Successful couples's Secret

The difference between a successful couples and unsuccessful couple is that the successful ones keep getting up and keep dealing with the issues. Unsuccessful couples want it easy. They want it now. They want their needs to be met. They don't want conflict; they just want everything to be "happy". This approach is the epitome of immaturity.

-Page 277 of "Love & Respect" by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Secret of Health

There is no secret to good health other than just plain, good common sense. You wouldn't let your automobile go along, week after week, month after month, without the proper mixture of oil and gas and overhauling. Why, under heaven, do you expect your body to carry on without at least the same consideration?

-Page 46 of "I Dare You" by William H. Danforth

Preys to fear

So many are preys to fear. You fear losing your job. You fear sickness or hard times or failure. But remember, courage is not the absence of fear, it is the conquest of it. Not until you dare to attack will you master your fears.
And why dare? Because unless you dare you cannot win. Deep down in every heart is the desire to be somebody, to get somewhere. But so often we sit waiting for the opportunity. I have found that opportunities do not come to those who wait. They are captured by those who attack.

-Page 27 of "I Dare You" by William H. Danforth

He Will Feel You Appreciate His Desire for Sexual Intimacy When ...

• you respond to him sexually more often and initiate sex periodically.


• you understand he needs sexual release just as you need emotional release.


• you let him acknowledge his sexual temptations without fearing he'll be unfaithful and without shaming him.


• you don't try to make him open up to you verbally by depriving him of sex.

-Page 258 of "Love & Respect" by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Your Husband Will Feel You Value His Shoulder-To-Shoulder Friendship When ...

• you tell him you like him and you show it (he knows you love him, but he often wonders if you really like him).


• you respond to his invitation to engage in recreational activities together or you come along to watch him(you don't have to go every time, but just now and then will energize him more than you realize).


• you enable him to open up and talk to you as you do things should to shoulder.


• you encourage him to spend time alone, which energizes him to reconnect with you later.


• you don't denounce his shoulder-to-shoulder activities with his male friends to get him to spend more face-to-face time with you. Respect his friendships, and he will be more likely to want you to join him shoulder to shoulder at other times.

-Page 247 & 248 of "Love & Respect" by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Your Husband Will Feel You Appreciate His Insight and Counsel When...

• you tell him upfront you just need his ear; don't complain to him later that he always tries to "fix" you.


• you thank him for his advice without acting insulted or like he doesn't care about your feelings.


• you recognize his problem-solving approach as his male brand of empathy.


• you realize your vulnerabilities, especially among males, and value his protection.


• you counsel him respectfully when you differ with his ideas(you can be right but wrong at the top of your voice).


• you sometimes let him "fix things" and applaud his solutions.


• you let him know that you believe God has made us male and female for a purpose and that we need each other.


• you admit that you can sin and thank him for his perception and godly counsel.

-Page 237 of "Love & Respect" by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

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