Tag: spouse
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2 Minute Marriage Devo – Day 13

Welcome to our 2 Minute Devos. This month we are in our Annual Marriage Series at Kalamazoo First Assembly of God and we’re going through devotions for couples. Take the time to read through the passage of the day and listen to the 2 Minute Devo. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,…
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2 Minute Marriage Devo – Day 1

Welcome to our 2 Minute Devos. This month we are in our Annual Marriage Series at Kalamazoo First Assembly of God and we’re going through devotions for couples. Take the time to read through the passage of the day and listen to the 2 Minute Devo. Psalm 139:14 I praise you, for I am fearfully…
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Antagonizing Your Spouse

I’ve got an amazing sister. 3 and a half years younger yet people always wondered if she was older than me. She’s carried the hardworking genes of my parents into her life. An exceptional mother of 5. A nursing student. A wife of a police officer. There are very few that can match the resume…
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Avoiding my spouse!

I was approached about 10 years ago by someone who wanted me to deal with her husband. The one-sided conversation went like this: “Can you help my husband out? I’ve got some personal problems going on. He keeps wanting to help me with my problems and I told him to leave me alone. It’s kinda…
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Pavlov’s Spouse: A Marriage Blog

I think my wife and I have hilarious conversations. It goes back to our philosophy in marriage: The two essential elements to a good marriage is Jesus and laughter. Both items have helped lead us through tough seasons of marriage and have faithfully brought us through. In a conversation a few years ago, we were…
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Taser Your Spouse: How to completely stun your mate.
There’s a demented side of me that wants to know what it’s like to be tased. I know that some police in their training volunteer to be tased to know what their weapon does to individuals. The idea is simple: it gives law enforcement a non-lethal way to take down a criminal by simply stunning…
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Naming Your spouse: Weekly Marriage Blog
Naming something is a powerful thing. It says something about authority and even speaks about passion and vision. 14 years ago, when deciding a name for our daughter, Anne and I had quite a few disagreements about what our little girl would be called. We knew it had to be a name that we were…
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Holding Your Spouse Captive
My mind goes to a childhood experience. On a family vacation to San Diego, we had taken a day to go across the border to Mexico. At a local flea market, I saw a pair of handcuffs and just had to have them. After a day of pleading with my dad and him haggling with…
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Are you looking for volunteers to date your spouse?
I’m discovering something. My blogs that have the most “activity” all have one thing in common: they deal with marriage. That may for one of two reasons (perhaps both of them). First, I blog about it frequently because I’m passionate about marriage ministry. When Christ comes into the marriage, everything about the home changes. He…