I grew up in a home where my parents argued and I’m guessing it’s the reason I thought arguing was normal during the first seven years of my marriage. I thought all married couples argued — shoot I’d seen some of them have arguments. After seven years of marriage having at least one argument a week was commonplace. I remember having an argument with my husband the first week we met which is why I never thought it was important for me to try and change. I was like that when he met me and I wasn’t going to change.

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It’s a new month and what better time to commit to reading your Bible daily? No matter what season of life you are in you should be able to read at least one Bible verse a day. If you are too busy to read your Bible, you are far busier than God ever intended (Tweet This) The easiest way to build the habit of reading your Bible daily is to start small. Reading one verse per day is a great way to get in the word daily but in a way that won’t seem overwhelming. To make it even easier,

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Here’s some top secret 411. Each morning I start the day by asking God to order my steps. I’m the queen of to d0 list making and planning but over the years I’ve have learned how easy it is to get caught up doing busy work in lieu of HIS work. I don’t want to chase after goals and check off to do list unless they are absolutely in alignment with the plans God has for me. Because what’s the sense in having crossed everything off my to-do lists yet not be any closer to where God wants me to

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If I don’t tell you anything else I want you to know why prayer and bible reading is so important. You will not be, feel or get closer to God without spending time reading your Bible and talking to God. Seriously…it just won’t happen. God can use a variety of ways to communicate with us because He’s God however, He has given us two undeniable means that will work every single time. God does not desire that our relationship with Him nor the way in which we communicate with Him to be a mystery. In fact, He wants it to

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4 Ways to Improve Your Finances 1. Make a decision to trust God completely with your finances. Until you can trust and do everything His word says about your money, you will most like always struggle with a lack of it. 2. Begin to understand Gods position on money and how we as Christians should relate to it. The easiest way to figure out what God has to say about our money is by reading the Bible. I recently narrowed down the 20 verses Christians should know about money and how it relates to every decision we make. Once you

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If you’ve been following my blog A Proverbs Wife here or on social media for at least a year, you already know my family’s personal goal regarding debt. One of the ways we have managed to organize our finances and pay off all of our debt except the mortgage has been by using a cash based system. A cash based system simply means, we pay cash for everything we can. Most of our bills are paid via mail or online, but there are several spending categories which we can pay using cash. In today’s video, you’ll learn how I manage

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Tomorrow’s a new month and what better time to commit to reading your Bible daily? No matter what season of life you are in you should be able to read at least one Bible verse a day. If you are too busy to read your Bible, you are far busier than God ever intended (Tweet This) The easiest way to build the habit of reading your Bible daily is to start small. Reading one to three verses per day is a great way to get in the word daily but in a way that won’t seem overwhelming. To make it

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This is one of the most important acts of worship I do as a Christ follower. Carving out time for God is a deliberate act of worship that results in a marked difference in our character and behavior. Carving out time for God is a deliberate act of worship. CLICK HERE TO TWEET THIS When I look for successful people I look for several things. I look to see how they perform under pressure. Do they loose their temper easily or remain composed? I look at their demeanor for signs of internal peace or turmoil. If you really look you

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We have been celebrating biblical marriage in the APW Facebook community and from the over 200,000 comments left on the discussion, I know the A Proverbs Wife Community is filled with husbands and wives who love one another. I know how much I love my husband and how much he loves me so I added these “I Love My Husband” and “I Love My Wife” tees to the A Proverbs Wife Store. These make great Valentine’s Day gift idea so order ASAP so that you get it in time!! These are limited editions. I LOVE My Husband! (Click to Tweet This)

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I learned a valuable tip early in my marriage about building up my husband. My husband is already a confident man and was when I met him so I’m not talking about building up his esteem. I’m more so talking about building up his trust in me as one of his biggest supporters. As his wife I can either tear him down or build him up. There was a time when instead of encouraging him for where he was and where he had come from in terms if maturity in Christ, I would instead discourage him and focus on how

