Today on the Morning Thing, we talked about how a little humility goes a long way. This article is aimed at married couples, but these are some great tips for every aspect of your life! Check out this great article by Dr. Greg Smalley HERE! As always, thanks for listening!
How much time do you actually need with your spouse? Today on the Morning Thing, we looked at an article from Focus on the Family all about finding balance in your life and the importance of spending quality time with your husband or wife. If you’re overcommitted, even if you are doing good things, those things can be toxic if they get in the way of your relationship with Jesus or your spouse. Click HERE to read the full article. As always, thanks for listening!
WNZR’s Wesley Boston talked with Dr. Kevin Leman. They talked about his most recent book, “When Your Kid is Hurting”. Dr. Leman also shared an important message for parents and news about his next project.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation
Dr. Kevin Leman is a psychologist and New York Times Bestselling Author of more than 40 books. He is dealing with topics that range from raising children and birth order to business and marriage. Leman received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Arizona, where he later earned his master’s and doctorate degrees. Leman has appeared on many radio and television programs, including The View with Barbara Walters, Today, Oprah, CBS’s The Early Show, Live with Regis Philbin, 100 Huntley Street, CNN’s American Morning, and Life Today with James Robison. Leman has served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America. He is the founder and president of Couples of Promise, an organization designed and committed to helping couples remain happily married. He is a founding faculty member of iQuestions.com. He and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have 5 children.
Today on the Morning Thing we shared the story of Suzanne and Kevin. Suzanne realized the impact that her time on social media was having on her relationship with her husband and decided to take a break and she learned a lot. Check out the full story HERE! As always, thanks for listening!
Today is Spouse’s Day. This is a day dedicated to recognizing spouses everywhere. Be thankful for the fulfillment and security of a long-term relationship. Be thankful for the blessing of your spouse.
In honor of this day, The Morning Thing shared some easy date ideas from imom.com
Click HERE to read the full article and specific ideas to plan each date.
For our Morning Thing Fave 5, we talked to our parents! They have all been married 20+ years! Listen in for the secrets to a happy marriage.
Gary and Lisa Swisher (Daria Mom and Dad)
Today, The Morning Thing shared some wonderful advice from www.imom.com
Check out these tips on how to rekindle your marriage in just 15 days! Try it out and watch what God can do!
From http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/ – National Spouses Day is observed annually on January 26th. Dedicated to recognizing spouses everywhere, the day reminds us to take time for our mate. From being thankful for fulfillment and security of a long-term relationship to the boost of morale and well-being provided by spouses, there are many reasons to celebrate. This day is a time to show your spouse that you care and appreciate all of the things that he or she does for you and the home.
Use #NationalSpousesDay to post on social media.
www.NationalToday.com gives us some great ideas on how to make this day special.
How to Celebrate National Spouses Day
1. Dine out at your favorite restaurant
Every married couple has a go-to restaurant. Whether it’s the local burger joint with the extra loaded cheese fries, or the fancy French establishment overlooking the river, treat each other to a quiet dinner. The topic of conversation? How much you love and support each other.
2. Enjoy a low-key night at home
If you have kids, hire a sitter for the night. This day is all about you and your spouse. Pop in a movie, cook dinner together, put together a jigsaw puzzle—it doesn’t matter what you do, as long as it’s in each other’s company, with no distractions.
3. Play the Newlywed Game
This game is all the more fun if you’re not a newlywed. You may live together, but how well do you and your spouse actually know each other? If you don’t have the board game, find some Newlywed Game questions online.
We also found 36 Bible Verses from www.intentionaltoday.com to Encourage Your Marriage!
Click HERE to see the complete list and start encouraging your spouse today.
Here are some of our favorites:
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:19
We love because He first loved us.
Colossians 3:12-14
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Today is Get Out of the Doghouse Day.
Are you in trouble with somebody you care about? Get Out Of The Doghouse Day is like a ‘get out of jail free card’ from the game Monopoly – use it to apologize, mend hurts and get back to normal.
We found 5 keys to getting out of the doghouse from www.allprodad.com
Click HERE to read the entire article.
We also shared 10 reasons that your marriage isn’t thriving. These insights are perfect for Get Out Of The Doghouse Day. As we take a look at our marriage relationship, we can identify what areas are sending us to the doghouse.
Click HERE to see the top 10 list from www.fulfillingyourvows.com
The bible gives us a clear picture of how to love. Please take a moment to read these powerful verses.
13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Rise and Shine 