Encouragement
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Our Journey’s – Part II
This is Part Two of “Our Journeys” posts. To read the original post, click here. This week's question is from Julianne: I would love to hear about the growth/changes in your family each of you have seen since your time of starting here. Even though it may not yet be where you hope, what differences…
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Chronicles – Oh ye, of Little Faith
I have prayed for my husband’s salvation now going on 18 years. Wow, 18. There are times, day, weeks, dare I say months that I just feel like my daily prayer, “Lord, I ask for the salvation of my husband. I ask for the Holy Spirit to indwell in his heart. Jesus, save my husband…
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Weekend Devotion – How can they believe?
"But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" – John 5:47 Oddly, reading this gave me great comfort recently. In Jesus' words, I hear my own dilemma with my spouse. Since he doesn't believe in God or the Bible as his Word, how can he…
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Our Journeys
Welcome to week four of our Open Forum. We've tackled some tough questions the last three weeks, and though difficult, we are honored to be a part of these discussions and to share in any way we can. This week delves a more into our personal journeys, which we are glad to share in the…
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Are You Thriving?
To read last week’s post and pray for your marriage journey this summer, read Thriving Despite (click here). Before we start to understand how we thrive in a spiritually unequal marriage or any marriage we need to ask a few questions first. Okay, one specific question. Why is marriage so hard? Why is it that…
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Weekend Devo – Love God and Love Your Spouse
This weekend's devo is from Purpose Driven Connection by Rick Warren. A great way to look at the two most important commandments… "'Teacher,' he asked, 'Which is the greatest commandment in the Law?' Jesus answered, ''Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is…
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The Missing Link
Welcome to week three of our Open Forum. This week's question touches one of the hardest areas of a spiritually mismatched marriage. This week's question is from Nicole: "Yes you guys are great. What a much needed website! Would you guys share any feelings of guilt talking about your husbands or just with holding information.…
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Thriving Despite
Your hope is that God will give you the wisdom, courage, and strength to defeat the enemy’s attempts to corrupt your heart so you can remain alive and passionate. With a thriving heart you will be able to live vibrantly and allow God to offer a powerful love through you to whomever He puts in…
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Weekend Devo – Puppy Dog Tails
I once read a story about an atheist scientist who gazed upon the shell-like elegance of his daughter's ear and was suddenly struck by the beauty of its design and function. In this moment he believed in God because he realized it could only be a manifestation of the Creator's hand. Something so small had…
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A New Blog? – Another Year – A New Book
Welcome to my new Blog! This website is dedicated to our Lord and to men and women who live every day in a spiritually mismatched marriage. It is my prayer that this forum will be the place where Christians can find support, encouragement, and practical resources to thrive in their unequal marriage. I pray that…
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What Personality was Jesus?
Did you take the personality test? Scroll down and read Friday's post. On Friday many of us did and I was thrilled to hear from you. I think it was cool that you also figured out the personality of your spouse. Having that knowledge sure can help as we interact with them. So, what personality…
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Weekend Devotion – The 99
Then Jesus told them this parable: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then…
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New Beginnings
Part of the heart message of Christ’s ministry is new beginnings. One of our greatest benefits in salvation is that everyday is a chance start over. We’re human, and we will undoubtedly mess up-daily even. But we have a God who loved so much that he took care of that, too. Praise be to the…
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Yellow Pages and a Prayer
I want to welcome everyone who is popping in from A Woman Inspired Conference. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to stop over here. During the conference I shared how God used a prayer and the yellow pages to orchestrate the sensational. My husband prayed for salvation with Joe, the contractor, while…
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What kind of people are you?
"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rock are the ones who receive the…
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The Question of the Ages
In Judges 6:13, Gideon asks God the question of the ages. "But sir," Gideon replied, "if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?" If we haven't asked it as some point in our lives, even as Christians, we've most definitely wondered about it. Why does God let bad things happen…
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Weekend Devotion – Developing a Persistent Love
In keeping with our theme this week of "not giving up," Lynn and I thought this devotional by Rick Warren was great! We hope it blesses you as it did us.Praying and believing,Dineen Developing a Persistent Loveby Rick Warren "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance" (1…
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Spiritual Leadership and the Heebie Jeebies
Jesus said: Luke 6:41 “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? 42 How can you think of saying, ‘Friend, let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan –
Didn’t See THIS Comin’.When do we give up hope? Most of you know my husband became unemployed like millions of others in January. Unemployment can really shake a man up. It’s a blow to the psyche. My husband’s shake-up propelled him to attend church with me back then. He astonished me further when he joined me during Wednesday…
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Most Unusual Birthday Gift
I remember a chat I had with Rebecca Saville, Psychologist and contributor here at Spiritually Unequal Marriage, several moths ago. We were talking about men and women and about how we view change in our marriage relationship in very different ways. She said this: A woman marries a man thinking she can change him. A man…
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Weekend Devotion – God’s Power
For God is working you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. – Philippians 2:13I have this verse written on a bright green Post-It note stuck on my computer. I pray it at least once a day because I want this dearly, especially in a couple areas of my life…