Ingredients to Good Sex: Pt. 2 – Affirmation
For Men: Sex Affirmations
"I don't understand why Josh is so withdrawn," Lila told Gary during a counseling session. During the entire session, she had...
Do You Have Too Many or Too Few Sexual Inhibitions?
Some people believe your sexual inhibitions or lack of inhibitions is nothing more than a reflection of your temperament.
It’s a personality thing, they would...
My Husband Won’t Touch Me … Now What?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Laura Doyle of https://lauradoyle.org/
Are you tired of begging for attention from your husband? If he...
Why Is Sex Such a Big Deal to (Most) Men?
Why is sex such a big deal to most men? Guys, read this and feel validated. Ladies, read this and understand your husbands more....
God Cares About Sexual Pleasure In Your Marriage.
God cares about your sex life. It may seem weird to see the words God and sex in the same sentence. Sometimes when I teach women...
“His” and “Her” Sex Nights
If you want to balance getting spicy in the bedroom with feeling like you totally respect and honor each other, “his” and “hers” nights...
1 Question That Will Ignite Your Marriage’s Intimacy
Kristen and I lead a newly married small group through our church. We love getting to spend time with these five newlywed couples....
Prayer Will Supercharge Your Marriage (Including Your Sex Life!)
Hi Thriving Marriages community, this is Josh, the guy bringing you this content each day. In addition to running this site I...
Why It’s Okay to Flirt
Today's post comes from a new friend of ours here at Thriving Marriages. Brie Gowen wrote a great post recently about why it's still...
My Spouse Watches Porn: Now What?
Today's post involves a wife asking Juli Slattery @ Authentic Intimacy what she should do after catching her husband viewing pornography. A thought up front:...
Why So Many Christian Marriages Are Missing Great Sex
Sex has the potential to be the most profoundly satisfying and rich part of a marriage. Sex the way God intended it...
Life is Short. Have Lots of Sex.
My oldest son just turned 21, and I remember when he was a baby, we lived near a large cemetery here in...
Does Your Sex Life Feel Broken? You Can Always Rebuild It! Here’s How.
Today a reader is asking, “how do you reset your sex life?”
What if it’s been really difficult in the past, but now...
Don’t Let Resentment Steal Intimacy in Your Marriage
Resentment can steal intimacy in your marriage, but don't let it.
Recently I was speaking at a women's gathering, and one of the women asked...
Enjoying The Sacrament of Sexual Intimacy
A lot of married couples consider their sexual relationship as an optional addition to the true substance of marriage, doing life together....
1 Exercise To Crank Up Your Sexual Satisfaction
In her book Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel, a therapist, describes a simple tool to help couples understand each other better in a...
What To Do If You’re Bored With Your Marriage
Want to know what to do if you're bored with your marriage? Here's helpful information if you're feeling bored with your marriage.
Q:...
Ingredients to Good Sex: Pt. 4 – Initiation
For Men: Initiation
In an earlier post, when we discussed a husband’s need for his wife to respond, we said that her resistance to his...
3 Golden Rules For Rekindling Romance
Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church–a love marked by giving, not...
10 Tips for Becoming a More Romantic Husband
We’re continuing our monthly series from our book, The 5 Sex Needs of Men and Women. We’ve already hit the top 4...
Men, Emotional Intimacy Might Not Come As Easy For Us, But It’s Something We...
For Part 4 in this series on marital intimacy, I’m writing again about emotional intimacy. Often when we think of intimacy our...
Making Time for Making Love
Today's post from Juli @ Authentic Intimacy post is a practical, honest look at the challenges of making sex a priority when you have...
3 Golden Rules for Rekindling Romance
Many couples expect romance to just happen, but we have found that intentionality is the key to rekindling romance. In two places...
Mercy & Justice: A Healthy Marriage Balances Both. Here’s How to Do That.
What’s the best way to grow towards intimacy with your husband?
Hint: that’s a trick question.
There’s actually not a correct answer to that...
10 Ways Porn Kills a Marriage
Porn kills because the effects of porn are devastating.
Porn kills healthy sex in marriages. Pornography is ravaging marriages. In our culture porn is treated...
