Have fun reading the simple tips and advice for you and your partner to use.

Jimmy and Karen Evans provide some of the best marriage enrichment resources available today! They speak with humour and insight, blending God’s biblical design for marriage with intensely practical teaching.

Jimmy Evans is one of America 's leading experts on family and marriage relationships. He is founder and president of Marriage Today and co-host of Marriage Today with Jimmy and Karen, the marriage ministry and national award-winning broadcast that airs to millions of homes each week. A popular church and conference speaker, he has also authored a number of books, including Marriage on the Rock, Our Secret Paradise, and his newest release, The Fig Leaf Conspiracy. Jimmy and his wife, Karen, have two married children and three grandchildren.

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No, this is not a misspelling! A revolution is a resolution that will change your marriage (and by extension, your life!) if you put it into practice!

1. Make romance a regular part of your week.
   
   • Daily: Say, “I love you!” at least three times a day. Most people think they say this more than they actually do.
   • Daily: Practice “non-sexual touch”: a soft stroke or caress on the cheek, arm, or shoulder as you’re passing by says, “I acknowledge you and value you!”
   • Weekly: Written communication via email, “stick-it” note, love note, message on bathroom mirror or window, Facebook, hidden card in a lunch box, or slipped in a purse.

2. Rewind—dust off and use some old habits practiced during dating—and use them everyday!
   Some couples lose the flame in their relationship, because they’ve stopped kindling the fire!
   • Open the door for your wife! (both at home and at the car) .
   • Kiss your wife/ husband goodbye each time you leave home.
   • Hold hands and pray for each other before bed every night.
   • Call your wife/ husband during the day for no other reason than to keep in touch.
   • Practice the “4-minute rule”. Whenever you meet your spouse after work, take 4 minutes to connect—embrace, kiss, look each other in the eyes, give undivided attention and share mutual news.

3. Sit down together with your spouse and plan a weekend away as your own personal mini-marriage retreat!
   When finances are a limiting concern—be creative! Have the kids away for a weekend, and just stay home—but refuse to answer the phone, get distracted by email or Facebook, or watch TV! Use your time to focus on each other and reignite some sparks!
4. Read a marriage enrichment book together.
   Check out the resource page on our site for some great suggestions. Read aloud (take turns reading, even when going for a walk together) and make comments and suggestions how you might apply the material to your marriage relationship.
5. Take the 7-Day Sex Challenge.
   This 7 day mini course, taken at home through a downloadable eBook, will change your marriage! Based on six key, biblical concepts you will develop skills and experiences with which you can enhance your relationship. Check out 7 Day Sex Challenge.

Question: My wife and I, after 26 years of marriage, are living with over 200 miles of ocean between us so we only meet every three months because of ministerial commitments. I really miss her and sex very much. We talk on the phone three to four times per day, sometimes for very long. What can I do for sexual release that will not compromise my relationship with God?

Answer: Jesus told us (men) not to lust after women--visually or through fantasy. Masturbation--manually stimulating sexual organs to bring climax--most often occurs while fantasizing. Therefore, masturbation is usually sinful. However, in your situation engaging in "phone sex"--where both you and your wife are speaking in erotic fashion with each other, and mutually masturbating, would be appropriate, in our opinion.

You may have heard about software programs (Skype for example) where you are able to actually talk over the computer. The addition of a webcam actually makes visual and spoken communication possible--and new opportunities to sexually satisfy each other over the phone!

This sort of long-distance foreplay and phone sex is a way to experience intimacy together with your wife--as odd as it may feel at first. Of course, your wife's agreement is necessary; however, there is no Scriptural or moral reason why this would be wrong. You are expressing your need and love for each other, and are mutually caring for each other in new ways--at a distance.

The book, "The Sexually Confident Wife", by Shannon Ethridge (aimed at a Christian audience) contains the story of a wife who composed a special book for her husband of erotic photography--of herself! If any other man looked at this book, it would be pornography. For her husband, this book was an expression of love and passion prepared by his wife (his lover!) for him to enjoy--especially when they were apart!

All this to say, there is much latitude between what a husband and wife can do in expressing sexual desire for each other--and satisfying it!