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A Wife Lives Out – COVENANT – Despite Opposition

A well-meaning mom keeps telling her daughter to leave her husband and that God has someone else for her. Her husband had separated from her recently. I love what this precious wife and disciple of Christ wrote to her mom: Below is the message I sent my Mom today and I think now she finally […]

Ways Husbands Lead that Wives Often Don’t Notice – From the Archives

This is a continuation of the post two days ago about how wives tend to have VERY specific and high expectations of exactly what it means to be a spiritual leader – and how many of the things we expect aren’t even biblical. Not only that – but our expectations can lead to grave sin […]

A Precious Example

Here is an email from a husband who has had an amazing marriage with his wife that spans many decades (40+ years, I believe). He and his wife got the love and respect stuff right from the beginning. This is how marriage is supposed to be. They are such a beautiful example for us to […]

David Platt’s Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

This series is SO WORTH YOUR TIME! David Platt does a beautiful job of explaining scripture: PART 1 1. God created men and women both to be equal in value and dignity – both were created to be image bearers of God 2. God created male and female with different roles. Man is to be […]

Confronting Your Husband’s Sin

DISCLAIMER: This is a HUGE topic. There are MANY situations and issues that I cannot address in detail here. I cannot possibly fit all of what scripture says in one post like this. So this is a small taste on this topic, but it is not remotely exhaustive. Please be sure to seek godly counsel […]

So Your Wife Has Decided To Become A Peacefulwife

Today’s guest post is from MY HUSBAND! I’m really excited that he wrote this post for the men – all on his own, without me even asking or anything. I’m SO thankful he is my husband. He treats me very well – and I am extremely thankful for his godly leadership. You can check out […]

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The Walls Are Beginning to Crack

An email from a wife – thank you for your willingness to allow me to share your story!!! I know many wives will be SO VERY BLESSED by reading this post! It’s been about 8 or 9 months since I discovered and started truly respecting my husband, and there is much healing that still needs […]

An Abandoned Wife’s Journal

This is from a wife who is in my email support group for wives who have been abandoned by their husbands or whose husbands are actively involved in infidelity. God is doing AMAZING things in this group. We share struggles, victories and pray for each other. If you would like to be in the group, […]

Some of the Bible Verses I Use as the Basis for My Suggestions

Here are some of the verses I use as a basis for my advice – It is my goal to apply these to marriage from a wife’s perspective: Ephesians 4:29-32 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, so […]

Encouragement for Wives from HisHelper

Today’s guest post is by HisHelper. THANK YOU for this GORGEOUS post! What a blessing you are to me! May I add a beautiful bonus to our obedience to those things God has commanded us women to do? I just discovered this yesterday as I was studying Titus 2 for a group Bible study using […]