Agape Marriage Connection

In this show from our series: Sticks and Stones, How Our Words Matter, we take a look at how to correct our course without being coarse! Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection look through God's Word and help us with a biblical application of everyday life scenarios! 

Are you so comfortable with your spouse that you say whatever you want whenever you want? Does your spouse speak nicer to complete strangers than they do to you? Every couple and every person has a different threshold for sarcasm, joking, or “transparent” words in our conversations. If you've fallen into the "Buddy Trap" tune in today to Agape Marriage Connection with Mike and Laurie Sheffield where they discuss what it means to care enough to confront. 

We all go into marriage with plans and dreams about how wonderful married life will be. We expect our new spouse to want and desire everything the same as ourselves. Family dinners will always be fun, and you will equally share parenting of your children and household chores. If you like vacations in the sun so will your spouse...right? Today on Agape Marriage Connection with Mike and Laurie Sheffield, they will discuss expectations in marriage verses demands.

Today on Agape Marriage Connection Mike and Laurie Sheffield give us four core principles that can be easily applied to build your marriage up! If you would like to have a stronger, healthier, Christ centered marriage, tune in and hear what God has to say through His People, His Word and His Spirit at Agape Marriage Connection! 

Do your words alone matter? It's actions that follow our words that make a difference. Just saying you want to be strong doesn't make you strong. Today Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection explain to us why it's the same with healing words in our marriages.

The words we use can cut like a knife or can heal broken hearts better than surgery! Today on Agape Marriage Connection, Mike & Laurie Sheffield share just how important our words are, not only to our spouse, but to God too!  

We all wonder if we are not communicating clearly to others when the response isn't what we hope for or expect. Join Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection to find applicable ways to be known and heard.

Each of us has an innate desire to be known by our spouse. When we don't get their coffee order right or know the name of their best friend from High School does it matter? Join in on the conversation today with  Agape Marriage Connection as Mike & Laurie Sheffield explain how to truly "KNOW" your spouse. 

Communication in marriage can be tricky. We should be able to talk about anything with the person that we will spend the rest of our life with. Why then is communication so hard?  Today on Agape Marriage Connection, Mike & Laurie Sheffield take a look at God's Word and what it has to say about communication.

Does your spouse like basketball and you love cooking shows? How can you be good companions if you don't even like the same stuff? Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection share with us some ideas about the importance of being good companions. Using God's Word, and relying on His Spirit for insight in today's episode. 

Selfishness is something we all know, but do we admit when it's our own attitude? In marriage there really isn't room for selfishness. Tune in today to Agape Marriage Connection with Mike & Laurie Sheffield and hear what God's Word has to tell us about this "self defeating" attitude.

Our tongues may be a small part of our body, but they can build up or tear down with one wag! Join Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection has they help every marriage extinguish those "tongue fires"! 

Is simply saying' "I'm sorry" enough? Can you forgive with out hearing those words? Forgiveness isn't an easy subject. But today on Agape Marriage Connection, Mike & Laurie Sheffield wrestle with what God's Word has to say about this life changing word.

How important is intimacy in your marriage? Join Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection  as they talk about this glue that is vital in marriages and holds them together!

Hearing-Listening-Knowing. Is there a difference? Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection take some time today to explain how they're each different and why it's important to understand those differences in our marriages!  

Have you ever wondered if your spouse is really listening or even cares about what you're saying? We all want to be heard...but more importantly-known!  Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection have a humorous and fun way to help us understand the need to be heard, and to help us teach our spouses how they don't even have to turn up their hearing aids to understand us!

We all have a "go-to" response when we are under pressure or backed into a corner. Pressure cookers explode if left in high pressure mode too long. Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection share with us some better "fight" tactics, by using His Word, and relying on His Spirit to help with this in today's episode. 

Fighting for your spouse looks very different than fighting with your spouse!  Join Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection as they look at the difference and encourage you to build up your team though God's Word! 

We all have road blocks that we put in place to guard our hearts from getting too close. But how does this hinder our ability to truly be “in” our relationships? Join Mike & Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection as they dive into God's Word to hear what He has to say about this!

Mike and Laurie Sheffield of Agape Marriage Connection share ways to build your marriage through His Word.