Chapter 5: His Affection

1. Read 1 Corinthians 7:3 in your Bible and underline it. Do you feel your husband is affectionate enough toward you. Explain.

2. Does your husband feel you are affectionate enough toward him? Are you sure? What could you do to improve that?

3.What does your husband feel is the best way for you to communicate love toward him? (Ask him if you are not certain.) Are you able to do that?

4. Do you have children? Do you feel you and your husband have modeled for them a marriage that is filled with an abundance or lack of affection? How do you think it will affect them in their own marriages? If you have modeled a lack of affection, would you both be willing to change?

5. Write a prayer asking God to help you and your husband demonstrate healthy affection toward one another so that your children will learn to do the same.

6. Have your or your husband taken one another for granted in any way that has eroded your tendency to be affectionate toward one another? Has one of you assumed incorrectly that the other one doesn't need affection ? Explain.

7. Have other distractions caused you or your husband to not take the time necessary to show affection toward one another? What could you do to change that?

8. Read 2 Corinthians 10:24 in your Bible and underline it. In what ways could you seek your husband's well-being over your own?

9. Is there some act of affection you could show toward your husband today that would pleasantly surprise and bless him? What is that? (If you can't think of anything, ask God to help you.) Are you willing to do t hat? Write down the results after you've done it.