Love and Marriage
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Love Basics For Catholics
$16.95Add to cartWhen you begin to see the Bible as a book of love, it will change the way you view love, sex, marriage, family, and your personal relationship with God.
Walk with popular scripture scholar John Bergsma from the creation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to the wedding between the Lamb and the New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation to learn how marriage in the Bible represents the love between God and his people.
Bergsma focuses on what nine biblical marriages tell us about God’s relationship with us. These stories include:
*Adam and Eve–who show us that marriage is the culmination of all creation and that marriage can be an image of the Trinity;
*Ruth and Boaz–who display the tenderness and virtue of a marriage;
*Solomon and his bride in the Song of Songs–who illustrate a positive, healthy view of the body and physical beauty; and
*Jesus as Bridegroom of his people, the Church.
Using his popular, whimsical stick-figure illustrations and engaging style, Bergsma helps us understand scripture and salvation history in a unique, memorable way. He also provides insight into Church teachings on marriage and relationships–such as monogamy, the single life, the Sacrament of Matrimony, and Jesus’s words about divorce–to show how these teachings come from the love God shares with his people through the covenants in scripture.
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Moments With God For Couples
$16.99Add to cartStrengthen your marriage with this 100-day devotional that guides you and your spouse through everyday moments of pride, misunderstandings, and life circumstances. Couples will learn to make space to reflect Christ in their relationship through relatable stories, relevant Bible verses, and practical applications. Whether it’s been one year or fifty, draw closer to God and each other.
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Enneagram And Your Marriage
$18.99Add to cartA couple’s workbook for growing in understanding, empathy, and love
The Enneagram is a powerful tool for increasing our awareness and understanding of ourselves and others. When applied to our marriages it can be truly transformational, allowing us to grow in empathy and compassion for one another, resulting in a stronger, more loving bond.
In this seven-week workbook, certified Enneagram coach Jackie Brewster guides you through the process of building a stronger marriage. Interactive exercises help each partner identify their primary Enneagram number, subtypes, and wing numbers, then apply that knowledge to the everyday challenges of married life. Jackie walks couples through topics such as:
– how unconscious childhood messages fuel conflict and frustration in our relationships
– what unique insights each person brings to the table
– how each spouse processes information and deals with their emotions
– and moreThis easy-to-use, comprehensive, and encouraging guide will equip you and your spouse to feel known, seen, understood, and deeply loved.
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Fight For Us
$15.97Add to cartFight for Us takes couples on an inspiring journey into the challenges of battling for their marriage, through gut-wrenching times of despair, and then finally to the victory of a renewed relationship grounded in Jesus.
Fight for Us delivers a compelling marriage challenge of “five rounds” that teach readers how to develop the never-give-up, never-quit mentality every relationship needs in order to combat the enemy’s constant attacks.
Utilizing narrative elements from the real-life story of Chad and Kathy Robichaux, readers will learn how Chad’s deployments to Afghanistan as a Marine–and subsequent career as an MMA fighter–allowed him to disengage from his emotions, his marriage, and his children. Then, when his crippling PTSD brought him to brink of suicide, Kathy’s pastor taught him the “five rounds” of fighting that are necessary in the battle for any marriage:
1. Believe that God loves you and has a purpose for your life.
2. Take responsibility for your actions.
3. Accept that you can’t change the evils that you’ve encountered.
4. Access God’s power.
5. Put yourself second.At the end of the rounds, readers will discover God’s design for marriage, which saved Chad and Kathy’s relationship. Today, they aim to pay it forward and share what they’ve learned with other couples. Fight for Us features application sections, discussion prompts, affirmations, and Bible verses, all designed to help readers apply the book’s key marriage principles.
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Lovin With Grit And Grace
$16.99Add to cartJess and Ryan blended their families after losing their spouses to cancer in 2010. In Lovin’ with Grit and Grace, they offer a his-and- hers perspective on this unexpected marital journey with their eight children, seven of whom have lost a parent, including their eighteen-year-old son Lucas who is profoundly disabled. They address many tough topics, like grief, addictions, and intimacy, with a vulnerable honesty that is a breath of fresh air in an age when most would rather avoid these difficult issues, with the topics following the acronym HIS/HERS:
– Health
– Intimacy
– Sex
– Household tasks
– Excitement
– Romance
– SpiritualityMany of their personal stories offer a lesson learned, a tried-and-true recipe that applies to the situation, and questions or takeaways for the reader to consider; but above all else, they explain why a love like theirs is worth celebrating and fighting for.
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Happily Even After
$15.97Add to cartIs happily-ever-after a myth-or can you experience something even better?
Couples don’t ride off into the sunset after their honeymoon. The truth is marriage is hard. Maybe you’re in place where you’re feeling that. You might even feel like this is the end.
Bob and Dannah Gresh have been there. But they decided to participate in God’s redemption story. Together they discovered something better than romance: a love that endures.
Whether your relationship is suffering from pornography, addiction, an affair, or just years of unhappiness, Jesus Christ can help you redeem the broken places of your marriage. In Happily Even After, Dannah is a friend who walks beside you and helps you:
*stop pretending everything is okay
*strengthen yourself in the Lord
*fight for your husband instead of with him
*discover 7 essential beliefs every marriage needs to survive broken places
*participate in your husband’s redemption storyDannah demonstrates how to forgive, live with joy, and hold your head high while you participate in His redemption story for your husband. You may feel like your story is over, but no one writes better-or happier-endings than Jesus.
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100 Ways To Love Your Wife
$7.99Add to cartCouples with great marriages know one simple truth: the best marriages are made up of many everyday decisions that say “I love you” rather than those that say “I love me.” When we put the other person first, even in little ways, we find true fulfillment.
This book offers husbands powerful, practical, hands-on advice to start applying immediately. Maybe you are just entering into marriage and want to start off on the right foot. Maybe you have made some mistakes along the way and are struggling to connect. Or maybe you want your marriage to go from good to great. Wherever you currently are in your relationship, let Matt Jacobson help you learn how to love your wife well.
