Wow! We are honored to have had over 2030 marriages represented in our survey over the past two years until today. The results of our survey are not statistically accurate, but do provide general “ball-park” information: snap-shots, if you will, of the health of the marriages of the respondents.

Our survey inquires into four separate areas of intimacy:

• intellectual
• spiritual
• sexual
• emotional

In other words, the need for developing intimacy is paramount!

By the end of this month, we will be offering a new eBook to all of our readers, entitled Intimacy 101: a Primer (Including 60 Ways to Develop Intimacy). This book will be a practical help to anyone who wants to enhance spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and sexual intimacy! Watch our blog for more details.

Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God [What Every Christian Husband Needs to Know] by C.J. Mahaney

“We’ll see that, above all else, marriage is spiritual…”

Chapter One: Great Sex to the Glory of God! The author reminds us that God thought we needed some teaching in Scripture on sex. As we apply what we learn from God's Word, we’re going to be led into increasingly rich, erotic, holy, satisfying, God-glorifying encounters with our spouse!

Other chapters include:

• The Divine Purpose for Your Marriage: A profound mystery, revealed for all to see
• Learning, Leading, and Loving: Before you touch her body, touch her heart and mind
• How to Make it Happen: Seven surefire ways to kindle romance
• The Language of Romance: Winning your wife with carefully composed words
• The Gift of Marital Intimacy: A holy immersion in erotic joy
• Strong as Death: The enduring power of covenant love

What a cool book! C.J. brings us to the point where we see that God invented marriage and sex and intimacy—and He has designed marriage to become heaven on earth!

Hey! We've all heard the saying that April showers bring May flowers, and so let's hope that the truth here is not lost on us when it comes to our marriages!

Are we showering our relationships to produce a harvest of beautiful flowers? Try the following to shower care, love, and joy on your relationship this month! Do one or more of these every day remaining in April. If you do, May will be an awesome month! :)

1. Look for Encouraging Things to Say to Your Spouse: Three times each day, look for an opportunity to say something uplifting and encouraging to your spouse in response to one of their actions, attitudes, or words! Thank them, praise them, appreciate them!
2. Leave Written Notes Around the House where your spouse will find them. "Post-it! Notes" are great for this--and small written expressions of love can go a long, long way! [It is disappointing that less than 17% of our 2000+ intimacy survey respondents agree with the statement "My spouse surprises me with loveletters, small gifts, and other expressions of romance." ]
3. Listen To Yourself Talk! Are you negative, pessimistic, or melancholy in how you communicate with your spouse? Make a decision to ramp up your hope, optimism, and joy! The Lord will help you, too! Start by writing out statements of hope and joy about your marriage--and pin them, post them, and paint them everywhere you can! (Remember February's e-zine tip: window markers used on the mirror?)
   • My husband rocks!
   • Our marriage is getting better and better!
   • My marriage is hot and holy!