Twogether In Texas : Recommended Reading : Healthy Christian Marriages

The Love Dare

Author:Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick

Today, many marriages end when one partner says "I don't love you anymore." In Love Dare, the book featured in the movie Fireproof (starring Kirk Cameron), you can learn the true nature of love. It's a 40-day guided devotional experience that will lead your heart back to truly loving your spouse. Each day's entry discusses a unique aspect of love, presents a specific "dare" to do for your spouse, and gives you a journaling area to chart the progress that you will be making. I dare you to take the dare!

Now You’re Speaking My Language

Author: Gary Chapman

Gary Chapman's especially popular book encourages husbands and wives to offer steadfast loyalty, forgiveness, empathy, and commitment to resolving conflict, thus encouraging each other in spiritual growth. The author shows how communication and intimacy are key points in developing a successful marriage by focusing on these principles:   ~ Lasting answers to marital growth are found in the Bible.                         ~ Your relationship with God enhances your marriage relationship. ~ Communication is the main way two become one in a marriage. ~ Biblical oneness involves sex, but also intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and social oneness.

Marriage on the Rock

Author: Jimmy Evans

Whether engaged or married, you can build your marriage on a solid foundation. You'll find God's principles detailed in this book that will help you prepare for marriage or strengthen a good marriage. You'll also learn how to turn what may be a disillusioned, divorce-bound marriage into a satisfying, dream relationship. Society requires years of preparation for almost any significant career endeavor, but demands no real preparation for one of the most crucial undertakings in life, marriage. In an age of disposable marriage and information overload, where can couples turn for real answers that will make their relationships work? Marriage on the Rock clearly details God's principles that will turn disillusioned, divorce-bound marriages into satisfying dream relationships.

Sacred Marriage: What if God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy

Author: Gary L. Thomas

The title expresses a radical thought for today's marriages! Chapter by chapter, discover how marriage works to develop Christ like character - forgiveness, love, respect, perseverance - in each of you. This book will enrich your marriage in unexpected ways.

Our Secret Paradise

Author: Jimmy Evans

Is it possible to create a marriage that is secure, satisfying and passionate in the way God intended? In Our Secret Paradise, couples can discover the healing journey of marriage that begins when two people say "I do." Through practical discussions and humorous illustrations of the ups and downs of marriage, this book takes readers on a journey of discovery toward the keys to a strong and beautiful marriage relationship. Create your own secret paradise today. This book teaches you the secret to building a great marriage, how to defeat the real enemy of your marriage, and the secret to sexual fulfillment.

The Healthy Marriage Handbook

Authors: Various

The Healthy Marriage Handbook answers more than 200 confidential, personal questions on every aspect of the marriage relationship. It's almost like having a wise, trusted friend come alongside—-ready at a moment's notice to help couples clear the inevitable hurdles they encounter on the road to marital happiness. The advice is time-tested, offered with compassion and understanding, and—most importantly—based on solid biblical counsel. The book deals with questions in even broad areas: communication, conflict, sex, intimacy, spiritual oneness, parenting, and money management.