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A truly fulfilling marriage involves two people focusing on each others’ needs rather than their own. Lysa TerKeurst, president of The Proverbs 31 Ministry, has written a practical guide for each spouse that will open their eyes to the needs, desires, and longings of the other. She offers eight essential criteria for capturing the heart of your spouse, with creative tips on how to accomplish them. Having a great marriage takes time, creativity, and willingness. Capture His Heart and Capture Her Heart are excellent tools to help spouses run this very worthwhile race.
Husbands Need Their Wives To:
1. Support Them Spiritually
2. Encourage Them Emotionally
3. Enjoy Them Sexually
4. Appreciate Them Vocationally
5. Engage Them Intellectually
6. Connect with Them Relationally
7. Affirm Them Physically
8. Stand by Them Permanently
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: What the Heart of Your Man Wants You to Know
Your husband needs you to support him spiritually.
1: Even a Great Husband Makes a Poor God
2: The Submission Mission
3: Praying for Your Husband
Your husband needs you to encourage him emotionally.
4: The Great Masculine Adventure
5: Touching the Heart of Your Tender Warrior
6: Boys Will Be Boys
Your husband needs you to enjoy him sexually.
7: The Makings of a Better Lover
8: An Amazing Banquet
9: Encounter or Experience?
Your husband needs you to appreciate him vocationally.
10: Your Provider: Puffed Up or Pooped Out
11: Don’t Clip His Wings
12: Home: Haven or Headache?
Your husband needs you to engage him intellectually.
13: Husbands Are Hunters, Not Hinters
14: Dangers of the Leaky Faucet
15: The Power of the Shared Dream
Your husband needs you to connect with him relationally.
16: Discovering What Makes Him Tick Without Ticking Him Off
17: Understanding His Compartment Department
18: The Key to Becoming Your Husband’s Friend...Laughter!
Your husband needs you to affirm him physically.
19: God Designed Us Physically Different
20: Loving the Love Handles
21: Becoming His Beauty
Your husband needs you to stand by him permanently.
22: For Better or Worse
23: Even If
24: Happily Ever After
Conclusion: No Marriage Is Picture-Perfect
Lysa TerKeurst helps women uncover and meet their husbands’ unique desires. Enjoyable, encouraging, and effective—a book women will read with eagerness.
-Dr. Gary Chapman, Author, The Five Love Languages