Series

How She Expects to Be Loved

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    Husband and Wife

    What Loving Your Wife Actually Requires

    What Love Actually Means What is the difference between love as a feeling and love as a decision? Love as a feeling is the…

    11 min read Read
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    Emotional Disconnection

    Understanding What Love Means to a Wife

    Understanding What Love Means to a Wife What does a wife usually mean when she says, “I want to feel loved”? When a wife…

    12 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    How a Husband Should Practically Love His Wife

    How a Husband Should Practically Love His Wife What does loving your wife look like on an ordinary Monday morning? Loving your wife on…

    15 min read Read
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    Communication Problems

    Love Expressed Through Communication

    Love Expressed Through Communication How does a loving husband communicate with his wife? A loving husband communicates with his wife in a way that…

    14 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love Expressed Through Respect

    Love Expressed Through Respect Can a husband truly love his wife without respecting her? A husband may have feelings of love toward his wife…

    14 min read Read
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    Emotional Neglect

    Love Expressed Through Emotional Security

    Love Expressed Through Emotional Security What makes a wife feel emotionally safe with her husband? Emotional safety means that a wife feels that she…

    12 min read Read
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    Anger

    Love During Conflict

    Love During Conflict Conflict is one of the clearest tests of marital love because it reveals whether love depends on getting your own way.…

    16 min read Read
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    Financial Conflict

    Love Expressed Through Protection and Responsibility

    Love Expressed Through Protection and Responsibility What does it mean for a husband to protect his wife without controlling her? Protecting your wife means…

    18 min read Read
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    Extended Family Problems

    Love and the Wife’s Relationship With the Husband’s Family

    Love and the Wife’s Relationship With the Husband’s Family Marriage does not normally involve only two people in complete isolation. A husband and wife…

    19 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love and Physical Affection

    Love and Physical Affection Physical affection is one of the ways love moves from an internal feeling into something a spouse can actually experience.…

    23 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love and Sexual Intimacy

    Love and Sexual Intimacy What does it mean to love your wife sexually? To love your wife sexually means approaching sexual intimacy as an…

    21 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love Through Service

    Love Through Service Love through service means expressing love by willingly using your time, strength, abilities, attention, and resources to make your wife’s life…

    22 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love Through Appreciation

    Love Through Appreciation Love through appreciation means deliberately recognizing the value, effort, sacrifices, qualities, presence, and contributions of your wife instead of silently benefiting…

    26 min read Read
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    Forgiveness

    Love and Forgiveness

    Love and Forgiveness What does forgiveness mean in marriage? Forgiveness in marriage means choosing not to remain permanently controlled by the injury your spouse…

    22 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love When the Wife Changes

    Love When the Wife Changes How should a husband love his wife as she grows older? A husband should love his wife as she…

    27 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love Versus Control

    Love Versus Control Love and control can sometimes look similar from the outside, especially when a person uses words such as “I am doing…

    28 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Love and Faithfulness

    Love and Faithfulness Love and faithfulness are closely connected because genuine marital love is not only about what a husband feels toward his wife…

    31 min read Read
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    Financial Conflict

    Love When the Wife Fails

    Love When the Wife Fails Marriage becomes most revealing when one spouse fails. It is relatively easy to say “I love you” when everything…

    25 min read Read
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    Emotional Disconnection

    Love When the Husband Is Struggling

    Love When the Husband Is Struggling A husband does not stop needing love simply because he is the husband, and his struggles do not…

    31 min read Read
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    Husband and Wife

    Measuring Whether Love Is Actually Being Expressed

    Measuring Whether Love Is Actually Being Expressed How can a husband know whether his wife actually feels loved? A husband can know whether his…

    28 min read Read
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