No Regretz Marriage

After our relationship to God, marriege should be our most intimate relationship. In relationships, there are different types of intimacy, all of them important to the health of your marriage. The first type of intimacy is probably what most people think of - emotional intimacy. Do you feel free to share all your emotions, feelings, dreams, and fears with your spouse? The second type of intimacy,...

God designed marriage to be the most intimate human relationship we will experience. How can we build that intimate marrige? There are no shortcuts! As Dr John Van Epps tells us, it takes Talking, Time, and Togetherness to build intimacy in marriage.

If you are following along with our coup[e's devotional book, "From You & Me to We"", or if you are someone wanting to have a better marriage relationship, where do you start? We hav etalked about what God's plan for marrige is, but how do you start moving to the marriage relationship you want. On today's podcast we will tackle the question and give you some direction on where to go from where...

What is marriage to be about? Why did God create the relationship of marriage? Is marriage only about meeting our needs for companionship and love or is there a greater purpose for your marriage? Paul tells us about the great mystery of marriage in his letter to the Ephesians. Join us on today's No Regretz marriage podcast as we talk about the mystery and how that should impact our marriages.

One of God's key purposes for marriage is to raise godly generations. Our responsibilty is to model for our children a life that bring honor and glory to God. We need to train them to train up the next generation to do the same. This week's podcast is in meory of Larry Kemper, known as "Big" to his nine grandchildren. Listen as they share hwhat they learned from their parents and grandparents and...

God uses His word to convict us of sin, to expose our desires, to reveal to us our character. When we enter into a relationship with Him, He promises to transform that chaacter to reflect Christ. One of God's great purposes ifor marriage is for marriage to be part of that transformation process. My selfishness, my pride, my need for God to change me became so evident when I got married. He taught...

The book of Hebrews tells us that the Bible is like a double edged sword. You can compare marriage to a double edged sword in that there are two key aspects to marriage. One is the joy of a relationship created by God that gives you a companion to go through life with. A partner to complement, encourage, and support you. There is also the other edge of marriage that will will cover in next weeks p...

Before the fall of man in nthe garden, Adam & Eve had a perfect relationship with God and each other. Adam & Eve's disobedience broke those relationships. How has that brokenes impacted marriage?

Genesis chapter 1 tells us that God created humans in his image. Humans have certain qualities that separate them from the rest of creation because we are created in God's image. How does the fact that we are all created in God's image impact the relationship of marriage? Join us as we discuss that impact.

This week begins a year of podcasts that will coordinate with our couples' devotion al book "From You & Me to We." Each week our podcasts will flow with that week's devotional. This week we talk about the why. Why did we get married? Why did we start No Regretz Marriage. Why did we write the devotional book. These are our whys. What's yours?

Last week we talked about what women want in marriage with the acronym C.H.A.S.E. This week we talk about husbands want in a relationship. Using the acronym C.A.S.H. we talk about what men generally express as their greatest needs. Ladies, have you asked your husband what he wants?

What does a woman want from her husband in marriage? Join us today as we discuss how a husband can C.H.A.S.E. his wife.

We were created with a desire to be known and loved. When it comes to marriage, knowing how to love your spouse well is key. But, do you know how you want to be loved? Have you told your spouse? Have you communicated your desires in such a way that your spouse understands what you want? Join us on the No Regretz marriage podcast today. Please hit the like button and be sure to subscribe so you won...

We believe that God's plan is that we complement each other as a married couple. God has given each of us strenths and areas that we are less strong. Most people call those areas of diminished strength - weaknesses. While we need to acknowledge those areas we are weaker, we believe that we should focus more on the strengths each brings to the marriage. As each of you lean into your strengths and w...

Emotions are one of God's great gifts to us. Emotions are a big part of our humanity. We have to be careful though that we are not controlled by our emotions. As belivers, we are to be controlled by the Holy Spirit. We are to make decisions based on the principles of scripture. If we let our emotions control us and our decisions, they may lead us to place God never intended for us to be.

In the world of movies, books, and reality TV, one of the enduring relational themes is the search for your soulmate. If only this relational myth stayed in the world of fiction. The idea that there is one special person that will complete you and fulfill your every need sounds romantic, but it's not true. There is not just one person, your soulmate, for you to marry that will can you can find ult...

In the first part of our "When Loving Hurts" series, we talked about the pain of loving a spouse who does not love you back. Today, we look at a different kind of hurt. The pain of watching someone you love fade away to a debilitating disease. This is a love story about Robert and Margaret. This is the story of a husband who kept his vows of loving in times of "sickness and worse." It's the story...

Wouldn't it be nice if the fairy tale "happily ever after" ending was true. That's not reality. Marriage is full of challneges and somtimes it hurts to love. There can be hurt from losing someone close to you. The hurt might come from watching someone you love suffer and waste away. Or sometimes, the hurt comes from loving someone who doesn't love you back. How can we love through the hurt?

We all come into marriage with certain expectations. Some are reasoable while others are unreasonable and maybe even irrational. It's those last types of expectations that can cause great stress, conflict, and wounding if you don't get a handle on them.

Join us for a great interview with Katie Kemper as we discuss the challenges of becoming part of a new family when you get married.

There are a number of mthys about marriage - "Marriage is About Making Me Happy," "The Key is to Find Your Soulmate," "I Married You, not Your Family." It's the last one we are tackling today. You can't escape the impact of family! It may be externally in relating to your families or, it can be the habits and tendencies you bring with you into the marriage that come from your family of origin. Emb...

One of the most common issues we hear about from couples that we work with is the challenge of their relationship with thier parents and in-laws. How do you build a relationship with your parents when they struggle to let go? How do you build a relationship with your in-laws when you never get time together.? What are boundaries that need to exist in these adult-to-adult relationships that can kee...

Last week, we used Ruth and Boaz as an example of a legacy marriage. A legacy marriage is the first step in building a legacy family. We want to build both marriages and families that impact the world for God's glory for generations to come. Join us this week as we look at how to begin building an eternal legacy family.

An inheritance is the things you leave behind. An inheritance is something you build. Its good to leave behind an inheritance, but a legacy would be better. A legacy family begins with a legacy marriage. Join us we talk about building a legacy marriage looking at the relationship of Ruth and Boaz. This is the first of a two-part series on bulding an etrnal legacy family.

I think most people love the Spring. Whether it is a relief from the cold winter or the beauty of new growth in the trees and flowers, Spring is an awesome time of year. One of the things I don't like is spring clean-up outside. In the south we turn yellow woith pollen. Weeds seem to come back much quicker than the grass. It can be hard work to get everything ready for a season outdoors. Spring ca...