7 Ways to Avoid an Affair (#4 is huge!)
It's worth studying how to avoid an affair. As someone who got dangerously close to an affair myself, several of these points rang true...
Why Your Awkward Sex Life is Okay
Growing up in the Bible belt as a pre-teen, sex always seemed awkward or dirty. It was only talked about as an example of...
How To Tell Your Spouse What You Want In Bed
How do you tell your husband what you want in bed?
It’s a scary thing, isn’t it? You have to be vulnerable and...
2 Ingredients That Spice Up a Boring Sex Life
If you are married, there is a very good chance that you and your spouse have different sexual appetites. This not only...
Why the Golden Rule Doesn’t Work During Sex
If you’re married, we’re sure this will come as no surprise to you: Men and women view sex differently. Very differently.
10 Ways to Get Back the Spark in Your Marriage
How do you get that spark in marriage if you feel like you’ve lost it?
How do you rekindle...
10 Warning Signs of an Emotional Affair
“I love Dave Willis’ blogs about key marriage issues and he is always so profoundly practical. The issue of an emotional affair...
The Heart Is The Heart Of The Matter. How’s Yours?
Whenever a marriage self-destructs, the heart is the heart of the matter.
In Proverbs 4:23, wise King Solomon offers a vivid picture of the...
5 Practical Ways to Rekindle Romance In Your Marriage
A friend recently asked me the following questions about how to rekindle romance:
“What do you do for fun as a couple? What...
3 Reasons Women Lose Interest In Sex.
Has earth shaking, bed breaking sex turned into a Saturday night snooze fest, or a quickie between taking the dog to the...
7 Common Christian Marriage Myths. #3 Might Surprise You!
Q: We have a Christian marriage—so why is it so painful? Shouldn’t being believers shield us from the problems we’re having?
A: Many...
3 Ground Rules for Sexual Playfulness
Today's great post from Julie at Intimacy in Marriage has some great thoughts on why turning your spouse on is great, and how to do...
“What’s My Motivation?” 5 Reasons to Improve Your Sex Life
Yup. You know there is an issue.
You know the sexual connection with your spouse is waning a bit. Maybe you haven’t had...
10 Ways to Bring Sexy Back. #8 Is 🥰😳🤯
Does your marriage feel “sexy”? Or does it feel “safe”? “Routine”? “Boring”?
There’s nothing wrong with safe. There’s nothing even wrong with routine!...
How to Stay Attracted to Your Spouse
Today's tip is an excerpt from a new book by counselor Debra Fileta called Choosing Marriage. If you like what you read today you should...
Practice Your Way to Better Sex
For many women, sex just isn’t that great at the beginning of the marriage.
This week we’ve been looking at specific ways to have better...
Porn Is Tempting When You’re Isolated. Fight It.
Since COVID-19 the pornography industry has seen a massive increase in website traffic. On March 24th, one major site announced that their...
Awkward Sex Life? That’s Okay
So if before marriage you, like one of our editors, thought your sex life would be the most incredible, easiest thing in the world...you...
Adultery Is Alarmingly Common, But It Doesn’t Have to Happen to You.
For men and women, adultery begins in the heart. And for men particularly, it begins when the heart is not guarded against...
Your Wife’s Top 3 Sexual Needs
Women long to have a solid relationship with their husbands, but the sex part—at least the way they feel that their husbands...
10 Ways to Turn Up the Heat This Valentine’s Day
Today's post about Valentine's Day from Sheila at to love, honor, and vacuum is a lot of things - insightful, romantic, practical. Hope it...
How Being Physically Affectionate Breathes Life into Your Marriage
What do you do if touch isn’t your love language–but others in your family crave touch?
On Mondays I like to put up a reader...
Why Sex Matters in Your Marriage
This is a fantastic post from Nancy Houston, a licensed Christian sex therapist, on why sex matters in your marriage and how to please...
3 Things to Pray For Your Sex Life
Donna at tolovehonorandvacuum.com wrote a great post about how to pray for your sex life. While it's written to women, this is great advice...
8 Ways to Fall in Love All Over Again
Schedule your next date night and don’t tell your spouse the plans. The anticipation will spark a renewed sense of fun.
Practice the daily...