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Sex God And Marriage
$12.00Add to cartIn this groundbreaking book, Arnold, a pastor for over forty years, provides fresh biblical insights into critical issues including the sacredness of sex, the struggle against temptation, the decision to remain single or to marry, child rearing, homosexuality, divorce and remarriage. Sex, God, and Marriage offers healing to anyone who has known discouragement or failure – and hope to anyone who is willing to take a bold new look at a topic of universal interest and concern.
Unlike the vast majority of marriage books, Sex, God, and Marriage digs deeper than the usual issues and goes to the root: our relationship with God, and the defining power of that relationship over all others in our lives.
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Loving Him Well
$19.99Add to cartIf you’re sick and tired of all the ways you’ve tried to bring about change in your marriage-the silent treatment, nagging, one-way discussions, pleading-it’s time to set aside those broken methods for a Christ-based approach. Loving Him Well by Gary Thomas demonstrates how women can inspire, influence, and help their husbands move in positive directions. Replacing your plan of action with God’s plan leads to a marital transformation where both partners are moving toward each other, the way God intended.
Gary Thomas draws concepts from his bestseller, Sacred Marriage, and outlines practical applications you can start using today. He also shows how marriages are transformed through these methods.
In these pages, you’ll also find a fresh perspective to help you understand your husband-the view of the marriage relationship through a man’s eyes. Thomas gives you insider information on how men think, feel, and can truly be motivated.
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Warrior Wife : Overcoming The Unique Struggles Of A Military Marriage
$28.95Add to cartWhen you hold the hand of a warrior, you’re joining him on a quest-one that traverses glory and pain. It’s a journey traveled by few, and fewer make it through till completion. Extraordinary men have run our colors across the battlefields of history, but behind them have been the women who have held vigil as they go.
This passage in matrimony is unique in the way the military will change you, your husband, and your marriage. PTSD, deployments, or never-ending household moves are just some ways a “new normal” lifestyle will challenge even the strongest foundations. But what doesn’t break you will make you stronger if you let it! This book will illustrate the courage, support, and faith it takes to overcome the challenges of military marriages, as well as the tools, understanding, and insight to enter into the rewarding experience of being a warrior wife.
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Warrior Wife : Overcoming The Unique Struggles Of A Military Marriage
$11.95Add to cartWhen you hold the hand of a warrior, you’re joining him on a quest-one that traverses glory and pain. It’s a journey traveled by few, and fewer make it through till completion. Extraordinary men have run our colors across the battlefields of history, but behind them have been the women who have held vigil as they go.
This passage in matrimony is unique in the way the military will change you, your husband, and your marriage. PTSD, deployments, or never-ending household moves are just some ways a “new normal” lifestyle will challenge even the strongest foundations. But what doesn’t break you will make you stronger if you let it! This book will illustrate the courage, support, and faith it takes to overcome the challenges of military marriages, as well as the tools, understanding, and insight to enter into the rewarding experience of being a warrior wife.
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Sacred Marriage Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartIn this six-session small group Bible study, Sacred Marriage, writer and speaker Gary Thomas invites you to see how God can use marriage as a discipline and a motivation to reflect more of the character of Jesus.
Your marriage is much more than a union between you and your spouse. It is a spiritual discipline ideally suited to help you know God more fully and intimately. Sacred Marriage shifts the focus from marital enrichment to spiritual enrichment in ways that can help you love your mate more. Whether it is delightful or difficult, your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God.
Everything about your marriage-from the history you and your spouse create, to the love you share, to the forgiveness you both offer and seek by turn-is filled with the capacity to help you grow in Christ’s character.
In addition to life-changing insights, you’ll find a wealth of discussion questions in this Participant’s Guide that will spark meaningful conversation in your group, between you and your spouse, or to simply ponder by yourself. You’ll also find self-assessments, activities, and highlights all created to help you engage deeply and prayerfully with the content of this study. Designed for use with the Sacred Marriage DVD (sold separately).
Sessions include:
*God’s Purpose for Marriage
*The Refining Power of Marriage
*The God-Centered Spouse
*Sacred History
*Sexual Saints
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7 Secrets To An Awesome Marriage
$18.99Add to cartAll of us want an enduring marriage, a beautiful marriage we can believe in. That kind of marriage happens through intimacy. Intimacy requires hard work and a guide. Dr. Kim Kimberling is that guide and this book and its tools will show you how communication and intimacy in marriage can be yours.
Kimberling offers insights like connecting every day in spite of what s in the way, learning how to fight in the right ways, stopping the insanity of doing the same thing over and over even when it isn t working, and finding that the best sex ever is well within the context of Christian marriages.
Once these 7 secrets are a part of your marriage, you can stand together and fight anything that would ever try to tear your marriage apart.
Whether you have just celebrated your first anniversary or your fiftieth, 7 Secrets to an Awesome Marriage by Dr. Kim Kimberling is for you. If you have a good marriage, this book can help you have a great marriage. If you are struggling, Kim Kimberling will help you turn the corner and make your marriage into what you want it to be.”
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Marriage Is A Four Letter Word
$14.95Add to cartBlacksmith Publishing Title
A problem that many couples face is that they value their marriage about as much as they value rental property. There’s no long-term investment in rental property because there’s no long-term ownership – no commitment. Their marriage is like a one-year lease agreement that has to be reconsidered every twelve months. If the location is wrong, if the cost is too high, if the size is too big or small, if their career takes them away, or if they just don’t like what they’ve gotten themselves into, they’ll simply walk away and look for another place to take up residency. Some call it separation or an annulment. Others call it divorce. If you want a healthy, happy, life-lasting marriage, it will take some work. Working to communicate effectively and keep the marriage healthy is not always glamorous but it has to be done. The perception of work within a marriage is dependent upon the love between the spouses. When you love, more importantly when you are in love, the work involved in the marriage becomes part of life. It’s a term that I call “keeping the love alive.” This book is dedicated to making your marriage a life-long journey of joy and success.
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Sacred Marriage : What If God Designed Marriage To Make Us Holy More Than T
$19.99Add to cartSacred Marriage doesn’t just offer techniques to make a marriage happier. It does contain practical tools, but what married Christians most need is help in becoming holier husbands and wives. Sacred Marriage offers that help with insights from Scripture, church history, time tested wisdom from Christian classics, and examples from today’s marriages. Revised Edition.
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Betrothed : A Collection Of Love Stories Reflecting An Ancient Faith
$19.95Add to cartOlive Press Messianic (www.olivepresspublisher.com)
Dating? Courtship? There’s something better. The current way our society prepares a single person for marriage has led to an increase in broken marriages and moral disintegration. The ten couples in this book have trailblazed a new, yet ancient and beautiful path to marriage called bethrothal. These couples’ families saw the need to go a different direction–a direction that points toward Yeshua (Jesus) and His spotless Bride. The Tommy and Sherri Waller family is well represented in these love stories. Tommy writes: “Many of these accounts are written by my own children. Their testimonies are the result of God’s mercy in making a presentation to me and my wife, Sherri, many years ago. He enabled us to see clearly that our children were at great risk … Which of our children would make it and which ones would fall? … [W]e [now] have five married children. All of them have chosen to walk through the beautiful process of betrothal. There has never been a time in my life when I have witnessed anything close to the intensity of love birthed from two undefiled hearts as I have in betrothal. Every betrothal I witness confirms in me the Father’s true grace-the unmerited favor He desires to lavish on all of us.” Brayden Waller writes: “The bridegroom heart of God is a recurring theme throughout Scripture. The Bible actually begins and ends with a wedding: first, Adam and Eve in the garden, and last, the marriage supper of the Lamb. Betrothal is an essential key to this whole story. To understand this ancient and Biblical way of marriage is to better understand the relationship we have with God. … Unlike engagement, betrothal is an actual covenant that is made prior to the wedding day … [which] is the very thing God has done with us! He has made a covenant with us by the blood of Yeshua and the wedding is yet to come. Revelation 19:7 tells us of this coming wedding, ‘Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife has made herself ready.’ … Betrothal is much further reaching than the confines of a culture. It is something that the LORD Himself participates in. He says in Hosea 2:19-20, ‘I will betroth you to Me forever, yes I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in loving kindness and mercy I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.’ … Whether you are reading this book for the spiritual application of being
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Imperfect Marriage : Help For Those Who Think Its Over
$17.99Add to cartFrom legendary baseball Hall of Famer and his wife comes a marriage guidebook for the not-so-perfect marriage-filled with extremely candid, practical, and biblically based principles-proven to make any relationship successful.
Darryl and Tracy Strawberry admit they have “made every possible mistake you can make in marriage.” Together, this devoted couple has suffered through-and survived-adultery, addiction, financial destruction, and many other all-too-familiar struggles.
A no-holds-barred account of their personal journey, The Imperfect Marriage provides a step-by-step program that will help you and your partner understand the key issues that could be causing damage in your relationship and recognize turning points on the journey toward marriage restoration. Darryl and Tracy Strawberry know firsthand what it takes to make it through the battle and how to come out victorious. Beginning with putting God at the center, their words will inspire you to transform your marriage into an enduring and vital relationship.
