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Hedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect ItHedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It By Jerry Jenkins What can married couples do to prevent temptations and infidelity from creeping into their marriages? Jerry Jenkins suggests that couples need to plant preventative hedges around their marriage.

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10 Ways to Protect Your Marriage by Mary May Larmoyeux How can you help your marriage last a lifetime? More Protecting your marriage articles

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Planting Hedges to Grow Security and Love Guests include: Jerry B. JenkinsOn the broadcast today, Jerry Jenkins, novelist of the blockbuster Left Behind series and author of the book, Hedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It, talks with Dennis Rainey about the importance of husbands and wives planting hedges around their marriages in order to grow security and love. More Protecting your marriage broadcasts
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Marriage Memo: Kris Allen and Celebrity Marriage
Dave Boehi
Common mistakes made between couples in the limelight. Does Your Marriage Need Help?
Dennis and Barbara Rainey
In a culture of self-sufficiency, seeking help may seem shameful or weak, but teachable followers of Christ know better. Building a Spiritual Foundation in Your Marriage
Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Make sure you use all the resources and tools God makes available to build oneness in your relationship. Avoiding Emotional Adultery
Judy Starr
As I began to delve once again into God’s Word, I recognized three steps I should have taken when faced with the temptation. Too Much Travel? Just Say No
Stephen Arterburn and Sam Gallucci
Take a stand for the key relationships in your life. Why We Continue to Attend the Weekend to Remember®
Ted and Toni Ferguson explain how God has used this marriage conference in their lives. The Danger of Flirting
Jerry B. Jenkins
Protect your marriage by watching how you talk with the opposite sex, even in jest. My Story: No More Marriage Casualties
Ted and Toni Ferguson
How HomeBuilders is revolutionizing our church. Eye Trouble
Dennis Rainey
You can look once or twice, but… Sex Is Not the Problem
Joshua Harris
What God created was good.  It's lust that ruins our sexuality. Tough times, Together
Dennis Rainey
Five suggestions to help you keep your marriage united during hardship and suffering. "Lust, Love, & Loyalty"
Dave Boehi
As I read through several articles about an MSNBC.com/iVillage survey “Lust, Love & Loyalty," I was struck by the fact that I was reading a lot more about lust and love than I was about loyalty. Affair Proof Your Marriage
Dennis Rainey
Seven suggestions for deeper intimacy with your spouse. Are You Accountable to Anyone?
Dennis Rainey
One of the best ways to protect yourself against immorality is submitting your life to the scrutiny of another person. Avoid the Greener Grass Syndrome
Nancy C. Anderson
The best way to protect yourself from an affair is to water your own marriage. Avoiding Marital Failure
Alistair Begg
A key to every good garden is keeping the weeds pulled. Eight Ways to Protect Your Marriage
Judy Starr
These suggestions will help you stand firm in the battle for a strong marriage. Emotional Adultery: Unfaithfulness of the Heart
Dennis Rainey
How to know when friendships with the opposite sex have gone too far. Guarding Against Adultery
Dennis Rainey
Five ways to keep strong. Infidelity's Warning Signs
Nancy C. Anderson
Be on guard for your spouse … and yourself. Marriage: The Three-Legged Race
Dennis Rainey
These oneness-building suggestions will help you cross the finish line in first place. Preventing Bitterness in Marriage
Sabrina Beasley
Four steps to keep from harboring hurt in your heart. Reclaiming the Sanctity of Marriage
Dennis Rainey
It is time for each of us to embrace and proclaim God's sacred view of marriage. She Learned Her Lessons the Hard Way
Dave Boehi
Practical suggestions that any married couple could apply—no matter how healthy your relationship. Stopping the Cycle: Entering Marriage as a Child of Divorce
Glen Hoos
What Will Be Your Legacy? A Challenge for Men
Dennis Rainey
A challenge for men to become the sacrificial lovers and servant-leaders of their families. Wishing He Were Your Husband
Sabrina Beasley
When you're caught in emotional adultery, these four steps will help guide your heart back to your spouse. 10 Ideas: Protecting Your Marriage
Mary May Larmoyeux
How can you help your marriage last a lifetime? Ideas for Special Getaways