Emerson Eggerichs Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 11 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Emerson Eggerichs.
Famous Quotes By Emerson Eggerichs
Your husband needs you to love him, but he also needs you to like him as a friend. — Emerson Eggerichs
One of the most popular illustrations we use in Love and Respect Conferences compares women and men to pink and blue. The audience responds immediately when I talk about how she sees through pink sunglasses and hears with pink hearing aids, while he sees through blue sunglasses and hears with blue hearing aids. In other words, women and men are very different. Yet, when blue blends with pink, it becomes purple, God's color - the color of royalty. The way for pink and blue to blend is spelled out in Ephesians 5:33: "[Every husband] must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband" (NIV). Living out Ephesians 5:33 is the key to blending together as one to reflect the very image of God. — Emerson Eggerichs
Tell your spouse you are trying to make changes and THEN appeal to your spouse to understand you. — Emerson Eggerichs
In your marriage, be the first to "seek peace and pursue it" (1 Peter 3:11). — Emerson Eggerichs
Ephesians 5:33, Paul writes, "Each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband" (NIV). — Emerson Eggerichs
When God says no, He is saying, 'Don't hurt yourself. — Emerson Eggerichs
It is true that often she doesn't want advice; she wants a listening ear. At the same time, however, the wise wife will realize her husband's desire to help and advise is strong. She should refrain from getting angry and humor him a bit, as one wife did by saying, "Thanks for the input. I know I am not the brightest bulb on the tree when it comes to certain things. I am glad we have each other. — Emerson Eggerichs
(The good news, as my mom used to say, is that in prison they can get a Bible, whereas in school they cannot.) — Emerson Eggerichs