The Strawberrys keep it real and preach it real. They deal with real people, real problems, and offer solutions for the present. Through candid anecdotes, a great deal of self-awareness, and a true sense of honesty, Darryl and Tracy offer the vision, encouragement, and practical advice that every healthy marriage needs in order to thrive.
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5 Love Languages For Men
$15.99Add to cartFalling in love is easy. Keeping the sizzle in your marriage? That’s more like grilling the perfect steak-it takes time, attention, and some secret spices. Mastering your wife’s heart doesn’t have to be complicated, but it will take a little effort. Good intentions alone will not get the job done.
Gary Chapman gears this edition of his #1 New York Times multi-million best seller to your needs, challenges, and interests as a husband. What really fills your wife’s love tank? (It may not be what you think.) How can you let her know what you’re thinking and feeling? What can you do to make sex more meaningful and pleasurable for you both? This book offers a straightforward approach that will equip you for relational success.
Discover the secret that has already transformed millions of relationships worldwide. As you learn this simple, yet profound, concept for communicating love, you’ll be more confident and courageous in the ways that matter most. Really!
“When you express your love for your wife using her primary love language, it’s like hitting the sweet spot on a baseball bat or golf club. It just feels right-and the results are impressive.” -Gary Chapman
Includes an updated version of The 5 Love Languages(R) personal profile.
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5 Love Languages
$16.99Add to cartFalling in love is easy. Staying in love-that’s the challenge! How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands and conflicts and just plain boredom of everyday life?
In the #1 New York Times bestselling book The 5 Love Languages, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner-starting today.
“If we learn to meet each other’s deep emotional need to feel loved, and choose to do it, the love we share will be exciting beyond anything we’ve ever felt.”-Gary Chapman
The 5 Love Languages is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships in today’s world, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work. Practice the simple steps outlined in each chapter and you’ll be on your way to a healthier, mutually beneficial relationship.
Also includes an updated version of The 5 Love Languages(R) personal profile.
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Best Year Of Your Marriage
$21.99Add to cartThis beautiful 52-week devotional provides Christian couples with an easy way to read Scripture, pray, and engage in spiritual discussions and activities to strengthen their relationship and marriage. Perfect for younger couples in building a strong spiritual foundation early on, it’s a great resource for couples of any age or stage who want to grow closer as they follow God together. Presented in a relaxed and easy-to-use way and edited by Focus on the Family president Jim Daly and his wife, Jean, each devotional offers foundational, practical, and wise material from members of the Focus counselling staff.
The content is divided into 13 sections, with topics including getting to know each other better, listening, mastering money, building a Christ-centered home, going the distance, and more. Each section is introduced by the Dalys, and each of the 52 devotions is followed with discussion questions and activities.
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From This Day Forward
$18.99Add to cartThe choices you make each and every day determine not only your relationship with God but also the quality of your marriage. The decisions you make today will determine the marriage you will have tomorrow. In this book, you will discover five commitments that will absolutely fail-proof your marriage. If you make these decisions, you can and will have the marriage God wants you to experience. Seek God. Fight fair. Have fun. Stay pure, and Never give up. If you and your spouse will earnestly commit to do all five of these things, you’ll discover a richer, deeper, more authentic relationship and a more rewarding, more passionate love life than the greatest fantasy that you could have ever imagined. Don’t be a statistic. Don’t be average. Let’s get you that marriage that you always wanted. Starting right now—from this day forward.
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Rebuilding Broken Bridges For Couples
$15.99Add to cartCan marriages be resurrected when they have gone from love to ruin? Is there a chance to save a hopeless union? Can a dead relationship come alive again? John Wagner says, “Yes!.” He and his wife Susan went through a marriage crisis. The healing they received from Imago Relationship Therapy inspired a dream of helping couples. Rebuilding Broken Bridges gives hope to struggling couples who want to find the way back. It also proposes biblical ideas on healthy marriages and joins them with the latest research in relationships.
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Setting Your Marriage Free
$18.00Add to cartThe same powerful principles from Neil Anderson’s Steps to Freedom in Christ that helped set more than one million people free from spiritual bondage can now revolutionize marriage relationships. Anderson and co-author Charles Mylander offer the practical tools married couples need to safeguard their marriages against the things that threaten to destroy them. Setting Your Marriage Free gives biblical insight and practical help for any marriage-whether it’s healthy, in trouble or disastrous. Any couple willing to face the truth and walk in the light will find their marriage set free and become what God wants it to be.
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Couple Therapy : A New Hope Focused Approach
$55.00Add to cartWhy You Need This Book
Part I: A Theory Of Change
1. Wanted: A Wise And Humble Counselor
2. A Sensible, Tested, And Effective Approach To Helping Couples
3. Make Therapy A Positive Growth Experience For Couples
4. Addressing The Couple’s ContextPart II: Beginning Counseling
5. Pre-counseling Interventions
6. The Intake
7. After The IntakePart III: Case Studies In Treatment Planning
8. The Wounded But Hopeful Couple
9. The Cool Virtues Couple
10. The Enrichment Couple
11. The “Should We Marry?” Couple
12. The Complicating Factor Couple
13. The Couple With A Psychological Disorder
14. The High Conflict Couple
15. The “Accept The Things I Cannot Change” Couple
16. The Kitchen Sink CouplePart IV: Interventions Within The Sessions
17. Session Management In The Hope-focused Couples Approach To Counseling
18. HOPE Interventions (Handling Our Problems Effectively)
19. BOND With Me: Bind Our Nurturing Devotion
20. Addressing Hurts In Relationships
21. Forgiving And Reconciling Through Experiencing Empathy (FREE)
22. Reconciliation And Rebuilding Trust With CouplesPart V: Conquering The Difficulties You’ll Face
23. Assessing Change Throughout Treatment
24. Resistance And Roadblocks
27. Pornography Use And Internet SexualityPart VI: Concluding Treatment Using The Hope-Focused Couples Approach
28. Termination
29. Post-Counseling Check Ups
30. It Works, But Is It True?Additional Info
Following on the heels of the successful Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling, Jennifer Ripley and Everett Worthington Jr. have written a new book that expands upon their previous theoretical approach while describing in detail many new practical interventions for couple counseling and enrichment. Weaving together classic cases outlined in Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling and over 75 brand new practical interventions, Ripley and Worthington root their practical examples in an even deeper theoretical framework and research in attachment and intimate bonds. Written with the couple counselor in mind, this book occupies a rare niche that is accessible not only to therapists and counselors but also to pastors and married couples alike. Both licensed clinical psychologists and experienced counselors, the authors base this follow-up work on the pillars of their Hope-Focused Couples Approach. The assessment tools included help facilitate improved marriages in many settings, and the combination of theory and real-life case studies easily integrates into the practices of professional counselors and researchers as well as into the lives of couples. -
Learning To Love When You Dont Feel Like It
$15.99Add to cartDo these words sound familiar? “I’m tired of talking to a brick wall.” “I’ve told you that umpteen times.” “Why am I always the one to put the kids to bed while you watch TV?” “If you really loved me, you’d want to be with me.” Each of these phrases is an alarm bell, signaling the end of your marriage may be closer than you think. When Kenny Lewis’s wife, Connie, said, “I’m getting so tired of working so hard to keep this marriage together,” he was shocked. He thought he was a great husband. Typical male. Totally clueless. When he asked her to tell him how he’d hurt her, she said, “I’ve told you before and you haven’t listened.” His heart sank. Their marriage was in serious trouble. Desperate, Lewis turned to the New Testament to learn how to love his wife. He discovered the Bible uses sixteen different action words to describe love. Each of the terms challenges our modern concept of love as something you feel under the spell of candlelight and soft music. Instead, the Bible teaches that love is learning to control your response when your mate overdraws the checkbook, or wrecks the car, or when feelings inexplicably grow cold. If you want to learn how to love when you don’t feel like it, join the journey of developing a satisfying love that will last. Do the book’s love-learning steps work? Lewis not only survived his crisis, twenty-five years later he and Connie are more in love than ever!
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10 Dollar Great Dates
$16.00Add to cartFor couples of all ages and stages, four marriage experts offer 52 creative ideas for dates that won’t break the bank. From outdoor fun to “passion-picker-uppers,” each suggestion includes preparation tips and fun talking points to help husbands and wives energize their relationship.
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Controlling Husband : What Every Woman Needs To Know
$14.00Add to cart“I can’t live this way anymore.”
“I’ve given up trying to change him.”
“I can’t ever be good enough.”
“He won’t listen to me anyway.”As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Ron Welch has heard many women in controlling marriages pour out their hearts. They feel trapped, helpless, stuck in a situation with no solution and no way out.
In this candid book, Welch offers real hope. He shows women how controlling husbands develop, why wives allow themselves to be controlled, and strategies to help both husband and wife change. Welch struggled as a controlling husband for years but found help and healing in his relationship with his wife. He uses that experience, as well as examples from the lives of the couples he’s worked with, to show women that just because “he’s always been this way” doesn’t mean their marriage must be that way forever. He teaches women valuable practical skills for coping with the challenges they face and transforming the power and control issues in their marriages.
For wives of controlling husbands, along with the friends and family members who love and are concerned about them, this is an essential resource. Counselors will also find it helpful as they work with hurting couples.
