“So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth o...

Yesterday, we looked at two types of negative requests in our series on Helping Your Husband to Trust Your Request. The first was the self-centered request of Rachel who said, “Give me children, or I die” — a desperate, emotio...

Dear Sister, help your husband trust your request. Be the kind of woman whose words are not scattered, but carry weight. When you ask, let your request be rare, reasonable, and rooted in wisdom. Let him say, “My wife hardly asks f...

Complaining means expressing dissatisfaction, discomfort, or annoyance about something. At its core, it simply means you’re not happy about a situation. So, in itself, complaining is not a bad thing. It’s important to express discomfort or disp...

I’ve seen far too many men struggle with the voices, plans, opinions, and judgments of their wives. Why? Because the women have not helped their husbands to trust their voices, planning, their opinions, or their sense of judgment. Many of s...