A Love Language Minute

Being an effective pastor begins with being an effective husband. Pastors and ministry leaders won't have a powerful and effective ministry if they neglect the calling God has given them to be a Christian husband.

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If you want a healthy marriage, you must learn to listen. Listening leads to understanding. Once you understand what your spouse is thinking and feeling, you can have a meaningful response. Don't speak before you listen.

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It's very difficult for a couple to spend quality time together if one of them is away for extended periods of time (i.e. military deployment). But in today's world of technology, it's much easier to spend quality time together through avenues such as Face Time.

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Dr. Gary Chapman's book The 5 Love Languages was written for men and women; but the special men's edition provides additional insights on how a husband should love is wife.

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When two people are talking at the same time, nobody's listening. For conversation to be meaningful, it requires talking and listening.

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We must be gleaning knowledge about our wife day by day. The best way to do that is to ask questions, then listen.

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The way we apologize in our younger years is based on the way our parents apologized; but that might not be enough. If we don't speak the right Language of Apology to someone we've offended, we're not likely to have a favorable response.

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When it comes to marriage, the age differences in our younger years is colossal. A wide age span between a younger and older person presents a host of problems. But as we get older, the age differences are less important.

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How can we expect to love the unlovely as God does when we are sinful and imperfect? Scripture says the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. That's the only way we are able to love the unlovely.

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Apologizing and Forgiving are essential for a healthy marriage relationship.

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