Quotes from Jimmy Evans

God's love is steady and relentless. It is unchanging and unconditional. It is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. God's love is agape love, the kind of love that says, "I'm going to stay true to you until the end of time, no matter what you do, no matter how I feel, no matter how strained our relationship becomes. I will never leave you nor forsake you. You are mine, and I am yours, and our relationship is an eternal one.

People always believe that they are able to be objective, especially when it comes to relationships, yet very few are truly capable of

People always believe that they are able to be objective, especially when it comes to relationships, yet very few are truly capable of it.

There is a godly way to date, and that is what you want your relationship to look like if you are seeking God's guidance and direction. God speaks when we are obedient. That's

For marriage to work, couples need to share the same basic views and expectations, have similar value systems, and a compatible set of goals and desires for the future.

Our love is fleeting and fickle. It is based more on emotion than determination. It is almost always conditional and undependable, and can change as often as the tides.

But God's love is steady and relentless. It is unchanging and unconditional. It is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. God's love is agape love, the kind of love that says, "I'm going to stay true to you until the end of time, no matter what you do, no matter how I feel, no matter how strained our relationship becomes. I will never leave you nor forsake you. You are mine, and I am yours, and our relationship is an eternal one.

You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should.

ANGRY AND EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE Anger and emotional instability ruled King Saul. He suffered from demon-inspired fits of rage to the point that he would try to kill David. Saul once tried to pin him against a wall with a spear (1 Samuel 18:11). We all feel anger, but when it controls our lives, then it becomes an opportunity for the devil.

For the rest of your life, you must work every day at your marriage for it to be rewarding and healthy.

Regardless of how you feel, don't let your emotions lead you to wrong decisions

The only way to get rid of a problem for good is to solve it—not ignore it or divorce it.

A wife who desires to successfully communicate with her husband must encrypt every word to him with this tone: You are a good man. I'm proud of you, and I'm so proud to be your wife. You have what it takes, and I believe in you. When words to him are spoken with that tone, it meets his deepest need for honor as it values and comforts him.

Truth without love is like surgery without anesthesia. Love without truth is like a cheerleader without a team. But truth in love is medicine. It is meaningful, and it is the only way communication can be effective and cause growth in relationships.

Defensiveness shuts down honesty and keeps truth from being expressed.

need to say something like this to our spouses if there is going to be a genuine atmosphere of truth and openness: "Honey, I want to be the best spouse I can be, and I want our marriage to grow. I want you to know that if there is anything I'm doing or not doing that is bothering you, I want you to share it with me. I may not agree with everything you say, but I will validate it, and we will talk things out.

plan as though Jesus is not returning for a hundred years and live as though Jesus is returning today.

The same is true for wives. How do you know you are a good wife unless your husband tells you that you are? If you are defensive and feel threatened by your husband's input, you won't meet his needs and won't fulfill your role in his life. Let him tell his truth to you without losing his dignity. Let him know that he is your number one priority in life, except for Jesus, and being a good wife to him is one of your highest goals in life.

Therefore, for needs to be met and mutual satisfaction to be achieved in any marriage, one element must be present in both spouses—a servant spirit.

The only One who can predict the future with absolute certainty is the One who controls it