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Clarity Of Mind
$10.99Add to cartTHE IMPORTANCE OF CLARITY OF MIND
Clarity of mind is one of God promises to His children. He promised us a sound mind and power of love not spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1 vs 7).
Clarity of mind will enable us to hear from God and gain full understanding of His instructions to us. Gaining full understanding will lead us to appropriate obedience and application of the prophecy at the right time.
How can we gain full understanding of the word of God without clarity of mind? How can we lead people to God and be able to preach the word of God without clarity of mind?
Every son of God of needs clarity of my mind to be able understand the word of God fully and apply the revelations appropriately and seek God for the purpose of that revelation.
Many a time people receive a word from God but fail to utilize that word fully because of lack of clarity of mind. They may be in the in deep trouble and God sends his word to rescue them but because of lack of clarity of mind they will still miss the mark of their deliverance.
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Marriage Is A Vision
$20.49Add to cartA young professional hair stylist (Christian female) living in London is saddened by broken relationships of which none led to marriage. On recounting her experiences she reminded me of similar circumstances that other women faced. There are some insight into areas which will enhance spiritual growth, how to live a victorious life, and enhance personal development.
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Building A Successful Family
$15.49Add to cartThe miracle of the 21st century is that a man and woman who are mature and differentiated can fall in love, marry, and enjoy a beautiful and flourishing marriage for the rest of their lives by following the principles in this book. This book is not for the “select few” only: If a couple is totally committed to each other and constantly looking for ways to positively communicate their love and commitment to each other, they will be inseparable, forget what is happening to others around them and focus on their love and enjoy their blessed marriage forever!
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2 Shall Become 1 Flesh
$13.49Add to cartEvery pastor needs to read this book for the revelation of the blood covenant that has been missed by theology schools. It is an awesome revelation of the marriage that will change the way you preach and the lives of your sheep!
Every husband and wife needs to read this book to put the marriage in right relationship with each other and to God. There is only one way through this important and life changing revelation of the blood covenant between husbands and wives. Divorce is not the answer. After reading this book YOU WILL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO START OVER AND EXPERIENCE WHAT GOD ORIGINALLY INTENDED!
Every single person should read this book to avoid what millions of failed marriages could not. This book holds an incredible revelation about sexual covenants that can actually spare you heartache and pain in your future. It can give you a marriage in the miraculous!
One thing is for sure, almost every person who has read this book says, “Why didn’t I have this information years ago?” This book is in your hands and the information is available to you NOW! Don’t miss the opportunity to read a truly life changing book.
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Sacred Sex : Embracing Your Sexuality As God Designed It
$7.99Add to cartSex isn’t everything that the world makes it out to be. It’s more.
This is a book about sex, for those who think about it. And if we’re honest, that’s everyone. Sex dominates our popular culture to a degree we’ve never seen before. Our world tells us that our sexuality is ours to do with as we please. Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase YOLO – You Only Live Once! We’re meant to believe that since we only have one life, we should do whatever it is that we want with that life. But if we only have one of something, shouldn’t that mean that we treat it with care and use it as it was designed to be used? God tells us that our sexuality is valuable and needs to be treated as such. The unrestricted sex of our culture is only a shortcut to personal fulfillment and, sadly, a cheapened imitation of the real thing.
Pastor Tony Evans refuses to let the voice of God be drowned out amidst the clamor of the crowd. Crafting an argument that draws on everything from the basic science of hormones to the original Hebrew language used in the Bible to describe sex, you will discover why your sexuality is so important and why misusing it can be devastating.
Whether you are single or married, discover how to enjoy true intimacy – the real fulfillment and satisfaction that God intended.
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Marriage Matters
$8.99Add to cartMarriage Matters. It matters to children and homes; neighborhoods and schools; communities and governments. It matters. And it will always matter. Today, marriages are declining at an alarming rate. We’ve all heard the statistic – 50% of marriages end in divorce, but do we ever ask why these marriages are ending?
Nobody enters into a marriage thinking “I’m part of that 50% that will end in divorce.” Wedding days are filled with beauty and the promise of a life filled with happiness. So what happens between the wedding day and the day the divorce papers are finalized? According to pastor and teacher Tony Evans, marriages deteriorate because we have lost sight of the purpose and joy of the marriage covenant.
Marriage Matters examines the nature of the relationship that people enter into on the wedding day. Dr. Evans looks to the Bible and defines what a covenant is, who makes it, and what the implications are. Chaos arises when we seek to do things our way, thus the need to align ourselves according to biblical standards of marriage. Let the practical and engaging Dr. Tony Evans lead you in knowing just how much Marriage Matters.
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Passion Principles : Celebrating Sexual Freedom In Marriage
$18.99Add to cartGod’s desire is for couples to enjoy passionate sexual relationships without inhibition, awk-wardness, fear, resentment, guilt, or shame. With honesty and frankness, life coach and best-selling author Shannon Ethridge opens the minds of both husbands and wives to con-sider how to move beyond the mechanics of sex to cultivating a rich and rewarding con-nection.
Divided into four sections, Shannon helps couples celebrate the spiritual, mental, emotion-al, and physical sides of sex.
Some chapters end with questions for personal contemplation or for couples to use as con-versation starters, and other chapters end with prayers that foster a deeper spiritual and emotional connection, making this a perfect guide to a more passionate love life. -
Meaning Of Marriage
$19.00Add to cartIntroduction
1. The Secret Of Marriage
2. The Power For Marriage
3. The Essence Of Marriage
4. The Mission Of Marriage
5. Loving The Stranger
6. Embracing The Other
7. Singleness And Marriage
8. Sex And Marriage
Epilogue
Appendix: Decision Making And Gener Roles
NotesAdditional Info
Based on the acclaimed sermon series by New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller, this book shows everyone-Christians, skeptics, singles, longtime married couples, and those about to be engaged-the vision of what marriage should be according to the Bible.Modern culture would have you believe that everyone has a soul mate; that romance is the most important part of a successful marriage; that your spouse is there to help you realize your potential; that marriage does not mean forever, but merely for now; and that starting over after a divorce is the best solution to seemingly intractable marriage issues. But these modern-day assumptions are wrong. Timothy Keller, with insights from Kathy, his wife of thirty-seven years, shows marriage to be a glorious relationship that is also misunderstood and mysterious. The Meaning of Marriage offers instruction on how to have a successful marriage, and is essential reading for anyone who wants to know God and love more deeply in this life.
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Fight Your Way To A Better Marriage
$17.99Add to cartBased on years of counseling, research, and success stories, Dr. Greg Smalley teaches us how to use marital conflict as a way to deepen and strengthen our relationships.
Every married couple fights. But how you and your spouse deal with hot-button issues speaks volumes about the health of your marriage. Dr. Greg Smalley explains how conflict can provide an opportunity to break old, ineffective patterns and lead to greater trust (and intimacy) once you get to the other side. It can also reduce tension as emotions are vented and stress is released.
Smalley teaches that conflict is driven mostly by fear-the fear of being disrespected or taken for granted, the fear of powerlessness, and the fear of rejection or inadequacy. What can assuage these fears, he says, are intimacy, respect, validation, love, and connection. If conflict is poorly managed, issues can explode like a massive volcano, leaving spouses and family members in its wake of destruction.
Written with a candid and inspirational approach, Fight Your Way to a Better Marriage will give you all the practical answers, tips, exercises, and inspirational stories you need to have a fulfilling, happy, trusting, and intimate relationship.
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Marriage Builder : Creating True Oneness To Transform Your Marriage
$18.99Add to cartBestselling author Larry Crabb cuts to the heart of the biblical view of marriage: the ‘one-flesh’ relationship. He argues convincingly that the deepest needs of human personality—security and significance—ultimately cannot be satisfied by a marriage partner. We need to turn to the Lord, rather than our spouse, to satisfy our needs. This frees both partners for ‘soul oneness,’ a commitment to minister to our spouse’s needs rather than manipulating them to meet our own needs. With ‘soul oneness’ comes renewed ‘body oneness,’ where couples enjoy sexual pleasure as an expression and outgrowth of a personal relationship.
The Marriage Builder also identifies three building blocks essential to constructing marriage: the grace of God, true marriage commitment, and acceptance of one’s mate. Discussion questions are included to aid couples who want to dig into it and apply the principles to their own lives and marriages. The Marriage Builder is for anyone who longs to transform marriage from trial to triumph.
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Love Sex And Marriage
$28.99Add to cartIn all three Abrahamic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, marriage is part of God’s plan for humanity, as illustrated in the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, and the Koran as well as the religious literature of these three traditions. It is viewed as a sacred bond as well as a means to personal fulfilment. It is more than a legal contract, rather an institution with cosmic significance, legitimized through divine authority. In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the purpose of marriage is to build a home, create a family and thereby perpetuate society. Yet, despite the similarity of perception in the great monotheistic faiths, there are important differences. In this book three scholars outline sex law, betrothal and marriage, family life and the understanding of divorce in these traditions and discuss the differences between them in a student-friendly and accessible way.
