Of all the things Chip’s ever taught about marriage, the tool he shares in this program is priceless. Actually, he’ll tell you he paid good money for it, when he and Theresa had very little! But it’s a communication technique that’s brought them through the ups and downs of all the years and been what helped them endure even the hardest days.

Introduction:

• Biblical practice #1: Serve your mate -John 13
• Biblical practice #2: Plan together -John 14
• Biblical practice #3: Connect with each other -John 15

How do we stay connected?

1. Jesus is the true vine and we are the branches. He is the source of life.
2. Fruitfulness – an extraordinary life with extraordinary impact.
3. Love results in heartfelt obedience.
4. The result of abiding is intimacy and it results in supernatural joy.

Principles:

1. You can’t impart what you do not possess. You must ABIDE in Him to have His love to give to your mate.
2. Connection is built on COMMUNICATION – quality and quantity of time spent with one another.
3. JOY is the fruit or the overflow of connection with Christ and with one another. It will SUSTAIN you.

Practical implications:

1. Your personal walk with God is critical to a great marriage.
2. The key to a joyful marriage is communication skill and practice.
3. The connection is of the mind, the body, the emotions, and the spirit.

Tools for transformation:

• “The conference”
• Pray and ask God to speak to him/her -Proverbs 21:1
• The CARE list – “I feel most loved when you…”

Broadcast Resource

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Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

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What sustains a marriage? What brings energy and health? Life and joy? Maybe those words are in your distant past and your marriage hasn’t known them for years. Maybe your marriage is strong and you’d really like to keep it that way. In this program, Chip explains that “connection” is the key. How do you get - or stay - connected in a way that’ll last? Don’t miss this one.

Introduction:

• Biblical practice #1: Serve your mate -John 13
• Biblical practice #2: Plan together -John 14
• Biblical practice #3: Connect with each other -John 15

How do we stay connected?

1. Jesus is the true vine and we are the branches. He is the source of life.
2. Fruitfulness – an extraordinary life with extraordinary impact.
3. Love results in heartfelt obedience.
4. The result of abiding is intimacy and it results in supernatural joy.

Principles:

1. You can’t impart what you do not possess. You must ABIDE in Him to have His love to give to your mate.
2. Connection is built on COMMUNICATION – quality and quantity of time spent with one another.
3. JOY is the fruit or the overflow of connection with Christ and with one another. It will SUSTAIN you.

Practical implications:

1. Your personal walk with God is critical to a great marriage.
2. The key to a joyful marriage is communication skill and practice.
3. The connection is of the mind, the body, the emotions, and the spirit.

Tools for transformation:

• “The conference”
• Pray and ask God to speak to him/her -Proverbs 21:1
• The CARE list – “I feel most loved when you…”

Broadcast Resource

• Download MP3
• Message Notes

Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

Connect

• 888-333-6003
• Website
• Chip Ingram App
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

Partner With Us

• Donate Online
• 888-333-6003

The honeymoon’s over, the glow is gone, and married life can seem pretty harsh after a while. Is there a way to connect with your mate in a way that rekindles the flame? Is there a way to change the way you communicate that helps you actually look forward to talking and spending time together? Join Chip as he shares a communication technique that helped save his marriage and has kept it strong ever since.

Introduction:

• Biblical practice #1: Serve your mate -John 13
• Biblical practice #2: Plan together -John 14
• Biblical practice #3: Connect with each other -John 15

How do we stay connected?

1. Jesus is the true vine and we are the branches. He is the source of life.
2. Fruitfulness – an extraordinary life with extraordinary impact.
3. Love results in heartfelt obedience.
4. The result of abiding is intimacy and it results in supernatural joy.

Principles:

1. You can’t impart what you do not possess. You must ABIDE in Him to have His love to give to your mate.
2. Connection is built on COMMUNICATION – quality and quantity of time spent with one another.
3. JOY is the fruit or the overflow of connection with Christ and with one another. It will SUSTAIN you.

Practical implications:

1. Your personal walk with God is critical to a great marriage.
2. The key to a joyful marriage is communication skill and practice.
3. The connection is of the mind, the body, the emotions, and the spirit.

Tools for transformation:

• “The conference”
• Pray and ask God to speak to him/her -Proverbs 21:1
• The CARE list – “I feel most loved when you…”

Broadcast Resource

• Download MP3
• Message Notes

Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

Connect

• 888-333-6003
• Website
• Chip Ingram App
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

Partner With Us

• Donate Online
• 888-333-6003

Theory’s great! But when it comes to facing another day of a marriage that feels stagnant, practical advice and proven methods are like gold. In this program, Chip shares some of the wealth he’s gained over the years - practices that have made the difference in his marriage -from the daily routine, to the long-term plan.

Biblical practices great marriages have in common:

• Love
• Hope

Jesus gives hope to His bride, the Church:

• John 14:1-21
• Hope is a picture of the future that says, what we are doing today is going to produce a better tomorrow.

Principles:

1. Long-term planning provides HOPE and PERSPECTIVE to overcome short-term pain and challenges.
2. Great plans provide a specific PATH and create HOPE for tomorrow and forever.
3. Hope rises and falls with how we keep our PROMISES.

Practical implications:

1. If you fail to PLAN, you plan to FAIL.
2. If you don’t have a plan, you don’t have HOPE.

Tools for transformation:

1. Clarity

• You are a trophy of God’s grace – you share hope when you share your brokenness.
• Assignment: Add 10 years – see the goal, plan to get there.

