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5 Conversations to Help Your Marriage Thrive at Christmas
A few years ago my wife and I, along with our three children, were traveling to see family over Christmas ...

4 Signs Your Fast-Paced Life is Killing You
About a year ago, I hurt my back and had to see my doctor. As I sat on the crunchy ...

5 Steps to Combat Weaponized Incompetence in Marriage
God calls couples to live in mutual love, respect, and support in the sacred bond of marriage. Ephesians 5:21 teaches us ...

Valentine’s Date Night Questions
Valentine's Date Night Questions Valentine's Day is a fun way to celebrate your love and ...

5 Tips to Prioritize Your Marriage During the Holidays
With school functions, Christmas parties, and youth activities, our kids tend to be the focus ...

3 Emotional Threats to Your Marriage
A few weeks ago, I was spending time with one of my mentors and we ...

La Amenaza Emocional Mas Peligrosa Para Tu Matrimonio
Antes de que una pareja camine por el altar del matrimonio, a menudo sueñan con ...

Tres Formas de Contrarrestar la Crítica en el Matrimonio
No juzguen y no se les juzgará. No condenen y no se les condenará. Perdonen ...

5 Questions Your Wife Wants You to Ask Her
We heard glass slam on the floor behind us as we ate our dinner. My ...

EH Podcast: Family of Origin and Marriage
PURSUING THE HEART OF YOUR SPOUSE PODCAST SERIES Episode 5: FAMILY OF ORIGIN / A ...

EH Podcast: Honesty in Marriage
PURSUING THE HEART OF YOUR SPOUSE PODCAST SERIES EPISODE 4: Honesty in Marriage On today's ...

EH Podcast: Adjusting Expectations in Marriage
PURSUING THE HEART OF YOUR SPOUSE PODCAST SERIES EPISODE 3: Adjusting Expectations in Marriage On ...

EH Podcast: Principles for Pursuing the Heart of Your Spouse
PURSUING THE HEART OF YOUR SPOUSE PODCAST SERIES EPISODE 2: Principles for Pursuing the Heart ...

EH Podcast: Assumed Letdown A Sneaky Emotional Threat
PURSUING THE HEART OF YOUR SPOUSE PODCAST SERIES EPISODE 1: ASSUMED LETDOWN / A SNEAKY ...

5 Lame Excuses for Not Taking Your Wife on Dates
I looked across the table at my wife and said, “It’s hard to beat a ...

Christmas Lights Date Night Bingo
Christmas Lights Date Night Bingo Enjoy the twinkle of Christmas lights this season on this ...

Fall Date Night Questions
Date Night Questions Use these questions to spark meaningful conversation as a couple whether you ...

EH Podcast: Resentful Support
Bobby welcomes his lovely bride Jenn to the podcast to talk about the danger of ...

3 Ways to Counteract Criticism in Marriage
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will ...

The Most Dangerous Emotional Threat to Your Marriage
Before a couple walks down the marriage aisle, they often dream of what their life ...

Tips for Prioritizing Marriage in the Back to School Season
Summer has been full of all the things. Vacations, camps, late movie nights, fishing, swimming, ...

3 Things We Need to Be Honest About in Marriage
Years ago, I watched a man destroy his family. It was painful because so many ...

The Power of Celebrating Moments in Marriage
There we stood beaten and bruised in the kitchen of our Austin home. Hearts bleeding ...

Empowered Homes Podcast: Intimacy in Marriage with Missy Tuft and Pat Bramlett
On Episode 10 of the EH Podcast, Missy Tuft and Pat Bramlett (M.A., L.P.C.) discuss ...

3 Creative At Home Date Nights for Married Couples
Do you still date your Spouse? Whether you have been married for only a year ...

3 Refreshers for a Marriage Stuck in the Roommate Phase
School has started back, and our normal routines are in full swing. We wake up, ...

30 Days of Prayer to Grow a Strong Marriage
Praying with and for your spouse can seem like an awkward or intimidating task. Most ...

Empowered Homes Podcast: Books for Marriage
We were asked on social media to share some books for your marriage. Bobby shares ...

3 Pieces of Baggage Your Wife Might’ve Brought Into Marriage
The first year of my marriage was a boot camp for learning how to encourage, ...

