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"We Were Headed For Divorce!" FREE After 6 years of marriage, a couple was headed for divorce but came to the Love and Respect Conference. Then, a year later they came back to a second conference. The last 12 months had been the best of their whole married life! Husbands Want to Talk About Love and Respect FREE A secret is revealed by God in Ephesians 5:33! For the wife, this message motivates her husband to talk more. For the husband, this message puts a voice and vocabulary to his feelings which enables him to better communicate the depth of his heart. Her Husband Had Tears In His Eyes As He Listened to Emerson FREE A wife relates the incredible experience she and her husband had at the Love and Respect Conference. Her husband was fully engaged in the material. "I Can Honestly Say That Seminar Changed My Life." FREE On the verge of divorce, and not being helped through counseling, they heard the teaching about Love and Respect. That information changed their lives forever, as he expressed it. Husbands Are Interested in Marriage FREE The Love and Respect message feels fair and balanced to husbands. This is resulting in husbands moving toward their wives to talk about the marriage. When I Feel Like I Am Going Under FREE Would Joey Paul go under in his attempt to care for his wife? May you be blessed from this true account. Montana Hunting Guide Forgoes Opening Day! FREE Later, after the conference, he set a world record by taking one of the biggest bulls in the world with his bow! Husbands Gladly Watch Marriage Videos FREE Find out how a group of wives expressed themselves to their husbands resulting in the men wanting to watch the video series on Love and Respect. Works almost every time! How One Couple Successfully Applies Pink and Blue FREE My family life was quite good before we met you however my wife, Maryann, and I have used some of your insights to catch those inevitable moments that couples seem to find themselves in. A Changed Couple FREE One week after my 30th bithday I left my husband. Although I had been raised in a Christian home, I had turned from God at the age of 16 and began a long a difficult period of rebellion. What a Difference a Year Can Make After Adultery! FREE We both realized that in 20 years together we had not shown each other love and respect because we didn't have all the tools necessary to consistently live this in our lives. "I Learned Why I Argue With My Wife!" A husband wrote, "My wife and I heard things that explained why we argue, the way we do and why we feel the way we feel, that were so accurate they seemed prophetic." Why Do Some Husbands Pull Back From Marriage Conferences? Does the Bible teach that husbands are less interested in marriage than wives? It does not. Yet, I was a pastor-teacher who believed for years that husbands were disinterested if not brain dead when it came to marriage. I discovered something that has encouraged both men and women. It Was the Most Eye Opening Weekend of My Life The Love and Respect Message Can Make an Incredible Impact. But just as suddenly, couples can return to their destructive habits. A Female Counselor Says, "I Had No Idea Men Felt This Way." She is a counselor. What she heard at the Love and Respect Conference was eye-opening for her. She said, "Thank you for changing the course of our marriage." How One Husband Surprised His Wife On Valentine's Day At the Love and Respect Conference, we share with the husbands that a wife is energized in huge ways by little, thoughtful things. A husband may think he is scoring 10 points by doing something which to him is little, like writing one sentence in a card expressing his love. That, though, is worth 100,000 points. On the heels of an argument, he can purchase his wife the new car she needed. The timing is suspect and he goes into the hold 200,000 points. Why is this? Her Husband Would Not Come to the Conference A wife came to the Love and Respect Conference alone because her husband refused to attend. Find out what happened! Very Close to Getting a Divorce The Love and Respect Message can help couples see what is going wrong in their marriage. A Wife Says, "If I Knew Then What I Know Now." When a wife learns one vocabulary word, things change. For the Sake of the Children Kids are crying themselves to sleep tonight, and some are even wetting their beds, because mommy and daddy are fighting. Emerson is wanting to get this messsage of love and respect to couples so that they can experience the peace that comes from this message. Is There Something in the Man's Nature Needing Respect? Do husbands feel their need to feel respected for who they are - especially when in conflict with their wives - fits their personality? A Husband and Wife "Get It." He shares his discovery about each's basic needs. She shares how God was preparing her heart to hear the truths about love and respect in marriage. Do We Really Understand Husbands? Have we understood husbands? He Said, "It Helped Me Understand Myself" If many men lose touch with why they negatively react, the wives certainly won't figure it out! If there is a mist in the pulpit, there is a fog in the pew! She Had Never Considered the Idea of Respect If we have heard it once, we've heard it hundreds of times from wives. "This is so foreign." I Feel Like I Received a Precious Gift She always wanted to meet her husband's deepest needs but didn't understand what that deepest need was. I Felt A Little Afraid Having a great marriage, she still felt a little afraid of the changes that were being encouraged. "You Placed In Our Hands As Ladies..." A woman sensed that some marriage conferences focused on what a husband is to do toward his wife. Why would a wife be frustrated by this? A Wife Says, "A 'New' Approach" What have many wives been hearing these past 25 years? A Wife Says It Took Her "To a Deeper Level" Even When a Sprinkler System Is Involved! Hear what she learned during the repair of their sprinkler system and when her husband clams up! "Proving to Be the Missing Ingredient" A wife discovers how to stop muddling through her 20 year marriage! A Divorced Man Wishes He Had