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		<title>By: LOICE</title>
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		<dc:creator>LOICE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(USA)  PATTI, I want to assure you that our wrestle is not against flesh and blood but evil spirits. I know this has been going on for a long time for you but I have a few tips that have helped me.

1. Occupy yourself with Bible reading. One of the Bible verses says &quot;love is long suffering, does not take offense&quot;. Please train yourself to be patient in prayer and to overlook these lustful sins your husband has.

2. Try to feel sorry for him for the wrath that will come to adulterers. This will make you to want to pray for him and help him in a peaceful way. 

3.Look straight ahead and focus on God &#039;s promises. The temptation will be to look at how your husband reacts every time you pass other women. What you don&#039;t notice won&#039;t hurt your feelings so try by all means not to notice these things. The devil is out there and wants us to get mad.  Bearing these trials is a credit for you in the eyes of God.

5. Practice forgiving. Don&#039;t be mad at him but be angry with evil spirits which only God can fight on our behalf. This takes you back to prayer.


6. I don&#039;t think talking to your husband will help if he is still under the power of sin. It may actually boost his ego and he may boast about how &quot;jealous&quot; he thinks you are. If he knows it offends you he may continue doing it just to make you feel inadequate and cause you to worship him. Let him be (its temporary). Talk to God and he will engage you in other things whilst he works with your husband. 

7 Trust God in all circumstances (no ifs or buts), your husband will be fine with his Maker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(USA)  PATTI, I want to assure you that our wrestle is not against flesh and blood but evil spirits. I know this has been going on for a long time for you but I have a few tips that have helped me.</p>
<p>1. Occupy yourself with Bible reading. One of the Bible verses says &#8220;love is long suffering, does not take offense&#8221;. Please train yourself to be patient in prayer and to overlook these lustful sins your husband has.</p>
<p>2. Try to feel sorry for him for the wrath that will come to adulterers. This will make you to want to pray for him and help him in a peaceful way. </p>
<p>3.Look straight ahead and focus on God &#8217;s promises. The temptation will be to look at how your husband reacts every time you pass other women. What you don&#8217;t notice won&#8217;t hurt your feelings so try by all means not to notice these things. The devil is out there and wants us to get mad.  Bearing these trials is a credit for you in the eyes of God.</p>
<p>5. Practice forgiving. Don&#8217;t be mad at him but be angry with evil spirits which only God can fight on our behalf. This takes you back to prayer.</p>
<p>6. I don&#8217;t think talking to your husband will help if he is still under the power of sin. It may actually boost his ego and he may boast about how &#8220;jealous&#8221; he thinks you are. If he knows it offends you he may continue doing it just to make you feel inadequate and cause you to worship him. Let him be (its temporary). Talk to God and he will engage you in other things whilst he works with your husband. </p>
<p>7 Trust God in all circumstances (no ifs or buts), your husband will be fine with his Maker.</p>
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		<title>By: Cindy Wright</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cindy Wright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(USA) I whole-heartedly agree with Rose on this matter. My heart breaks with yours that your husband just doesn&#039;t &quot;get it&quot; as to the damage he is doing to your marriage and the heart of his wife, that he promised to &quot;love and cherish&quot; for the rest of your lives. I just don&#039;t understand this type of insensitivity that he is displaying, by dishonoring and downplaying the seriousness of your feelings over this matter.

I don&#039;t know if you have read the new version of the book, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Love-Must-Be-Tough-Marriages/dp/141431745X?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1190090905&amp;sr=8-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Love Must Be Tough&lt;/a&gt;&quot; by James Dobson, but the concept is very applicable in this case. Your husband&#039;s behavior is rude on so many levels. Somehow you need to get through to him that you don&#039;t appreciate this and won&#039;t tolerate these types of actions any longer. I suggest you read the book, pray about how you can approach your husband (and the timing of when you approach him). Obviously the ways in which you have been dealing with this hasn&#039;t been working. You need another approach -- one that Christ would lead you to do.