2. Structure – work together on:

• Finances
• Calendars

3. If necessary, get outside help

Broadcast Resource

• Download MP3
• Message Notes

Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

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Hope is great! But how do you actually get hope? What provides hope, in a marriage relationship, when you’ve made the commitment and you’re in it for the long-haul? Where do you find that sustaining, motivating optimism that helps you look forward to your future together? Chip’s got the answer in this program.

Biblical practices great marriages have in common:

• Love
• Hope

Jesus gives hope to His bride, the Church:

• John 14:1-21
• Hope is a picture of the future that says, what we are doing today is going to produce a better tomorrow.

Principles:

1. Long-term planning provides HOPE and PERSPECTIVE to overcome short-term pain and challenges.
2. Great plans provide a specific PATH and create HOPE for tomorrow and forever.
3. Hope rises and falls with how we keep our PROMISES.

Practical implications:

1. If you fail to PLAN, you plan to FAIL.
2. If you don’t have a plan, you don’t have HOPE.

Tools for transformation:

1. Clarity

• You are a trophy of God’s grace – you share hope when you share your brokenness.
• Assignment: Add 10 years – see the goal, plan to get there.

2. Structure – work together on:

• Finances
• Calendars

3. If necessary, get outside help

Broadcast Resource

• Download MP3
• Message Notes

Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

Connect

• 888-333-6003
• Website
• Chip Ingram App
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

Partner With Us

• Donate Online
• 888-333-6003

Let’s face it - marriage is a lot of hard work! Sometimes the daily grind, responsibilities, challenges, finances, and conflicting values, conspire to make you want to give up. Where do you find hope to keep going and stay faithful to your commitment? In this message, Chip brings a simple, very doable plan to help you find hope. This is a practical, how-to explanation of how to have a marriage that works - for both of you! Don’t miss it!

Biblical practices great marriages have in common:

• Love
• Hope

Jesus gives hope to His bride, the Church:

• John 14:1-21
• Hope is a picture of the future that says, what we are doing today is going to produce a better tomorrow.

Principles:

1. Long-term planning provides HOPE and PERSPECTIVE to overcome short-term pain and challenges.
2. Great plans provide a specific PATH and create HOPE for tomorrow and forever.
3. Hope rises and falls with how we keep our PROMISES.

Practical implications:

1. If you fail to PLAN, you plan to FAIL.
2. If you don’t have a plan, you don’t have HOPE.

Tools for transformation:

1. Clarity

• You are a trophy of God’s grace – you share hope when you share your brokenness.
• Assignment: Add 10 years – see the goal, plan to get there.

2. Structure – work together on:

• Finances
• Calendars

3. If necessary, get outside help

Broadcast Resource

• Download MP3
• Message Notes

Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

Connect

• 888-333-6003
• Website
• Chip Ingram App
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

Partner With Us

• Donate Online
• 888-333-6003

How do you feel when you’ve tried everything you know, and your attempts to show love to your spouse just don’t seem to be making any difference at all? Or maybe you’re on the flip-side and you’re waiting for the day when your spouse finally does something that makes you feel like they really care. In this program, Chip talks about how to love in a way that actually connects.

How do you keep love alive?

• Ephesians 5:25-33
• Very rarely, do we take how Jesus loves the Church and use that as our model for how we are to love one another in marriage.
• Your marriage is not just about your PERSONAL fulfillment. -John 13:1-17, 33-35
• Other than the Church of Jesus Christ, your relationship with your mate is the single most powerful testimony of the reality of God.

Principles:

1. Love is not a FEELING.
2. Love is SERVING. -Philippians 2:3-4
3. Love must be RECEIVED.
4. Love is UNCONDITIONAL.

Practical Implications:

1. Love is a CHOICE.
2. Love MEETS the NEEDS of the one loved.
3. Love requires extreme HUMILITY and SECURITY.

Learn the five languages of love

• Words of affirmation
• Quality time
• Receiving gifts
• Acts of service
• Physical touch

Two clues as to what your love language is:

• What bothers you the most?
• What do you ask for the most?

Broadcast Resource

• Download MP3
• Message Notes

Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

Connect

• 888-333-6003
• Website
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Partner With Us

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In this program, Chip shares four biblical principles that set the tone and establish the foundation for the rest of these programs. He starts with a very concrete look at what love is - and what love is not.

How do you keep love alive?

• Ephesians 5:25-33
• Very rarely, do we take how Jesus loves the Church and use that as our model for how we are to love one another in marriage.
• Your marriage is not just about your PERSONAL fulfillment. -John 13:1-17, 33-35
• Other than the Church of Jesus Christ, your relationship with your mate is the single most powerful testimony of the reality of God.

Principles:

1. Love is not a FEELING.
2. Love is SERVING. -Philippians 2:3-4
3. Love must be RECEIVED.
4. Love is UNCONDITIONAL.

Practical Implications:

1. Love is a CHOICE.
2. Love MEETS the NEEDS of the one loved.
3. Love requires extreme HUMILITY and SECURITY.

Learn the five languages of love

• Words of affirmation
• Quality time
• Receiving gifts
• Acts of service
• Physical touch

Two clues as to what your love language is:

• What bothers you the most?
• What do you ask for the most?

Broadcast Resource

• Download MP3
• Message Notes

Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book

Connect

• 888-333-6003
• Website
• Chip Ingram App
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

Partner With Us

• Donate Online
• 888-333-6003