Heard This Earlier Many people are in pain over their past divorce. Please hear the heart of one father. She Was On the Edge of an Affair With a Man On the Internet A wife writes, "I started drifting away from him (her husband), giving up on us and not even wanting to try anymore myself. I was convinced that he didn't love me or the kids and would be better off without us. I began to really get sick of just "co-existing" he may be comfortable with that, but I wanted more. I wanted to be in love and not feel so trapped all the time..." A Man of God Vowed Never To Go To Another Marriage Seminar! Another husband - a dedicated missionary - no longer wanted to go to still another marriage seminar. Why are these good willed men feeling this way? He Suggested We All Go SHOPPING Together!! A wife did the "respect test" and what her husband did in response blew her away! He not only suggested they go shopping, he expressed something that meant the world to her. It Was Like a Light Bulb Went Off They were on the crazy cycle but didn't know it was explained and defined. "It was like a light bulb went off showing us what we were doing over and over again. We walked away from that conference changed!!!" How A Wife Saved Her Vacation From an Emotional Disaster! "My husband and I were having a VERY difficult time communicating... and when it looked like there was no possible breakthrough (as in impending disaster for the trip), I immediately thought, “What could I do that would communicate respect?” He Changed in the Face of Her Respect! A wife exclaims, "I realized that he was motivated to change when HE DIDN’T WANT TO LOSE MY RESPECT!!!!!" Find out what she discovered. She Understands Why Her Husband Was Silent Many wives feel their husband's silence is unloving. But is that what is going on inside of him? A Wife Missed the Key Element to Her Husband Wives are wonderful. They are so transparent. One wife acknowledges that her focus had been in one area and she had overlooked an aspect of her marriage that was fundamental to her husband. A Wife Hears Something She Describes as "WHAMO!" Having attended the Love and Respect Marriage conference, a wife writes, "Then, out of the blue, WHAMO! I realized half of what you were saying all night had been going right over my nodding head." Read what she says was transforming. His Demeanor Changed Right Before My Very Eyes! A wife does "The Respect Test!" She Listened Two Hours To What a Husband Needs and Missed It! After hearing the Love and Respect Message for over two hours, a wife turned to her husband and said, "I love you." Find out what one husband did in response to her comment. She Wrote a Respect Card and Was Blown Away! Wives say again and again, "This respect thing is so foreign but, ok, I'll give it a try." One thing Emerson has the wives do is to write a "Respect Card." This gal was stunned and wrote a letter to tell us what happened. She Had Read What the Bible Said About Respecting Husbands Most Christian wives have read Ephesians 5:33. There it instructs husbands to love their wives and wives to respect their husbands. But such women say, "I read about respect but didn't really understand what it meant. I guess I felt if he loved me, I'd show him respect." Why Do Some Wives Focus on the Husband's Negative Features? A wife realized how crucial it was to see the good in her good willed husband. When she did this, she realized something to her that was profound. A Wife Exclaims, "You Truly Do Have The Code" A wife writes, "this past weekend we had a 5 hour trip to Chicago and back, and we listened to 2 of the CD's. I did what Emerson suggested. I asked: 'Is this how you feel?' and my hubby said, 'Yeah, that is how I feel.' I had all the light bulbs going off in my brain. Talk To Me! Look at Me! Listen to Me! No, I Don't Want to Drop it! What if a husband does not look at you while talking? What does it mean if during an argument a husband says, "Drop it. Forget it!?" What does a man feel when bombarded with the day's problems right when he comes home? "Here Dear Husband Read this Book on Being a Good Father!" What does a man feel when handed a book on marriage or on parenting? Some receive this quite well. Others process it in the same way as a wife interprets her husband when he hands her a diet book. This testimony of this wife explains what we mean. A Pastor's Letter of Endorsement for the Conference Rev. Jeff Brown is the Great Lakes District Superintendent for the Christian and Missionary Alliance A Pastor Endorses the Love and Respect Conference "I have attended a number of marriage conferences over the years, and while all of them were beneficial I would rank Love and Respect at the very top of the list." The Husband Choked Back His Tears A husband felt understood after the Love and Respect Conference and became vulnerable before his wife. She was elated with what she discovered and how this has removed the major problems from their marriage. She Grew Up In the Heat of the Women's Lib Movement After listening to the Love and Respect message, she felt like someone had finally thrown the light switch on her marriage and her husband. Her Marriage Was Saved From Divorce Her husband had moved out and filed for divorce. As she, then he, watched the Love and Respect Conference on video, a life changing event happened. Not only is their marriage back together, they desire to serve their local community by hosting a Love and Respect Conference. Interestingly, this happened because one person reached out to this wife with the DVDs! What If Our Backgrounds Are Messed Up? Married young? Lost a parent when a teen? Lost a sibling to a horrible death? Alcoholism? One Pastor Fears the Women of His Church One pastor showed the video series to his congregation with very positive responses. The Love and Respect message had changed the marriage of one of his clients he counseled. Another of his clients wanted to show the series in his church but said his pastor was afraid of the women. Is this a message women reject and do not wish to hear? A Good Marriage Just Got Better God desired to mature our marriage relationship. Your prayers helped to open our hearts. |
