already know it.

Make time every day of the year for thanksgiving. Your marriage relationship will be better for it.

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Revealed: The One Word to Kick Out of Your Vocabulary for a Secure Marriage

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He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.
Proverbs 21:23 (NIV)

Are you completely secure in your marriage relationship?

Do you think there is the slightest possibility that the marriage could end one day, with either one or both of you giving up on it?

Many couples don’t have security that their spouse is in the marriage to stay. The roots of stress, anxiety, worry, and fear are slowly weaving their way through the foundation of the marriage, generating small cracks that gradually get larger, eventually causing the home to crumble.

Also, with many couples, one or both of the spouses have the thought (either conscious or subconscious) that “if things get too rough, or don’t go my way, I can at least get out of it.” They’ve mentally got one foot out the door “just in case.”

There are a number of reasons for an insecure marriage, but in this article we’ll focus on one.

That brings us to THE one word you need to kick out of your marriage.

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Marriage Success Email Course – Now Available!

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Just wanted to introduce my free Christian marriage email course:
5 Simple Ways to Invest into Your Marriage for Maximum Returns.

These are Biblical tips that I personally utilized in my own marriage. These practical applications are part of what helped turn my marriage around 180 degrees for the better. Now, I’ve put them in writing to share with you, so you too can travel along the path to marriage success.

It’s a 5 part series spread out over about three weeks. Each part is sent every four days, with a short reminder in between each. This gives you time to implement the information in the lesson before moving on to the next one.

Subscribe now at:
www.MarriageSuccessTips.com or marriagesuccesskeys.marriagevictory.com.

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Foot to da flo’

2 Comments / Encouragement, Faith, Love, Marriage Resources, Personal, Site News /

Okay, so I talk a little funny sometimes. I’m originally from south Louisiana:)

It’s “Foot to the floor”, you know…on the accelerator in your car.

Anyhow, that’s what I’ve had to do this year. Stomp down on the gas of faith and blow right through the barriers.

Since making the decision to follow God and pursue the path of writing and selling a Christian marriage ebook, the devil has tried running me off the road at every opportunity. Much of the time I’ve just kinda laughed and handed it over to God, but I got really fed up the other day. For pretty much a whole day, I had to do as David did in 1 Samuel 30:6 and strengthen myself in the Lord.

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Don’t Be A Scaredycat – Part 2

Faith, Lessons Learned, Parenting, Personal /

Last time I talked about how my sons overcame their fear in the water. And since then they have progressed even further:)

For about a year now, I’ve been talking to them about fear…or rather freedom from it. The main source I pulled my information from are two Biblical verses that have helped me in my life. They are:

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