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Just Us : Finding Intimacy With God And With Each Other (Reprinted)
$16.00Add to cartMarriages have a better opportunity of thriving when couples spend time together with God. In Just Us, David and Jan Stoop provide just what couples need to make the most of the precious time they spend together seeking God. Each week’s devotions revolve around a specific theme. In just a few minutes each day, couples will focus on God’s view of marriage, how God blesses marriage, how to grow in love and intimacy, faithfulness, improving communication, resolving conflicts, the roles of husband and wife, building trust, forgiveness, the importance of prayer, and how to have an intentional marriage. At the end of each devotion, couples will enjoy the “Talking Together” section with thought-provoking questions for the couple to discuss and further develop the theme or strengthen it in their marriage. By setting aside short daily times together each week, every couple has the opportunity to plant these themes deeper into their lives. What a gift for couples!
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10 Lifesaving Principles For Women In Difficult Marriages (Revised)
$14.99Add to cartIf you feel you have no control over your circumstances and you are spinning your wheels in your marriage relationship, apply any or all of these principles, and watch them improve your life. This new and updated version of 10 Lifesaving Principles for Women in Difficult Marriages will help you find peace and confidence, regardless of the specific problems in your marriage.
*Reach out to others
*Understand scriptural truths
*Change yourself, not him
*Detach with love
*Nurture yourself
*Face your fears
*Speak the truth in love
*Set boundaries
*Make your children a priority
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For Women Only Revised And Updated Edition (Revised)
$16.00Add to cartWhat’s going on in a man’s mind? From their early days, every woman has struggled to understand why males behave the way they do. Even long-married women who think they understand men have only scratched the surface. Beneath a man’s rugged exterior is an even more rugged, unmapped terrain. What bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahn’s research reveals about the inner lives of men will open women’s eyes to what the men in their life-boyfriends, brothers, husbands, and sons-are really thinking and feeling. Men want to be understood, but they’re afraid to “freak out” the women they love by confessing what is happening inside their heads. This book will guide women in how to provide the loving support that modern men want and need.
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No Greater Love
$14.99Add to cartWhich road are you on for your marriage-yours or God’s?
Inspired by the heartwarming movie No Greater Love, executive producer Russ Rice and co-writer and director Brad Silverman have created this 90-day devotional for couples to help husbands and wives dig deeper into the mystery of marriage, addressing what it means to truly love your spouse in the sacrificial and unconditional way God loves us. Each devotion invites couples to keep God at the center of their relationship, to improve their communication skills, and to strengthen their commitment to each other. Topics include commitment, trust, truth, forgiveness, reconciliation, and more. Each devotion offers a real-life snapshot from marriage, questions for discussion, and action points. A couple’s marriage will not be the same after these ninety days. Why? Because there is no greater love between two people than a love grounded in and empowered by God’s love.
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Married But Lonely
$15.99Add to cartSeven Steps to a New Husband!
You married a good man. He loves you. He’s committed to you. He treats you well. You fully and sincerely appreciate who he is and what he does for you and for the family. The problem is, he does not meet some of your most important, God-given needs. Eighty-five percent of all husbands are intimacy-challenged. Your conversations are brief, safe, and superficial. He does not reveal what he’s really thinking and feeling inside. He believes your marriage is great. He’s perfectly happy…and the intimate, romantic, emotional part of you is dying a slow death. Working together, the two of you can create an intimate marriage. In Married…but Lonely Dr. David Clarke will show you seven steps that you as the wife can implement with or without your husband’s cooperation and begin to experience the kind of marriage you’ve always wanted.
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I Do What
$28.95Add to cartDennis Fulton has served in local church ministries for sixty years. He served the Chapel Rock Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, when the megachurch movement was in its infancy in Christian churches and Churches of Christ. After a two-year hiatus for renewal and restoration, Dennis was returned to local ministries. During all of his ministry, however, his interest in world missions found him preaching or teaching in twelve different nations, with an extended stay “down under.” While in Australia, he completed the manuscript for this book. Over his lengthy ministry, there have been over five hundred couples who have stood before him to declare “I do.” Among those have been his five children and, to this date, four of his grandchildren. It has been at the insistence or encouragement of them that this book has become a reality. They think it is important for others to know what it means when they say: FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE. Surely marriage will bring those things that are better. But just as surely, there will be those things that are worse. How much worse? Is it ever worse enough to throw in the towel? FOR RICHER, FOR POORER. Two family backgrounds are coming together in a marriage. One family grabs that dollar bill and squeezes George Washington to death on the way to the bank. The other may run to Dairy Queen and lick the life out of old George. What should be done in a marriage to merge these money matters? SICKNESS AND HEALTH. Some couples have found the stress of preparation for a wedding, the ceremony, the reception, and even the honeymoon leaving them exhausted and near sickness. There are, however, those big words like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and chronic diabetes that could be future tests of this part of the vow. What if? A good understanding of what is contained in that “I do” can help many couples toward the goal of a “they all lived happily ever after” marriage.
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Those Loving Feelings
$11.95Add to cartThis marriage-enrichment book explores how God, in the Song of Solomon, instills in his human creatures the passion to create within the marital bond a life of joy and commitment. The author structures his inspiring applications to take readers verse by verse through this classic love poem from the Old Testament. Each chapter candidly interprets the verses and enables couples to apply these to their own marriages.
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Art Of Falling In Love
$17.99Add to cartFind, keep, and renew the love of your life! The culmination of years of research, Joe Beam’s guide reveals four concrete steps – attraction, acceptance, attachment, and aspiration – that anyone can follow. Offering a tried-and-true process for creating a lasting relationship, he explains why we crave caring, the stages of commitment, dynamics of differences, and more. Previously titled Your Lovepath. The Group Discussion Guide at the back of the book makes it suitable for a Reading Group selection or Book Club choice.
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Those Loving Feelings
$28.95Add to cartThis marriage-enrichment book explores how God, in the Song of Solomon, instills in his human creatures the passion to create within the marital bond a life of joy and commitment. The author structures his inspiring applications to take readers verse by verse through this classic love poem from the Old Testament. Each chapter candidly interprets the verses and enables couples to apply these to their own marriages.
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His Needs Her Needs Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$8.99Add to cartFor over twenty-five years, His Needs, Her Needs has been transforming marriages all over the world. Now this life-changing book is the basis for an interactive six-week study designed for use in couples’ small groups or retreats, pre-marital counseling sessions, or by individual couples.
Willard F. Harley, Jr. and his wife, Joyce, explain the important concept of the Love Bank, and teach them to meet each other’s emotional needs for affection, sex, intimate conversation, companionship, family commitment, physical attractiveness, honesty and openness, and admiration. As couples walk through the study together they will remember why they fell in love in the first place, renew their commitment to their marriage, and rediscover their passion.
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Love Dare (Revised)
$17.99Add to cartUnconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.The Love Dare, the New York Times No. 1 best seller that has sold five million copies and was major plot device in the popular movie Fireproof, is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you need to take. It’s time to learn the keys to finding true intimacy and developing a dynamic marriage.This second edition features a special link to a free marriage assessment survey, a new preface by Stephen and Alex Kendrick, minor text updates, and select testimonials from The Love Dare readers. Take the dare!
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Excellence In Marriage
$14.99Add to cartMarried and Happy?
Yes, it is possible! Your marriage can be all that you ever dreamed it would be-no matter what season you are in. In this honest, open, down-to-earth book, Diane Hampton explores the wonders of married life, as well as the woes. For those who want make their marriages better, Excellence in Marriage offers life-changing principles that are easy to put into practice.
Learn to live in true unity by using these biblical principles. Enduring love, stored-up treasures, intimate communication, and true forgiveness are just a few of the marital building blocks you will be able to establish in your home. Your marriage can be transformed and flourish, far exceeding the expectations you had on your wedding day.
Are you ready to be blessed with the “marriage made in heaven” that God desires for you? Keep reading-this book has the answers!
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101 Questions To Ask Before You Get Remarried
$13.99Add to cartRespected Christian counselor H. Norman Wright draws from his extensive experience to help couples establish strong, loving marriages. Whether divorced or widowed, people who marry again face unique challenges. Through 101 questions, Norm helps readers know their own views and understand where they agree and disagree with their future mates on finances, roles, sexuality, children, responsibilities, and previous relationship issues. Couples will work together to:
make sure they’re ready for a new marriage
discover the essentials for successful remarriages
clearly communicate personal and family needs
establish realistic expectations for their new marriage
handle common problems in remarriage: previous partners, in-laws (past and present), merged families, money, sexual issuesOffering plenty of room for written responses, this essential premarriage guide helps couples work through problem areas before they become issues. They will also discover areas of strength and agreement that will help them establish a solid foundation for success. Ideal for couples, study groups, ministers, and counselors.
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Letters To Karen
$14.99Add to cartEvery bride wants her father’s blessing and to have the wisdom that comes from more than forty years of happy marriage. In this classic book, a father writes letters of love, encouragement, and advice to his newly engaged daughter. In his letters are the hopes and dreams that all parents share for their children as they begin a new chapter of their lives. Beloved for its thoughtfulness and insight, the advice found in Letters to Karen is a sound and relevant today as when it was originally written in 1965.
