A Love Language Minute

What should you do when you're engaged and want to get married while you're in grad school? Dr. Gary Chapman's first word of advice is to postpone the marriage. The demands of education will encroach on the time you need to grow your marriage.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The four seasons of the year is a metaphor used to describe the quality of your marriage. Your marriage might start in the Spring - new and exciting, but it might drift into Winter - cold and harsh. In what season is your marriage?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's important to consider a wide age difference when contemplating marriage.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are there some unhealthy patterns of communication in your marriage?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can you stay positive after losing your job?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've experienced the devastation of your parents getting divorced, it's important that you get a clear picture of what a healthy marriage looks like so you don't pass that pain along to the next generation.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are some healthy ways to negotiate in your marriage?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you asking God for His help in your marriage?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn to listen empathetically.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is your husband spending too much time with his parents?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Depression is a difficult challenge to deal with in a marriage. But the good news is, there's hope and help through good counseling and medication.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are many unhealthy patterns of communication in a marriage, but none as deadly as blaming each other. The blamer destroys intimacy and makes communication impossible.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good communication with your spouse is vital for a healthy marriage - what you say and how you say it. But equally important is being intentional about listening to our spouse.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How we talk with one another greatly affects the quality of our conversations.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you having trouble getting over past physical abuse in your relationship?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are your friends telling you that there's something wrong with you? Maybe you should listen to them.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Summer season of marriage is delightful. Love is what keeps a marriage healthy and growing.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn strategic ways to help your child who has a drug problem.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A very effective way to motivate someone is to compliment them.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Passive aggressive anger is quite common. Someone who is passively aggressive willfully chooses to do the exact opposite of what they've been told to do. This is their way of retaliating.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How much does age matter in a relationship?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're looking for a good book to read this Summer, Dr. Gary Chapman suggests that you read his book The Five Love Languages along with many of his other books. They will strengthen your relationships with others.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are married people obligated to have children?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are the does and don'ts of dealing with depression?Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some spouses don't have the personality to be organized. They may be able to make some progress in this area, but that tendency will never fully go away. Every couple needs to be able accept some things about their spouse and love them unconditionally.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Depression is the most common challenge faced by young adults. Depression negatively affects every aspect of their lives. It's a downward spiral. What they need is a good counselor or pastor.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can you deal with your spouse if they struggle with substance abuse? There are two approaches that are equally important: Tender love, and Tough love.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marriage is an exclusive relationship. But you need to let your spouse spend some time with friends. However, if they are friends with people of the opposite sex, that can lead to marital strife.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the parent's responsibility to prepare their children for adulthood. Moving out of the house is a major step in that direction.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apologizing is the best way to restore a relationship.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When someone has wronged you, it's easy to become angry and let it fester in your soul. If they don't repent, release them to God. He will deal with them.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn the secret of how you can love your spouse while they're deployed in the military.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's normal for young couples to have issues with adjustment when they first get married. Dr. Gary Chapman recommends that couples set aside time each week to bring issues out in the open. This presents each of them with the opportunity to bring up one thing that's bothering them, and commit themselves to focus on solving that one particular issue.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are two ways to respond to negative anger - explosion or implosion. Those who might deplore explosive anger fail to understand that implosive anger is just as destructive.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If someone has wronged you and won't apologize, the Biblical pattern is for you to lovingly confront them. This approach may open up the opportunity for them to apologize and reconcile with you. Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you find yourself becoming angry in an explosive way, you need to ask yourself why you become angry. If someone has offended you, it's your job so seek reconciliation. If you become angry because you didn't get your way, your anger is never appropriate and must be confessed.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you deal with your spouse who's cheating on you with someone on the internet? Firmly confront them and make them choose between you or that other person. Their choice will determine the outcome of you marriage. Seek good Christian counseling.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Second marriages are often difficult, especially if the person you married has children from their first marriage. If children are involved, that means your new spouse will most likely have some contact with their former spouse. You may find this hard to deal with. Seek wisdom from your friends who might be in the same situation you are.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Explosive anger is never constructive. Anger not only hurts the person to whom it's directed, but it also destroys the person who is out of control. Undisciplined anger will ultimately destroy relationships.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some wives might be able to forgive their unfaithful husband, but struggle with trusting them again. Forgiveness opens the door for the possibility of rebuilding trust.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many of us have never learned how to handle anger positively. This will often lead to broken relationships. Seek out a godly counselor to help you before it's too late to salvage your broken relationship.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wouldn't it be easier if you and your spouse had the same love language? Yes, but each of you might speak different dialects within the same language. Most of the time, however, couples speak different love languages. As the adage goes, opposites attract.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/lovelanguageminuteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.