Spice Up Your Love Life: Fun Date Ideas for Christian Couples!
Ready to spark some romance? We’re diving into fun date night ideas for Christian couples that will reignite that loving connection! In this episode, we’re sharing three creative ways to spice up your date nights while keeping it all about faith and fun. Jeff and Teresa Fields, our special guests, bring their 33 years of marriage wisdom to the table, reminding us just how important it is to intentionally nurture our relationships. Whether you're cooking up a candlelit dinner or hitting the trails for a scenic hike and some heartfelt prayers, we’ve got you covered. So grab your partner, and let’s make those date nights something special!
Let’s chat about how to keep the spark alive in your marriage! We know life gets busy—work, kids, laundry, rinse and repeat. But romance shouldn’t be an afterthought, right? Today, Jeff and Teresa Fields dive into some super fun date night ideas that’ll reconnect you and your partner while keeping things grounded in your faith. They’ve been married for 33 years, so they’ve got the wisdom and experience to back up their tips. They emphasize that intentional date nights are crucial for emotional and physical intimacy. So, grab your partner and get ready to rekindle that flame with ideas that are not just fun but also spiritually enriching! Whether it’s a cozy candlelit dinner at home or a scenic hike, they’ve got you covered with creative suggestions that make date night feel special again!
Takeaways:
- Intentional date nights are crucial for rekindling romance and deepening connections in marriage.
- Cooking together for a candlelit dinner at home is a fun way to bond and create memories.
- Engaging in spiritual activities like prayer during hikes brings couples closer emotionally and spiritually.
- Creating a fun and light-hearted environment on date nights can spark joy and revive the excitement in your relationship.
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Companies mentioned in this episode:
- msn.com
- www.be-salt.com
- Inspiring Marriages
Transcript
Hey, let me ask you a question.
Speaker A:In the midst of daily responsibilities, is it easy for romance in your marriage to take a back seat?
Speaker A:Welcome to the Inspiring Marriages Podcast.
Speaker A:We have Jeff and Teresa Fields and today we're going to talk about how to rekindle your romance with creative date night ideas.
Speaker A:So Theresa, I'm so excited about this, this episode.
Speaker B:Yes, this is going to be fun.
Speaker A:Now we've been married for 33 years, so we know all about how important intentional date nights are and how it can reignite our connection, deepen emotional intimacy and strengthen our marriage.
Speaker B:Yes, that's right.
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Speaker A:Aspiringmarriages.net Teresa we want to talk a little bit about how date nights cultivate emotional and physical intimacy.
Speaker B:Yes, that's, that's so important.
Speaker B:In the busy activities of your day and your week, romance does get kind of swept aside.
Speaker B:I know we've experienced that and probably anybody who's married has experienced that.
Speaker B:It's kind of hard to feel emotional when you're, you know, going over the bills or you're disciplining children or you're doing laundry and all those day to day things that need to be taken care of.
Speaker B:So this is so special.
Speaker B:We think this is really going to be enriching for couples who take this on this, this wonderful advice to enjoy your date nights and be intentional about them.
Speaker A: m had an article about how in: Speaker A: But by: Speaker B:Oh no.
Speaker A:So now the article had a lot of opinions about how this was possible, which I don't know agree with them.
Speaker A:But we do know that a lot of couples apparently 36.3percent of divorce rate they know they get married, they're in love, they get married, they get busy with life.
Speaker A:They have the children.
Speaker A:The children becomes their focus.
Speaker A:They do a great job of raising the kids, but they're busy with sports and drama and dance and school activities.
Speaker A:So this week is full of activities and there's really no time taken to work on their friendship.
Speaker A:So we know, we know that it's so important to work on your friendship because when you work on your friendship, you work on your marriage.
Speaker A:That's right, because we want to be friends for life.
Speaker A:So when the kids leave, we want to be friends.
Speaker A:So what's happening?
Speaker A:A lot.