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Winning Together : His Needs Matter Her Needs Are Important
$21.99Add to cartHeavenly Realm Publishing Company
Winning Together is for the married couple who is pursuing a better, closer relationship, and intimacy within their marriage. It is a guide to help the Covenant Marriage to build, re-build, and rekindle the fire within their marriage again as they seek to exercise the promises and expectations of God’s Covenant love within the marriage. Stephanie helps the married couple to reach deep within themselves first, then within their relationship and offer steadfast love, loyalty, forgiveness, and commitment to resolving conflict to a peacemaking communion as they both seek spiritual growth within the marriage. In Winning Together, Stephanie helps the couple to win in every area of their marriage. She shows how communication and sexual intimacy are one of the most important aspects in developing a successful winning relationship and Covenant marriage. It provides lifelike scenarios, examples, and biblical principles that answer the most common questions the couple or those seeking marriage may have. Winning Together provides a vehicle to understand that sex is not the only answer to a successful marriage, it also involves the couple’s personal commitment, spiritual, emotional, social, and love lasting oneness.
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Living Together : Myths Risks And Answers
$16.99Add to cartIS LIVING TOGETHER THE ANSWER?
Since the late 1960s, the number of couples living together before marriage has increased significantly, as this phenomenon was thought to be the answer to obtaining a successful marriage. The theory that couples could “practice” seemed a perfect solution to an increasingly higher divorce rate. “After all,” many argued, “if we live together first, we will really know if we’re compatible.”Mike and Harriet McManus, co-founders of the Marriage Savers(R) organization, argue in this important book that theory and reality are often not the same. They take a fundamental position that one can not practice permanence, and unless a marriage is established as permanent, a couple will not approach it the same way. This significant finding has come from the McManuses’ fifteen years of studying marriage and divorce and their desire to help couples build strong marriages that last a lifetime.
In the pages of this book, you will discover that the divorce rate is actually higher among couples who live together before marriage, as well as important principles that really do give couples the necessary tools for a successful marriage.
Consider this book an investment in yours or someone else’s marriage. Whether you are a counselor seeking to help others in their marriage, a parent helping a child as he or she is contemplating living with someone, a pastor who needs a reliable tool to help couples in his ministry, or a person considering living with someone yourself, “this book is for you!”
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Praying Gods Word For Your Husband (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartWomen often offer up polite prayers to God without any real hope of seeing change in their marriage, their husbands, or themselves. Kathi Lipp directs women to Scripture and shows wives how to pray God’s Word boldly and in full confidence of seeing God-sized results. With a light touch and an approachable style, Lipp shows women what a blessing it is to pray for their husbands, addressing specific concerns, like praying for his:
parenting
career and finances
relationship with God and others
emotional health
future
and moreLipp shows readers how to stop feeling helpless and start making a difference in their husbands’ lives through bold, expectant prayer, whether they are new believers or have been walking with God for years.
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It Started In The Garden
$18.95Add to cartDoes God really have a plan for marriage? Can a book written thousands of years ago still be relevant for marriages today? It Started in the Garden invites you to take a biblical journey back to the Garden of Eden to discover God’s amazing design for marriage. This book will help you discover God’s basic rules for marriage, understand communication fundamentals, recognize and defeat five of the major enemies attacking marriage, identify differences between men and women, and their roles in marriage. God, the Creator of marriage, has provided the ultimate operating manual. Are you a newly engaged couple looking to lay a good foundation? Have you been married for many years and just need a refresher? Is your marriage in trouble? Are you ready to give up? It Started in the Garden is a great resource for pre-marriage counseling, marriage seminars, marriage enrichment, small groups, and for marriages in crisis. Individuals, couples, pastors, lay leaders, and counselors will benefit from the wealth of teaching in this book. If you want your marriage to work the way God designed it then start following His plan. After all, it started in the Garden! “Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.'” Isaiah 48:17.
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Divorce And Remarriage
$8.99Add to cartThere are many views today on morality, relativity and right and wrong. Dr. Tony Evans refuses to let the voice of God be drowned out amidst the clamor of the crowd. In the age where people can get a “no-fault” divorce (When is it ever nobody’s fault’) believers who claim to live by God’s word cannot dodge the issue: we cannot skip it, run from it, or ignore it. God has spoken clearly on this subject and while it is far from easy to address, it must be dealt with. Combining a high view of marriage, compassion, and biblical authority, Tony Evans gives invaluable insight into divorce and remarriage as he explores real-life fears and questions by looking at the issue from God’s vantage point, not from our emotional one.
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Home Improvement Series 2
$17.99Add to cartThis follow-up to the first book in the author’s series on marriage and relationships focuses on how to maintain a healthy home by practicing Biblical principles. Following the format of Volume One, this book is a compilation of articles written by the author on Nigeriaworld.com. This volume looks to provide Biblical insight on various relationship topics.
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For Better Or For Best
$18.99Add to cartIn this newly revised edition of the classic bestseller For Better or for Best, Gary Smalley speaks to women and explains what motivates men and how wives can use their natural qualities and abilities to build a better marriage.
Using case histories and biblical illustrations, as well as stories from his own marriage, Smalley offers empathy, humor, and wisdom to women who wish to more fully understand their husbands and love them better.
With over 750,000 copies in print and now updated and expanded to integrate the latest research and cultural changes for today’s readers, For Better or for Best offers women an insider’s perspective into the world of men, including practical help and application so they can deepen their relationships with their husbands and build a lasting marriage.
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1st Gentleman : Role Of The Female Pastor’s Husband
$13.95Add to cartFemale leadership has been a topic of debate for centuries between theologians and laity, Christians and non-Christians, as well as men and women. This study will present a theological analysis of the debate concerning male and female roles in leadership positions and ministry. An analysis of the role of the female pastor’s spouse, the effects of sexism in religion, and how it has influenced the ecclesiology of the church will be examined as well. Reflections of case studies employing biblical narratives of couples in the Bible will be used to substantiate the roles of women leaders and their spouses. Each scenario identifies the particular role of the husband and the wife, specifically when the wife is the spiritual leader.
Read with anticipation the outcome of biblical interpretation of the roles of the female leader and their spouses.
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Where Did All The Good Men Go
$15.99Add to cartLADIES, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED:
*Why you can’t find a good man?
*Why “I Do” turns into “I Don’t”?
*Why first sex together changes a good man forever? (And not in a good way!)
*Why when you seek a good man’s commitment, you prevent his devotion?
*Why submission to your husband as described in scripture is actually optional?
*Why you fail in your relationships because you are searching for “Mr. Right”?
*Why once you find a good man, he ends up leaving you?
ARE YOU PREPARED LADIES?
If you become wives, you eventually face a Two-Year Glitch, Seven-Year Itch, and Twenty-Year Ditch & Switch. Plus, you must daily navigate and negotiate hundreds of situations described throughout this book. You can find, capture, and keep the good man of your dreams-if you first learn how to restore and refine your natural relationship expertise that has already been provided to you by a loving God. -
1st Gentleman : Role Of The Female Pastor’s Husband
$30.95Add to cartFemale leadership has been a topic of debate for centuries between theologians and laity, Christians and non-Christians, as well as men and women. This study will present a theological analysis of the debate concerning male and female roles in leadership positions and ministry. An analysis of the role of the female pastor’s spouse, the effects of sexism in religion, and how it has influenced the ecclesiology of the church will be examined as well. Reflections of case studies employing biblical narratives of couples in the Bible will be used to substantiate the roles of women leaders and their spouses. Each scenario identifies the particular role of the husband and the wife, specifically when the wife is the spiritual leader.
Read with anticipation the outcome of biblical interpretation of the roles of the female leader and their spouses.
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Heroes At Home (Revised)
$14.00Add to cartThis encouraging book is more than just a helpful guide for families on active duty. Ellie offers today’s generation of families the encouragement they need as they encounter the challenges military families face, whether they’re Reserves, National Guard, or full-time active duty. As the wife of an Air Force pilot and the mom of five kids, Ellie has an inside perspective on how to cope with frequent moves, be ready for imminent deployment, and stay in touch over long distances. Her sage advice and witty humor give families some sense of comfort when military life seems chaotic. Ellie is “bent on ensuring our military members and families are thanked, loved, and know they are serving with support” (Command Chief Master Sergeant Vance M. Clarke, USAF).
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Satan You Cant Have My Marriage
$9.99Add to cartBiblical principles and declarations to confront the devil and cast his evil influence out of your relationships.Christian Family Counselor Iris Delgado wants Satan to know that marriage is a territory that Christians can take back from demonic interference and control-and that it never needs to become the devil’s territory. This book reveals what makes marriage work-and what destroys it. Delgado tackles nearly fifty important marriage issues from an understanding of covenant, relationships with in-laws and children, household behaviors and chores, all the way to deeper issues of intimacy, integrity, finances, workaholics, habits, and communication. She gives biblical principles and declarations to confront the devil and cast his evil influence out. She includes interactive thought-provokers and an index of relevant words. She answers questions like:
Who will pay the bills and keep the financial records?
How do I handle an argument?
Whose house do we visit on holidays?
What are the hidden secrets of unresolved things in my life?
How can God help when my spouse doesn’t want any help?
What are the secret, bad habits that could tear us apart?This book will be a mentoring handbook you won’t want to be without! It will be useful for dating and engaged couples as well as for married couples who want to eliminate Satan’s influence from their marriage and lives.
