Marriage Counseling

#6 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 Fine. That is my go-to word. “How was…

#5 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK Sometimes I Don’t Know What She Is Going To Say Even after knowing my wife for over twenty-five years I am still sometimes…

#4 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. Women Are Tired Of Being Fixed Women want to be heard, not fixed. They are open to encouragement, challenge, and even rebuke, but…

#3 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. Our Wives Don’t Feel Safe The other day I noticed Amie (Darrin’s wife) was especially silent. Later in the day that silence morphed…

#2 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. Hearing But Not Listening Women like it when you listen to them. They are funny that way. Wives often ask if we hear…

#1 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMY PATRICK In my next several blog postings I will be summarizing a wonderful book that I read a few years ago. The…

#19 IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE.E.  “Propitiation” means that Christ has satisfied the holy wrath of God through His payment for sin. There was only one reason for Him to do this: He loves us. Infinitely, eternally, unconditionally, irrevocably. He loves us. God the Father loves us with the…

#4 IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Obstacles To Receiving As wonderful as it is to be pleasing to God, as much peace and joy this would bring to our lives, what are our internal obstacles that keep us from raching out and grasping this reality? Reasons For Obedience The…

THIRD IN A SERIES OF POSTINGS ON THIS TOPIC, TAKEN FROM MY BOOK, ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: GOD TURNS OUR BROKEN PIECES INTO MASTERPIECES “First Generation” Codependence The concept of codependence in America first came on the scene following World War II.  Amidst the post-war backdrop of victory, celebration, and abundance, many American families were experiencing something…

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 Humans were created full of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual energy. But to be most beneficial, these must be properly used and controlled. The fruit of self-control reflects that we are allowing the Holy…