5 Reasons You Stink at Fighting With Your Wife
You would think after 15 years of marriage, my wife and I would have figured ...

3 Ways You Reinforce the Lies Your Wife Believes About Herself
I came home from work a few months ago and our house was a train ...

Empowered Homes Podcast: Re|Engage Marriage Ministry
The Impact of Re|Engage Marriage Ministry In this episode, Bobby sits down with Dan and ...

A Wife’s Prayer for Her Husband
A Wife's Prayer for Her Husband (Prayer from the “Power of a Praying Wife” by ...

A Husband’s Prayer for His Wife
A Husband's Prayer for His Wife Heavenly Father, I am coming before you to pray ...

Shopping Spree Date Night
Looking for new and exciting ways to date your spouse? Try the Shopping Spree Date ...

Progressive Dinner Date Night Challenge
Looking for new and exciting ways to date your spouse? Try the Progressive Dinner Date ...

3 Questions to Ask Before You Leave Your Wife
In 2015, my marriage was on the rocks. We had been kicked out of our ...

5 of the Best Things to do For Your Wife Everyday
I am a creature of habit. I can’t say all my habits are good, however ...

4 Signs You Aren’t Prioritizing Your Marriage
Two weeks after my third child was born, I took on a new role at ...

5 Questions to Ask Your Wife When Life is Stressful
I love to cook. Cooking is an opportunity to turn a vision into reality. And ...

Your Marriage and Prayer
If I were to tell you that there is a simple, 5-minute daily habit that ...

6 Valentine’s Day Surprises That Cost Zero Money
I go back and forth every year when it comes to celebrating Valentine’s Day. On ...

4 Steps When You Are Drifting Apart from Your Wife
If you have ever spent time on a boat or any type of watercraft, you ...

Gospel Gifts for Your Spouse
I want to be upfront with you from the start of this short article. I ...

5 Ways to Diffuse Arguments During the Holidays
I LOVE Christmas! I love the idea of “Peace on Earth”, but December can take ...

7 Questions to Ask Your Spouse in 2020
I love to cook. Cooking is an opportunity to turn vision into reality. The process ...

How to Win at Marriage (Part 2): Putting Covenant Love into Practice
In “How to Win at Marriage (Part 1),” I closed with these words: If you ...

How to Win at Marriage (Part 1): Is your Marriage a Contract or Covenant?
A man told his wife one day that he had not been feeling well. So, ...

Financial Clarity – Step 4: Put It All Together
In our series on finding financial clarity, we’ve taken three key steps to better stewardship: ...

Date Night Questions 02
Use these questions as a guide to create authentic connection on your next date night! ...

Financial Clarity – Step 3: Take Action
Next in our series on financial clarity, it's time to put your money where your ...

Financial Clarity – Step 2: Share Your List
We're in a series of articles designed to help married couples achieve financial clarity. One ...

Financial Clarity – Step 1: Write It Down
For the next few weeks we want to dive deep into four steps that will ...

Not Lust, Purity
In Matthew 5, Jesus turned his attention and ours to adultery and the lustful heart ...

Date Night Questions 01
Use these questions as a guide to create authentic connection on your next date night! ...

5 Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday with Your In-Laws
I have been blessed to have some incredible in-laws. My wife’s parents are great, and ...

Ten Things I Want to Tell My Wife
I was one of those fortunate kids whose grandparents and parents set a great example ...

5 Things Not to Say to a Wife Who Struggles with Anxiety
One day I was in a meeting at work when my wife called. I discreetly sent ...

3 Questions to Ask to Connect More Deeply with Your Wife
Marriage takes work. When you buy a new big screen TV, it comes with hundreds ...

The 3 Types of Intimacy Your Wife Needs
For most of my life, when I heard the word intimacy, all I could think ...

Podcast: Intimacy in Marriage- Interview with Jim Burns
In this episode, Bobby interviews Jim Burns to talk about the three types of intimacy ...

How to Process Pain: What You Should Do (Part 2)
It should come as no surprise that emotional pain is an ever-present part of our ...

Fighting for Your Marriage Through Prayer
Let’s be honest, isn’t marriage a little more difficult than what you thought it would ...

How to Process Pain: What NOT To Do (Part 1)
What we decide to do with the pain we experience every day is critical. If ...

