Making Your Marriage Last
Airdate: Jan 29, 2012
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MarriageToday with Jimmy & Karen
Get encouragement and wisdom from our national television program featuring Jimmy & Karen Evans. Watch the most recent episode online or take advantage of our latest offer.
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Intimacy Like You’ve Never Experienced It Before
The Return to Intimacy Small Group Curriculum Kit is the latest and most comprehensive teaching series by Jimmy Evans on how to build inner closeness from scratch, recapture passion and romance, and achieve the highest level of fulfillment in your marriage.
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Marriage help at a critical time
Marriage intensives can save your marriage. Find out how.
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MarriageToday Quest
Quest is an online marriage resources that is free to couples who face intense pressure on their marriage due to location, occupation or economic hardship.
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News & Upcoming Events
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Marriage on the Rock Seminar, February 10-11, 2012
Registration is now OPEN. Find out more about this exciting event taking place at Gateway Church in Southlake, TX!
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The Valentine’s Weekend Simulcast, February 10-11, 2012
Bring Jimmy & Karen to your church live via simulcast the weekend before Valentine’s Day, February 10-11, 2012.
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Jan 23
Priorities: What Do You Value?
Priorities. We talk about them a lot, but do we really understand them? More importantly, does the way we live our lives reflect the things we say are our priorities?
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Jan 16
Priorities
The Bible is crystal clear about our priorities: Put God first. Put people second. Matthew 6:33 spells it out for us. Jesus says, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
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About MarriageToday
No marriage is hopeless. That’s our foundational belief at MarriageToday, and we’ve seen it proven year after year as husbands and wives discover restoration for their troubled marriages. In fact, our founders, Jimmy and Karen Evans, have experienced this life-changing renewal firsthand. The early years of their own marriage were marked with conflict, resentment, and disappointment. Today, 35 years later, they share the principles that pulled them back from the brink of divorce and helped their marriage thrive.
about our mission, history, and hope for marriages…
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About Quest
Some marriages are subject to more intense pressures than others. Many, due to careers in ministry, law enforcement, or the military, are strained by duty and service. Others are stressed by financial hardship. The result can be a deficit of the time, energy, and resources that keep a relationship strong and healthy. Our solution to these challenges is Quest, which offers qualifying couples the tested, powerful tools of MarriageToday—including exclusive online video content—absolutely free. Consider it our investment in your future.
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Become a Rock Solid Partner
Build the marriage of your dreams…and help us minister to others in the process! By becoming a Rock Solid Partner of MarriageToday, you’ll receive our proven monthly Dream Marriage resource—a collection of powerful teachings and insights about communication, finances, children, in-laws, sexuality, intimacy, and much more. Your partnership doesn’t just benefit us. Through this resource, it can improve your own marriage while giving us the ability to help others.
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The Most Important Need of a Woman
Marriage on the Rock clearly details God’s principles that will turn disillusioned, divorce-bound marriages into satisfying dream relationships.
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The Lie of Easy Divorce
For those who consider divorce to be an easy answer to marriage problems there is an increasing amount of evidence to the contrary. First of all, the damage done by divorce is devastating. Research has proven that the damage of divorce on children not only lasts for a lifetime, but is also transferred to their [...]
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Dealing With Abandonment
Get the Answers You Need! There are two kinds of abandonment physical and emotional. Physical abandonment is pretty self-explanatory the person has moved out or left the marriage and the family. The other type of abandonment is emotional. It can be just as devastating to the family. There are countless numbers of people who give [...]
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Daily Dealing with Anger
Whether you have been married one day or fifty years, anger is inevitable. Even though it’s easier said than done, disarming anger can become a fulfilling and essential part of your marriage.
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Covenant Marriage
Even though people desire to have a lasting marriage for a lifetime, many have become fearful of commitment because so many relationships are failing. It’s easy to ask the question, “Does marriage even work anymore?” The answer is yes, when we do it God’s way.