Speaker A:Strangers in too many marriages, the kids leave and the couples, quote, have grown apart.
Speaker A:Which is another way of saying they have not intentionally cultivated their friendship.
Speaker B:Right, right.
Speaker B:It's kind of like the relationship gets put aside for all the other priorities, even though it should be a priority.
Speaker A:So, Teresa, how important it is for emotional and physical intimacy to be connected?
Speaker B:Well, I, I don't know how you can feel close to your spouse without emotional intimacy and, and having some connection daily, especially during busy weeks and all of that.
Speaker B:And, and physical intimacy.
Speaker B:I mean, if marriages are lacking one or both of these, it's going to seem very dry, very hard, very disconnected.
Speaker B:You probably won't feel like you're running along the same track.
Speaker B:You know, you probably feel like you're living parallel lives, but never coming together and getting to enjoy the benefits of marriage.
Speaker B:I mean, this is supposed to be the sweet part of your marriage, right?
Speaker A:This is the part where it's like, the challenge of raising kids is over and you conquered it.
Speaker A:Now let's just enjoy doing, being with each other and being ourselves and just.
Speaker B:Enjoy this time way before the kids are grown.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:So, guys, remember, your wife's biggest need is security.
Speaker A:She needs to know that you are committed to her and committed to the marriage for the long haul.
Speaker A:That makes her feel feel secure.
Speaker A:She needs open and honest communication, frequent open and honest communication.
Speaker A:I could say she needs soft, non sexual affection.
Speaker A:She needs her hands held.
Speaker A:She needs foot rubs.
Speaker A:She needs neck rubs.
Speaker A:She needs back rubs.
Speaker A:She just needs hugs.
Speaker B:That means a lot.
Speaker A:She needs those things.
Speaker A:She needs spiritual leadership.
Speaker A:She needs her husband to take a leadership role in the home.
Speaker A:Ladies, your husband needs honor.
Speaker B:Honor is first.
Speaker B:Yes, that's right.
Speaker A:So I saw a study where they did, I guess, a survey, and they found out that the words thank you to a husband has the same effect on the husband as the words I love you has to a wife.
Speaker B:Wow.
Speaker A:So when A husband feels honored and respected by his wife.
Speaker A:He feels loved.
Speaker A:He needs physical affection.
Speaker A:He needs physical affection.
Speaker A:He needs companionship.
Speaker A:Your husband will be not be more open to you than he is when he is having fun.
Speaker A:When you're doing things together.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's right.
Speaker A:Just loves that.
Speaker A:Where it's golfing, tennis, walking, fishing, hunting, whatever physical activity that he likes or hobbies that like.
Speaker A:You may not participate it but you can join him, chair him on chairman, he's on a softball team or the basketball.
Speaker A:Basketball team.
Speaker A:Or just cheer him on.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's right.
Speaker A:He needs domestic support which is not cooking, cleaning and sewing.
Speaker A:It is taking a house and making into a home.
Speaker A:You ladies know how colors go together.
Speaker A:You know how this everything should fit be arranged.
Speaker A:So you just, you just know about.
Speaker B:All that make a house you.
Speaker A:It's really understated how important is to have a peaceful home, right?
Speaker B:It really is.
Speaker B:That's true.
Speaker A:Now we're going to give you a few creative date ideas, fun date ideas and if you would like a free copy, just send us an email inspiring marriages tnt.com net and we will.
Speaker A:And just say I would like the creative ideas for Christian couples.
Speaker A:We will send that to you in a PDF.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:Asap.
Speaker A:We would.
Speaker A:So Teresa, the first, the first creative date night idea we have to tonight is a candle lit dinner at home.
Speaker A:So cook your favorite dishes together or try a new recipe and you can set the mood with candles and soft music.
Speaker B:It's like you see that in movies.
Speaker B:A lot of times they go to all that trouble to set a lovely table and light candles and have the food already prepared.
Speaker B:Now usually in a movie it's just the woman doing that but it's so nice to do that, make that meal together.
