Restore – NAME

21 Jan

4 Times to Hit the Pause Button in Marriage

Do you remember the movie Click with Adam Sandler? The premise was that Sandler’s character was given a remote control that could rewind, pause, fast forward, and control his life. Despite the corniness, there were some great messages about living in the moment with your spouse and family. While we don’t have a magic remote […]

30 Oct

Hidden Landmines You Don’t Anticipate in Marriage

BOOM. Instantaneously, a once thriving marital relationship can be wrought by horrific, deafening, mind-numbing pain. Your marriage is hemorrhaging and the situation seems all together unmanageable. This is the reality of the landmines that frequently explode in marriages just like yours… and the reality is there are some pains that you cannot anticipate ahead of […]

14 Jul

The 5 No-Nonsense Keys to Marital Reconciliation

If you are in need of marital reconciliation, there are probably many factors that got you to this point. Most crises don’t happen overnight. In the same way, reconciliation doesn’t tend to happen overnight; it requires work and dedication. There are many key factors that influence reconciliation, and many of these are counter-cultural to what […]

11 Jun

Abraham or Jerry Springer?

Abraham, the father of the faith, our patriarch, is one of the most flawed biblical characters. In fact, Jerry Springer would probably love to get Abraham and Sarah on the show because the drama and betrayal that describes much of their marriage would send ratings through the roof. Abraham slept with Sarah’s maid with her […]

27 Mar

Does Your Wife Feel Alone?

Men have a difficult time grasping what his wife means when she says she feels lonely. Time to translate woman code! Feeling lonely doesn’t mean she necessarily has to be alone. Yes, it may be an indicator that you are not spending enough time with her, which if so, you must adjust and decidedly make […]

11 Feb

Consistent Sex

Consistent sex is great sex! Why? Intimacy does not naturally spring about. It requires constant attention and care. Naturally our flesh tries to divide us from one another. The more space you allow in your marriage, the bigger the chasm can grow. That’s why you should make efforts to minimize that chasm by consistently coming […]

11 Feb

Should We Celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Why not? Yes, Valentine’s Day has become quite a commercial holiday, but does that make it bad? I constantly hear Christians and married couples say they refuse to celebrate Valentine’s Day because it is about commercialism… Besides you can celebrate the other 364 days a year right? My question to that person is how often […]

13 Jan

CELEBRATE NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK

February 7-14 is National Marriage Week. This is the week leading up to Valentine’s Day. More and more in recent years, society has been trying to throw off traditional “constraints,” toting ideas that love cannot be defined or restrained. Marriage is seen as unfavorable to a portion of society and cohabitation seems to be on […]

5 Nov

Testimonies from IMC18

Read just a few inspiring testimonies from this year’s IMC and then watch the video testimony of the Adiarte family: “My wife and I were stuck in a silent spot in our marriage. We did not know how to communicate with each other any more. We were given the tools to bring the life […]

2 Oct

Powerful Couple’s Testimony

We are excited to attend the conference this year. It has been a number of years, since we were able to go. In the fall of 2009 my husband and I were separated. In fact, we were only a couple of weeks away from going to court to turn it into a full divorce. […]