Marriage Preparedness
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Picture Of Love Convalidation Presenters Guide (Revised)
$49.26Picture of Love is a marriage preparation program for Catholic parishes originally released in 2002 by Living the Good News. It has been a steady seller, mostly because it is the program for marriage preparation used by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, though it sells throughout the U.S. to Catholic parishes and dioceses. The program includes everything a marriage preparation team needs to facilitate sessions. Activities for couples include personal reflection and journaling, sharing with their partner, and small-group or large-group exercises. Topics include: Communication and Conflict Resolution Finances, Budgeting, and Money Management Married Intimacy Dreams, Goals, and Decision Making Spirituality Family Planning Ecumenical and Interfaith Marriages Cohabitation Why a revised edition? Here is the rationale provided by the authors: The Program was originally published in 2002, and although the foundation concepts are still valid, the world has changed dramatically in the past 13 years. The recent focus of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which includes all bishops from across the United States, has been to make “marriage and family life” a priority, especially in the area of spirituality and prayer. The engaged couple’s evaluations have also been asking that more prayer and reflection be added to the program. Some of the areas to be addressed to bring the program into the 21st Century are: – Today’s Communication, including the use of technology and the need to address how these changes are affecting the couple’s relationship: Texting, Facebook, email etc. – Pornography and its influence on today’s relationships, especially in the area of intimacy – Dual-Career Couples and setting priorities – Increase of scripture and moments of prayer It is also important to incorporate more engaged couple activities as well as group interaction. The teaching component of the Presenting Couples is critical; however, it has always been the authors’ belief that the more the engaged couples participate, the more “ownership” they take in the process. Last, but not least, a revised edition provides an opportunity to update the look of the resource, including making the couples’ workbooks contemporary and more appealing.
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Mentoring For Marriage
$18.68Introduction
A Message To Pastors
A Word To The Mentoring Couple
Course Guidelines For The Mentoring Couple
Mentoring Couple’s Guide
Session 1: How Do You Know This Is The One?
Session 2: Pulling Together With Christ
Session 3: One + One = One
Session 4: The Unique Assignment
Session 5: Financial Feuds Can Fuel Failure
Session 6: My Body Is Not My Own
Session 7: The 3-D/3-C Marriage
Addendum: Marrying Again — A Time For ReflectionAdditional Info
While it’s true that marriage can be a great adventure, it is also true that a successful marriage takes hard work, honest communication, and faith.Before entering into the marriage covenant, couples should consider the finer details of their relationship: How does Christ fit into the relationship? How will finances be handled? How should a husband love his wife, and how should a wife love her husband?
Those questions and many more like them are asked in Mentoring for Marriage, a seven-session study designed for engaged couples seeking pre-marital guidance and challenge. Believing that no study can exhaustively cover the topic of marriage, Daryl G. Donovan has created a resource that fosters critical discussion and thought among engaged couples who have sought out the careful mentorship of a pastor, counselor, or married couple.
Firm in his conviction that every marriage must be sustained through Christ, Donovan provides plenty of space for a couple to work through individual differences and uncertainties. Mentoring for Marriage is an excellent resource for pastors, counselors, engaged couples, married couples, and mentors. This resource enables a reliance upon wisdom and encourages open and honest discourse for any couple wanting a God’s-eye view of marriage before they say “I do.”
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How To Be Found By Your Spouse
$13.73Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? Are you on the brink of giving up on having a fulfilled and Godly marriage?
How to Be Found By Your Spouse offers a Bible-based guide on how to prepare for a Godly marriage.
Dr. Woodard uses her experience and inspiration to help you find peace on the journey to Holy Matrimony.“So many people desire to be married but are going about it the wrong way. I believe I have been given nuggets of Spirit-inspired wisdom that will illuminate the path to what can be an exhausting and tumultuous journey…the path to marriage.”-Charlye Woodard
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Tale Of True Love
$15.61ARE YOU GOING THROUGH LIFE HOPING TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU?