Has the Coronavirus Quarantine Created Marriage Conflict?
While many marriages and relationships have embraced this time of quarantine for the better, others ...

Have That Conversation Now
Parents, your words are powerful! Use these 10 everyday phrases to instill confidence, self-respect, and ...

Podcast: Marriage – Together Through the Storms
"For better or worse" is what we said on our wedding day. In this episode, ...

How To Lead Your Wife Through Miscarriage
If you are reading this article, there is high certainty you are walking through a ...

Protecting Your Marriage Through Coronavirus
Recently there was a headline in the Daily Mail which stated: “Divorce rate spikes across ...

Four Things Your Spouse Needs in a Crisis
In the middle of a crisis, married couples usually respond in different ways. One spouse ...

Have Stay Home Date Nights
In response to the current events happening due to COVID-19, Adult Discipleship Pastor Bobby Cooley ...

Marriage: The School of Spiritual Formation
Would you like to grow in your relationship with God? What if I told you ...

Marriage and the Power of Mourning
The Rest of the Story was a popular radio broadcast by the legendary Paul Harvey ...

We Were Here First: How To Prioritize Your Marriage in a Child-Centric World
Freedom is God’s gift to every believer that tears down walls so we can live ...

Do You Touch This More Than You Touch Your Wife?
You touch it first thing in the morning. You touch it before you leave for ...

Amor Inquebrantable (en español)
En este taller, el pastor Cesar y su esposa Gretha compartirán su experiencia como pareja ...

Teaching Session: For Women Only-Discover True Intimacy
God has a unique role for wives within the context of marriage. Your freedom directly ...

Teaching Session: How to Prioritize Your Marriage
The main, and most significant, relationship in our households should be between the husband and ...

Podcast: A Love Story and Blessing Your Spouse
In this episode, you will hear from Bobby Cooley and his wife, Jennifer. They share ...

Podcast: Conflict and Marriage
In this episode, Bobby and his wife, Jenn, join Brad Flurry and his wife, Liz, ...

Four Questions That Spark Authentic Connection
Better questions will revive our dinner table conversations and breathe life into our everyday connections ...

Courage Under Fire
July 1, 1863... The largest military conflict in North American history began when Union and ...

Prayer for Our Marriage
PRAYER FOR OUR MARRIAGE Lord, I commit our marriage to you. Forgive me for not ...

Communicating with Word Pictures
Jesus used stories to communicate truth to His listeners. He understood the power of word ...

From Blame to Blessing
Fred and Wilma are discouraged. It seems like they can’t talk about anything lately without ...

Everyday Rhythms in Marriage
One of the best ways for us to equip parents is to build strong marriages ...

B.L.E.S.S. Your Spouse Every Day
Every day is an opportunity to bless your spouse. This resource is a download card ...

Combating Negative Patterns: A Marriage Worksheet
According to the National Science Foundation, an average person has about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per ...

The Weight of Expectations
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s how you carry it.” It was ...

Maneuvering Parent and In-Law Relationships
Relationships between married couples and their parents can come with a unique set of challenges ...

Navigating Arguments with your Spouse
In this video, Dr. John Trent shares how to navigate arguments in a healthy way ...

Using Your Phone to Pray for Your Family
When it comes to technology and your phone, most of the time all you hear ...

Four Things God’s Word Teaches Us About Communication
In this video, Dr. John Trent challenges us to work on how we communicate with ...

Handling Conflict With Your Spouse
Conflict in marriage is inevitable — so how do we respond to it in a ...

4 Reasons Why You Should Organize Your Time
For the last few years at our Vacation Bible School, we have held a “Power ...

Valentine’s Day Challenge
Valentine’s Day... the annual celebration of love and commercialism – arrives every year, and many ...

Everyday Rhythms in Your Marriage
We often talk about using the meal time, drive time, bed time and mornings as ...

Tips for a Healthy Marriage
Brad and Liz Flurry have been married over twenty years and have learned a few ...

Hope for Couples Facing Infertility
On our seventh anniversary, we piled into exam room #2 to listen to our baby’s ...

Coping with the Pain of Miscarriage
Ten years ago, I sat on my back porch as my husband and my dad ...