Category: Marriage Preparedness
Marriage Preparedness
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Engagement : Preparing For Marriage – 31-Day Devotionals For Life
$9.99Add to cartHave your wedding plans crowded out the spiritual significance of your marital union? God created marriage as a picture that demonstrates his love and character — both to you and to those around you. Using daily devotional readings, reflection questions, and practical action points, Mike McKinley prepares your heart for the wonderful, sanctifying calling to love another person in a way that echoes God’s love for his people.
In the 31-Day Devotionals for Life series, biblical counselors and Bible teachers guide you through Scripture passages that speak to specific situations or struggles, helping you to apply God’s Word to your life in practical ways day after day. Continue Reading Engagement : Preparing For Marriage – 31-Day Devotionals For Life
Before You Say I Do
$12.99Add to cartIs marriage on your mind? Have you found the one? This popular and helpful interactive workbook is designed to strengthen your love relationship and deepen your bond. You’ll find all you need for fun and thoughtful discussions as you explore vital areas, including:
-What does the Bible teach about marriage?
-What makes you feel loved?
-How do you handle conflicts?
-Do you plan to have children? Why or why not?
-What are your priorities when it comes to money?Drawn from years of marriage preparation seminars and counseling sessions, these insightful questions will help you build a solid future together. With Jesus as your cornerstone, your partner and you can create a loving, successful marriage.
More than 500,000 couples helped! Continue Reading Before You Say I Do
Letters To A Romantic On Engagement
$9.99Add to cartEngagement! If you’ve reached this point, you already know a thing or two about navigating a romantic relationship. But this in-between period raises new questions: How should you and your intended make decisions together? How can you handle all the advice you’re getting? Should you just elope? What if you’re beginning to think you shouldn’t marry after all? The pressure is intense, the anticipation is greatand God’s Word is crucial for you to hear right now. Sean and Spencer (and sometimes their wives, Jenny and Taylor) have written short letters to you full of biblical wisdom for this exciting stage of life. Direct and to the point, they answer these questions and many more, from the details of wedding planning to the big picture of your future lifelong relationship.
Find clarity amid engagement and come to your marriage prepared! Continue Reading Letters To A Romantic On Engagement
Preparing Children For Marriage
$16.99Add to cartYour children will make few decisions more important than their decision to marry. But they must make other choices before then-decisions about purity, dating, and their roles as men and women. Are they prepared? In this highly practical guide, Joshua Mulvihill lays out a biblically grounded plan for preparing young children for later challenges. Our culture is zealous in reaching children with its own take on sex and marriage, but shouldn’t we be able to talk about these things and their place in God’s larger narrative? Parents, grandparents, and others in the church will learn how to bring the truth home by starting the conversation with their children early-and returning to it often. Continue Reading Preparing Children For Marriage
From Me To We
$14.99Add to cartWritten by a pastor’s wife at one of the largest churches in America, From Me to We is a transparent, surprisingly honest, and widely informative guide that will inspire you to safeguard your marriage by tackling tough questions and issues before you say, I do. Lucille Williams offers straight-talk about marriage with unprecedented insight as well as challenges and discussion questions–a great tool for premarital counseling. This compelling, entertaining, insightful, and informative guide covers topics including the all-important question of Why are you getting married? as well as forgiveness, communication, expectations for marriage, baggage, sex, and money–all from a biblical perspective. Continue Reading From Me To We
Getting Ready For Marriage Workbook (Workbook)
$19.99Add to cartThe saying goes When you marry, you don’t just marry an individual, you marry a whole family. But more specifically, you are marrying the influences that family has had on your spouse. Our families have shaped our views on everything from religion to finances to sex, and, whether helpful or harmful, these views are brought to our marriage and can unknowingly affect it.