Speaker A:When you read the creative idea in your PDF you'll see it said cook your favorite dishes together.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:Friendship builder.
Speaker A:It's a friendship.
Speaker A:So, so that's just a fun way of just enjoying each other at home.
Speaker A:And you can feed the kids earlier and that's true.
Speaker A:They can do their homework or they can go to bed or you can put in the bed and just enjoy a, a relaxing night at home with candle lit candles lit and soft music in the background.
Speaker A:You can use your phone, you might have a stereo system, you might have a record player, you might have a CD player.
Speaker A:You know, just have.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:Just enjoy yourself.
Speaker B:Sweet soft music.
Speaker A:Yeah, put on music from the time that you were, you were dating.
Speaker A:Some good memories.
Speaker B:Love that.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:Some good memories.
Speaker B:That way you'll get to have some good dinner conversation, too.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:It's a great time to have a conversation and just talk and ask each other questions like, what can I do to help you?
Speaker A:How was your day?
Speaker A:And just talk to each other.
Speaker A:What kind of challenges are you facing?
Speaker A:How can I help that?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Now, Teresa, we know how important it is to have weekly dates.
Speaker A:We also know how important is to make them fun.
Speaker A:So here's a second creative date idea.
Speaker A:And I got these from www.
Speaker A:B b salt.com and these are fun date ideas for Christian couples.
Speaker A:It can be if you're dating or it can be if you're married.
Speaker B:So that's true.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Here's.
Speaker A:Here's one.
Speaker A:I kind of adapt.
Speaker A:I modified it a little bit.
Speaker A:So we want to make our date nights meaningful and faith based.
Speaker A:So I call.
Speaker A:I call this Scripture Smoothies and smooches.
Speaker A:So blend your favorite smoothies.
Speaker A:Now, what kind of smoothies do you like, Teresa?
Speaker B:Oh, goodness.
Speaker B:So many.
Speaker B:Oh, I love peaches and smoothies.
Speaker B:I love blueberries.
Speaker B:So probably peach and blueberry smoothie would be my favorite.
Speaker A:All right, so if anyone out there, do you like kale in your smoothies?
Speaker A:Drop us a line@inspiringmarriages.net and we will pray for you.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Spinach is good in the spoon.
Speaker A:Spinach is very good.
Speaker B:It's not a strong flavor.
Speaker A:Strawberries and blueberries and pineapple and banana.
Speaker B:And just lots of fruit.
Speaker B:Lots of fruit.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:It just.
Speaker A:It just tastes so good.
Speaker A:So blend your favorite smoothies and do a short Bible study together with a theme like love, grace, unity in marriage.
Speaker A:You can have a great discussion, a great time.
Speaker A:It's really.
Speaker B:Oh, yes.
Speaker A:Remember, there's four areas that we talk about intimacy.
Speaker A:There is the spiritual, the intellectual, the emotional, and the physical.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:So this is really good.
Speaker A:But don't forget to do the smooching.
Speaker A:This is a great opportunity, especially after you tasted a smoothie, to give each other a big, nice, soft kiss.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:It's very pleasant.
Speaker B:It is.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Add a little flavor to those kisses.
Speaker B:That's so sweet.
Speaker B:Because then you've got the fun in there, you've got the spiritual part in there, and you've got a little physical intimacy going on.
Speaker B:That just sounds like a lot of fun.
Speaker B:I'm gonna have to try this one for sure.
Speaker A:It can lead to better things.
Speaker B:Only if you're married.
Speaker A:Only if you're married.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And, yeah, if you're.
Speaker A:If you're dating, leave out the smoochies.
Speaker A:Smooches, smooches.
Speaker A:And if you like, you like a free copy of this PDF.
Speaker A:Remember, just drop us a line at Inspiring Marriages t.net and we will be glad just to email you a a link to a page where you can.
Speaker A:You can download the PDF.
Speaker B:The next one sounds like an adventure.