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Fun And Creative Dates For Dating Couples
$13.99Add to cartFifty-two fun dating ideas fill the pages of this book. Each date entry is classified as formal, informal, or spontaneous, with each entry also providing a list of the needed resources to make the date a success. Dates range from the subdued to the adventurous, and all include tips for success!
Sample Date:
“Let s Get Festive!: ” Explore small towns in your area for festivals they hold. Spent the day discovering the beauty of a local festival.
“Budget: ” Gas and food money
“Planning time: ” Plan a few weeks in advance watch forannouncements in the paper.
“What to bring: ” Casual clothes, walking shoes, camera, music for the car, camera, water
“Steps to Success: ” Get on the road early and make sure your car has been serviced
“Over the Top: ” Stay the weekend with friends in the area, or buy a souvenir to remind you of your trip.” -
Sexy Christians : The Purpose Power And Passion Of Biblical Intimacy
$21.00Add to cartSex was God’s idea. Yet many Christians seem to think the more spiritual they are, the less sexual they will be. Dr. Ted and Diane Roberts help readers learn why men and women see sex differently, what the greatest aphrodisiac is, and how to avoid the most lethal killer to a great sex life. They also explore men’s and women’s sexual needs and why they are so different, sex from God’s perspective, and the differences between male and female sexual response cycles. End-of-chapter questions encourage couples to apply the book’s principles at home.
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Have A New Husband By Friday (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartHave a new husband by Friday? Is that even possible? Dr. Kevin Leman says it is. The New York Times bestselling author and self-help guru shows even the most frustrated wife how she can have a new husband by Friday. Leman reminds any wife that if what she’s doing to get better behavior out of her husband isn’t working now, it never will. So it’s time for a change. That means it’s time to change her own patterns of behavior. Here’s how Leman suggests she handle it day to day: Monday: Secrets Revealed: Cracking the Male Code Yes, you’re different species, but you can work together in harmony. Tuesday: Creatures from Another Planet . . . or Creatures of Habit? To understand men, you have to track ’em to their den. Wednesday: Think about What You Want to Say, Then Divide It by Ten How to talk so your guy will really listen . . . and listen so your guy will really talk. Thursday: Think of Him as a Seal Waiting for a Three-Pound Fish Why making love to your man is a key to who he is and how satisfied he’ll be, and what’s in it for you. Friday: It Takes a Real Woman to Make a Man Feel like a Real Man How to open your man’s heart, revolutionize your love life, and turn him into the knight you’ve always dreamed of.
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When A Woman Inspires Her Husband
$15.99Add to cartPopular women’s speaker Cindi McMenamin (author of When Women Walk Alone, more than 100,000 copies sold) shares candid and surprising insights on what can help draw a husband closer to his wife.
This book is about how a woman can be the encourager, motivator, inspiration, and admiration behind her man becoming all God designed him to be.
When a Woman Inspires Her Husband looks at how a woman can celebrate and encourage her husband’s uniqueness. Cindi shares how a wife can embrace the man in her life by…
*understanding his world
*easing his burdens
*appreciating his differences
*admiring him for who he is
*encouraging him to dreamEvery chapter includes contributions titled “From His Point of View,” in which men share from their hearts what they want their wives to know. An uplifting and practical resource designed to strengthen marriage relationships!
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Are You Waiting For The One
$18.00Add to cartPreface
1. Young Love: Beyond The Fantasy Of Romance
2. Marriage: What Makes It Christian?
3. Families: Telling The Stories That Have Shaped Us
4. Peace: Handling Conflict Constructively
5. Friendship: From Acquaintance To Intimacy
6. Sex: Embodied Communion
7. Hospitality: Welcoming Children And Other Strangers
8. Households: Forming An Economic Partnership
9. Old Love: Growing Together Into Maturity
Epilogue: WeddingsAdditional Info
Does God want to write your love story? Well, maybe not-especially not if it is the culture’s romanticized ideal of happily ever after! Margaret and Dwight Peterson help us sort out the difference between how our surrounding society often depicts marriage and how Christians really should approach this particular gift of God to all humanity. They guide us through many aspects of a growing, maturing marriage including being a family, handling conflict, friendship, children, household economics and weathering the transitions of life. In the end they show how Christian marriage is far deeper and stronger than a romantic fairy tale. In fact, it reflects the kind of love God has for us in the gospel of Jesus Christ who gave his life for us that we might have his life in us. -
Young And In Love
$14.99Add to cartYou’re young and in love, but is marriage God’s will for you? Taking issue with today’s trend of delayed marriage, Cunningham argues that late teenage or young adult unions can often be God-ordained—and the key to sexual purity. His wise insights make this book ideal for preparing young couples for a lifetime of love.
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Wheres My Edward
$14.99Add to cartHe’s passionate, thoughtful, courageous, and committed. Edward is more than Bella’s Twilight soul mate-he’s an icon for what nearly every woman hopes to find in a man. In response to the masses of women asking, “Where’s my Edward?” author Laura Gallier insightfully separates fact from fiction and presents the reality of what it takes to find and cultivate a lasting love connection. Single and married readers will find answers to their most pressing love-related questions and uncertainties, along with timeless, biblical principles for finding and maintaining romance. Twilight fan or not, you will be encouraged that in the midst of widespread relational instability, marital conflict, and divorce, it is possible to cultivate a healthy, lasting love relationship.
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If Only He Knew
$18.99Add to cartWith over 800,000 copies in print, If Only He Knew by bestselling author Gary Smalley has long been esteemed as one of the premier books on marriage for men. Smalley helps men understand their wives and meet their needs in order to establish a loving, thriving relationship that will last a lifetime.
Newly revised and expanded to reflect up-to-date research and the current cultural landscape for today’s modern audience, this book is the perfect guide for husbands who want to love their wives and strengthen their marriages in a way like never before.
Using humorous and touching illustrations from his own life, as well as case histories and biblical examples, Gary Smalley maps a blueprint to a better marriage that will have a deep and lasting impact on men and their wives.
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Whats It Like To Be Married To Me
$18.99Add to cartWhat’s It Like to Be Married to Me?, written by marriage coach Linda Dillow, is a guide to changing yourself as you fall in love with your husband – again. Sharing lessons from her own 47-year marriage as well as a survey of 500 women, she reveals how our choices can pave the way to relationships filled with passion, intimacy, and joy. With a reflective study guide included, this book is about how to live out your marriage day by day and year by year.
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Together Moments For Couples
$17.99Add to cartA lovely new cover and title for Minute Meditations for Couples from bestselling author Emilie Barnes and her husband, Bob, will enrich and mentor even more marriages with their messages of living for God, getting the most out of marriage, and managing time to create loving homes.
Following the format of their highly successful Minute Meditations for Women and Minute Meditations for Men, Emilie and Bob offer inviting devotions that give busy couples quick opportunities to draw near to God-and each other.
These devotions reflect the deep bonds and love that adversity sparks in couples committed to each other. Filled with encouragement, inspiring quotes, and practical advice, this relationship-nurturing devotional shares the richness of living in Christ and helps couples spend time together in God’s presence.
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Covered And Kept
$22.99Add to cartKaren Johnson has managed to convey her deepest fears, pain, faith and joy in this intimate and honest account of her journey in her walk with Christ… She holds nothing back, hoping the reader will gain an insight to what it means to be a true woman or man of God in spite of loss and tragedy. This book will take you from Karen’s earliest experiences of her life up to the senseless and brutal murder of her late husband, Jon Johnson. You will undoubtedly learn, as she has, how God has always had his hands on her life assuring her she is, “Covered…& Kept.” – F. Byrd As I read “Covered & Kept,” my heart and head were glued to the story as if I was watching a movie. I think Karen has done an excellent job bringing honor to our heavenly Father. Blessed Be His Name, forever! – Angle Thomas “Oh, God, please tell me why?” This desperate cry rings out from the lips of two women from two distinct walks of life as their worlds are turned upside down. One was celebrating the 84th birthday of her mother-in-law while the other was out on a date night with her husband. The nightmare begins when gun shots ring out leaving two husbands dying in pools of their own blood just a mile apart. Horrified bystanders ducked for cover while witnessing police engaged in a deadly shootout that left many people asking, “Why?” This riveting book is a true story about how Satan suddenly snatched a woman’s husband without giving her “time to say goodbye.” Karen and her husband’s romantic date night suddenly ended in the tragic death of TV Cameraman Jon Johnson. The story includes the trial and verdict of the Aaron Dunn Case, Sacramento CA, 2010.
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Winning Him Without Words (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartWeek after week, they sit in church . . . alone. They are the spiritually mismatched, those who are committed to a spouse who does not share their faith. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in survival mode, guarding the spiritual flame yet never feeling free to share it. But God wants them to thrive–not just survive. Winning Him Without Words presents ten Christ centered keys to thriving in a spiritual mismatch. Readers are encouraged to commit to Christian community, to release their spouse to God’s capable hands, to find peace in their relationships with Christ and with their spouse, to continue their pursuit of a growing faith, and to love their spouse with fresh enthusiasm. God wants every marriage to exude peace and love, and Winning Him Without Words empowers readers to create that environment in their homes and thrive as God works. Winning Him Without Words was the recipient of the Nonfiction Book of 2011 Award from the San Diego Christian Writers Guild, one of the largest Christian writers group in the United States.
