10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage by David & Claudia Arp

10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage by David & Claudia Arp

Author:David & Claudia Arp
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2016-01-31T16:00:00+00:00


• Give yourself the gift of uninterrupted time together. Send the kids to the grandparents for the evening (or if you have no family close by, adopt some grandparents who love your kids).

• Give a sensuous massage to get into the mood.

• Schedule sex. Add times for loving to your calendars. (This may not sound romantic, but it works!)

• Just do it. You’ll be surprised how much you may enjoy the results!

Take the challenge and prioritize physical intimacy. Keep it safe. Nurture it. Be intentional about cultivating trust, mutuality, honesty, intimacy, sensuality, and sex as essential vitamins that will strengthen your marriage. Take them regularly — and watch your love life bloom and grow. If you’re up for the challenge, there are some practical things you can do to keep your love life healthy and growing.

Two Habits to Keep Your Love Life Hot

Often in our seminars we tell couples, “It’s not a matter of knowing what to do as much as it’s a matter of doing what we know.” In the last few pages we’ve explored the different aspects of building a creative love life, including numerous practical suggestions for “doing what you know.” Now it’s time do what you know by developing the habit of making your love life a priority and romancing your spouse. Let the fun begin.

PRIORITIZE YOUR LOVE LIFE

Too often lesser things take precedence over the sexual relationship. You want to work on it but don’t set aside time alone together. Remember, it takes time to communicate, to work through conflict, and to build a creative love life. Let us encourage you to make your love life a high priority. Your sex life can be a growing, exciting part of your marriage. It can happen even with little children. Here’s how we did it.

We carved out a regular time each week when we could be alone without the children. One year we instigated “Monday Mornings.” All three children were in kindergarten or at Mom’s Day Out. The house was ours. We discovered that there is nothing sacred about making love at night. Monday mornings were great! Your schedule may not be as flexible as ours, but find what works for you. For example, maybe you can hire a babysitter to take your kids to the park (or somewhere else if the weather is inclement) for a couple of hours on Saturday mornings.

We also started a tradition of going off alone together once or twice a year. Sometimes it was just overnight; other times it was the whole weekend; occasionally we got away for a whole week. We realized that we needed extended times alone together — more than just a morning. So we looked for opportunities to get away. We couldn’t afford to hire a sitter to come and stay with our children for an extended time, and our parents lived too far away. But we did have friends — very good friends — who offered to keep our three sons. We reciprocated by keeping their



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