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There’s no better time than now to make a commitment to be a better mom. The words “better mom” will mean different things to different people. For me it will entail more patient mothering. In my role as mom I especially strive to gently correct my children and discipline without anger. There are instances where a stern tone is needed but I want to be even more intentional about using my gentle voice more often. So what am I doing to ensure I reach my goals? I’m reading my Bible everyday. I read something almost everyday that reminds me of

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Have you checked out the amazing tees in the A Proverbs Wife Store? First check out the Husband’s Best Asset pajama set which comes in black and white or pink and white. I am my husband’s best asset (Click to Tweet This) Then be sure to take a look at the Proverbs 31 Wife tees. You can order the “pink & black” or the all “all black” wording. There are several tee shirt styles to choose from including v-neck, scoop neck, maternity and even a Proverbs 31 Wife pajama set. Head over here and check out all of the great

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FREE Printable January Bible Reading Plan Tomorrow’s a new month and what better time to commit to reading your Bible daily? No matter what season of life you are in you should be able to read at least one Bible verse a day. If you are too busy to read your Bible, you are far busier than God ever intended (Tweet This) The easiest way to build the habit of reading your Bible daily is to start small. Reading one verse per day is a great way to get in the word daily but in a way that won’t seem

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  If your like me you’ve probably heard of a duvet and thought….must be a fancy name for a comforter. In fact…if your really anything like me you were thinking it was French for “comforter”. Well I was halfway right. The word “duvet” is French but it means “down” as in down comforter. So what is a duvet cover? A duvet cover is like a giant pillowcase for your down comforter. Duvet covers  either have a button or zipper enclosure on the bottom or top of the cover to hold the comforter in place. This I did not know until

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Tomorrow’s a new month and what better time to commit to reading your Bible daily? No matter what season of life you are in you should be able to read at least one Bible verse a day. If you are too busy to read your Bible, you are far busier than God ever intended (Tweet This) The easiest way to build the habit of reading your Bible daily is to start small. Reading one verse per day is a great way to get in the word daily but in a way that won’t seem overwhelming. To make it even easier,

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God is doing amazing things in my life through this blog!! Today I’m humbled to announce the official launch of my newest ebook  “30 Days of Soul Stirring Prayers for Wives and Moms“. When I wrote my last book “Remove from Me this Venomous Tongue — How to Stop Destroying Your Family with Your Words“, I was apprehensive and prayerful through every step of the process. It took me months to get it written and edited. It took me even more time to pray and make sure it’s what God was asking me to do. The writing this ebook “30

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I must say that my husband and I have a great system for organizing our bills. From the way we used to argue about how to manage the finances I could never have imagined we’d be on the same page using the same system. Early in our marriage I tried all kinds of elaborate systems especially those that included spreadsheets and programs but my husband hated them. He felt they were too time consuming and didn’t like having to boot up the computer every time we needed to manage our finances. As I learned more about his style I came

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Okay, here’s the deal. I bought this label maker a few months back and after that I that I was hot stuff. I love having things organized and I love making it easy for my family to help me keep the house organized. So back to this label maker…right. With it, I was labeling cabinet shelves, refrigerator shelves and everything. In some cases it was helping like here, here, here and here but then in other cases…not so much. But then…I decided to step it up a notch because stick on labels just wasn’t gonna cut it on everything. I wanted

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I have a confession: I sometimes miss my daily bible study. Occasionally, I slip and forget to pray! I really hate this. I never mean to. Plus, I love bible study! But honestly, from the moment I open my eyes to the moment I close them, I’m moving. I’m a full-time student, I have a family to care for, elderly grandparents who need me, a novel I’m writing, loved ones to keep up with…need I go on? I am sure many of my fellow sisters are going through the same thing. I want to encourage you (as well as myself)

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God is doing amazing things in my life through this blog!! In October I was able to complete my newest prayer devotional and I’m humbled and excited that it will be available on November 27th, 2013!! When I wrote my last book “Remove from Me this Venomous Tongue — How to Stop Destroying Your Family with Your Words“, I was apprehensive and prayerful through every step of the process. It took me months to get it written and edited. It took me even more time to pray and make sure it’s what God was asking me to do. The writing

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