In Episode 41 of The IMbetween Podcast, Daniel and Christina Im continue the discussion about the importance of love and respect in a marriage.
In This Episode, You Will Hear About:
- A recap of what the Crazy Cycle is and why we need to get off of it
- A synopsis of what the Energizing Cycle is
- How to stay on the Energizing Cycle
- Husband and wife specific acronyms to help you stay on the Energizing Cycle
Resources Mentioned During the Episode:
- Make sure to listen to the first episode in this series: Episode 37: One of the Greatest Secrets to a Successful Marriage
- Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs – This book is amazing and goes into further detail about the COUPLE and CHAIR acronyms we talk about in this episode.
- Audibletrial.com/imbetween – grab your FREE book when you sign up for a free 30-day Audible trial
- COUPLE Acronym for Husbands:
- C – Closeness: remember that your wife wants to connect
- O – Openness: remember that a woman wants to talk about things
- U – Understanding: women don’t need their man to “fix” her…she just needs you to listen
- P – Peacemaking: your wife wants to have things resolved between the two of you and will move toward you to get this done
- L – Loyalty: she wants and needs to know you’re committed
- E – Esteem: she wants you to honor, cherish, and treasure her
- CHAIRS Acronym for Wives:
- C – Conquest: learn to appreciate his desire to work and achieve
- H – Hierarchy: deals with appreciating his to protect and provide
- A – Authority: covers appreciating this desire to serve and to lead
- I – Insight: touches on appreciating his desire to analyze and counsel
- R – Relationship: helps you understand his desire for shoulder-to-shoulder friendship
- S – Sexuality: explains his desire for sexual intimacy
- 1 Corinthians 7:5: “Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self control.”
Quotables:
- “The “Energizing Cycle” helps us show love and respect on a daily basis.”
- “Husbands— can you think of a way this week to show your wife that you will be loyal to her forever?”
- “Probably the only time you will hear your wife say, “You don’t respect me” is when you dismiss her opinion.”
- “Wives, we need to realize that our husbands are content just being with us…and not always talking.”
- “Your husband has a need you do not have, and that need is met in a way that feels unnatural to you.. But, as you are just being with him, shoulder to shoulder, his fondness for you will grow inexplicably. It really doesn’t make a lot of sense, but the simple truth is he just needs you to be there.” – Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
- “For your wife, respect is a part of love.”
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