How many days, months, or even years has your heart been aching and longing for real love? The 100% genuine even on your worst day kind of love? How long have you been longing for someone to see how smart you are, how kind you are, how beautiful you are inside and out? For someone who will love, accept, and treasure all of you with all your quirkiness, idiosyncrasies, and unique personality? For someone who will love all of your voluptuous curves or your sexy slenderness? Someone who will stand by you through thick and thin, sickness and health, poverty or wealth…UNTIL your natural end?! Someone who will encourage you when you are weak and celebrate with you in every victory? If you really want to have this kind of love. If you’re ready to set yourself in the safety of healthy boundaries out of the paths of all of the “relationship pirates,” lurking in the scenes of life waiting to rob and exploit you of your “good treasures.” If you are ready and willing to roll up your sleeves and put in some real work, then you don’t have to be a victim of loneliness, unappreciated, overlooked, unloved and single any longer. Join Sadira on a journey from disappointment and pain to a romantic fairytale love and a solid, loving, life-time relationship. There IS a “yellow brick road” that can lead you right into the arms of your God-given mate. So, let’s get to work, let’s take the RIGHT steps down the RIGHT roads to make you “relationship ready” for your RIGHT mate.
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Marriage Ministry : A Guide To Effective Teaching And Faith Development
$19.11Chapter 1: A Framework For Marriage Ministry
A Missional Overview For Marriage
Enrichment In The Church
Missional Marriage Ministry In The Church
A Biblical Perspective
“It Takes A Village”Chapter 2: Going To The Chapel-Premarital Ministries
What’s The Hurry?
Tasks Of Premarriage
Why Multi-session Premarital Counseling?
Integrity Issues For Ministers
Issues For Newlyweds
Can We Really Help Them?
Money Management
Family Roles And Patterns
Genograms
Conflict Resolution Skills
Communication
Feelings
Sexual Intimacy
Bible Study For Nearlyweds And NewlywedsChapter 3: Coaching Couples In Ongoing Issues
The Healthy Marriage Moving Through Life
Nurturing The Romance
Coaching Couples In Sexual Intimacy
Creating A Place For Purpose And Fulfillment
Nurturing Six Essential Intimacies
Proactive Parenting
Childless Couples
Midlife Issues And Marriage
Avoiding Boredom And Affairs In Marriage
Crises, Death, And MarriageConclusion
Appendix
A. The Wedding Ceremony
B. Sample Wedding Services
C. A Marriage Enrichment Weekend
D. A Money Management WeekendAdditional Info
Healthy marriages do not simply happen, though our culture’s marriage landscape suggests otherwise. Married couples need a strong foundation that the majority of people cannot build on their own. How can ministers best prepare engaged couples for the altar? And how can ministers help provide the needed material for healthy growth among married couples in their cultures?Marriage Ministry: A Guidebook by noted pastors, authors, and seminar leaders Bo Prosser and Charles Qualls provides a ready help for ministers who provide premarital counseling, perform wedding ceremonies, and generally care for married couples and their families. Full of information and ideas that encourage conversation, communication, and interaction, this book will help ministers respond to the many needs of couples in the church. Whether your ministerial needs are with the newly married, the successfully married, or the struggling married, Marriage Ministry will surely help you help them
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For This Reason Gods Word And Your Marriage
$16.18Jesus tells us that a holy love is sacrificial, forgiving, and unconditional. He knew that loving like this would not be easy, but he did promise us that if we pursued his love, our hearts, our minds, and our spirits would be transformed. This is the essence of relationship: a love that changes everything.
It should come as no surprise, then, that when we enter into a marriage covenant, our greatest commandment is to love one another. But how do we put that love into action when life gets tough? How do we remember to sacrifice for one another when the outside world demands everything we’ve got? According to Gary Fehring, it always comes down to Jesus.
In just nine short devotionals, For This Reason challenges new and experienced marriages with holy scripture, reminding couples that a marriage centered on godly principles always strives for contentment, surrender, sacrifice, forgiveness, and humility. Author Gary Fehring’s poignant questions at the end of each devotional have been carefully crafted to expose the fears and dreams of each reader, and he always points back to prayer as a way to navigate our way through the paths of life. For This Reason is a Jesus-centered devotional with a timeless simplicity and relevance that will consistently encourage and challenge couples throughout any phase in their marriages.
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Pequeno Manual Para Novios – (Spanish)
$11.99This is a fantastic guide for couples who already are engaged and want to be well prepared for married life. This book is also designed as a resource for pastors and leaders, to serve as a foundation for counseling and follow up with the couples. The author discusses the most important factors that contribute to the healthy development of a romantic relationship and to adequate preparation for a future with God.