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100 Ways To Love Your Husband
$7.99Add to cartCouples with great marriages know one simple truth: the best marriages are made up of many everyday decisions that say “I love you” rather than those that say “I love me.” When we put the other person first, even in little ways, we find true fulfillment.
This book offers wives powerful, practical, hands-on advice to start applying immediately. Maybe you are just entering into marriage and want to start off on the right foot. Maybe you have made some mistakes along the way and are struggling to connect. Or maybe you want your marriage to go from good to great. Wherever you currently are in your relationship, let Lisa Jacobson help you learn how to love your husband well.
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Secrets Of Sex And Marriage
$16.97Add to cartLet’s Talk about Sex
Most people are curious about sex and would love a few answers. “Are we normal?” “Why isn’t my spouse as interested in sex as I am?” “I don’t want to feel pressured, but don’t want to disappoint my spouse either–what do I do?” “How do we handle the impact of medication, menopause, porn, ED, pain . . . ?”
Most importantly: “How can we get on the same page and create a thriving intimate life?”
Sex is one of the most common marriage issues (for example, almost 80% of couples are mismatched in how often they want it), but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Relationship researcher Shaunti Feldhahn and renowned sex therapist Dr. Michael Sytsma have identified eight simple, transformational factors to help you move from disconnection to delight. This is knowledge you can trust, based on vast clinical experience and their breakthrough research, including the largest nationally representative study ever conducted with married couples about sex. This book is not a “sex manual”; it is a fascinating, practical field guide that will help you intimately understand your spouse and create the marriage you’ve always wanted.
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101 Prayers For Mr And Mrs
$14.99Add to cartSpending time together with God in prayer is vital to a strong and happy marriage, and 101 Prayers for Mr. & Mrs. Gold Faux Leather Prayer Book pairs rich passages of Scripture with unique prayers to encourage every Christ-centered marriage.
The prayer book is covered in soft gold-toned faux leather that is slightly textured. The gold-foiled title on the front page is sandwiched between two ornate filigree designs.
101 Prayers for Mr. & Mrs.
The title also appears on the spine in gold-foiled lettering. Topstitching along the edges and gilt-edged pages create a crisp and finished look, and a gold-toned satin ribbon marker is included to mark your progress through the book.
The interior pages are printed in two colors. An encouraging Scripture verse complements each prayer to help guide couples into a deeper relationship with God and each other. Prayer themes include faithful love, God’s comfort, forgiving each other, mutual respect, peace and patience, unity in marriage, sharing God’s blessings, together in faith, and more.
The 101 Prayers for Mr. & Mrs. Gold Faux Leather Prayer Book is part of the Mr. & Mrs. Collection designed to celebrate couples young and old. This collection includes faux leather devotionals, a hardcover devotional couple’s pen set, and a faux leather guest book.
Best-selling husband and wife team Rob and Joanna Teigen have been married for over 30 years and are the parents of five kids. They founded Growing Home Together to create resources that help families grow closer to God and each other.
Give the 101 Prayers for Mr. & Mrs. Gold Faux Leather Prayer Book as a first-anniversary gift to your children, or wrap a copy of the 101 Prayers for Mr. & Mrs. Gold Faux Leather Prayer Book as an anniversary gift for your grandparents. The 101 Prayers for Mr. & Mrs. Gold Faux Leather Prayer Book will help any couple grow closer through prayer.
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Love Always : 365 Daily Devotions For Couples
$17.99Add to cartLove. According to 1 Corinthians 13:7, “It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” Always. There’s a word that we would rather ignore. Is it even possible to always choose love?
The first days or weeks of marriage might feel easy; loving your spouse is as natural as breathing. But if you’ve been married for longer than a month, you’ve likely run into times when choosing love requires effort–sometimes a lot of effort. What would it look like to always protect each other? How can you trust when trust has been broken? Is there hope for a relationship that feels like a constant struggle? What can you do to persevere in the moments you want to yell, cry, throw things, run away, or do all of the above?
Commit your marriage to God. Spend time in his presence together. Keep short accounts. Say sorry. Forgive quickly. Use this devotional as a tool strengthen your marriage. It will encourage you to dive into God’s Word, seek his wisdom, ask for help, and lean into his love. You cannot always choose love in your own strength, but everything is possible with God, and God is love. So, you can love because he loves you–always.
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Joyful Hearts : Prayers And Promises For Couples
$14.99Add to cartSpending quality time together as a couple can be difficult, but it’s incredibly important for maintaining a healthy relationship! One of the best ways to strengthen your relationship is to spend time together with God.
Joyful Hearts: Prayers & Promises for Couples incorporates more than 70 themes to help you receive inspiration found in the promises of God’s Word. Uplifting prayers offer the opportunity for deeper reflection.
By staying connected to God, and believing the promises of his Word, you can live a fulfilling, blessed life in close relationship with each other and with your heavenly Father.
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*A beautiful satin ribbon marker conveniently keeps your place so you can quickly pick up where you left off.
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Marriage Minded : 10 Ways To Know If You’ve Found The One
$26.99Add to cartHow did you know you were right for each other? How did you know it was the right time to get married? What should we be doing as a couple to make sure our marriage starts out well?
These questions are among many that Chelsea and Nick Hurst have received since nearly 2.4 million people followed their love story, engagement, and marriage on their YouTube channel. Now they’re ready to dive deeper into the guidance they received, the lessons they learned, and the questions they asked themselves and others as they navigated the biggest decision of their lives.
Written from both Chelsea’s and Nick’s refreshingly honest perspectives, Marriage Minded is perfect for couples who are dating seriously or considering the big step of engagement. In these pages, Nick and Chelsea . . .
*Share critical questions you should ask yourselves and each other before saying I do
*Offer practical ways to better understand each other and your differences to build a solid and trusting relationship
*Share ways to find hope and help for healing from past mistakes as you plan for your future together
*Present a clear view of what godly marriage is and the importance of putting Jesus at the center before you’re married
Chelsea and Nick are a breath of fresh air as they share what they wish they had known before walking into marriage. Allow their relationship and personal experiences to be an encouragement to you as you build your life together.
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Together For A Purpose
$24.99Add to cartA unique story of two seasoned travelers who find each other and marry later in life is told from two viewpoints with openness and candor. This engaging and often humorous narrative written by a high-powered Christian woman publisher and a ready-for-retirement widowed pastor deals with change and criticism, blended families, issues of compatibility, and meshing as a couple. More than just a love story, this growing-in-faith story touches on what we all long for-belonging, being loved for who we are, and finding a place of service to God and purpose in our everyday lives.
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Together For A Purpose
$14.99Add to cartA unique story of two seasoned travelers who find each other and marry later in life is told from two viewpoints with openness and candor. This engaging and often humorous narrative written by a high-powered Christian woman publisher and a ready-for-retirement widowed pastor deals with change and criticism, blended families, issues of compatibility, and meshing as a couple. More than just a love story, this growing-in-faith story touches on what we all long for-belonging, being loved for who we are, and finding a place of service to God and purpose in our everyday lives.
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Marriage Devotional : 52 Days To Strengthen The Soul Of Your Marriage
$19.97Add to cartA successful marriage takes daily commitment. But what does that look like, and where should you start? Levi and Jennie Lusko share 52 power-packed devotions to help married couples reconnect, recommit, and grow in their faith all year long.
In this beautiful and uniquely designed devotional, Levi and Jennie Lusko share what it takes to make a marriage flourish. Including personal stories of their life with five children, one of whom is in heaven, the Luskos discuss their connection with their church, society, and biblical truth, helping young couples grow closer to God and each other, one devotional at a time.
This devotional includes:
*52 devotions-one for every week in the year
*Questions for the couple to answer and discuss
*Short prayers for the husband and wife to pray over each other
*Checklist of? fun, thoughtful activities to do throughout the weekPerfect for newlyweds and even seasoned married couples, each of the 52 weekly entries includes relevant scripture or quotes, relatable stories, compelling application, and essential prayer. If you’ve been seeking a way to inspire and uplift your marriage, this devotional journey will be the encouragement your marriage needs.
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Obedience Paradox : Finding True Freedom In Marriage
$12.95Add to cartFew concepts in Christianity are more misunderstood than obedience. Words like submissive, subject, and obedient can appear utterly incompatible with the fundamental equality that Jesus offers to us in baptism. Yet headship and obedience within marriage has been preached authoritatively throughout the Church’s history.
When properly understood and lived out, obedience is, in fact, liberating. The Obedience Paradox illuminates the subject by examining the relationship between husband and wife in marriage as an image of Christ’s relationship to the Church. Presenting the sexual complementarity of husband and wife as an expression of gift, this book probes the meaning and power of receptivity in a relationship.
While a marriage certainly involves mutual giving and receiving, a husband most authentically lives headship when he acts as a generous giver towards his wife. Correspondingly, a wife practices authentic obedience when she graciously receives of her husband’s self-gift. Understanding obedience as the free reception of a gift unveils its unique potential to make us more free and to bring about deeper spiritual union between persons, both human and divine.
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Hope Is Where The Heart Is
$26.00Add to cartIn Hope Is Where the Heart Is, Jim Pourteau shares the story of how he and his wife, Shannon, found healing and restoration in their marriage after betrayal and brokenness.
Have you made mistakes, wrong choices, or foolish decisions that have negatively affected your life and the people you love?Jim Pourteau has you beat.
Jim was the guy who did everything “right.” He was a spiritual leader in one of the largest congregations in the Northeast, the go-to guy when others needed advice. Yet he nearly destroyed his marriage by having an affair with one of his wife’s best friends.
But Hope Is Where the Heart Is is about much more than the demise of Jim’s marriage and how he and his wife, Shannon, discovered how to put it back together. It is a roadmap for overcoming hardships, for finding strength to face another day–or to make it through the long, dark night of your soul–forging ahead in faith, and persevering despite the circumstances or opinions of others.
This story will cause you to ask, “What would I do in a similar situation? How can I better handle betrayal and rejection?” Most of all, it will evoke the question, “What really matters?”
Whether you have a great marriage, or your relationship is in trouble, Hope Is Where the Heart Is offers a different approach to facing your challenges. Within these pages, you will find one of life’s most valuable assets– hope!
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Making Your Marriage A Fortress
$19.97Add to cartThe wisdom and insight every couple needs to keep your marriage together when the trials of life threaten to rip it apart and how you can fortify your marriage ahead of time.
Every marriage will face disaster. Illness or cancer. Job loss or financial burdens. Addiction. Anxiety. Infidelity. Loss of faith. It’s not a question of if your marriage will face trials. It’s a question of when.
Whether you’ve been married for five years or fifty, your marriage will either become part of the problem or part of the solution, and it’s within your power to ensure your marriage is prepared for those seasons, is a place of refuge and safety throughout those seasons, and can recover well after those seasons.
In Making Your Marriage a Fortress, Gary Thomas, bestselling author of Sacred Marriage, guides you and your spouse in building a marriage that can withstand any storm or difficult season. In these pages, you will . . .
*Discover helpful and practical principles to protect your marriage from any struggle
*Learn to detect the warning signs of trouble and how to act on them
*Understand how the state of your marriage is magnified during a crisis and how to improve it
*Be encouraged through stories from Gary’s marriage, as well as others, that you and your spouse are not alone
*Gain spiritual insight about God’s view of marriage and how to live it out in all circumstances–for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health, till death do you part
Every marriage will face setbacks and seasons of disappointment, but this book will help you keep your marriage strong before and after a setback happens.
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Gods Plan For Your Marriage
$17.95Add to cartThis life is preparation for eternity, and from the beginning, God created marriage to help married couples become saints. Indeed, God has given to married couples the profound gift of being able to fulfill the purpose of their creation through, with, and in each other. Marriage is a foreshadowing of Heaven, and each married couple must work with God if their marriage is to be a foretaste of eternity.
In this thought-provoking and uplifting book, Fr. Robert Altier unpacks the theological significance of the Sacrament of Marriage and brilliantly explains how it has been a part of God’s plan from the beginning – and will eventually be fulfilled at the Marriage Banquet of the Lamb in Heaven. Teeming with practical wisdom and clear examples, these pages delve into the surpassing dignity of marriage as a covenant and a sacrament – and a call to holiness.
You will learn how the graces and virtues that are conferred in the Sacrament of Marriage transform the unity of the couple – not just in the flesh but in the heart and soul. You’ll learn how to predispose yourself to receive this divine power and, best of all, how to love your spouse more deeply. You will also explore the significance of marriage vows and how men are called to be the spiritual leaders and women are called to be the heart of their families.
Fr. Altier tackles contemporary questions and concerns, such as the real meaning of “being subject to one another in marriage” and those sensitive and controversial issues regarding sexual morality. Arguably one of the most theologically eye-opening books on marriage ever written, this book also explains:
* The definitive reasons why marriage can exist only between a man and a woman
* The characteristics of true love and how to love with heroic charity
* Why you must become vulnerable in love in order to become receptive to love
* How marriage leads to overcoming sinful tendencies and makes saints -
Loving Your Husband Well
$29.99Add to cartImagine if, at the end of the year, despite your busy schedules and all the demands on your time and attention, you and your husband were more in sync, more connected, and more in love than ever before. Sounds amazing, right?
That kind of marriage is what is waiting for you as you read through the 52 weekly devotions in Loving Your Husband Well. Each entry includes a specific theme, related Scripture, a powerful devotion, a prayer, thoughts for further reflection, and practical ideas, all designed to help you love, cherish, and serve the man who shares life’s journey with you.
Perfect when read alongside your husband’s Loving Your Wife Well, this devotional will still transform your relationship even if you work through it on your own.
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Loving Your Wife Well
$29.99Add to cartImagine if, at the end of the year, despite your busy schedules and all the demands on your time and attention, you and your wife were more in sync, more connected, and more in love than ever before. Sounds amazing, right?
That kind of marriage is what is waiting for you as you read through the 52 weekly devotions in Loving Your Wife Well. Each entry includes a specific theme, related Scripture, a powerful devotion, a prayer, thoughts for further reflection, and practical ideas, all designed to help you love, cherish, and serve the woman who shares life’s journey with you.
Perfect when read alongside your wife’s Loving Your Husband Well, this devotional will still transform your relationship even if you work through it on your own.
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Marriage Aint For Punks
$17.99Add to cartMarriage is a bond that requires hard work from two people in order to achieve happiness–find all the tips and tools to a happily-ever-after, using the guidance of a trusted relationship expert.
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Beloved marriage counselor Pastor Cal Roberson captivates millions of viewers with his eccentric personality and unabashed yet effective marriage advice–and Marriage Ain’t for Punks is no different.This book is a relationship game changer. It’s a straightforward and unapologetic dive into why people fail or struggle at one of the most popular and sought-after unions in society. Even though some marriages look like a hot mess, don’t give up hope, because it is transparency, honesty, and downright fearlessness that make a great marriage. A good relationship is about refusing to allow pettiness to destroy the loving connection that partners truly seek to find with each other. Those with healthy marriages are not weaklings. They are not quitters. They know that Marriage Ain’t for Punks!
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Keep Your Love On
$17.99Add to cartYou can keep your love on for a lifetime.
Quality love relationships do not happen by accident; they are built through persistent hard work. In this devotional for couples, author Danny Silk reinforces the three basic principles of the Keep Your Love On book-connecting, communicating, and setting boundaries. Each devotion includes quick daily readings, Scriptures, and thought-provoking questions that will help you build, strengthen, maintain, and heal your relational connections.
Keeping your love on is both a mindset and a heart condition. No one can make you do it, and no one can keep you from doing it.
Learn to live out the very best of who you are, and the all-elusive intimacy experience you crave will be well within your grasp.
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Loving Your Husband Wife Well Bundle
$24.99Add to cartImagine if, at the end of the year, despite your busy schedules and all the demands on your time and attention, you and your spouse were more in sync, more connected, and more in love than ever before. Sounds amazing, right?
That kind of marriage is what is waiting for you and your spouse as together you read through the 52 weekly devotions in Loving Your Husband Well and Loving Your Wife Well. Each week’s entry in both volumes centers on the same theme and includes Scripture, a powerful devotion, a prayer, thoughts for further reflection, and practical ideas, all designed to help you love, cherish, and serve the person who shares life’s journey with you.
This bundle makes a thoughtful wedding or anniversary gift, and it’s the best gift you can give yourselves if you long to transform and strengthen your relationship with each other.
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Loving Your Husband Well
$15.99Add to cartImagine if, at the end of the year, despite your busy schedules and all the demands on your time and attention, you and your husband were more in sync, more connected, and more in love than ever before. Sounds amazing, right?
That kind of marriage is what is waiting for you as you read through the 52 weekly devotions in Loving Your Husband Well. Each entry includes a specific theme, related Scripture, a powerful devotion, a prayer, thoughts for further reflection, and practical ideas, all designed to help you love, cherish, and serve the man who shares life’s journey with you.
Perfect when read alongside your husband’s Loving Your Wife Well, this devotional will still transform your relationship even if you work through it on your own.
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Loving Your Wife Well
$15.99Add to cartImagine if, at the end of the year, despite your busy schedules and all the demands on your time and attention, you and your wife were more in sync, more connected, and more in love than ever before. Sounds amazing, right?
That kind of marriage is what is waiting for you as you read through the 52 weekly devotions in Loving Your Wife Well. Each entry includes a specific theme, related Scripture, a powerful devotion, a prayer, thoughts for further reflection, and practical ideas, all designed to help you love, cherish, and serve the woman who shares life’s journey with you.
Perfect when read alongside your wife’s Loving Your Husband Well, this devotional will still transform your relationship even if you work through it on your own.
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Marriage Be Hard
$26.00Add to cartDiscover the keys to upholding your vows while staying sane in this hilariously candid guide to relationships, from the husband-and-wife team of comedian Kevin Fredericks and influencer Melissa Fredericks
Growing up, Kevin and Melissa Fredericks were taught endless rules around dating, sex, and marriage, but not a lot about what actually makes a relationship work. When they first got married, they felt alone–like every other couple had perfect chemistry while the two of them struggled. There were conversations that they didn’t know they needed to have, fears that affected how they related to each other, and seasons of change that put their marriage to the test.
Part of their story reads like a Christian fairytale: high school sweethearts, married in college, never sowed any wild oats, with two sons and a thriving marriage. But there’s another side of their story: the night Melissa kicked Kevin out of her car after years of communication problems, the time early in their marriage when Kevin bordered on an emotional affair, the way they’ve used social media and podcasts to conduct a no-holds-barred conversation about forbidden topics like jealousy, divorce, and how to be Christian and sex positive. (Because, as Kevin writes, “Your hormones don’t care about your religious beliefs. Your hormones want you to subscribe to OnlyFans.”)
In Marriage Be Hard, the authors provide a hilarious and fresh master class on what it takes to build and maintain a lasting relationship. Drawing on interviews with experts and nearly two decades of marriage, they argue that:
– Compatibility is overrated.
– Communication is about way more than simply talking.
– Seeing divorce as an option can actually help your marriage.
– There’s such a thing as healthy jealousy.Real marriage is not automatic. It ain’t no Tesla on the open road. Sometimes it’s a stick shift on a hill in the rain with no windshield wipers. But if you get comfortable visiting–and revisiting–the topics that matter, it can transform your bond with your partner and the life you’re building together.
Written for those tired of unrealistic relationship books–and for anyone wondering if they’re the only ones breaking all the rules– Marriage Be Hard is a breath of fresh air and the manual you wish existed after you said “I do.”
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Everybody Fights : So Why Not Get Better At It
$18.99Add to cartLearn how to fight better and end your arguments with your partner feeling closer, more loved, and better understood.
We take our cars in for oil changes. We mow our lawns and pull weeds. Why don’t we do maintenance on our marriages? This relationship is the most important one we will ever have, so why not get better at it?
For the last several years, Penn and Kim Holderness of The Holderness Family have done the hard maintenance and the research to learn how to fight better. With the help of their marriage coach Dr. Christopher Edmonston, they break down their biggest (and in some cases, funniest) fights. How did a question about chicken wings turn into a bra fight (no, not a bar fight or a bra fight)? How did a roll of toilet paper lead to tears, resentment, and a stint in the guest bedroom?
With their trademark sense of humor and complete vulnerability, Penn and Kim share their 10 most common Fight Fails and how to combat them. Throughout the book, they offer scripts for how to start, continue, and successfully close hard conversations. Couples will emerge equipped to engage and understand, not do battle–and maybe laugh a little more along the way.
In Everybody Fights, couples will learn how to:
*Use magic words for healthy conflict resolution
*Address unspoken and unrealistic expectations
*Banish the three Ds of unhealthy communication–distraction, denial, and delay
*Carry individual baggage while helping your partner deal with theirsPenn and Kim want you to know you’re not alone. Everybody fights. Marriage is messy. Marriage is work. But marriage is worth it. Fight for it!
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Good The Messy And The Beautiful
$15.95Add to cartGod draws spouses closer to the Heavenly marriage through the sanctifying power of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.
However, that means it is not always easy, and it certainly is not like what newlyweds may imagine.
In The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful: The Joys and Struggles of Real Married Life, Edward and Beth Sri – national marriage speakers – show readers that the struggles of marriage are to be expected and, even more so, they are purifying us to make us saints.
No marriage is perfect, and neither is the Sri’s. This book is packed full of hilarious and relatable stories from their 20+ years of marriage. From their experience, see helpful tips, mindsets, and reminders of how to live out the beautiful vocation of marriage.
In good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, God has an incredible vocation for all for spouses. The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful goes into the nitty-gritty, explaining what to do when reality hits-when the rubber hits the road.
From discussions about:
*Miscommunication
*Healing
*Intimacy
*Gifts
*And moreYou will dive into new depths of the reality of Catholic marriage-from the messy to the beautiful-in this practical, entertaining, and wise book.
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Gospel Shaped Marriage
$17.99Add to cartA Gracious, Biblical Model for Marriage
Married Christians, and those preparing for marriage, know that they’re sinners–and that their sin threatens God’s great purposes for their union, including mutual support, companionship, and intimacy. But how often do believers recognize that they are also saints, equipped through God’s power to create a healthy, loving marriage?
In Gospel-Shaped Marriage, Chad and Emily Van Dixhoorn encourage couples with how Christ calls and enables them to love their spouse. They give a brief assessment of the biblical design for marriage while offering practical, proven advice for husbands and wives. Drawing from Scripture and the writings of Puritan minister William Gouge, their advice also prepares churches, friends, and others to support married couples in their lives.
Comprehensive and Theological: Includes a summary of marriage in redemptive history, recommended Bible verses with each chapter, and prayer prompts
Accessible: Offers guidance for singles preparing for marriage, young and mature couples, struggling couples, and those who want to strengthen their relationship
Practical Advice: Written by a pastor and his wife, this concise, easy-to-understand guide includes discussion questions for each chapter
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What If Love Is The Point
$26.99Add to cartPopular actors Carlos and Alexa PenaVega share their inspiring stories of transformation, from feeling lost and searching for meaning to realizing that living for Jesus and loving others is what life is all about.
Despite the opportunities they gained from their successful acting roles–Carlos on Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush, Alexa in the Spy Kids movies–the popular actors also faced many difficult challenges. Carlos was struggling with the influences of Hollywood and was reeling from a broken relationship. Alexa was healing from a divorce and an eating disorder she kept hidden. They felt lost and wondered, what’s the point of it all?
After a mutual friend separately invited them to a Bible study, Carlos and Alexa began to see God’s answers to that question. Now, seven years of marriage and three children later, they have built a thriving relationship and a family centered on Jesus.
What If Love Is the Point? is their shared testimony about the true joy they’ve experienced and the insights that have changed their lives, showing how:
*putting God at the center has helped them in their marriage, their parenting, and even their career choices;
*giving to others, instead of focusing on themselves, brought real fulfillment; and
*surrendering themselves to Christ helped them find each other–and in the process, discover who they really were.
In their own words, Carlos and Alexa say, We want to talk about it all. We want to write about all the junk, the ‘norms’ in society that aren’t good for us, how to navigate friendships, what it’s like becoming a parent, and how we learned to draw healthy boundaries at work. But we mainly want to ask, ‘What’s the point? What’s the point of all of this living?’ Carlos and Alexa are eager to share the truth they’ve uncovered: the more we surrender to God, the more we become who we really are.
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How To Be Married To Melissa
$25.99Add to cartPopular standup comedian and podcaster Dustin Nickerson delivers a hilarious and practical take on navigating marriage based on his everyday experiences as a husband, father, and an Average Joe who is still trying to figure it all out.
Tired of the formulaic, one-size-fits-all books that reduce relationships to math equations, Dustin Nickerson decided to draw from his sixteen-year-marriage to his wife, Melissa, for insights into keeping relationships in a good spot. In How to Be Married (to Melissa), he shares that the key to his marriage’s success is laughter and offers a few lessons he learned (and didn’t learn), including:
*our footprints in the sand are on different beaches;
*identifying tripwires prevents accidental explosions during dinner;
*contrary to popular belief, conceding is sweeter if it comes with a heartfelt apology; and
*the baby is two days old–is it time to schedule the vasectomy?Filled with storytelling, personal anecdotes, and honest disclosures, Nickerson brings his popular and highly relatable brand of humor to topics ranging from parenting and finances to church attendance and in-laws, showing readers how to break up the monotony and break open the vulnerability as they celebrate their own one-of-a-kind marriages.
Self-described as the world’s most average person, Nickerson offers readers the gift of peering into his own marriage’s challenges because, as he and Melissa are still discovering, those can turn into hysterical stories worth sharing later.
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God Sex And Your Marriage
$15.99Add to cartMany Christian books talk about sexual issues within broader works on marriage, but few resources comprehensively and biblically guide couples specifically on sexual intimacy. God, Sex, and Your Marriage challenges the common assumptions couples have about sexuality and presents the richer biblical narrative of sex as a metaphor of God’s covenant love. Dr. Juli Slattery applies that biblical framework to the practical challenges in sexual intimacy. Godly sexuality extends far beyond sexual purity and calls us to sexual integrity. God invites every couple to view their sexual relationship, including their greatest struggles, as an avenue to learn about the nature of His covenant love. It’s God desire to make us more like Himself and sex within marriage is often a powerful training ground for godly character. That desire gives purpose and context to addressing pornography, healing from past wounds, sexual incompatibility, pursuing pleasure together, and forgiveness.
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2nd Happy : Seven Practices To Make Your Marriage Better Than Your Honeymoo
$16.99Add to cartWhat is the secret to a healthy, happy, fulfilling marriage?
Nearly every marriage starts out happy, and if we’re honest, nearly every marriage at some point becomes unhappy. Is there a solution? Can an unhappy marriage really get back to being happy? Can it be truly and authentically happy–even better than it was at first? Kevin and Marcia Myers, married for thirty-seven years through nearly every challenge a couple can face, emphatically say yes.
Revealing seven practices that offer help and hope for a happy and enduring marriage, The Second Happy is a captivating, practical resource that provides the tools necessary to tune-up, overhaul, or even rebuild your marriage. Practices to sustain and strengthen marriage include the following:
*breaking the quit cycle;
*picking a fair fight so both people win;
*keeping disagreements from escalating; and
*removing pretense from your relationship.Rooted in Scripture and contemporary insights from the Myers’ marriage, as well as real stories from other couples, this revelatory book shows how any marriage can regain depth, meaning and, yes, happiness.
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Why Marriage Counseling Fails
$16.99Add to cartLike life itself, marriage has moments of joy…and sorrow. As difficult as marriage can be, many who have said “I do” try to stick it out when problems arise because the alternative–being alone–is not very appealing. If the couple truly wants to save their marriage, they usually turn to counseling.
Unfortunately, most marriage counseling ends with the couple dropping out and then, more often than not, ending their relationship. In some cases, the problem is not the couple but their choice of counselor. One who is poorly trained, disinterested, or obviously biased can destroy a marriage.
Why Marriage Counseling Fails explores different scenarios that cause problems for couples as well as the different types of counselors who can help or harm a marriage. Dr. David B. Hawkins has more than forty-five years of experience as a marriage counselor and has helped thousands of couples save their marriages.
“Sadly, when it comes to reaching out for help for marriage counseling, few have a sense of trust and confidence in their counselor,” he says. “Stories abound about how they came out of a counseling session worse than when they went in.”
Dr. Hawkins defines the “five I’s” of a qualified marriage counselor as one who:
*Offers wise instruction
*Takes an active interest in the couple
*Offers insight into why problems recur
*Is willing to work intensively
*Works in-depth to help the couple find long-term solutionsWhy Marriage Counseling Fails offers insights into marital issues, the brokenness of the counseling system, how to find good help, and how to insist upon effective help when turning to a counselor.
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Love Letter Life
$18.99Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER; More than 100,000 copies sold!
More than 2.3 million people watched as Jeremy and Audrey Roloff shared their vows and committed their lives to each other. Now for the first time, the former co-stars of TLC’s hit show Little People, Big World share their imperfect, resilient, and inspiring love story.
As Jeremy and Audrey write, if you can fall into love, you can fall out. True love is something you choose to live out each day through your actions, decisions, and sacrifices. To find and still seek, now that is love. From the moment you meet your potential spouse, you can be intentional about shaping a beautiful love story, uniquely written for who God created you both to be. Whether you’re single and searching, in a serious dating relationship, or desiring to love your spouse better, Jeremy and Audrey equip you to pursue an intentional, creative, and faithful love story by sharing theirs.
The journey to their wedding day was the culmination of a bumpy and complicated dating relationship. From health problems, to emotional walls, to being separated by one thousand miles, the couple faced daunting obstacles. But their unique approach to dating empowered them to write an uncommon love story and prepared them for married life. Because as beautiful as their wedding was, the Roloffs made a point to prepare more for their marriage than their wedding day.
Told through both Jeremy’s and Audrey’s voices, A Love Letter Life tells a passionate and persevering story of relatable struggles, hard-learned lessons, practical tips, and devout commitment. In these pages, they encourage you to stop settling for convenient relationships, offer perspective on male and female differences in dating, tackle tough topics like purity, give their nine rules for fighting well, suggest fun ideas for connection in a world of technology, and provide fresh advice on how to intentionally pursue a love story that never ends.
The journey to their wedding day was the culmination of a bumpy and complicated dating relationship. From health problems, to emotional walls, to being separated by one thousand miles, the couple faced daunting obstacles. But their unique approach to dating empowered them to write an uncommon love story and prepared them for married life. Because as beautiful as their wedding was, the Roloffs made a point to prepare more for their marriage than their wedding day.
Told through both Jeremy’s and Audrey’s voices, A Love Letter L
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Choosing Us : Marriage And Mutual Flourishing In A World Of Difference
$21.99Add to cartFor years, others have asked Gail Song Bantum and Brian Bantum to reveal the secret to their marriage as a multiracial Christian couple with high-profile ministry callings. This book reveals the lessons, mistakes, and principles that have helped the Bantums navigate race, family history, and gender dynamics in their twenty-plus years of marriage, while inspiring readers to pursue mutual flourishing in their marriages and relationships.
Marriage is about more than constant bliss or unending sacrifice, say the Bantums. It’s about exploring your own story, seeing the other for who they are (even as they change), and being flexible and creative in discovering how those differences and stories come alive in new ways when joined together. It’s the discovery of life in the gaps and the mysteries that emerge when we live in mutuality, believing that fullness is possible for each.
Choosing Us reflects the realities and demands of modern marriage and respects the callings and ambitions of both partners. It shows that marriage is about choosing the other’s flourishing on a daily basis, amid differences and even systemic obstacles, to build a relationship that thrives and reflects the kingdom of God.
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Good Girls Guide To Great Sex
$18.99Add to cartBring greater satisfaction to your relationship in every way–emotionally, spiritually, and physically–whether you’re preparing for your honeymoon or are empty nesters looking for a new spark.
Are you wondering if there’s more to your sex life than the status quo? Or maybe you have questions about your upcoming marriage that aren’t exactly appropriate for the rehearsal dinner? This edition of The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex from tell-it-like-it-is blogger and speaker Sheila Wray Gregoire has been completely updated and expanded to include new research from surveys of more than twenty-five thousand people. With humor, stories, and highly practical ideas, Sheila helps you:
*See how God intends sex to unite couples physically, emotionally, and spiritually–and how to overcome roadblocks in each area
*Understand more about your two bodies and how they were meant to go together
*Find healing from past sexual experiences, sexual trauma, or pornography addiction
*Figure out the missing piece in your sex life that often makes pleasure out of reach
*Learn how to help your husband give you greater pleasure than ever before
*Embrace sex with freedom, rather than viewing it with shame or embarrassment
Sheila’s content and style will appeal to:
*Newly engaged couples who want to start their marriage out right
*Married couples who wonder if sex will ever become what they’d hoped it would be
*Followers of Sheila’s marriage blog and bestselling books
*Pastors and counselors seeking a resource for helping engaged and married couplesRead The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex as your husband learns more about you in The Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex. Clothing optional.
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Good Guys Guide To Great Sex
$18.99Add to cartIf you ever wonder, Is this all there is to sex? or I wish I knew how to help my wife enjoy this more, you’ll appreciate this straightforward, helpful, and faith-based advice on how to have a better sex life.
Based on groundbreaking surveys of more than twenty-five thousand people, this highly practical, research-based book shows guys how to rock their wife’s world. The Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex from popular marriage blogger and speaker Sheila Wray Gregoire and her husband, Dr. Keith Gregoire, will help you:
*Discover what your wife wants most from you in the bedroom
*Realize what can derail a couple’s sex life and how to get it back on track
*Find healing from past trauma, previous relationships, and porn addiction
*Understand your own sex drive and how to keep it revved
*Learn the secrets to giving your wife the most fulfilling sex she’s ever hadThis can-we-start-tonight? book about making sex wonderful explores how emotional, spiritual, and physical intimacy all work together. It will appeal to:
*Newly engaged couples who want to start their marriage off right
*Married couples who wonder if sex will ever become what they hoped it would be
*Readers of The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex
*Pastors and counselors seeking a resource for helping engaged and married couplesThe Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex also features Couple Projects at the end of each chapter and very specific Good Guy Dares to help you woo your wife in and out of the bedroom as you find your way to a delightful, God-given passion.
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BFF : Becoming Your Spouse’s Best Friend Again
$17.99Add to cartYour marriage may not seem as passionate as it did in the beginning, but failure is not the end until you quit! I coach couples who are in crisis, and even after doing everything according to the proverbial marriage book, some marriages were still falling apart. However, when I began to take them through the process of discovering their original friendship, I started to see them fall in love all over again; marriages began to be restored. In BFF. I help couples journey back in time to become best friends again and see their marriages transcend.
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Fight For Us
$25.99Add to cartFight for Us takes couples on an inspiring journey into the challenges of battling for their marriage, through gut-wrenching times of despair, and then finally to the victory of a renewed relationship grounded in Jesus.
Fight for Us delivers a compelling marriage challenge of “five rounds” that teach readers how to develop the never-give-up, never-quit mentality every relationship needs in order to combat the enemy’s constant attacks.
Utilizing narrative elements from the real-life story of Chad and Kathy Robichaux, readers will learn how Chad’s deployments to Afghanistan as a Marine–and subsequent career as an MMA fighter–allowed him to disengage from his emotions, his marriage, and his children. Then, when his crippling PTSD brought him to brink of suicide, Kathy’s pastor taught him the “five rounds” of fighting that are necessary in the battle for any marriage:
1. Believe that God loves you and has a purpose for your life.
2. Take responsibility for your actions.
3. Accept that you can’t change the evils that you’ve encountered.
4. Access God’s power.
5. Put yourself second.At the end of the rounds, readers will discover God’s design for marriage, which saved Chad and Kathy’s relationship. Today, they aim to pay it forward and share what they’ve learned with other couples. Fight for Us features application sections, discussion prompts, affirmations, and Bible verses, all designed to help readers apply the book’s key marriage principles.
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5 Steps To Romantic Love
$39.99Add to cartFive Steps to Romantic Love will help you and your spouse to know and meet each other’s needs and overcome the habits that destroy your love. This workbook takes the proven concepts found in Dr. Harley’s His Needs, Her Needs and Love Busters and helps you make them a reality in your marriage. All of the worksheets, inventories, and questionnaires that Dr. Harley recommends in these two bestsellers are available here in a full-sized and easily reproducible format. Fall in love again and enjoy an intimate, passionate marriage that lasts.
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Conversation Starters For Couples
$9.99Add to cartBecome a student of your partner, find out what makes them tick, reconnect, or simply have some fun when you engage using the Conversation Starters for Couples Boxed Set. Relationships require time and effort, so set some time aside to purposefully connect with the one you love.
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Little God Time For Busy Couples 365 Daily Devotions
$12.99Add to cartSpending quality time together as a couple can be difficult, but it’s incredibly important for maintaining a healthy marriage! One of the best ways to strengthen your relationship is to spend time together with God.
This devotional offers fresh insight on relationships, encouraging Scriptures, thought-provoking questions, and inspirational prayers to help you intentionally engage with God and each other.
Whether you have been married for five days, five years, or a lifetime, a little God time is the ultimate way to begin or end your day together.
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Strength For Today For Couples
$21.99Add to cartYou can walk in confidence together when you rely on God to be your strength.
Quality time is important for maintaining a healthy marriage. Be encouraged with truth as you spend time reflecting together on these devotions, Scriptures, and prayers. As you take a moment to connect with each other and with God, you will be filled with his strength and peace.
When you prioritize spending a few moments to grow together in your relationship with God, you will quickly learn that it is the strongest way to begin or end your day. Take courage in God’s love for you and be ready to conquer each new day together!
Special Features:
– High-grade faux leather cover provides durability and exquisite tactile appeal.– Special heat debossing gives the cover a two-tone appearance and creates indentation which shows off the intricate design and varied texture.
– Metallic and matte foil finishing touches are elegantly placed to enhance features, capturing attention and adding class for an aesthetic appeal.
– High-quality, sturdy Smyth-sewn binding stitches the signatures together creating durability and allowing pages to lay flat when open. Decorative head and foot bands are also added to further complement the binding.
– Matte art high quality paper with a smooth satin touch provides long-lasting vivid coloration and durability.
– A beautiful satin ribbon marker conveniently keeps your place so you can quickly pick up where you left off.
– Coordinating sturdy zippered closure allows you to tuck important extras inside.
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5 Steps To Romantic Love
$19.99Add to cartFive Steps to Romantic Love will help you and your spouse to know and meet each other’s needs and overcome the habits that destroy your love. This workbook takes the proven concepts found in Dr. Harley’s His Needs, Her Needs and Love Busters and helps you make them a reality in your marriage. All of the worksheets, inventories, and questionnaires that Dr. Harley recommends in these two bestsellers are available here in a full-sized and easily reproducible format. Fall in love again and enjoy an intimate, passionate marriage that lasts.
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His Needs Her Needs
$22.99Add to cartTime after time, His Needs, Her Needs has topped the charts as the bestselling marriage book available. In this classic book, Willard F. Harley, Jr., identifies the ten most vital needs of men and women and shows husbands and wives how to make their marriage sizzle by satisfying those needs in their spouses. He provides guidance for becoming irresistible to your spouse and for loving more creatively and sensitively, thereby eliminating the problems that often lead to conflict and even extramarital affairs.Join those who have seen spectacular changes in their marriages by following Dr. Harley’s tried-and-proven counsel. You will discover that an outstanding marriage can be more than a dream–it can be your reality.
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Intended For Pleasure
$21.99Add to cartGod gave humankind the gift of sex. But many couples don’t experience the kind of joy and fulfillment God intended. If you’ve ever been frustrated with a lack of intimacy in your marriage, or if you just want to know more about how you can get the most out of your relationship, Intended for Pleasure is for you. This honest and frank resource will answer your questions about sex and sexuality, improving sexual response, sex techniques for pregnancy, birth control, sex at any age, solutions for sexual problems, and much more. All of the questions you’ve been afraid to ask (or didn’t even know to ask!) are answered right here.
A perfect gift for newlyweds and a trusted resource for pastors and marriage counselors, this classic book has helped more than a million people understand and enjoy the gift God intended for pleasure.
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Married In 12 Months Or Less
$25.00Add to cartA Forefront Books Title
Professional matchmaker and relationship coach, Jackie Dorman shares the teaching that has helped countless single women just like you get out their own way and get married in less than one year. Whether you haven’t dated for years or have never dated at all, it doesn’t matter-Married in 12 Months or Less is your personal guide on dating, overcoming past relationship trauma, and meeting the love of your life.
What’s your love life look like? Be honest. Does it feel like everyone else is in a happy, committed relationship except for you? Do you ever ask yourself “Why does it seem so easy for other people to find love but so hard for me?” or “When is it going to finally be my turn?” If you’re tired of being the bridesmaid and not the bride, living in the pain of past hurts, or constantly attracting the wrong guys, this book is for you!
Jackie Dorman has been there and she will help you get out of your own way and step into the Love Story that’s waiting just for you.
In Married or 12 Months or Less, you will learn:
*how to heal your heart from past relationship trauma and learn the tools to prevent future trauma.
*how to recognize the blindspots that keep you from seeing and receiving the love that’s often right in front of you.
*proven ways to recognize red flags quickly in order to protect your time, energy and emotions.
*how to use the biblical law of attraction to attract high-quality romantic relationships from now on.
*how to embrace your divine feminine power to captivate the Spirit Mate that will love you for you.
Are you ready to get unstuck? Get out of the waiting room and join the movement that is changing lives whether you are discouraged, divorced, or just plain depressed when it comes to love.