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The Marriage You've Always Wanted: How to Grow a Stronger, More Intimate Relationship
Contributor(s): Clinton, Tim (Author), Clinton, Julie (Author)
ISBN: 0849937450     ISBN-13: 9780849937453
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
OUR PRICE:   $18.99  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2000
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Annotation: Your Marriage Is A Story Only You Can Tell

Your marriage is a story ? a tale as unique as you are. Sometimes the story is beautiful, full of "happily ever after" togetherness. Other times, the story is full of pain, sadness, or deep disappointment. The story changes as time passes. Things happen. People come and go. Everyday pressures begin to build. Unless a couple guards against it, a downward spiral of unexpressed expectations, feelings of failure, negative perceptions, and increasing self-preservation eats away at the fabric of their marriage, tempting many couples to give up - and split up.

The good news is that this "cycle of disaffection" can be broken! Read The Marriage You've Always Wanted and find out how to?Recognize the four warning signs of emotional "distancing," and how to break harmful patterns that have begun to take root, Recapture the closeness you once experienced as a couple, Build a "fortress for three" around your marriage, where together with God you can build a plan for the rest of your lives together.

Each chapter contains an important topic for discussion, a Bible study, and optional activities. Working together, you and your spouse can experience a newfound sense of joy, passion, and companionship - all that God intended marriage to be.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living - General
- Religion | Inspirational
Dewey: 248.4
LCCN: 00042865
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 7.48" W x 9.3" (0.86 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Evangelical
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Your Marriage Is A Story Only You Can Tell

Your marriage is a story ... a tale as unique as you are. Sometimes the story is beautiful, full of "happily ever after" togetherness. Other times, the story is full of pain, sadness, or deep disappointment. The story changes as time passes. Things happen. People come and go. Everyday pressures begin to build. Unless a couple guards against it, a downward spiral of unexpressed expectations, feelings of failure, negative perceptions, and increasing self-preservation eats away at the fabric of their marriage, tempting many couples to give up - and split up.

The good news is that this "cycle of disaffection" can be broken! Read The Marriage You've Always Wanted and find out how to...

  • Recognize the four warning signs of emotional "distancing," and how to break harmful patterns that have begun to take root,
  • Recapture the closeness you once experienced as a couple,
  • Build a "fortress for three" around your marriage, where together with God you can build a plan for the rest of your lives together.

Each chapter contains an important topic for discussion, a Bible study, and optional activities. Working together, you and your spouse can experience a newfound sense of joy, passion, and companionship - all that God intended marriage to be.

Contributor Bio(s): Clinton, Tim: -

Tim Clinton, Ed.D, LPC, LMFT, is president of the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care at Liberty University and is executive director of the Liberty University Center for Counseling and Family Studies.