Getting Ready for Marriage Workbook helps engaged couples and newlyweds:
*learn what ghosts they bring to marriage
*examine their family backgrounds
*determine guidelines for their own marriageThrough interactive exercises, couples discover the roots of their beliefs, sight potential problem areas, and learn how to successfully work through problems. Couples are then encouraged to make their own covenants in specific areas such as financial matters, resolving conflict, religious orientation, and family planning & children-essential in building a strong marriage partnership. Continue Reading Getting Ready For Marriage Workbook (Workbook)
Vertical Marriage : A Godward Preparation For Life Together
$13.99Add to cartYour marriage is approaching — among the myriad of preparations you can make, what is most important for a lasting, healthy relationship?
Understanding that marriage is not eternal, but its fruit is, Mike and Anne Rizzo, seasoned marriage counselors, turn our gaze Godward. A vertical focus, on God, becomes the best foundation for building a beautiful, life-long relationship with your future spouse.
Vertical Marriage is a practical premarital manual for use by engaged couples, marriage counselors, or those already married, who desire to establish a powerful partnership of eternal significance. Continue Reading Vertical Marriage : A Godward Preparation For Life Together
Ready To Wed
$15.99Add to cartRings. Dress. Cake.You’re engaged, and the checklist for the day of your dreams is a mile long. In the who, what, where, and how of planning, the why can be forgotten.
Ready to Wed discusses 12 Traits of a thriving marriage and offers a variety of topics to guide and advise those preparing to say, I do!
Learn to:
*Define a vision statement unique to your marriage.
*Positively engage conflict to build a foundation of trust and forgiveness.
*Leave and cleave, even if you are a child of divorce.
*Manage expectations-and your in-laws!
*Navigate hot-button issues including, sex and the chore wars.
*Cope with change, stress, and crisis-especially in your first year.
*Build a community of support and find mentors.
*Assess your progress using the Couple Checkup.Loaded with advice, tips, and instructions, this valuable resource is ideal for soon-to-be-newlyweds and those who support them! Continue Reading Ready To Wed
Considering Marriage : Are You Fit To Be Tied
$4.99Add to cartWhat does the Bible say about Christian marriage? Should we get married now or wait? Are we really ready? When is the timing right? What if one of us is unsure? This 96-page mini-book, Considering Marriage, provides premarriage counseling that will help you on your journey of making the decision and preparations before you say, I do. Marriage is a beautiful covenant made between a man and a woman, so how do you know when it’s right to get married? Includes Christian marriage counseling and premarital counseling questions, such as Will his quirks drive you insane? Will her weird habits become a daily annoyance? Are you becoming more confident in your direction, or less?
Included in this easy-to-read marriage counseling handbook are dozens of exercises that are excellent tools for opening the door to meaningful communication. Learn what each partner’s definition of love is, or their concept of the role and responsibilities of a wife and husband. These marriage quizzes will help you and your significant other maneuver through potentially tough and thought-provoking questions with ease.
Get biblical answers from a Christian counselor to questions like:
*Is it important to be romantically attracted to the person I want to marry?
*When does age difference matter?
*What is the root causes for marrying the wrong person?
*What if my non-Christian parents disapprove of my Christian fiance?
*Will God stop a marriage if it’s not His will?
*And many more.Knowing why marriage was created and what a Christian marriage is will make life after the wedding so much more fruitful and satisfying.
This christian marriage counseling guide covers the basics: More than just tying the knot, Christians need to know-
*The biblical requirements for faithfulness within marriage
*Why marrying someone who is an unbeliever is a problem
*What the Lord says about marriage between a Christian and a non-Christian.Learn the secrets to a Christian marriage, and the ups and downs to expect as you travel through the reality of marriage after the honeymoon. Includes a checklist of unrealistic expectations about marriage, such as:
*Myth: Romance will sustains a marriage forever
*Myth: Engaging in premarital sex will have no effect on a marriage, or the far other extreme myth: Premarital sex is the unforgiveable sin.
*Myth: My spouse will always make me feel loved.
*Myth: We will never have serious disagreements.
