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The reason we cannot please the Lord while failing as a husband or wife is that our Christianity is directly related to the way we treat our spouses. Our marriages are an outpouring of our relationship with Christ:
“Part of providing means simply providing your own presence. Your wife and family can do with less of almost anything if it means having more of you.”
― iVow: Secrets to a Stronger Marriage
― iVow: Secrets to a Stronger Marriage
“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.”
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“Show respect to people who don't even deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.”
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“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.”
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“Don’t retaliate.
When we’ve been wronged, we usually have an urge to punish the person who wronged us. We want them to feel the pain that they have caused us, but this kind of thinking hurts everyone involved and damages trust even more. It’s been said, “Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and then hoping the other person dies!” When you’ve been wronged in a relationship, give clear and specific guidelines for how trust can be restored, but don’t punish the other person.”
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When we’ve been wronged, we usually have an urge to punish the person who wronged us. We want them to feel the pain that they have caused us, but this kind of thinking hurts everyone involved and damages trust even more. It’s been said, “Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and then hoping the other person dies!” When you’ve been wronged in a relationship, give clear and specific guidelines for how trust can be restored, but don’t punish the other person.”
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