I&#039;m sure there are places where your husband doesn&#039;t act this way (such as in a serious business meeting or a job interview and other times), so it means that he does it because he CAN. It&#039;s called &quot;Functional Fixedness.&quot; We have an article in the &quot;Save My Marriage&quot; section titled &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marriagemissions.com/why-doesnt-my-spouse-change-functional-fixedness/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Why Doesn&#039;t My Husband Change: Functional Fixedness&quot;&lt;/a&gt; that I would recommend you read. Between praying and reading this article and the book, I believe God will use them to help you figure out how to inspire your husband to stop such behavior. I pray this will help. Our prayers are with you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(USA) I whole-heartedly agree with Rose on this matter. My heart breaks with yours that your husband just doesn&#8217;t &#8220;get it&#8221; as to the damage he is doing to your marriage and the heart of his wife, that he promised to &#8220;love and cherish&#8221; for the rest of your lives. I just don&#8217;t understand this type of insensitivity that he is displaying, by dishonoring and downplaying the seriousness of your feelings over this matter.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if you have read the new version of the book, &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Must-Be-Tough-Marriages/dp/141431745X?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1190090905&#038;sr=8-2" rel="nofollow">Love Must Be Tough</a>&#8221; by James Dobson, but the concept is very applicable in this case. Your husband&#8217;s behavior is rude on so many levels. Somehow you need to get through to him that you don&#8217;t appreciate this and won&#8217;t tolerate these types of actions any longer. I suggest you read the book, pray about how you can approach your husband (and the timing of when you approach him). Obviously the ways in which you have been dealing with this hasn&#8217;t been working. You need another approach &#8212; one that Christ would lead you to do.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure there are places where your husband doesn&#8217;t act this way (such as in a serious business meeting or a job interview and other times), so it means that he does it because he CAN. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Functional Fixedness.&#8221; We have an article in the &#8220;Save My Marriage&#8221; section titled <a href="http://www.marriagemissions.com/why-doesnt-my-spouse-change-functional-fixedness/" rel="nofollow">&#8220;Why Doesn&#8217;t My Husband Change: Functional Fixedness&#8221;</a> that I would recommend you read. Between praying and reading this article and the book, I believe God will use them to help you figure out how to inspire your husband to stop such behavior. I pray this will help. Our prayers are with you.</p>
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		<title>By: Rose</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 16:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(S. AFRICA)  Dear Patti, I am so sorry you have hurt for so long over this matter. Some people may say &quot;its not a big deal&quot; but for you it is breaking you apart. What concerns me is your husbands lack of sensitivity. Is he just teasing you or is there more to it? You say you have spoken to him over and over and he just carries on. 

This is NOT acceptable and no matter how innocent &quot;he says&quot; his behavior is, it needs to stop. You need to tell him that you are concerned he does not love you anymore --that he is breaking you apart. You must remember he will continue in his ways if you allow him to. I note a sense of insecurity in your life. Deal with it quickly before it is too late. Ask Gods guidance in this matter and pray for a change of heart in your husband.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(S. AFRICA)  Dear Patti, I am so sorry you have hurt for so long over this matter. Some people may say &#8220;its not a big deal&#8221; but for you it is breaking you apart. What concerns me is your husbands lack of sensitivity. Is he just teasing you or is there more to it? You say you have spoken to him over and over and he just carries on. </p>
<p>This is NOT acceptable and no matter how innocent &#8220;he says&#8221; his behavior is, it needs to stop. You need to tell him that you are concerned he does not love you anymore &#8211;that he is breaking you apart. You must remember he will continue in his ways if you allow him to. I note a sense of insecurity in your life. Deal with it quickly before it is too late. Ask Gods guidance in this matter and pray for a change of heart in your husband.</p>
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		<title>By: Patti</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(USA) Can someone please respond to my problem!!!! -or if anything just give me a list of what you think it can be. I have been living with this hurt for so long I can&#039;t take it any longer! I know everyone is thinking - so what he&#039;s staring at, other women in front of me, big deal - it&#039;s the pain of him not caring for my feelings when I tell him this really hurts me! He is hurting my self-esteem and the most important thing I feel the most, is his feeling for me is gone and that is hurting my soul. Every time he does this A PART IN SIDE OF ME DIES! PLEASE HELP!!! NO one can know what I am going through until you go through it yourself. Patti.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(USA) Can someone please respond to my problem!!!! -or if anything just give me a list of what you think it can be. I have been living with this hurt for so long I can&#8217;t take it any longer! I know everyone is thinking &#8211; so what he&#8217;s staring at, other women in front of me, big deal &#8211; it&#8217;s the pain of him not caring for my feelings when I tell him this really hurts me! He is hurting my self-esteem and the most important thing I feel the most, is his feeling for me is gone and that is hurting my soul. Every time he does this A PART IN SIDE OF ME DIES! PLEASE HELP!!! NO one can know what I am going through until you go through it yourself. Patti.</p>
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		<title>By: Patti</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(USA) Ann, I wanted to try to tell you I do think you&#039;re on the right track to letting GOD take over your problem. I do think you need to help from GOD to help you get through this time with your husband. What I mean by this is to pray to GOD and GOD will help you through this problem. After you ask for GOD&#039;S help the hard part will be to get help for your husband. Maybe when he is sober, just ask him if he would like to go on a date with you. Despite everything that is going on this will make him feel off guard with you and maybe he will tell you what is going on with him.This way maybe by having some fun (and I know this will be hard) you can convince him that he really needs to get some help. 

