Every one of us has tremendous power to either build others up or tear them down through the words we speak every day, and nowhere is this more evident than in our marriages. Are you being purposeful in how you use the power of your words to speak encouragement, strength, and love--breathing life into the heart of your spouse? Or are careless words having a negative impact on your marriage and on the heart of the one you love most?

Matt and Lisa Jacobson want you and your spouse to discover the powerful ways you can build one another up in love with the words that you choose to say every day--words that every husband and wife need to hear. These books offer you 100 Things to say to your husband or wife that deeply encourage, affirm, and inspire. Start speaking these words into each other's lives and watch your spouse--and your relationship--transform before your eyes.

Easily strengthen your marriage with the affirmation and relationship that your husband needs and desires in 30 easy, affordable, and practical ways. Based on biblical elements, "The Blessing" isn't just another marriage tip or formulait's a powerful, yet simple, biblical concept that will strengthen all your relationships.

Why is it so challenging to create and keep meaningful friendships?

Amanda Anderson provides the wise and witty answers, giving practical advice and sharing personal stories to guide us toward the kinds of friendships we long for. Blending faith-based insights and psychological truths, All My Friends Have Issues is a liberating guide to finding and becoming an authentic and encouraging friend.

"Anderson becomes the friend we've always needed and, in the process, helps us become a better friend."

--Elisa Morgan, president emerita of MOPS International, speaker, and author of The Beauty of Broken

"Be ready to laugh and then to learn as Amanda shares her weaknesses and foibles in her relationships with herself and her friends."

--David Stoop, PhD, clinical psychologist and author of You Are What You Think

"A captivating and often hilarious book."

--Milan and Kay Yerkovich, authors of How We Love and How We Love Our Kids

"Fun and informative. . . . A book I highly recommend!"

--Debbie Alsdorf, speaker and author of It's Momplicated and The Faith Dare

"Warm, funny, authentic, and relatable."

--Vivian Mabuni, speaker and author of Open Hands, Willing Heart

From a two-time nationally award winning sexuality researcher - The Art of Intimate Marriage. God's plan for sexual intimacy in marriage is the work of a Master artist and genuine intimacy is like a beautiful masterpiece. Your marriage is going well but you want to make your sex life better and you're looking for help on how to do that. You want to know what God has to say about how to build a fulfilling sexual intimacy in your marriage. Your sexual relationship has been full of pain, discouragement, and frustration and you need some answers. You have some medical issues that are making sex difficult and you would like to rekindle experiencing mutually pleasurable sex. For these issues and more, The Art of Intimate Marriage provides direction and guidance on how to get there. Creating that masterpiece may mean learning God's view of sex, gaining life-giving intimacy skills, and figuring out how to work through conflict in a way that creates deeper connection. It may also mean overcoming things in your background, healing things in your marriage, or dealing with those medical challenges. We have the opportunity to have a deeper understanding of God's loving heart through being deeply known and erotically bonded with our spouse. The Art of Intimate Marriage gives us a road map to experience growth toward a more rewarding, spiritual sexual relationship.

Everyone has expectations, but not everyone acknowledges them. In marriage, unrecognized expectations can be especially dangerous--when couples expect each other to be and act a certain way without communicating their assumptions, disappointment is never too far away. Now, relationship expert Gary Smalley and his pastor and friend Ted Cunningham show couples how to defuse the ticking bomb of unrealistic expectations and arm their marriage with healthy communication and honest intimacy. As Long as We Both Shall Live will help couples acknowledge their unexpressed assumptions, understand one another's genuine needs, and talk openly about their hopes and desires. Women and men will find the tools they need to build lasting and loving marriages.