*Myth: Religious differences will be insignificant Continue Reading Considering Marriage : Are You Fit To Be Tied
Lo Que Toda Mujer Quiere En Un
$6.99Add to cartThis book was written for those men and women who are contemplating marriage and to those who are seeking the ultimate relationship with their marriage partner. Much has already been written encouraging the woman to submit to her mate. Since the subject has already been well covered, What Every Woman Wants in a Man does not deal with this. What Every Woman Wants in a Man is directed to the man, showing him practical, specific ways of learning to live with the mysterious being, woman. Most every woman is eager to please her mate and is awaiting the day that her partner will become the tender, loving man she has already dreamed of.
The secret to successful marriage and having a great love life is being in right relationship to God and each other Continue Reading Lo Que Toda Mujer Quiere En Un
What Every Woman Wants In A Man
$6.99Add to cartThis book was written for those men and women who are contemplating marriage and to those who are seeking the ultimate relationship with their marriage partner. Much has already been written encouraging the woman to submit to her mate. Since the subject has already been well covered, What Every Woman Wants in a Man does not deal with this. What Every Woman Wants in a Man is directed to the man, showing him practical, specific ways of learning to live with the mysterious being, woman. Most every woman is eager to please her mate and is awaiting the day that her partner will become the tender, loving man she has already dreamed of.
The secret to successful marriage and having a great love life is being in right relationship to God and each other. Continue Reading What Every Woman Wants In A Man
Preparing For Marriage (Reprinted)
$16.99Add to cartYou’re in love, and it’s the real thing. You have made a joyous decision together–a decision destined to change your lives forever: You’re getting married! Now, as you plan your wedding celebration, it is time to lay the foundation for a lifetime of love and romance. Today you can begin the important, lifelong task of building a strong Christian marriage.Created by Family Life, one of America’s leading marriage and family ministries, Preparing for Marriage is a dynamic, comprehensive program designed to help you prepare for life together after the cake is cut and the guests head home. That is when the real adventure begins–the adventure of creating an intimate, lasting, and biblical marriage!Inside you’ll find eight sessions of fun, romantic study that will help you target areas for growth in your relationship. You can work through Preparing for Marriage as a couple, with a pastor or premarital counselor, or with a small group. Don’t just plan your wedding . . . prepare for your marriage! Continue Reading Preparing For Marriage (Reprinted)
Lady In Waiting (Expanded)
$16.99Add to cartWith humor, honesty, and biblical truths, the authors help point women to being the right woman and not just finding the right man. By studying the biblical character Ruth, women learn the characteristics that every woman of God should develop. This expanded edition of the original best-seller includes a personal journal and study guide.
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101 Questions To Ask Before You Get Engaged
$12.99Add to cartMore than half of all couples who become engaged this year will never make it to the altar. Why? Leading experts believe it’s because couples fail to really get to know their potential mate before getting engaged. Relationship expert and noted couples counselor Norm Wright steers potential brides and grooms through a series of soul-searching questions to discern if they’ve really met the One. A dynamic book with a great message for people who seek God’s guidance in finding a perfect lifetime companion. Continue Reading 101 Questions To Ask Before You Get Engaged
Before We Say I Do
$15.00Add to cartGetting married is one of the easiest things in the world to do. It requires a license, a ring, and two witnesses. But staying married for the rest of their lives is one of the greatest challenges that couples will ever undertake. Marvin McMickle has provided a seven-step resource for premarital counseling that couples can use with or without the involvement of a clergy member or counselor. Developed over a thirty-year career in pastoral ministry, this book is based upon the premise that a healthy marriage is the result of what happens before a couple says, I do. By focusing on seven concepts–faith, friendship, frankness, forgiveness, fidelity, finance, and family–couples will discover the tools they need to build a strong and lasting marriage in the twenty-first century. This book is an invaluable resource for both couples and premarital counselors. Questions are provided at the end of each chapter for serious reflection.
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