The following are Web Site links and descriptions of resources that are available to help you romance your spouse. We pray you will find them enriching to your marriage.

• www.covenantspice.com: What a GREAT web site! Covenant Spice is dedicated to strengthening marriages and increasing playfulness and intimacy in your sex life. They believe God created marriage to be a lifelong passionate romance. From bedroom toys to Christian sex manuals, from body toppings to romantic games, they have everything you need to keep the sparks flying in and out of the bedroom. You will not find any nudity on our product packaging or web site. They have endeavored to create a web site that you and your spouse can feel comfortable browsing together in the privacy of your own home. They also offer very competitive pricing so you can be confident of receiving high quality Romance and sex products at great prices.

• www.familylife.com: This the web site for the ministry of Family Life Today. This is a great ministry and they have a great web site that you could find very helpful. In particular, if you go into their web site and click into “Articles” and then select “Marriage” you will find an option you can select called “Romantic Tips” which you can sign up for to receive regularly.

• www.family.org: This is the web site for the great ministry of Focus on the Family. One of the many features of this web site can be found when you place your cursor over the top bar that says “Relationship and Marriage.” A drop-down box will show up and you can select “Sex & intimacy” to read several articles.

• www.marriageromance.com: This Christian web site is one where married couples share anonymous stories about their marriage, romance and sex life that are positive about marriage and moral by the standards in the Bible. They have stories of weddings, wedding nights, honeymoons, funny stories, poems, anniversaries, cruises, reunions, engagement, week-end getaways, and beautiful normal nights.

• www.marriage-vineyard.com: This web site is for 18 year-old or older married couples, where you can shop for your marriage intimacy needs and desires, to “make your marriage covenant relationship resonate with intimacy and emotional closeness, while keeping Jesus Christ as the Foundation. You will find no nudity, nor pornographic pictures nor language on this web site. You and your marriage covenant lover will find it to be a “refuge away from the worldly presentations of a sexual relationship.”

• www.marriedromance.com: Married Romance isn’t a site for couples with serious marital difficulties. It’s a place to get ideas on rekindling the spark, get reacquainted, be romantic when you have little ones, stay connected in a busy world, and learn to date each other again.  This web site is designed to help husbands and wives build friendship and intimacy through the trials of life and learn how to fall in love with each other all over again. It’s not a Christian web site, but it has a lot of helpful articles that we believe could help you romance each other as husband and wife in a positive way.

• www.romancebetweenthelines.com: This web site is EXCELLENT -one of the best! It’s designed to help married couples find the power of love within the written word-to fuel Christian marriage relationships with love certificates for husbands and wives, marriage vow renewal certificates, romance games, Christian marriage enrichment books, and purity vow contracts for those who have not entered into the covenant of Christian marriage. The material on this web site (which also has wonderful Christ-honoring links) helps to put Christ back into the center of marriage in His rightful place. We can’t recommend this web site highly enough!

• www.romancingyourlifemate: This a web site where you will find tips and ideas to help you romance each other as husband and wife, one idea at-a-time. Although books are unending on how to romance your lifemate, and have their rightful place among the resources married couples need, sometimes our busy lifestyles demand that we quickly “opt” for just ONE romance idea, embellishing on it with our own style, and presenting it with love. That’s what this web site for Christian married couples aims to do.

• www.romance-your-wife.com: This web site, put together by a Christian married couple, aims to inspire husbands so they are “growing” a lifetime love together. They hope the ideas you use from this web site, will leave your wife “amazed at your creativity and in great anticipation of your next pursuit technique.” In this web site you will find a collection of romance techniques used by this couple, as well as suggested techniques by many interviewed others, to experience romance in inspirational intimate ways.

• www.theactofmarriage.com: This is a website created for married couples to promote increased levels of communication and to help them restore or maintain healthy intimate relationships by opening the door to new experiences. At this web site you will find products for sale such as, lingerie, lubricants, massage oils and lotions, and games that will enhance the sexual experience between husband and wife. All of the lingerie is displayed on a mannequin so that no one should be tempted to lust upon or imagine anyone other than their spouse.

• www.the-generous-wife.com: This web site, created and maintained by Lori Byerly, offers a “generous daily tips” to women as a way of beginning to change the atmosphere in their marriages from one of distance to one of intimacy and mutual respect. It offers you the opportunity to sign up to receive daily ideas geared to bless your husband (a mix of practical, romantic/sexual and spiritual). As she says, “Use the ideas that will work for you and use the rest to spark your imagination in looking for ways to bless your husband.”

RESOURCE DESCRIPTIONS:

• 40 Unforgettable Dates with Your Mate. Creative Ways to Meet the Love Needs of Husbands and Wives -by Dr Gary and Barbara Rosberg (America’s Family Coaches). This is a companion book to the Rosbergs best-selling “The Five Love Needs of Men and Women.” It will give you everything you need to plan fun dates to meet your spouse’s needs. Each date idea offers: Creative suggestions for the date; preparation checklist, ideas to make the impact of the date last, questions to help you know your spouse’s needs. (Published by Tyndale House Publishers) Buy this book now.

• 52 Dates for You and Your Mate -by Dave and Claudia Arp. This is a book for those who want to make their marriage come alive with fun, laughter, and good times together. It contains: “Just for Fun Dates, Getting in Shape Dates, Romantic Dates, Do It Together Dates, Cheap and Easy Dates, ‘We’re Just Too Tired’ Dates, and the Best Dates from Marriage Alive Alumni. (Published by Thomas Nelson Publishers)

• 101 Ways to Romance Your Marriage… Enjoying a Passionate Life Together – by Debra White Smith. This book gives you a host of “I love you because” ideas and “how to wow your spouse” dates to help keep your love blazing. Romance author Debra Smith brings together romantic deeds that have gotten results so you can turn an ordinary marriage into an extraordinary love affair. (Published by Harvest House Publishers) Buy this book now.

• Romancing Your Husband… Enjoying a Passionate Life Together -by Debra White Smith. This book reveals how you can create a union others only dream about. Making Jesus an active part of your marriage to arranging fantastic romantic interludes, you’ll discover how to how to — make romance a reality — become a lover-wife, not a mother-wife — find freedom in forgiving — cultivate a sacred romance with God. (Published by Harvest House Publishers) Buy this book now.

• Simply Romantic Nights … Discover Intimacy in a New Light -with Dennis and Barbara Rainey. 12 simply romantic dates are planned for you by this resource. Inside are 24 sealed envelopes. Every month, you and your spouse will pick a romantic adventure —like “Monday Night Touch Football” or “Coffee, Tea, and Me” —to rekindle the flames of passion in your relationship. There’s even included a special anniversary celebration. Also included is a short book where various relationship experts explain how God generously gives sexual freedom to every married couple. There’s also a simple romance inventory which will light the way to deeper communication about intimate matters. (Published by Family Life www.familylife.com) Buy this book now.