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Wait Hes Coming
$16.86It’s time for the singles to take their position, in the Body of Christ, and be holy, righteous women of God, working in the kingdom and waiting patiently for the Lord to unite them with their future husband. The world is contaminating the minds of females, encouraging them to find their own mate and to do whatever it takes to get one. But Christian females have to follow God’s way to get godly results, and the result is, a man chosen by God and God alone.
Wait…He’s Coming is a book for all females, whether young or older, divorced, widowed or single with children. This book gives biblical guidance about her responsibility and what to do while waiting for God to send the man of her dreams.
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In Search Of A One Womans Man
$19.98……HANDBOOK OF MARITAL GUIDANCE FOR THE SINGLE CHRISTIAN WOMAN………
Kenyan by birth, French by education and American by marriage,
one woman tells of how she got to meet the one-woman’s-man, the story of how she finally met him after a real wilderness in the pursuit of a mate.
If you ask most women why they are still single, they will disclose to you that the largest number of men they met are unfaithful. ‘Just when you are in a relationship that looks like it is headed in a positive direction the man dashes off with another woman, marries her and leaves you there looking like a zombie’.
What this book enlightens you about is that pursuit of marriage is more spiritual than it is physical. Blessed are those who pursue matrimony by using the Christian path and woe to them that pursue it using physical methods…..
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How Do I Fall In Love Today
$18.73For the reader who is interested in getting results in life, learning how to build purposeful relationships with family and friends of the same and of the complementing sex through the fundamental principle of giving the advantage is paramount. How Do I Fall in Love Today? takes you step by step from being single and whole, to stepping out of selfishness, to qualifying a mate, to being truly intimate, to evaluating your current perspective on love, to assessing where you are today based the decisions you have made. This book will challenge your current perspective on love and lay a blueprint of how to walk in love in a practical and accessible manner.
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Are You Ready For True Love
$15.61Discern between relational fits, misfits, and counterfeits. There are a lot more counterfeit men than money. About the only exercise some guys get is running out of money and after women. Brains are what a man looks for in a wife, after not using any in selecting one. If a man tells a woman she’s beautiful, she’ll overlook most of his other lies. Courtship is that period during which the female decides whether or not she can do any better. The trouble with marriage is not the institution. It’s the personnel. One reason why so many marriages are failing is that so many inexperienced people get into them. Avoid cupidity meeting stupidity. It is better to be single and happy than married and miserable. Most girls seem to marry men like their fathers. Maybe that’s the reason so many mothers cry at weddings. Romance often begins by a splashing waterfall and ends over a leaky sink. For many an adult education begins with marriage. Don’t get into the sea of matrimony on a wave of enthusiasm. Beyond love at first sight, get divine insight. Learn a lot before tying the knot.
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Pareja De Un Dia O De Por Vida – (Spanish)
$14.99Descripcion (Description): Este libro ayuda a los hombres y a las mujeres que desean matrimonios saludables y satisfactorios a identificar las primeras seales de advertencia de una relacion daina. El doctor Warren les muestra a los lectores la forma de esperar lo mejor de Dios para sus vidas en vez de decidirse por la primera persona que aparece; tambien enumera los factores que aumentan las oportunidades del exito matrimonial. Para aquellas personas que desean ser mas sabias en sus decisiones relacionales, esta guia practica les ayudara a encontrar el amor que quieren y a evitar el dolor que no necesitan.
This book helps men and women who want healthy and satisfying marriages identify the early warning signs of an unhealthy relationship. Dr. Warren shows readers how to hold out for God’s best for their lives instead of settling for the first one to come along and outlines the factors that increase the chances for marital success. For those who want to become wiser in their relationship choices, this practical guide will help them find the love they want and avoid the pain they don’t need.
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Lady In Waiting (Expanded)
$21.23With humor, honesty, and biblical truths, the authors help point women to being the right woman and not just finding the right man. By studying the biblical character Ruth, women learn the characteristics that every woman of God should develop. This expanded edition of the original best-seller includes a personal journal and study guide.
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Date Or Soul Mate
$15.99In Date or Soul Mate? author Neil Clark Warren, founder of eharmony.com, offers practical advice for those wanting to know if the one they are dating is “the one.” Dr. Warren encourages readers to hold out for God’s best and not settle for the first one to come along.