Let your husband know how much you will help him through this and how much you care for him. Husbands really need to hear from there wives how much they need them. If its too hard to do what I said, then get help from your family or his family both if you can. I hope this helps. I will pray for you both. Patti.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(USA) Ann, I wanted to try to tell you I do think you&#8217;re on the right track to letting GOD take over your problem. I do think you need to help from GOD to help you get through this time with your husband. What I mean by this is to pray to GOD and GOD will help you through this problem. After you ask for GOD&#8217;S help the hard part will be to get help for your husband. Maybe when he is sober, just ask him if he would like to go on a date with you. Despite everything that is going on this will make him feel off guard with you and maybe he will tell you what is going on with him.This way maybe by having some fun (and I know this will be hard) you can convince him that he really needs to get some help. </p>
<p>Let your husband know how much you will help him through this and how much you care for him. Husbands really need to hear from there wives how much they need them. If its too hard to do what I said, then get help from your family or his family both if you can. I hope this helps. I will pray for you both. Patti.</p>
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		<title>By: Patti</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 09:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(USA)  My husband  has been hurting  me over and over  again for almost 4 years now. It&#039;s really hard  for me to bring this problem up cause most people have some stupid answer for this problem. My husband started staring and looking at other women and even younger girls right in front of me (HIS WIFE!). I have told him this really bothers me more then a million times. I have been married to him for almost 13 years and been going together for 9 years before we were married. We have to beautiful daughters and everything else seems to be fine except for this one problem. I could use some really good advice. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(USA)  My husband  has been hurting  me over and over  again for almost 4 years now. It&#8217;s really hard  for me to bring this problem up cause most people have some stupid answer for this problem. My husband started staring and looking at other women and even younger girls right in front of me (HIS WIFE!). I have told him this really bothers me more then a million times. I have been married to him for almost 13 years and been going together for 9 years before we were married. We have to beautiful daughters and everything else seems to be fine except for this one problem. I could use some really good advice. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Ann</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(USA) My spouse have a problem with drinking and when he drinks there comes unwise and foolish mistakes that affects the  family. I constantly look after him to make sure he&#039;s not driving or buying alcohol. I feel that I&#039;m his mother not his wife. I have talk to him but he feels that he doesn&#039;t have a problem.  Do I just accept it and put it in God&#039;s hand?  Please Help!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(USA) My spouse have a problem with drinking and when he drinks there comes unwise and foolish mistakes that affects the  family. I constantly look after him to make sure he&#8217;s not driving or buying alcohol. I feel that I&#8217;m his mother not his wife. I have talk to him but he feels that he doesn&#8217;t have a problem.  Do I just accept it and put it in God&#8217;s hand?  Please Help!!!</p>
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		<title>By: skwright</title>
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		<dc:creator>skwright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone from Kenya wrote the following to us about this Marriage Message: Indeed this is true. I am newly married and of course I discovered things in my mate that I do not like. Learning to accept each other as imperfect and choosing to go the extra mile not to dwell on the imperfections has made settling down into marriage life easier. We have also learned to laugh things off and reduce the seriousness that we would otherwise equate with a situation thus making it easier to handle for both of us. Thank you for your rich insights.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone from Kenya wrote the following to us about this Marriage Message: Indeed this is true. I am newly married and of course I discovered things in my mate that I do not like. Learning to accept each other as imperfect and choosing to go the extra mile not to dwell on the imperfections has made settling down into marriage life easier. We have also learned to laugh things off and reduce the seriousness that we would otherwise equate with a situation thus making it easier to handle for both of us. Thank you for your rich insights.</p>
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