Agape Marriage Connection

We all shy away from anyone that tries to rule over us. How does that work in marriage? Should husbands make all the decisions and a wife just sit idly by? Join Mike and Laurie sheffield today as they discus what God's Word has to say about Colossians 3:23-24, and how we can live this out...with out being a doormat? 

How does what we hear and see in this world change our hearts? On today's show Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage tackle the beast of what pornography does to our hearts and our marriages. Was pornography around in the Bible? What does God have to say about this "modern" epidemic? 

How can we serve someone else and live happily ever after? Join Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage and hear if this is possible! 

You can be married happily ever after, but there are a few things necessary for this to take place, and none of the things has anything to do with riding off into the sunset in a pumpkin carriage! Join Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection for this fun and lively marriage discussion today!  

We need to study and continually learn our spouse. This week on Agape Marriage Connection, Mike and Laurie Sheffield discuss ways to continually study and really get to know them...forever!

Expectations in our marriages can either build us up or really wreck us! Today Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection encourage us to Date Our Mates without expectations.   

Why is dating our mate important? Because with life and kids... It's easy to loose that feeling that you ad when you first met. Join Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection today and hear how to keep the romance in your marriage alive! 

If you create monumental milestones, celebrate! Make a mountain out of a mole hill! Marriage monuments should be celebrated. Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage share some monumental marriages tips!

It's never to early or too late to date your mate if you're both still breathing!! Invite them out. Make it an adventure! Dating can seem "unnecessary", or life is just too busy. But Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection challenge you to "take your spouses breath away!" and date, date ,date your mate!

It seems if we get knocked down, we're going to get knocked out. Especially when life comes at us with the tough "stuff" in rapid succession! Join Agape Marriage Connection Today, with Mike and Laurie Sheffield as they talk with their good friends and Pastor James Harms and his wife, author and speaker, Kay Harms. When your marriage gets knocked down, you can get back up again!

Many couples expect romance to just happen, but we have found that being intentional in pursuing your spouse is the key to rekindling romance. When was he last time you went on a real date with your spouse? By "real", we mean, intentional. Not just that you happened to find 5 minutes with no one around and seized the moment, but planned and anticipated a date with each other. Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection share why and when this is crucial for EVERY marriage.

Often we think once we've "got our spouse" the mission ends. After we marry the woman or man we love, the most exciting and rewarding work is over. Marriage is somehow viewed as the destination, the payoff, the final credits we don't think about HOW they lived happily ever after!  But this view can only be true if the wedding day is the end instead of the beginning of pursuing your mate!  Join Mike & Laure Sheffield of AgapeMarriage.org and see where the Bible tells us something different.

Sometimes we blow it with the ones we love. Often it feels impossible to resolve. Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage discuss what you can do if this has happened to you or someone you know! 

Today Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage share the second part of a talk they did at Portland Community Church from The book of Ephesians, titled Facebook Reel or Real Healthy Marriage. Join them as they discuss what good communication in marriage looks like and challenge us by asking, "if we're living out the very best version of the marriage God intended for us to have."

Everyone of us looks at the lawn across the street or next door and wishes ours looked as good. So it's no surprise in this era of posts and tweets, that we all desire something that our neighbor has, because we decide it MUST be so much better. If everyone could just "swipe right" with regards to how awesome our children and  our home, our vacations and our parties are. Why do we seek that as affirmation? Join Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection as they share their hearts for a world that looks to God's Word BEFORE checking Instagram and FB!

We all desire Unity in our families. Most specifically in our marriages and with our children. Often we are so convinced that if everyone around us would change, then everything would be better. On today's episode, Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection take a look at the wise words of the apostle Paul, and see how he lays out the nuts and bolts of building a house that is undivided! 

  How much more united would we be either as spouses, parents or friends to others if we tried to measure up to Christ’s standard. Today Mike & Laurie Sheffield, of Agape Marriage Connection, look at Ephesians 4 where the Apostle Paul is talking to church members about how good unity is for families.  The power of the Holy Spirit joins us to our children with a power that is stronger than ANY family tie.   As we attain more unity we build up each other, we grow up, and we measure up to His standard.      

Can silence be golden? Our words are one of the most important and essential building blocks to a healthy marriage.  Words can build us up or tear us down. But is there ever a time that we can complicate the situations we face with our spouse or our circle of influence by over-communicating?  “When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.” – Proverbs 10:19 On today's show Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection discuss why Solomon calls his readers to pursue wisdom rather than foolishness, and sometimes that may be in the form of silence! 

The Apostle Paul cautions Jesus followers, specifically dad's, about exasperating or frustrating our loved ones. Join Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection and learn the value of nurturing and feeding them instead.

So often in marriage we have expectations that we either over exaggerate or we completely understate! Which camp are you and your spouse in? Today Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection talk through what God's Word has to say about our expectancy with regards to others and with Him!