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Living Together : A Guide To Counseling Unmarried Couples
$20.99Offers a biblical perspective on the explosive and growing social phenomena of couples moving in together instead of marrying-a common trend even among Christian couples. Biblical, practical, and competent help for those who counsel and minister to unwed couples.
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Marriage Journey : Preparations And Provisions For Life Together (Revised)
$24.95The Sacrament Of Marriage
Extended Families
Being With Others
Living Together
Fighting Fair
Money Matters
Sexual Intimacy
The Gift Of Children
Yes, No, Maybe, Why Bother (Marriage Preparation, Marriage Enrichment)
The Journey AheadAdditional Info
Updated version of this classic resource for couples about to marry, those already married, and the congregations that support them, including new introductory material and a completely revised resources section.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Preparing Couples For Marriage
$49.93With today’s alarming divorce rate, pastors bear a special burden to get couples off to a good start. This comprehensive guide walks you through the process from the initial counseling session to wedding planning to “You may kiss the bride.” Topics include family profiles; resolving conflicts; finances; interfaith, interracial, and second marriages; and more.
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10 Great Dates Before You Say I Do
$18.99Fun, relationship-building dates for seriously dating and engaged couples Are we suited for each other? Should we become engaged? Imagine fun-filled dates that actually teach relationship skills you’ll use once you’re married. Want to learn about the differences between men and women while you peruse the shelves at the movie rental store? How about realizing your role in the marriage by planning and preparing a meal together? Like the format used in the Arps previous book, 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage, a short date “launch” using the book primes the pump for a series of fun, enriching, and energizing dates. Couples will soon discover whether or not to go to the next level of commitment, and will spend quality time together now while preparing for a great marriage in the future. Each dates theme is based upon research of the best and most-used marriage preparation topics, interpersonal inventories, and courses. Counselors, clergy, and marriage counselors will use this book as an add-on resource in programs such as Foccus, Prepare, PREP, SYMBIS, and Marriage Savers. Couples will use 10 Great Dates before You Say “I Do” to practice the skills they’re learning in these courses_and have a lot of fun doing it!
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Counseling Before Marriage Is A Necessity Not An Option
$19.36In the new millennium, the rate of divorce, erosion of family values, and delinquency of parents and children, are menaces staring at us in screaming headlines. I personally attribute this social cancer to the faulty, ignorant, unholy foundation that people build their marriages on. Most people simply do not start their marriages right! I see eye-to-eye with the issues expounded on by my colleague Rev. Isaac Arku in this book, which he has so painstakingly put together, to express his personal knowledge and emphasis on the importance of Bible-based pre-marital counseling. Single persons need to be adequately taught the essentials of family life before they marry. Rev. Arku’s book has a wealth of information for all sectors of our communities, and the rich contents are timely. -Rev. Dr. Samuel Kissesdoo Professor of Biology, Hampton University, VA Lic. Minister, Marriage & Family Counselor, International Evangelist
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Counseling Before Marriage Is A Necessity Not An Option
$29.98In the new millennium, the rate of divorce, erosion of family values, and delinquency of parents and children, are menaces staring at us in screaming headlines. I personally attribute this social cancer to the faulty, ignorant, unholy foundation that people build their marriages on. Most people simply do not start their marriages right! I see eye-to-eye with the issues expounded on by my colleague Rev. Isaac Arku in this book, which he has so painstakingly put together, to express his personal knowledge and emphasis on the importance of Bible-based pre-marital counseling. Single persons need to be adequately taught the essentials of family life before they marry. Rev. Arku’s book has a wealth of information for all sectors of our communities, and the rich contents are timely. -Rev. Dr. Samuel Kissesdoo Professor of Biology, Hampton University, VA Lic. Minister, Marriage & Family Counselor, International Evangelist
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Lets Talk Marriage
$18.99In a time when one out of every two marriages fails, sound, experience-based advice for marital success is needed more than ever. This book is an exceptional premarital guide for couples preparing for marriages that will last a lifetime. Writing in a friendly, conversational style, F. Dean Lueking extends a steadying hand of guidance, offering affirmation where a couple is already confident and practical help in getting at touchier issues not as easily addressed. In the course of the book Lueking talks about the crucial role of communication in healthy, enduring marriages, explores the physical side of married life, and gives helpful insights into the benefits of grounding a marriage in shared spiritual values. Filled with questions and comments for readers to ponder, this book will be a valuable aid to engaged couples and those who counsel them.