Speaker B:I like this one.
Speaker B:The third one is to go on a scenic hike and pray at the summit or pray when you get to your destination on your h.
Speaker B:Not everybody lives near a mountain, which would be nice be fun.
Speaker B:But nature is such a great backdrop for reflection, for conversation, for connection.
Speaker B:You know, there's so much less noise and distraction when you get out in nature and you can really find a peaceful spot.
Speaker B:So hopefully you're going to have a scenic trail in your area.
Speaker B:You know, of course a lot of places now have walking trails in their neighborhoods and you may have picnic tables nearby, which whatever trail that you take.
Speaker B:So pack your snacks and.
Speaker B:Or lunch, something yummy and.
Speaker B:And then go hiking together.
Speaker B:So once you reach the summit, if you're hiking up a trail like in a mountain area, or you get to a nice peaceful spot, maybe you're overlooking a lake or some beautiful area, just take a moment to thank God for his creation and pray together.
Speaker B:I really love that.
Speaker B:It's both refreshing and it's spiritually grounding.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:It is so important to have fun and faith in every stage of marriage, even from your youth, your courtship days, until your empty nesters and you're just enjoying the close friendship that you built together.
Speaker A:Teresa and I have been married for 33 years and I feel closer today to Teresa than I've ever had in our tired 33 years.
Speaker A:I just feel like I'm getting closer and closer to her.
Speaker A:We have free discussions.
Speaker A:We both have permission to bring up anything without fear of rejection or criticism or penalty.
Speaker A:Because you know, it's an opportunity to.
Speaker A:If there's any kind of issue and we all face issues, we all face storms.
Speaker A:There's adjustments to make in marriage.
Speaker A:Just like when you're flying a plane.
Speaker A:As you're flying a plane, either the autopilot or the pilot and is constantly making correction based on speed and the wind outside is.
Speaker A:The wind is pushing the airplane in a certain way and a pilot has to make correction so they can get to their destination.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:So it's just same thing for marriage.
Speaker A:There's constant changes that need to be made.
Speaker A:We never go on cruise control.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker A:No automatic pilot.
Speaker A:You don't go on automatic pilot.
Speaker A:There's always something to work on.
Speaker A:There's always room to get closer.
Speaker A:It just.
Speaker A:But it is so great to have fun.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:While we're doing really is don't want marriage to be dull.
Speaker B:You don't want it to be just routine.
Speaker B:It should be fun.
Speaker B:There should be that fun factor in, in your relationship.
Speaker B:And if you don't know of fun things to do, that's, that's really what inspired this, you know, for us to present some fun date ideas.
Speaker B:They can be in the daytime, they don't have to be at night.
Speaker B:And that way, try some things that are new and just spark that, that fun part of your relationship like you had when you were dating.
Speaker B:Everything was so exciting and new.
Speaker B:You know.
Speaker A:As you, as you work on your spiritual intimacy, you're drawing closer together to God and you're drawn closer together to each other and your spirits are growing close together.
Speaker A:It sparks conversation and discussions about everything.
Speaker A:And that, that improves our intellectual intimacy.
Speaker A:And as.
Speaker A:That's right, you keep sharing and keep talking.
Speaker A:That of course enhances emotional intimacy and that also enhances physical intimacy.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker A:So Bible truths can really inspire a strong romantic connection.
Speaker A:Because, you know, guys, you know, your wife needs to feel connected to you emotionally, to open up to you, feel physically, you know, heard a pastor say this week, you need to touch your wife's heart before you touch her body.
Speaker A:Really minister to the real her.
Speaker A:As you know, being the minister in your home, be the chief priest, be the chief minister to serve your wife and just minister to the needs that she has.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:And server, now we're going to cover some biblical truths on love and connection.
Speaker A:And the first one, Teresa, is Ecclesiastes.
Speaker B:4, verse 9 in the NIV.
Speaker B:It says two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:So it's always good for husband and wife to be working together, growing together in every area of spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and physically.
