Building Blocks to A Strong Marriage
Livingstone brought this book home when he was at the florist a few wks back:
part of The Daily Bread. It bcame our reading for a few days before we shower everynight....
here's a little extract of the little booklet..
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When the honeymoon is over, many husbands and wives find themselves thinking and saying words they never expected to say. For example:
- "I'm getting out. This isn't the person I though I was marrying. Life is too short for all of this pain. We are no longer good for one another."
- "We've tried everything. Nothing seems to work. He just insists on having everything his own way. It's hopeless. The only thing to do is bail out."
Divorce. Extramartial affairs. Counselors. Alcohol. Drugs. Resignation. These are just some of the ways pple are trying to deal with troubled marriages. But most of the time, efforts to kill the pain make a bad situation worse.
Ten Biblical Building Blocks:
1) Lifelong Commitment
2) Shared Identity
3) Absolute Faithfulness
4) Well Defined Roles
5) Unreserved Love
6) Mutual Submission
7) Sexual Fulfilment
8) Open Communication
9) Tender Respect
10) Spiritual Companionship
The booklet then breaksdown the blocks to explain in details.....
Very interesting book. The part that we always like best:
"The Lord God said, 'It is not good that man should not be alone;
I will make him a helper comparable to him.'....And the Lord God
caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one
of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. The the rib which
the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He
brought her to the man" Gen 2:18,21-22
This woman became the missing rib in the puzzle of Adam's life.
It continues....
" The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman', for she was taken out of man.' For this
reason a man will leave his father and monther and be united to his
wife, and they will become one flesh.
The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame."
Gen 2:18,21-22
I don't think I shall con't..
u might fall asleep.... =)
part of The Daily Bread. It bcame our reading for a few days before we shower everynight....
here's a little extract of the little booklet..
--------------------------------------------
When the honeymoon is over, many husbands and wives find themselves thinking and saying words they never expected to say. For example:
- "I'm getting out. This isn't the person I though I was marrying. Life is too short for all of this pain. We are no longer good for one another."
- "We've tried everything. Nothing seems to work. He just insists on having everything his own way. It's hopeless. The only thing to do is bail out."
Divorce. Extramartial affairs. Counselors. Alcohol. Drugs. Resignation. These are just some of the ways pple are trying to deal with troubled marriages. But most of the time, efforts to kill the pain make a bad situation worse.
Ten Biblical Building Blocks:
1) Lifelong Commitment
2) Shared Identity
3) Absolute Faithfulness
4) Well Defined Roles
5) Unreserved Love
6) Mutual Submission
7) Sexual Fulfilment
8) Open Communication
9) Tender Respect
10) Spiritual Companionship
The booklet then breaksdown the blocks to explain in details.....
Very interesting book. The part that we always like best:
"The Lord God said, 'It is not good that man should not be alone;
I will make him a helper comparable to him.'....And the Lord God
caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one
of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. The the rib which
the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He
brought her to the man" Gen 2:18,21-22
This woman became the missing rib in the puzzle of Adam's life.
It continues....
" The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman', for she was taken out of man.' For this
reason a man will leave his father and monther and be united to his
wife, and they will become one flesh.
The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame."
Gen 2:18,21-22
I don't think I shall con't..
u might fall asleep.... =)
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