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Priorities in the Blended Family
In more than thirty years of counseling with blended families, I’ve learned that not every family is successful at “blending”—especially when it comes to the priorities of the marriage and children.
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Priorities: What Do You Value?
Priorities. We talk about them a lot, but do we really understand them? More importantly, does the way we live our lives reflect the things we say are our priorities?
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Priorities
The Bible is crystal clear about our priorities: Put God first. Put people second. Matthew 6:33 spells it out for us. Jesus says, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
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Everyday should be Valentine’s Day
Over the years, in marriage counseling, I have heard women complain that their husbands aren’t romantic. As often as I’ve heard that complaint, I’ve heard the excuse from husbands that they just aren’t wired that way. Many men have told me, “When it comes to being romantic, I’m just not that type of guy”.
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Daily Dealing with Anger
Whether you have been married one day or fifty years, anger is inevitable. Even though it’s easier said than done, disarming anger can become a fulfilling and essential part of your marriage.
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Covenant Marriage
Even though people desire to have a lasting marriage for a lifetime, many have become fearful of commitment because so many relationships are failing. It’s easy to ask the question, “Does marriage even work anymore?” The answer is yes, when we do it God’s way.
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Diminishing Dominance
When someone is dominant in a marriage it affects the entire family. Nearly every relationship has some level of dominance present. As we understand how dominance destroys intimacy, we can recapture the happiness and joy that we experienced at the beginning.
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Freedom from Fear
When people marry they often don’t realize that they bring fears into the relationship. Whether it’s a fear of rejection or failure, fear can keep us from intimacy and satisfaction in marriage. Through understanding the impact of fear, any relationship can become even stronger.
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Investing in Intimacy
In marriage, intimacy occurs when we can safely share our thoughts and feelings with each other. Whether you and your spouse lack closeness or if you want to take your marriage to the next level, intimacy can return in a matter of days.
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The Reason for Relationships
Are you more worried about what people say about you or what God says about you? Most people value their own happiness above God’s will. Today we will be talking about how to have relationships that encourage us and bring satisfaction and fulfillment.
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Q & A: Is it wrong to live together even if there is no sex?
Living together before marriage is popular, but is it the right thing to do? According to statistics, it can actually increase your risk of divorce. Watch this video to learn what Jimmy has to say about this highly relevant issue.
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Dealing with Your Past
One of the ingredients necessary for a happy marriage is to make sure we deal with the issues of our past. The truth is the past isn’t the past until it has been dealt with properly, because our past effects today in a negative manner. Therefore, it is still the present. Every person has some [...]
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Cohabitation Increases Chance For Divorce
If you live together with someone before getting married, your chances of divorce increase significantly. Also, almost every problem people think they are avoiding by living together actually increases — abuse, infidelity, breakup, etc. Even though cohabiting with someone might seem like a good idea — it is a practical disaster. The worst thing about [...]
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The Laws of Financial Blessing
One of the biggest deceptions is the belief that we will do better with more. God desires to bless all of us, but it only happens when we properly manage the possessions and abilities that He has given to each of us.
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Striking Your Sexual Match
In Sex, Love & Communication, Jimmy Evans explains important truths that will help you create a beautiful, passionate marriage other couples will want to imitate.
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Don’t Talk To Me Like That
In Sex, Love & Communication, Jimmy Evans explains important truths that will help you create a beautiful, passionate marriage other couples will want to imitate.
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Making Your Marriage Last
No matter who you marry, you will sometimes experience the negative side of your marriage vows. When you understand how to have a lasting marriage, your relationship can get better year after year.
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Leaving a Legacy
Whether it’s positive or negative, you are leaving a legacy for future generations. What will your legacy be? God wants to give you a dream to do something great to connect you with other dreamers.
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Discover Your Dream
Do you know the purpose for your life? God created you for a reason and He wants to reveal His plan to you. Begin to discover the true purpose for your life and how to put it into motion.