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Premarital Guidance
$38.33Here’s the authoritative source for counseling couples who plan to wed. Taylor discusses the four aspects of premarital care; skills for couple care; counseling session components and topics; common couple tasks; the teaching of Scripture; and wedding preparation. He also helps you establish church policies for counseling and the wedding service itself.
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It Takes Two
$36.00The Lesters discuss how the increase of intimacy in marriage allows for communication, power, anger, and faith issues to be approached more creatively and effectively. With tested exercises and a clear discussion of contemporary perspectives on marriage, this book is an indispensable resource for couples and counselors
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Act Of Marriage (Revised)
$19.991. The Sanctity Of Sex
2. What Lovemaking Means To A Man
3. What Lovemaking Means To A Woman
4. Why God Created Sex
5. Sex Education
6. The Art Of Lovemaking
7. For Men Only
8. For Women Only
9. The Unfulfilled Woman
10. The Key To Feminine Response
11. The Impotent Man
12. Sane Family Planning
13. Sex Survey Report
14. The Missing Dimension
15. Practical Answers To Common Questions
304 PagesAdditional Info
This updated and expanded edition gives a fresh, informative edge to an already definitive book.New sections discuss “sex after sixty” and five reasons why God created sex. All supported by the very latest findings in the fields of medicine and sociology.
For engaged couples and newlyweds who want to make lovemaking a joy from the start…for couples who have been married for years and want to maintain the flame or rekindle the embers…for every husband or wife who wants to be a better lover—here are the insights into each other’s bodies, psychosexual makeup, and need for tender, unselfish affection that can help you achieve your goal.
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Singles At The Crossroads
$26.99IVP Print On Demand Title
A fresh perspective on Christian singleness. Christian singles need neither more how-to books for meeting the prefect mate nor trite advice on suffering through the single life. What is lacking is a truly Christian understanding of singleness – what it means to be single and Christian. Hus suggests that a balanced, biblical view is one that honors singleness as a status equal to marriage.
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What You Need To Know Before You Fall In Love
$11.98Contents
1. Are You Looking For The Love Of Your Life?
2. Why People Fall In Love
3. Love Lies: Myths About Engagement And Marriage
4. But You Didn’t Hear It The Way I Meant It
5. A Blueprint For A Healthy Relationship
6. Choosing The Love Of Your Life
7. True Intimacy: It Don’t Come Easy
8. Is That A Monkey In Your Family Tree?
9. Marriage: Straight From The Heart Of God
Appendix A: Communication Is Vital
Appendix B: Premarital Communication
Inventory
About The AuthorAdditional Info
There are many reasons for falling in love and getting married and its not always easy to sort out your feelings, much less identify the signs of a healthy relationship … before you fall in love.Using personal and professional examples, David Nicholson offers advice on how to:
* Recognize and deal with your motives for entering a romantic relationship
* Identify a healthy relationship: what it looks like, what it feels like, and how those involved in it should relate to each other
* Understand how family background plays an important role in the future of your relationshipIn What You Need to Know Before You Fall in Love you will also discover how to make a good relationship better, how to improve a relationship that isn’t as good as it could be, and when to turn and run from a relationship that’s not working.
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Getting Your Sex Life Off To A Great Start
$18.991. Dispelling Myths
2. Getting To Know Yourself
3. Getting To Know Each Other
4. Clarifying Expectations
5. Pursuing Biblical Passion
6. Discovering And Enjoying Your Bodies
7. Designing A Successful Honeymoon
8. Preparing For Your First Time
9. Choosing And Using Family-Planning Options
10. Your Wedding Night
11. Keeping Sex For Pleasure
12. Getting Past Disappointments
13. Keeping The Spark Alive241 Pages
Additional Info
This book will help you prepare, not just for your wedding night, but for a lifetime of exhilarating, fulfilling, and nurturing sexual experiences!*Design a successful honeymoon
*Prepare for your first sexual time together
*Choose and use family planning
*Create a mutually enjoyable wedding night
*Get past disappointments
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Preparing For Marriage
$23.33This workbook provides helpful guidance, useful inventories, places to jot down responses, and discussion starters that will help a couple learn more about themselves, their relationship, and their hopes for the future.
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