How to Affair Proof Your Marriage
iWork4Him is a show solely focused on the intersection of our Faith in Jesus and our Work. When these two collide – fantastic things happen all around us. People start to benefit from you following Jesus whether they believe in Jesus or not. That’s when the enemy goes full on frontal attack. He wants to compromise your reputation at work so that your testimony is no longer attractive. What is one way he does this? An Affair with an office mate. Whether you are a man or a woman, A committed follower of Jesus or one just finding their way in being a Jesus Follower, the enemy wants to see you fail. How do we protect our reputation and the reputation of our savior? We need to affair proof our marriages. We need to have a solid ground to stand on at home so that our steadfastness isn’t compromised at work. Even if you are not married, an affair at work will significantly dismantle your witness as a Christian. Today joining Martha and I in this conversation is Rhonda Stoppe with www.NoRegretsWoman.com She has written many books. We use The Marriage Mentor all the time that she wrote with her husband Steve and today’s topic will come from the pages of Real Life Romance, which we will give away today.
Rhonda Stoppe returns to iWork4Him for another great interview about marriage. She recently commented on one of our iWork4Him PowerThoughts about the need to Affair-proof marriages in the context of our workplaces. Her book Real-Life Romance and also The Marriage Mentor are great resources for helping to strengthen marriages at home and to help affair proof them.
Rhonda and Steve have been married for 39 years and she knows that they continue to need to be transparent with each other and take their advice from scripture. When they were new parents Rhonda found herself dressing up for church on Sundays and appreciated the compliments of a gentleman there. After a few weeks of getting compliments she approached Steve and basically explained the situation and told him he needs to compliment her more, as she was looking forward to the compliments of the man at church. She knew this behaviour could have bad consequences and that is how most affairs get started.
Applying that story to the workplace is pretty easy. We need to set good boundaries and clearly protect our marriages. We can do this by strengthening our marriages and making them a priority. We shared the 72-hour intimacy rule with her and Rhonda is going to add that to her messaging. Rhonda encouraged women to pursue their husbands. This is a successful way to affair proof your marriage.
Rhonda is offering a free ebook – “A Christian Woman’s Guide to Great Sex in Marriage” when you sign up for her newsletter: http://www.noregretswoman.com
There is a road to recovery for an affair. God has forgiven us as far as the East is from the West. Don’t stop protecting your marriage. When the kids leave and our lives change we shouldn’t look elsewhere for attention. Rhonda encouraged marriages to be careful even in our virtual relationships while we work distantly. It can quickly get out of control.
For more great insights to affair proof your marriage check out Rhonda Stoppes website at http://www.noregretswoman.com. It is always fun to have Rhonda as a guest on iWork4Him.
Featured Guests: Rhonda Stoppes
Ministry/Workplace: No Regrets Woman LLC