Every one of us has tremendous power to either build others up or tear them down through the words we speak every day, and nowhere is this more evident than in our marriages. Are you being purposeful in how you use the power of your words to speak encouragement, strength, and love–breathing life into the heart of your spouse? Or are careless words having a negative impact on your marriage and on … on the heart of the one you love most?
Matt and Lisa Jacobson want you and your spouse to discover the powerful ways you can build one another up in love with the words that you choose to say every day–words that every husband and wife need to hear. These books offer you 100 Things to say to your husband or wife that deeply encourage, affirm, and inspire. Start speaking these words into each other’s lives and watch your spouse–and your relationship–transform before your eyes.
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100 WORDS OF AFFIRMATION YOUR HUSBAND NEEDS TO HEAR is written a down-home and friendly fashion. Each entry is a short headline followed by a paragraph or short personal story to illustrate the concept. Many are bible-based, timeworn, and homespun pearls of wisdom.
Mostly they are reminders to turn on the sweetness and honey for your honey and be a good girl. There’s a reason you chose him and you want to remind him every day.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC via NetGalley, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Title: 100 WORDS OF AFFIRMATION YOUR HUSBAND NEEDS TO HEAR
Category /Genre: Christian, Self-Help
Recommended for: all wives
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
Grammar/editing: received as an unedited ARC
Received from: Revell
This book would make a great stocking stuffer – maybe into your own stocking as a husband though. Or, if both of you are working on your marriage, buy this one and it’s companion book 100 Words of Affirmation Your Wife Needs to Hear and put one in each!
In 100 Words of Affirmation Your Husband Needs to Hear, Lisa Jacobson walks us though one hundred different ways that we can show our husband we love them. Words can either give life or crush someone’s spirit, so it is very important that we take the care of actually giving out life giving words to others. When we are constantly around someone (those in our family or those we work with), it is easy to just sit back and let the mundane kick in. This book helps stop that by being a breath of fresh air.
Some of the things to say have a longer explanation than others and at first I was miffed and wanted it more uninformed, but I came to realize that this was actually good! Some things just require more explanation than others, and this book does not waste space by being redundant and repeating this just for the sake of filling up space.
Lots of good advice for someone who is wanting to help build their husband up in a world that tends to drag us all down.
I received this book free from the publisher, Revell, and was not required to give a review. Al opinions are my own.
I read this book and let me tell you, it was eye-opening for me.
I’ll admit, I think I’m pretty good about thanking my husband when I come home from work and all the laundry is done, or I see him emptying the dishwasher and putting the dishes away. He’s an amazing father and I tell him this quite often. Where I discovered I was lacking is in telling him how amazing he is to ME. How I love spending time with him, how I love being wrapped in his arms, and how he makes me feel safe and protected. I assumed he knew these things, and maybe he does. But none of that absolves me of the duty of voicing my love to him.
Sure, we always kiss goodbye and goodnight and say “I love you”. That’s the easy part. Where I was lacking was actually telling him WHY I love him – why I still love him after 20 years of being together.
That changes now. This book lays out some simple things that, as a wife, we owe to our husbands: Recognition of sacrifices both big and small, being aware that my husband might have a different way of expressing his love than I expect but I need to look for those gestures.
This book is wonderful. It should be on the bookshelf of every married couple and should be read often. Never lose sight of the fact that he chose you. That means a whole lot and that commitment should be continuously nurtured and reinforced.