This is your guide to all the things that happen after “I do.”The advice in this book to brides is pretty simple. You don’t need to become an expert on men. Only one man. Learn the secrets to loving and respecting him while also asking for what you need. Take an honest look at your own family: its unwritten codes, how it has shaped you, and the ways it affects your relationship with your husband. Learn how to speak each other’s “language” and appreciate the qualities each of you br...

Your marriage could be one of history’s great love stories! As newlyweds, it’s time to ensure that your marriage can meet the challenges it will face right around the corner. Cultivating good habits during these first twelve foundational months of your marriage and knowing what to focus on will set the stage for years to come.Robert and Bobbie and Mark and Susan know that there’s a big difference between preparation and actual experience. This is your guide to actually dealing with all the...

Your marriage could be one of history’s great love stories! As newlyweds, it’s time to ensure that your marriage can meet the challenges it will face right around the corner. Cultivating good habits during these first twelve foundational months of your marriage and knowing what to focus on will set the stage for years to come.Robert and Bobbie and Mark and Susan know that there’s a big difference between preparation and actual experience. This is your guide to actually dealing with all the...

Now You’re Speaking My Language from multimillion selling author Gary Chapman (The Five Love Languages) encourages husbands and wives to offer steadfast loyalty, forgiveness, empathy, and commitment to resolving conflict, thus encouraging each other in spiritual growth. With great clarity, Dr. Chapman 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 B...

When was the last time you flirted with your husband? Was it before you had kids?Do you spend more time on the couch with your wife watching movies or with a bag of chips watching The Game?Does your idea of a hot date include a drive-thru and springing for the extra-large fries?What would your marriage look like if for 21 days you turned your attention to happy habits that will better your relationship? Plenty of books describe how to improve a marriage, how to save...

Discover wisdom from Scripture that will help you navigate the confusing waters of love and relationships in today’s world.In Loveology, pastor and New York Times bestselling author John Mark Comer helps you understand what the Bible has to say about sexuality, romance, singleness, and what it means to be male and female.In the beginning, God created Adam. Then he made Eve. And ever since we've been picking up the pieces. ...

More in Love Today Than on Your Wedding Day? It’s Possible!Every marriage—whether it’s good, bad, or a mix of both—can be better. But what does it take to make the sparks fly in a marriage of five months or fifty years?James and Betty Robison, co-hosts of the LIFE Today television program, have shared many good times and tough times in their almost 50 years as a couple. What are the secrets that cause them to say “we are more in love now than ever ...

The predominant message in our culture is that it's okay to have sex whenever, wherever, and however we want. Sex has become just sex. But while society has taken sex too far, the church hasn't taken it far enough.God wants couples to make love in marriage-with passion, with purpose, and with pleasure. Marriages aren't experiencing all the benefits that come from a healthy sex life. Couples are facing a barrage of influences that keep them from connecting with each other regularly-...

God intends marriages to be filled with love. Why are so many faltering with distrust, anger, and contempt? The authors of Love After Marriage believe that the Holy Spirit is ready to pour out healing and anointing on couples who seek God for themselves and their family. Using the book's proven strategies, based on the successful Love After Marriage workshops, couples can bring an atmosphere of loving transparency and vulnerability into their relationship and develop a beautiful G...

“Life is relationships; the rest is just details.” We are designed for relationships, yet they often bring us pain. In this paradigm-shifting book, Gary Smalley unravels the DNA of relationships: we are made for three great relationships—with God, others, and ourselves—and all relationships involve choice. Gary exposes a destructive relationship dance that characterizes nearly every relationship conflict, and he offers five new dance steps that will revolutionize relationships. The DNA...

Barbara Rainey Offers Sage Advice on the Art of Being a WifeRadio personality and bestselling author Barbara Rainey knows firsthand the challenges newly married couples face. Dismayed by Hollywood depictions of marriage and the seemingly easy solution of divorce, she sees a desperate need for a voice of experience, a mentor who has been there and understands--and can encourage, coach, and care.As her daughters began their married lives, Barbara wanted to sh...

At long last, a "Girlfriend's Guide" on divorce -- written by four women who have experienced it all and have good news about getting through it.