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Couples Who Pray
$18.99Add to cartIn this entertaining, highly readable book, couples learn that a fabulous marriage can be the outcome of learning to pray together, a minimum of five minutes a day, causing a 20 to 30% increase in romance, conversation and happiness.
Best-selling author SQuire Rushnell and his wife, entertainer and talk show host, Louise DuArt take readers step by step through The 40 Day Prayer Challenge(TM) in which couples commit to praying together five minutes a day for forty days. Backed by compelling research from Baylor University and Gallup Poll, the true-life experiences of 24 test couples reveal that daily prayer is a “life changing experience” in which most couples report positive outcomes in less than two weeks.
Celebrity couples share extraordinary experiences on how the most intimate act between a man and a woman has improved their marriages. The couples include Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford, Donna Summer and Bruce Sudano, Scott and Tracie Hamilton, Christina Ferrara and Tony Thomopolous, and Gavin and Patty MacLeod.
Couples Who Pray includes an easy questionnaire prepared by Baylor University to help couples to chart their own progress during The 40 Day Prayer Challenge(TM). According to never-before-published research the “quantity and quality of lovemaking” gets better by 20% when couples pray more. There’s also a significant reduction in disagreements evidenced by a 21% elevation among respondents who say that they are trying to make their marriages better. Astonishingly, the fear of divorce plummets to zero when couples pray “a lot.”
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Whispers From God
$17.49Add to cart“A wise and prudent person sees evil coming and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished with suffering!” (Proverbs 22:3) What you hear is critical… What is the feeling or image you see in your spirit? What is God communicating to prevent a season of misery and loss? The time to know is at your first hello, not years later after Satan has had his way with you. The demise of a relationship can be seen from it’s beginning. Will you employ a pitiless messenger, an educator you won’t like? Will you find yourself disappointed and saddened? What is it that you already know? Will you Judge the information correctly, or downsize the data you receive? Our relationships and marriages are powerless without listening… Outside God’s voice of love they die in the heat of the day. Our excruciating toil gives us nothing in return. But your good decision will prevent harmful seeds of sorrow from ever entering the ground. – A negative venue never has to become visible. To know beforehand is a wonderful place to live. The end of the matter is crystal clear at the beginning. You can see the future and change your danger zone… WHISPERS FROM GOD integrates Dorthy’s own life revealing story and teaches pertinent insights and strategies to re-direct unnecessary pain. Dorthy energizes and enriches lives and relationships in the areas of identity, people dependencies, inner healing and unresolved relationship issues. She is a minister of the Good News and conference speaker. Her mission is transforming lives, healing hearts and showing the irresistible love of Jesus Christ. You can learn more about Dorthy and “WHISPERS FROM GOD” by visiting www.impactministry.webs.com – impactprograms@yahoo.com “Because they received not the love for truth that they might be saved, God sent then strong delusions that they should believe a lie. (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10)
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Becoming Your Spouses Better Half (Reprinted)
$14.99Add to cartIt’s no secret that men and women are different. And it’s no secret that they don’t always get along because of these differences, even when they love each other. But having a successful marriage is not about finding the perfect person to marry. It’s about loving someone in an unselfish, Christlike manner. Whatever we want out of marriage–unconditional love, forgiveness, passion–that is what we have to give to our spouse. Rick Johnson shows couples how to go beyond merely tolerating each other’s differences to using those God-given differences to add spice and passion to their relationship.
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Irrevocable Purpose Of A Woman In Life
$13.49Add to cartThis book is a wake-up call to all who have decided to reject the basic truth of God’s Word because of the tradition they have adopted, rendering the Word of God about marriage less effective. His Word says a man will definitely need a helper on his journey through life. The only precise and adequate helper the almighty God has provided is the precious woman; no other choice is appropriate. If you do choose a different helper, it is against God’s principle of life. A life without a woman is incomplete.
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Always A Wedding
$24.99Add to cartPlan the marriage and not just the wedding!
“Dr. Collins has the unique gift of guiding couples from planning a ceremony to establishing a happy and lasting marriage. His wisdom and joy did this for us 23 years ago” Hunter and Missy Keith
“While planning our wedding, Dr. Collins opened our eyes to view marriage as a covenant and not just a legal contract. We have our agreements of ‘Fighting Fair’ framed on our bedroom wall to remind us that love is patient, kind, and keeps no record of wrongs once forgiven.” Billy and Brittany Glynn
“We just wanted to get married when we met with Dr. Collins in 1988. However, our premarital counseling led us to a closer relationship with Jesus Christ who made our Covenant of Marriage possible. We used our chalice for communion in our wedding to witness Christ as the central person in our lives.” John and Teri McIntyre
“Our marriage was blessed from the start when the Lord brought us to Dr. Collins. He taught us the ‘Four Goals of Marriage’ which have encouraged us to grow together with our Lord as the third person in our Covenant. We are realizing the true gift and joy of a happy marriage.” Dan and Denise Flynn
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Why Are So Many Relationships Falling
$33.95Add to cartMost all our relationships go something like this. Even though you can see something good in the other person, you only get glimpses of the good. It is like being in a jail cell next to each other; reaching through the bars to hold hands maybe even steal a kiss, but you cannot embrace that good person. Some go so far as to have sex, but not really embrace, like most married couples are doing today.
Most of us have taken that risk, taken the chance on a relationship with that special someone. However, too often one or the other gets hurt, feels frustrated, and walks away without trying to understand why this is happening. It hurts so bad it feels like your insides are being torn out of your body. This is not a physical pain, but the spiritual and emotional separation that hurts physically. Somewhere through the pain we make up our minds consciously or subconsciously that no one will ever hurt us like that again.
Jesus said to confess our sins to one another so that we may be healed. We usually try to bury our pain and think we have forgiven our offenders. Jesus’ way is to deal directly with the pain.
Rose Kennedy was a smart women she said, “It has been said ‘time heals all wounds’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time the mind (protecting it’s sanity), covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but is never gone.”
Jesus did not come to tell us how to live with our pain, He came to heal us of the pain.
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Gods Wisdom For Marriage And The Home
$23.99Add to cartThrough wisdom is an house builded; And by understanding it is established. Proverbs 24:3
Brethren, how important is it for us to know, understand, and follow God’s wisdom concerning the home? Certainly all of us in one manner or another, either as a child, as a spouse, as a parent, or as a sibling, have had, and may yet have, a relationship with the home. In fact, most of us expect to have some relationship with the home for the entire extent of our lives. Thus the home is a significant element of our lives from beginning to end. Furthermore, the marriage relationship itself is of primary significance in most of our lives. Yes, our Lord does indeed call some to be single. Yet the majority of us will enter into the marriage relationship, and for most of us that relationship will extend over the majority of our lives. Yea, even before we enter into the marriage relationship, we generally spend some period of time thinking about, planning for, and developing relationships that might lead to marriage. Thus the marriage relationship is indeed a significant element in our lives. Finally, the marriage and home relationships are the foundational building block of society. As goes the marriage, so goes the home. As goes the home; so goes the church, and so goes the country. Since marriage and the home are so significant to our existence in this present life, certainly it is of great importance that we find trustworthy guidance concerning their success. How much more trustworthy guidance may we find than that of the wisdom of the Lord our God!
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For Married Men Only
$7.99Add to cartWhat does it mean for a husband to love his wife? Tony Evans says a husband must be his wife’s savior, sanctifier, and satisfier. It is by living out these three principles that a godly marriage will blossom and flourish. In this booklet each of these principles is explored and explained using real-life examples.
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For Married Women Only
$7.99Add to cartHow is a wife to love her husband? Tony Evans says a godly marriage will grow when a wife learns how to submit, seduce, and surrender to her husband. For Married Women Only explores these three principles in a straight-forward yet encouraging manner. He unpacks the touchy topic of submission and lays out the rewards inherent in this biblical model. On seduction, Evans looks at the quality of attractiveness and how embodying it can be pleasing to your spouse and to God. And with surrender, readers will examine why a wife is the perfect helpmate for her husband and how to combat attitudes opposed to God’s design.
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Relationship Secrets 201
$13.49Add to cartIn this book, Pastor Chris reveals one of the most important relationship secrets. The secret in this book, which is a very deep relationship secret, has been hidden for ages.
Access to the secret will empower you to marry without further delay, if you are single.
Access to the secret will empower you to enjoy your marriage, if you are married.
Access to the secret will empower you to reconcile with your spouse, if you are separated.
Access to the secret will also empower you to succeed in every kind of relationship.
This book is a powerful tool for succeeding in all kinds of relationships.
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How To Separate And Divorce As A Christian
$34.99Add to cart“Dr. Fredrika is a powerful, authentic, and sincere author who truly cares about making a difference in the lives of her readers. How to Separate and Divorce as a Christian is an invaluable resource which will help anyone who finds themselves in the challenging transition process of ending a covenant relationship. Having been through the process herself, Dr. Fredrika takes a very interactive, supportive, scripturally-based approach to helping you with all the major aspects of rebuilding your life after dissolution. The rest of your life is the best of your life, and this book helps you manifest that reality.”-Delatorro McNeal, best selling author of Caught Between a Dream and a Job.
