READING PLANS
Choosing marriage is one of the most significant decisions you’ll ever make. But many times, the expectations of marriage and the reality of marriage are completely different things. No matter your relationship status—single, engaged, or married— join licensed professional counselor and author Debra Fileta in this series of devotions that will open your eyes to the seven choices you can make today to create a better marriage for tomorrow.
You and your spouse are unique. There has never been another US just like the two of you. No matter where you currently find your US, you can experience more moments of awesome and fewer moments of awful. And it’s easier than you think. Through humor, transparency, biblical wisdom, research, and practicality, Ted Lowe guides you through four, doable, easy-to-understand habits that will help you become your best US.
Focusing on 7 questions to ask before (and after) you marry, this plan provides 7 readings to work in tandem with the book – and they are perfect for reading together with your fiancé or newlywed spouse.
Focusing on 7 questions to ask before (and after) you marry, this plan provides 7 readings to work in tandem with the book – and they are perfect for reading together with your fiancé or newlywed spouse.
BOOKS
What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can fall by the wayside. We forget to compliment, to give gifts 'just because,' to linger in our embrace. The things that say 'I love you' seem to either not get said or not get through. This is a book about saying it—and hearing it—clearly. No gimmicks. No psychoanalyzing. Just learning to express love in your spouse’s language.
We've all been there. He doesn't understand what she's really upset about. He thinks she blows things out of proportion. Neither of you can agree on the right course of action. In every marriage, there is conflict. And with every conflict, there is a choice for resolution. Will you ignore the issue until it seemingly goes away? Or will you work together to find peace?
ARTICLES
The biggest, most obvious sacrifice we make to be joined in marriage is our personal freedom. When we were single, we had the freedom to pursue any dream we wanted, whenever we wanted. But that changes once we’re married. Suddenly your time is not your own, your schedule now involves another person, your daily routine changes to accommodate your spouse and often, your dreams get put on hold. But all that is okay and just as it should be.
Dr. Henry Cloud expands on the idea of “mutual submission” in marriage.
Learn ways to pray together with your spouse despite the challenges that keep us from doing so on an ongoing basis.
When you decide to see your spouse as a good-willed person, that perspective changes how you view your entire relationship.
Believing the best about your spouse, even when you're hurt, makes for a happier marriage.
COUNSELING SERVICES
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