Quotes from Jim Burns

Love is a feeling; romance is love in action."*

Avoidance is like feeding a monster that will come alive and plan a future attack, but this monster will lose power when it is brought out into the light.

DO YOUR KIDS A FAVOR: LOVE YOUR SPOUSE

Far too many couples settle for mediocrity in their marriage when they would never settle for second-best in other areas of their life.

We want to issue a challenge to you: Pray together for your marriage each day for sixty days. If sixty days seems too long, commit to thirty.

prayer "is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

If the devil can't make you bad, he will make you busy.

The only thing that a critical spirit, nagging, and negativity bring to a relationship is lack of intimacy. Many people were raised in homes where "shame-based parenting" was the rule rather than the exception. For many, there is a natural tendency to focus on the negative side of life, but that just doesn't work in relationships. There is incredible power in encouragement and affirmation. Mark Twain once said, "I can live two months on one good compliment.

Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is.