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What Do I Do With My Husbands Porn Habit

By Leslie Vernick | April 12, 2017 |

Morning friends, Could you all do me a favor? I want to do a webinar or e-book or similar on The Lies in Christian Marriages That Lead to Crazy Making. Here are a few examples: The man always has the final say because he’s the head Unconditional love means unconditional relationship Forgiving means forgetting and putting the past behind you…

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What Constitutes Abuse?

By Leslie Vernick | February 24, 2016 |

Morning friends, Recently I’ve seen a few comments on this blog and others questioning what behaviors or attitudes are considered abusive in a relationship. Some people object to singling out certain behaviors or attitudes as abusive. They say things like, “sin is sin.” Or “We’re all sinners.” I don’t disagree, all abuse is sin, but I think it’s critical that…

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What If My Spouse Is Mentally Ill?

By Leslie Vernick | November 4, 2015 |

Morning friends, I just returned from Dallas where I had the opportunity to be a part of a wonderful series for women on Betrayal in Marriage. It is being filmed in an old cotton mill just outside of Dallas and I think it will be a huge help for churches ministering to women who have been wounded by selfish and…

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How To Forgive

By Leslie Vernick | August 13, 2012 |

              Morning friends, I needed lots of prayer this weekend. Had writer’s block and didn’t feel like I could put two sentences together. It finally broke late Saturday afternoon after 8 hours and one page I wrote 8 pages in 2 hours. Thank you Jesus and thank you friends for your prayers. Sunday I…

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Topic: My friend is depressed. What can I do?

By Leslie Vernick | March 19, 2012 |

Good morning friends, As you think of me, pray for wisdom as I work on my new book The Emotionally Destructive Marriage. The task seems daunting and overwhelming at times. I’m encouraged by your kind words but desperately need your prayers. Rejoice with me, I will be doing an interview with Focus on the Family on two of my books,…

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The Idolatry of Marriage and the Comfort of God

By Leslie Vernick | August 29, 2011 |

Hi Friends, I hope all my East coast friends survived Hurricane Irene. Thankfully, we only had minor water leakage in our basement and lots of leaves everywhere from all the heavy winds. Just a reminder, next Tuesday, my newsletter is going out. I will be talking about Holy Listening. Do you know how to hear God? If you’re not already…

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Topic: A Wife Can’t Trust, A Husband is Repentant.Now What?

By Leslie Vernick | August 22, 2011 |

Good evening friends, Whew, it’s been a whirlwind week of travel, counseling, coaching and writing. I attended Logos Bible Software boot camp last week to learn their software. We were treated so kindly by the entire Logos staff. I had the opportunity to visit with amazing women ministry leaders who wanted to study God’s word using this software. In the…

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Topic: Do I forbear or confront when someone offends me?

By Leslie Vernick | April 11, 2011 |

Hello everyone, What a beautiful day we have today. It’s been such a cold, dreary, winter. The sun is out today, the temperature is beautiful and I have begun a new adventure. My husband has always loved riding motorcycles. After our children were grown he bought himself a Harley but I always felt afraid riding on the back of it.…

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