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THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN. Husband, I hope you understand by now importance of faithfulness in the area of money management. Yes, it takes work, but consider just a few of the many blessings that will be your! Being faithful steward of God’s money will result in God being glorified. Your wife will be blessed as…

MONEY MANAGEMENT SHOULD MATTER TO YOU. So far we’ve considered some pretty serious truths and facts about money. Having a proper attitude toward money and exercising diligence in managing it is a great responsibility that you and I must shoulder as husbands. Money management is not our wife’s responsibility. Oh, she may help with the…

MONEY MATTERS IN MARRIAGE. If Dr. Billy Graham is correct about the importance of having a right attitude toward money, then it’s also true that our attitude toward money can have a pivotal effect on our marriage. Unfortunately, the world and our own sinful nature often produces some rather wrong attitudes when it comes to…

MONEY MATTERS WITH GOD PART 2. They gave selflessly and generously to God for the needs of others (2Corinthians 8:1-6). From their hearts we learn how we should approach giving. 1. Giving is to be appropriate. The Macedonia Christians gave “according to their ability” (2Corinthians 8:3). God affixes no percentages or amounts to what we…

MONEY MATTERS WITH GOD. Would you believe that the topic of money comes up more frequently than any other topic n God’s Word? Obviously money and its use and our attitudes about money matters to God. Now the question is, Does it matter to you? Well-known evangelist Billy Graham believes our attitudes about money is…

MANAGING YOUR MONEY. My dad was a terrific father in many ways, carefully teaching me about life and living. And everyday I am particularly grateful that he tutored me well in the area of money management, especially when it came to thrift. From as far back as I can remember, my father repeatedly presented me…

1. Communicate openly about sex. As the years go by in a marriage, the “newness” of sex can start wearing off and the pressures of life can begin building up until intimacy seems to be less of a driving force. But every couple must be careful, because the news for intimacy is still very much…

HOW’S YOUR HEART? Right now I think we need a heart checkup, or a marriage checkup. I’m not going to ask the obvious question-“How are you doing in the Intimacy Department?”-because if you are like my pastor friends, there are issues and areas that need some work. But don’t be discouraged. Your marriage is no…

THE MAKING OF INTIMACY. Intimacy, for a Christian couple, is not something that just happens. As we’ve seen, intimacy possesses multiple facets and is multi-layered. It is hard work. The Fall and our resultant sinful nature has left us flawed with fears, bitterness, and selfishness. Therefore we must seek God’s help if we are to…

CREATED DIFFERENTLY. Go created man and woman in His own image, and both bear the creative workmanship of an all-powerful God (Genesis 1:27). Also, men and women who are Christians are viewed as spiritually similar, as one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28). But when it comes to anatomy and physiology, God, in His great wisdom…