Speaker A:It just is always good.
Speaker A:And it makes the, the burden lighter, doesn't it?
Speaker B:Oh, definitely.
Speaker B:Definitely.
Speaker A:Now, songs of Solomon, 8, 7 in the New living translation says, many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it.
Speaker A:That's right.
Speaker A:So when you're working on your, your emotional connection and you're working on your physical connection, the things of life cannot quench it.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:Storms of life can't drown it.
Speaker A:So it says, we will continue to work on our intimacy in all four areas.
Speaker A:And storms come and storms go.
Speaker A:We know that.
Speaker A:But those storms cannot quench our love.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker B:You have that rock, you know, that rock of the foundation that God gave you in your relationship, your relationship with him and that what you share of that together and your friendship that you've been building, that is a rock solid rock foundation.
Speaker B:And you know that's, that's so important because the storms are going to challenge your marriage.
Speaker B:They're going to challenge your intimacy.
Speaker B:It's sometimes it's easy to just say, oh, we, we have to throw intimacy aside because we got to deal with this problem.
Speaker B:But you really don't need to let that take you away from developing your intimacy and continuing to do that.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:It really should drive you together, compel you to want to do, tackle it together and solve it together and pray through it together.
Speaker B:And that's so good.
Speaker B:I love that Scripture.
Speaker A:Ephesians 5:33 in the ESV version says however, that each one of you love his wife as himself and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Speaker A:See, there's two of the main needs right there.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:Just what you talked about, right?
Speaker A:Each husband should love your wife as himself.
Speaker A:As Ephesians 5:25 also says that husbands love your wife at Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.
Speaker A:And this one says love his wife as himself but and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Speaker A:Paul had some, some great knowledge about, he did about marriage as the Holy Spirit inspired him to write that.
Speaker A:Yes, that's great wisdom there for marriages.
Speaker B:It really is.
Speaker B:And he knew some strong believers that ministered together as married couples and that, that's so powerful.
Speaker B:He could see that lived out in front of him even though he wasn't married himself.
Speaker B:So that's, that's really awesome.
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Speaker A:This week's Friendship Builder.
Speaker A:So this week's Friendship Builder if we're working on our romantic Intimacy, Emotional and physical intimacy.
Speaker A:Do something fun.
Speaker A:It could be something from our list or something that you enjoy.
Speaker A:No, it might be, is it putt putt or, or Frisbee or.
Speaker A:It could be anything.
Speaker A:I'm just, I don't want to.
Speaker A:Swimming, going to the beach, hiking, whatever is fun to you and you know what's fun to you?
Speaker A:Do something fun.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:It's a great time to just relax and enjoy each other's company and put, you know, any kind of daily things aside and just enjoy each other.
Speaker B:And it really is, you know, just like if you were dating before you were married, you wanted to make sure you had fun times together and memorable times together.
Speaker B:So this is, this is what we want to encourage you to do because it really does just establish that part of your relationship.
Speaker B:Like, yeah, we can have fun.
Speaker B:It doesn't always have to be serious things and things that are heavy.
Speaker B:This can be light and fun and just enjoy yourselves.
Speaker A:That's right.
Speaker A:Now, we hope this episode inspired you to plan some faith filled fun dates with your spouse.
Speaker A:Whether it's a romantic dinner, an adventurous outing, or a simple walk together, every intentional moment strengthens your Christian marriage and deepens your friendship in love.
Speaker A:And we must remember, marriage is a beautiful gift from God.
Speaker A:Let's cherish it, celebrate it, and keep pursuing each other with joy.
Speaker A:We're walking this journey together again.
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Speaker A:And so we want to end this episode with a prayer.
Speaker A:Lord, thank you for the gift of marriage.
Speaker A:Help us cultivate emotional and physical intimacy that honors you, strengthen our friendship, deepen our love, and guide us through our journey together.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker A:So remember, husband and wife are friends for life.