This book is for you if you are a Christian who:
* Is facing separation or divorce after having tried everything to save your marriage and is in need of practical and spiritual advice to maneuver through the divorce process
* Knew what to do during your marriage but didn’t do it and is now facing separation or divorce
* Loves God, is well-meaning towards your spouse and yet you are contemplating whether to separate or divorceThis book does NOT:
* Promote or endorse divorce over the sanctity of marriage
* Condemn Christians who are facing separation or divorceNow is the time to learn how to:
* Hear from God when making decisions about you and your children’s lives
* Let God teach you how to run your life rather than let your life run you
* Protect you and your children
* Arm yourself with 10 powerful spiritual weapons
* Encourage yourself even when you make mistakes -
Right From The Start
$14.99Add to cart1. Money – Your Premarriage Experience With Finances
2. Money – Your Premarriage Expectations About Finances
3. Sex – Your Premarriage Experience With Sexuality And Intimacy
4. Sex – Your Premarriage Expectations About Sexuality And Intimacy
5. Power – You Premarriage Experiences With Power And Control
6. Power – Your Premarriage Expectations About Power And Control
7. Faith – Your Premarriage Experience With Faith And Values
8. Failth – Your Premarriage Expectations About Faith And Values
9. Family – Your Premarriage Experience With Family Life
10. Family – Your Premarriage Expectations About Family LifeAdditional Info
This book explores the art of conversation, and the process of good listening and counseling. Right From the Start: A Premarital Guide for Couples is full of real-life stories and advice to help couples prepare for and thrive in married life. Through story-telling, David and Lisa Frisbie open up the doors for couples to hash out their ideas, differences, and misunderstandings before anyone is hurt in the future. A little drama now is better than a lot of trauma later. Marriage is for life, and it is your duty as a couple to deal with the issues now before you find out it s too late. -
Heart Of Remarriage
$15.00Add to cartBestselling Authors and Counselors Help Remarried Couples Grow and Strengthen Their Families
Too often, couples enter remarriage unaware of and unprepared for the challenges stepfamily life will bring. “The Heart of Remarriage” helps couples heal from the inside out rather than offering surface suggestions that may change circumstances but not the lives of couples and their families.
Drs. Gary and Greg Smalley partner with remarried couple Dan and Marci Cretsinger to offer a marriage-changing idea: No matter what circumstances or challenges a remarried couple and their stepfamily face, the solution starts in their hearts. Couples will learn how to examine their own hearts and heal them from past hurts, so they can be filled with God’s love. “The Heart of Remarriage” teaches readers how to create emotional security for every family member and offers practical ideas for connecting at the heart level with their spouse and children.
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I Still Do
$18.99Add to cartI Still Do is filled with scriptural principles, real life examples, practical suggestions, and thought provoking questions that will help you become a better marriage partner. This book is a systematic guide to help couples find answers to make their marriage better and become stronger followers of Christ in the process. It is a great resource for pastors and Christian counselors.
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Still Healing
$15.49Add to cartStill Healing!
Pastor Lloyd Wright Sr.:Jesus tells us in the gospel of Luke chapter 4:18 that he comes to heal the broken hearted. Many people hearts are broken and crushed after losing a spouse. If you want to be healed, look to God. God still wants to heal you no matter how unbearable your pain may be.
For those of you struggling with a sick child and going through a divorce or remarriage, I strongly encourage you to embrace my words of encouragement and the many experiences I share in this book.
Reverend Lloyd Wright is the Senior Pastor of the Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church-in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is married and has a son.
Pam Battle:
I want to share with you how God, is definitely my healer. Walking through the dark journey of losing my spouse to cancer and then being diagnosed with breast cancer, I call this double jeopardy.Raising three small children without their father truly was a trying time for me because my heart was truly broken. I didn’t want to live, but God came through and helped me to trust and have faith in him. As you read Still Healing, you will see how God has helped me to heal in many areas of my life. My prayer for you is that you let God help you through this difficult time in your life.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18
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His Needs Her Needs For Parents (Reprinted)
$16.00Add to cartChildren add a unique strain on a couple’s time and relationship, yet they desperately need parents who love each other. That’s why, according to Dr. Willard Harley, one of the most important things parents can do for their kids is keep their marriage healthy. His Needs, Her Needs for Parents, now available in trade paper, helps them do just that.
Following the pattern of the bestselling His Needs, Her Needs, this book guides both new and seasoned parents through the whys and hows of sustaining romance in a marriage. It also offers specific, practical steps on spending quality time as a couple, deciding on child-training methods, dividing domestic responsibilities, and even handling kids with ADHD and intrusive in-laws. His Needs, Her Needs for Parents helps couples maintain their love for each other and raise happy and successful children at the same time.
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Preparing For Marriage (Reprinted)
$16.99Add to cartYou’re in love, and it’s the real thing. You have made a joyous decision together–a decision destined to change your lives forever: You’re getting married! Now, as you plan your wedding celebration, it is time to lay the foundation for a lifetime of love and romance. Today you can begin the important, lifelong task of building a strong Christian marriage.Created by Family Life, one of America’s leading marriage and family ministries, Preparing for Marriage is a dynamic, comprehensive program designed to help you prepare for life together after the cake is cut and the guests head home. That is when the real adventure begins–the adventure of creating an intimate, lasting, and biblical marriage!Inside you’ll find eight sessions of fun, romantic study that will help you target areas for growth in your relationship. You can work through Preparing for Marriage as a couple, with a pastor or premarital counselor, or with a small group. Don’t just plan your wedding . . . prepare for your marriage!
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Building Your Marriage To Last
$9.99Add to cartIf you are new to HomeBuilders (R) or desiring to dig deeper into the principles taught at FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember marriage conference, this is the place to start. This 7-week study teaches you how to build a marriage that will last forever through the setbacks and challenges that daily life brings. These 60-minute sessions with leader’s notes in the back are for engaged couples, newlyweds, and those married for years.
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As Long As We Both Shall Give
$26.99Add to cartAS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL GIVE shares unique and humorous insight into marital conflict, healing, and restoration. Included are: scenarios from the author’s counseling experiences, which any marriage can identify with. This book will guide a bad marriage to good and the good marriage to greatness. This book gives the reader insight into God’s design and purpose for the marriage relationship. Written from the “counselor’s chair” specific needs of men and women are explored while addressing common areas of marital conflict. With the divorce rate soaring, couples are searching for ways to understand where marital conflict originates and how to bring positive change and healing to their relationship.
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As Long As We Both Shall Give
$16.99Add to cartAS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL GIVE shares unique and humorous insight into marital conflict, healing, and restoration. Included are: scenarios from the author’s counseling experiences, which any marriage can identify with. This book will guide a bad marriage to good and the good marriage to greatness. This book gives the reader insight into God’s design and purpose for the marriage relationship. Written from the “counselor’s chair” specific needs of men and women are explored while addressing common areas of marital conflict. With the divorce rate soaring, couples are searching for ways to understand where marital conflict originates and how to bring positive change and healing to their relationship.
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In Celebration Of Love Marriage And Sex
$16.99Add to cartLove backs us into a corner. It asks for everything we have. And nowhere does love work more deeply than in marriage. Marriage is about exposure. It is about truth between two people, and it is about the opportunity to know and to be known. Sex is the handiwork of love and the tool of marriage. It is sacred ground, a gift filled with beauty, grace, and power. Song of Solomon demonstrates with beauty, reverence, and clarity the celebration of love, marriage, and sex. It offers practical and reliable guidelines for these essentials and more: – Decisions about dating – Choosing a spouse – Keeping romance in marriage – Making and celebrating memories – Leaving a legacy for family Nowhere do we find a more relevant word about these important matters, nor a more beautiful portrait of celebration than in this poetic expression of God’s gift in this Song of Solomon.
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Trading Places : The Secret To The Marriage You Want
$18.99Add to cartCouples who are stepping on each other’s toes should try walking in each other’s shoes. Trading Places reduces conflict, deepens your commitment, and helps you live as better friends and lovers. Mutual empathy-the revolutionary tool for instantly improving a relationship-can be learned and practiced, say the authors of this groundbreaking book. Their guidance will transform your marriage.
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L O V E
$18.99Add to cartNobody else on the planet is just like you. The same holds true for your spouse. That’s why this book-and its accompanying online assessment-zeroes in on each of your personal qualities and reveals how the unique combination of your two personalities creates a “Love Style” that is unlike any other. Crack the code and enjoy the deepest love you’ve ever known.
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Marriage Dreams Do Come True
$26.99Add to cartHow would you like to be in a lifelong marriage to the same person and desire being with each other after many years as much as when you were first married? It is possible. Through this book you will learn scriptural keys to build this kind of lasting marriage that is a dream come true. As you read this book you will find practical insights from the Word of God and build understanding about essential factors to grow a strong, intimate relationship. Topics include: * Making a communication connection * How praying together helps you stay together * How submission creates equality and successful leadership in the home * How to overcome temptations * Building a vision together and much more!
