Let’s Talk About Marriage – Best Marriage Tips!
with your host Felice Gerwitz
After 40+ years of marriage, I have some of the best marriage tips ever and these really work.
You are probably thinking… oh great! Another know-it-all podcaster trying to tell you how to make your marriage work! Well, I have 35 years under my belt – I’m no expert, but I’m a hard-headed, first-generation Italian, New Yorker, married to a German-Irish-American! It has taken years of give-and-take to make our marriage great. And, I wanted to ask some others who have been married for years to chime in with their tips! This podcast contains advice from:
Carol Topp: Dollars & Sense Radio ; Hal & Melanie Young: Making Biblical Family Life Practical; Meredith Curtis: Finish Well Radio ; Andy & Kendra Fletcher: HomeschoolingIRL
Show Notes:
Scriptures to Study in Regard to Marriage:
- Genesis 2:22-24
- Proverbs: Some I love!! Proverbs: 5:18-19 ; 20:6-7; 30:18-19; 31:10
- Matthew: 19:4-6
- 1-Corinthians: 7:1-6
- Mark: 10:6-9
- Ephesians: 5:22-33
- Links:
Test – Learn Your Love Language
Recommended Books:
The Bible!
Look for Books on “Love Language” at the library or your favorite book store.
Advice and Tips:
Jeff Gerwitz: Keep Communication and Smooch Them Often!
Felice Gerwitz: Don’t go to bed angry: A. You both agree to solve your issues before bed — B. Understand the resolution will be a compromise for Both of You! and If you love giving gifts – A. Don’t expect anything in return and B. Accept gifts graciously
Carol Topp: One key to marriage success is to set aside time each day to catch up, even if it’s just 10 minutes. A co-worker gave me this advice over 20 years ago and he was right! My show http://dollarsandsenseshow.com. BTW my husband and I had our 30th Anniversary this year.
Hal Young: When God created marriage, the very first reason the Bible gives is companionship – “It is not good that the man should be alone,” God said (Genesis 2:18). We should make it our goal to make our mate our best friend as well as our spouse. That takes time and commitment, but don’t we know how to keep up a friendship? Why not use the same relationship skills in our marriage? Their show, Making Biblical Family Life Practical and you can find it on this network – here is an easy way to find them –(HalAndMelanie.com/radio/) and they wrote a wonderful book on marriage “My Beloved and My Friend: How To Be Married to Your Best Friend Without Changing Spouses.” (www.mybelovedandmyfriend.com).
Meredith Ludwig Curtis: Another Mom with a large family, who has a show on this network specifically for teens and that is Finish Well Radio – FinishWellRadio.com – she is married to a Pastor and says, “A key to marriage success: Put Jesus first! Serve Him together! Love Him together! Raise godly children together! Change the world together!”
Andy Fletcher: We were given two pieces of advice. The first was very simple: Outserve one another. If you make it your goal to out serve your spouse, you will be in the right mindset. The second piece of advice was just silly: … you’ll have to listen to their podcast to find out! Catch their show on homeschooling and marriage, What Homeschooling Does to Marriage
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Felice…Felice…Felice…you wimped out with my second piece of advice. 🙂 I knew it might make you blush and I was looking forward to hearing you say it on the air. Ha Ha Ha!!!
Thanks for the terrific shoutout and sending people our way! Your words are way too kind! I promise when your listeners come over to listen that we won’t embarrass them too much. We’ll give them a smile and send them right back to listening to Vintage Homeschool Moms! 🙂
Ha, ha – Fletch 🙂 My husband thought it was great advice and said to tell you! Yes – for those who want to belly-laugh and hear real advice that helps, visit the HomeschoolingIRL page. Although Kendra does keep Fletch in line! Hugs, and love you guys.