In-Person Training (IPT)
10 Favorite Testimonials
Real stories of what God has done in marriages this season.
These are unedited, real words from husbands and wives who participated in IPT
at their churches this fall. They share what has shifted in their homes, their hearts,
and their intimacy. I’m so grateful to God for every single story represented here.
Here are my favorite top 10 testimonials so far 🙂
1. No Longer Separated! (Though she didn’t know he did the course!)
“My wife and I have been separated for 6 months, and the same day as our DYM graduation, she chose to and began moving back into our matrimonial home. I also told her about our DYM program that same day. Up until then, I had said I was attending a men’s bible study. All praise be to God.”
2. Intimacy (Stopped porn and wife initiating!)
“This program is not like anything else I’ve other marriage course I’ve taken before. It goes deep and specific into marriage issues, and they provided practical steps to improve my marriage.
Before I started the course, I was experiencing a nearly sexless marriage… Porn was stealing the attention and arousal that my wife deserved. [Because of IPT] I made the commitment to stop looking at porn for good. My wife has more initiated sex with me a few times already…
This course helped me remember how much I used to be playful and flirt with my wife. Today it feels like the days of our early relationship and we look at each other like we were newly in love.”
3. She Feels Safe
“She feels much safer around me. I feel more confident and more planted.”
4. Emotionally Opening
“My wife had been pretty much shut down emotionally before the program. She has now begun to open up, even provided apologies and it is eagerly trying to make positive changes in our marriage.”
5. Feeling Cherished
“Feeling cherished and safe for the first time in 23 years.”
6. Zero Arguments
“She has actively been initiating intimacy. Zero arguments in 3 months!”
7. Change When Only 1 Does the Work
“I would not have thought it was possible for bad arguments to fully cease with just one of us just being committed to not arguing. I also did not appreciate the impact not arguing could have on our relationship. This is something i have learned and has already enabled us to be much healthier has enabled other improvements.”
8. Peace in Home
“Greater sense of peace in our home, as I’ve been able to set the tone for my entire household. Quicker to ask for forgiveness and have become better at genuinely and intentionally listening to my wife in an effort to know her better. Daily prayer for my wife.”
9. Husband Leader
“My husband has been much more proactive around the house, and I’ve seen him grow in spiritual discipline as the leader of the house. We’ve started to pray for each other daily, and I am able to find more things to be grateful for in my day to day life. My eyes have also been opened to have a better understanding of why intimacy is so important in marriage and for my husband.”
10. Better than Counseling
“I came in to the program after having done a year of counseling for myself and marriage counseling… [but] I took the marriage assessment and I got a 2 or 3.
…I have seen huge changes in our relationship with only me being in [the program]. Half way through this program, [big fights] stopped and the weekends have been great. I’m very thankful for the program becuase our home is much happier and warm feeling.”