TAINA STORIES

CREATED FOR INTIMACY. How would you define intimacy? If you’re like most men (including yours truly), you would probably define intimacy as sexual intercourse or lovemaking. Well, you would be at least partially right. God did include physical union as part of the marriage package as we see in the Scriptures: “A man shall leave…

ENJOYING INTIMACY. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24. Several months ago I taught a workshop at a pastor’s conference entitled “How to Be the Husband of a Happy Pastor’s Wife.” In my talk I shared a number…

LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 1. Choose to listen. Listening is an act of love. When you listen to your wife, you are communicating nonverbally that that she is an important person to you. You value her by valuing what she says. God has given you two ears-that should tell you something about…

THE BLESSINGS OF GOOD COMMUNICATION. I said at the beginning of this book that my wife, Elizabeth, and I are simultaneously n writing books that will completement one another-me to the husbands, and her to the wives. This has been great for our own communication, to discuss our chapters with each other so the books…

TURNING A CORNER. Well, my friend, I hope you squirmed a bit as we talked about living with your wife in an understanding way. I know this chapter is running a little longer than the others, but this is a most important principle for you and me as husbands to implement in our marriage. The…

LOVING BY UNDERSTANDING. Sigmund Freud, the “father” of psychoanalysis, made a statement something to this effect: After 40 years of practice he had yet to understand women. Do you ever feel that way about your wife? That the longer you live together the more of a mystery she becomes? Maybe that’s why you lover her…

LIKE APPLES OF GOLD. Do you want your speech to be “aptly spoken” (Proverbs 25:11 NIV), like apples of gold? Imagine your words being so appropriate for every situation that your wife would value them as she would value a large mass of gold in the shape of an apple. That’s what the writer of…

LEARN TO COMMUNICATE. Sweetness of the lips increases learning….. The heart of the wise teachers his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. Proverbs 16:21-23. Give me a cup of coffee and I can ramble on for hours. Put me with my pastor-friends and we can discuss theology until the break of dawn. But sir…

LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 1. Plan together. A team need common goals and direction. Planning things together can give your marriage team that focus. So get ready together with your wife and pick a date when you can plan for next week and next month. Your objectives is to work your way…

REAPING THE BLESSINGS. In the Garden of Eden, God finished His perfect creation, and He blessed His first couple. They worked perfectly as a team, and theirs was a winning team. But now these many years later, after the fall into sin, God still desires to create new winning teams, and He wants to create…