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Helping Your Wife Become Your Cheerleader (EP:973)



When Your Wife's Words Feel More Like Wounds Than Life

What do you do when the woman you married to encourage you seems to critique you instead? When coming home feels less like entering your refuge and more like facing your critic?


In this game-changing conversation with Pastor Dave Wilson, co-author of "How to Speak Life to Your Husband When All You Want to Do is Yell at Him," we're diving deep into one of the most painful dynamics in Christian marriages—and the biblical solution that transformed a relationship on the brink of divorce.


Dave shares the raw story of how he and his wife Ann went from fighting constantly to discovering the power of speaking life instead of death. From the devastating "boo story" that revealed how men feel when constantly critiqued, to the vertical marriage principle that saved their relationship, this episode will challenge both husbands and wives to examine how their words are either building up or tearing down their spouse.


If you've ever felt like you can't win at home, if you find yourself running toward affirmation outside your marriage, or if you're wondering how to create a culture of encouragement in your house, this conversation will give you biblical tools to transform your relationship from the inside out.


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Helping Your Wife Become Your Cheerleader (EP:973)

Three Key Highlights:

  1. "When you put a crown on a man, he becomes a king" - Men rise to the level of how they're seen and spoken to. Criticism demotivates, but speaking life and seeing greatness in your husband motivates him to become that man.

  2. The "Boo vs. Cheer" principle - Men go where they're affirmed. If they feel "booed" at home but "cheered" elsewhere, they'll gravitate toward where they receive encouragement, which can damage the marriage relationship.

  3. Vertical marriage transforms horizontal relationships - The breakthrough came when both spouses stopped trying to find their identity and happiness in each other and instead found their fulfillment vertically in Christ, allowing them to serve rather than take from their marriage.


Dave Wilson is a pastor, speaker, and co-author (alongside his wife Ann) of “How to Speak Life to Your Husband: When All You Want to Do Is Yell at Him.”


They’re also the co-founders of Kensington Church, one of the fastest-growing churches in America.  Dave also served as the Detroit Lions’ chaplain for over 30 years. But more than that, he and Ann have been married for more than four decades and they’ve learned firsthand what it means to fight for their marriage—through the highs, the heartbreaks, and everything in between.


To find out more about Dave and Ann and to get a copy of their book, you contact them through any of the following social media links:


New Book, How to Speak Life to Your Husband:


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