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Hello Todd,


I hope this email finds you well and enjoying the start of fall! You're receiving this newsletter email because you're a past or current client, you've played an important role in my life at some point or you just want some encouraging marriage content so you joined our mailing list.


I want this newsletter to be a resource to you by providing great marriage enrichment ideas and tools each month to help you grow and strengthen your marriage. It takes a lot of time to research and find good resources that you can trust, so why not let me do the heavy lifting for you!


Here's a few quick bullet points on what has been happening recently:


1.) I've added several new clients over the last month, so I'm currently sitting at 18 active clients, and like I've mentioned before, I need to be around 35 or so to become self sufficient.


2.) Well, it's official, I moved to part time at Cove this week and I'll be working there only 10 hours a week, so all of a sudden, gulp, this got real! ๐Ÿ˜‰ It's a huge step of faith professionally, personally, spiritually, and financially, but I'm trusting the Lord is in control and I know he's got my back through it all! This now frees me up imensley to start networking, talking with local churches, and doing whatever marketing is necessary to grow my client base and network. I need to roughly double where I'm at now, so if you know of any couples looking for help or if you know any church leaders that would like a good resource to refer couples to, please consider sharing my contact information with them.


3.) On a personal note, my oldest daughter Olivia and her family are home from North Carolina after serving in the US Army for 10 years. They'll be living with us for a few months until they can get settled on a few things and before they commit to anything permanently. It's so awesome having them with us after having been gone for so long! #Grandkids #Family


Lots of great stuff below, so scroll down and take a look!

This Month's Featured Book


Each month I am doing a drawing for a book give away and the winner this month is Jasmine Otten. Congratulations, Jasmine!


The book he will receive is called, "It Starts With You: The Secret to a Passionate Marriage & Peaceful Home (Even if your Spouse doesn't Want to Change).


This is a great book that I would recommend any couple to read! You can watch my short video review below to gain some insight into this book and why I liked it so much. Order your copy today!


If you want to register for the next book giveaway, please follow this link. You need to register each month to be in the drawing!

September's Book of the Month Review and Winner

Most recent review and see more here! God is doing some amazing things!

Review from Jasmine and Jeremy. Click on link to see this one and more.

Agape Pastoral Services "Unique Attribute" #2


Another positive attribute about working with me is something that I've been told roughly a half dozen times or so, "I am so glad you're not a shrink and sitting here psychoanalyzing me. You're just a regular guy!" I abslolutely love that comment and those people have paid me a great compliment because that's what I am, a regular guy! A regular guy that has 35 years of marriage experience, a massive amount of time studying and understanding God's Word as it pertains to marriage, and having had the opportunity to minister to hundreds of couples over the 25 years I've been doing this. I simply bring the biblical and practical application and experience to the table and trust the Lord is going to do what He always does, and that's change lives for those that are willing to change by using me! Pretty cool!!

Marriage Tip #1:

"Before marrying, we all have ideas about what married life will be like. We play out scenarios in our heads and spend our dating lives mulling desires in the backs of our minds. When we marry, we make our spouses responsible for fulfilling those desires. โ€œI doโ€ is barely out of our mouths when we place the burden of our needs on our spousesโ€™ shoulders." - Continue reading and download this one handout of many that I share and talk through with my clients. #LifeChange

Marriage Tip #2:

Jesus's brother James, teaches us a lot in his book in the New Testament, but one of the teachings I'm most drawn to as I work with couples is the teaching on the power of the tongue. That little muscle or fleshy thing in our mouth contains an unreal amount of power and James beautifully teaches on this topic in James 3:2-10. Read it for yourself here and then if you scroll to the bottom of the page you land on, you'll see several devotional studies that you might find helpful in gaining some victory over your tongue. Also, here's another quick reference PDF Handout that I give couples when we're working together to help them grow in this area of their marriage. #LifeChange

Featured Service for October

"Men's One-On-One Coaching and Consulting - Designed for men that want more and for business owners and managers!


As men, we all face a lot of things in our lives that distract, frustrate, emasculate, and take us down paths we don't want to go! These things keep us from being the best version of ourselves, they keep us from being great husbands and father's, and they keep us from being great employees, managers, or business owners! Learn more and set up a time to talk with me!

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