A Lasting Promise: A Christian Guide to Fighting for Your Marriage
Based on the bestselling book, Fighting for Your Marriage, A Lasting Promise will help you create a marriage of lasting love. The powerful and practical principles are solidly based on Scripture with a unique blending of university research. The result is a thoroughly Christian version of the widely respected PREPtm (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program).\ "I've been praying many years for people to discover form sound research why married couples separate and how to help them stay...
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Build a Marriage of Lasting Love Finally a practical, easy-to-read book that deals with real marital issues from a Christian perspective! Soundly based on both biblical principles and marital research, A Lasting Promise is a must read for any couple who wants to upgrade their marriage and make it a promise for life! —David and Claudia Arp, authors of The Second Half of Marriage This essential resource offers Christian couples, a well-researched and proven method for dealing with conflicts and resolving problems in their marriage. A Lasting Promise offers solutions to common problems—facing conflicts, problem solving, improving communication, and dealing with core issues—within a religious framework. With the ultimate purpose of upholding the sanctity of marriage, the book is filled with stories that reflect the sacred teachings of the scripture. The strategies outlined can help Christian couples to improve communication, understand commitment, bring more fun into their relationship, and even enhance their sex life. This book will serve as an invaluable resource for all couples who want to honor and preserve the holy sacrament of their union.
Part One: Handling Conflict/ Protecting Your Marriage1. Oneness2. Four Key Patterns That Destroy Oneness3. Communicating Safely and Clearly: The Speaker-Listener Technique4. Problem Solving5. Ground Rules for Protecting Your Marriage from ConflictPart Two: Going Deeper6. Issues and Events7. Unmet Expectations and What to Do About Them8. Understanding Commitment9. The Power of Commitment10. Forgiveness and the Restoration of IntimacyPart Three: The Great Things11. Preserving and Protecting Frienship12. Increasing Your Fun Together13. Enhancing and Protecting Your Sex Life14. Spiritual Intimacy and OnenessA Final WordMore Information the Christian PREP ApproachFurther Reading and Research ReferencesSome Thoughts on Domestic Violence
