God bless!Īlmost Immediately Our Marriage Began to be Restored Check out our menu - especially the testimonies. Through personal enrichment, they go on to minister to others in small groups. From our research, those attending the Love and Respect conference, watching the Love and Respect DVD in small groups, or reading the Love and Respect resources, are experiencing understanding, forgiveness, reconciliation, change, and hope. These two words surface in social research and the bible (Ephesians 5:33) as the two key ingredients for a successful marriage. Each cycle centers on two concepts: love and respect. Even those who feel hopeless in their relationships will gain understanding on how to handle an indifferent or unresponsive partner (the rewarded cycle). They will also learn how to motivate each other by meeting each other's need (the energizing cycle). Men and women will learn how to resolve conflict, dealing with the negative reactions (the crazy cycle). We asked 7,000 people this question: when you are in a conflict with your spouse or significant other, do you feel unloved or disrespected? 83% of the men said 'disrespected.' 72% of the women said, 'unloved.' Though we all need love and respect equally, the felt need differs during conflict, and this difference is as different as pink is from blue! We conduct conferences and provide resources to the married, divorced, separated, dating and single. Research reveals that during marital conflict a husband most often reacts when feeling disrespected and a wife reacts when feeling unloved. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.What is Love and Respect? We believe love best motivates a woman and respect most powerfully motivates a man. I believe You will empower me, bless me, and even reward me for my effort as I approach marriage as unto You. I thank You in advance for helping me take the next loving or respectful step in my marriage. Finally, I believe that You hear my prayer, and I anticipate Your response. I know there is no credit for loving or respecting when doing so is easy. I especially ask You to put respect or love in my heart when I feel unloved or disrespected. Now prepare me this day for those inevitable moments of conflict. Thank You for helping me both understand this truth and realize that my greatest reward will come from being a spouse as unto You. After all, this marriage is ultimately about You and me. Lord, I also ask You to fill my heart with love and reverence for You. I’m seeing myself and my spouse in a whole new light, and I will appreciate my spouse as being different, not wrong.

I will not be fearful or angry at You or my spouse. And help me to forgive my spouse for being unloving or disrespectful toward me. First, please forgive me for the times I’ve been unloving or disrespectful. I cannot love or respect perfectly, but I know You hear me when I ask You for help.

“A Prayer of Commitment Dear Father, I need You.

Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs