Recreating Marriage with the Same Old Spouse


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ng approach to marriage. Sandra Bender believes that every marriage, like its partners, is in a state of continuous change, yet most fail to take control of that change. "Recreating Marriage with the Same Old Spouse" educates couples in the skills of being married and gives examples, discussion questions, and practice exercises.




The Army Chaplaincy


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No longer distributed to depository libraries in tangible format (per ANTS-v9-#09)




Pure Gold


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Deciding in Unity


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Do you want a better way to make decisions as a couple peacefully? The two of you have decisions to make constantly, everything from who will go to the grocery to how you will manage your money. And you would like to do it all without fighting. All sizes of topics can be tough--and sometimes painful--when you need to agree and act on the decisions together. No matter how long you have been together, there is a better way. Deciding in Unity provides couples with useful new knowledge and tools: - Practical and helpful content - A clear decision-making process - Inspirational couple stories - Humorous cartoons This encouraging book will help you have the happy, healthy marriage you want! (Also useful for unmarried couples)




Why Can't He Be More Like Me?


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"What do you and your spouse have in common?" "We got married on the same day." Many women can identify with that sentiment. They want their marriages to be happy and honoring to God, but they wonder how when their mate baffles and even irritates them so. Some may even wonder if they made a terrible mistake. Using Scripture, humor, and colorful illustrations from her own struggles, Poppy Smith offers hope in this upbeat, personal, practical, biblically grounded, and empathetic book. Why Can't He Be More Like Me? will help women analyze areas of marital conflict by reviewing their backgrounds, parenting personalities, expectations, needs, and reactions. Each chapter provides practical tools to help women learn to accept and enjoy their mate, resulting in a strengthened relationship, better communication, and deeper understanding of each other. With its how-to emphasis, this book is a useful resource for classes, small groups, or seminars for wives and couples.




My Parents, My Children


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Cecil Murphey provides reflections from his counseling experience to illuminate the challenges facing those who respond to the physical and emotional needs of both young children and aging parents. Each devotional begins with a description of a difficult or trying moment common to caregivers and ends with a prayer and a biblical reading.




Relationships That Work (and Those That Don't)


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Young people today, many of whom grew up in painfully dysfunctional homes, are waiting longer to get married, often out of fear of choosing the wrong partner. They want desperately to get it right the first time. Now singles can find help and hope in an excellent guide to relationships that will work and those that won't. Dr. H. Norman Wright provides simple, practical guidelines for identifying partners with positive potential for a loving, long-term relationship. Just as important, Wright shows how to avoid wasting time, money, and emotional energy on hopeless relationships with incurable negatives. Topics include compatibility, risk taking, infatuation versus love, the dangers of premarital sex, common relationship mistakes, and the characteristics of a godly, healthy relationship.




Heaven for a Dime


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A fascinating account of six years in the life of a pastor and his family, Inside History offers an insider's glimpse into one of the most interesting churches in the south. Humor, tragedy, crime and conversion are just a few of the elements of this narrative that make it a compelling read. Written to provide primary source material for the cultural and religious history of the region, the book is also a frank description of how a minister and his family endured the public and private pressures of the ministerial calling. Effective as a preacher and controversial as a leader, Dr. Moody is also exceptionally skilled as a writer, as this book will demonstrate. You will laugh and cry as you read his narrative of six years in the ministry.




Divorce Busting


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A step-by-step approach to making your marriage loving again.