Amazing Marriage Resource
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This is an amazing book! Part memoir, part self help, the book is full of encouragement for women and marriages. Jennifer shares about the common struggles she faced in marriage, and she does so with vulnerability and grace, bringing needed hope to women who are faced with similar difficulties.
Included are helpful questions for reflection. This is one of the best books on marriage that I have ever read and I believe it will be influential in bringing hope to hurting couples. Highly recommend.
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This book is an off the shelf empowerment resource for anyone seeking to prepare for, enhance, stabilize, transform, or evaluate marriage or marital dynamics. It uses contemporary examples with trusted scriptural references to convey a categorized depiction of God's ideal for a covenant marriage. Additionally the end of chapter questions promote intimate dialogue and facilitate tough discussions and help with emotional and spiritual growth.
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Bishop
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Love love love this book!
I can't say enough about it! My husband and I read this for our pre-marital counseling with our pastor. It is geared more towards couples who have are already married, but even as singles (soon to be married) it was soo helpful! If your getting married or have been married for 50 years, read this book! It will strengthen your marriage, draw you closer to God and probably even help reveal sin in your own life!
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Jim & Ruth Sharon's book Secrets of a Soulful Marriage is an amazing book.  My fiancee and I are are seeing Jim, and he's an amazing therapist.  We are using some of the tools in this book to help strengthen our relationship before we get married.  The book is a gem and is very on key to create a thriving and healthy relationship!  Thanks Jim & Ruth!
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Buy Now! C Through Marriage is an anointed book written as a resource to aid marriages. The author cleverly uses words that begin with "C" to first steer you to Christ as the gel for your marriage. I was so blessed to read this book as I quickly approach my 10th year wedding anniversary. There is always room for improvement and the author highlights so many topics that I feel the need to meditate on one daily. I will begin that in October. Therefore, I recommend this book to engaged couples, married couples, men and women groups. This is the ultimate marriage study resource as it provokes you to think deeper than the general counseling most receive before marriage.
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This is the second book on marriage I have read recently. While the other was a more direct book about how to have a wonderful marriage, this is geared to help you day by day. In fact, the Dungys wrote many weeks worth of devotionals to help you and your spouse to learn to love one another and enjoy this adventure of life. There are portions written just for the husbands by Tony and some written just for the wife written by Lauren.

The amount of ideas contained within the covers is well worth the small amount you would spend on this. This one book will provide many hours worth of conversation starters between you and your spouse and will help to make sure the foundation of your marriage is great. I could see this devotional being useful for any married couple regardless of how long they have been together. If you are looking for a devotional to work through with your spouse, this is one of the ones I would recommend. If you know a couple getting married soon, get them this devotional to help start their marriage off on the right foot.

I received this book in exchange from the publisher for free in exchange for an unbiased review.
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Whether you are religious, spiritual or indifferent, or whether you are a heterosexual or same-sex couple (which we are) this book is a wonderfully helpful place to start to create your wedding ceremony. We read through the book, (Kindle Version) highlighted the verses/blessings/sayings that we liked, then we took everything that we liked and printed them on to index cards by section of the ceremony and then narrowed it down again to the ones that we really liked and then we edited the verses even further to our own liking and to something that was really fitting for us as a couple. Here is a hot tip: I ended up buying a second version of this book on iBooks because you can email yourself all the highlighted entries though iBooks and then I just copied and pasted all the sections we like into MS Word (or similar) and then printed everything thing on to index cards.
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I have been married 34 years and have done many marriage devotionals through the good times and the bad. This book gets five stars. It is uncomplicated able to meet the demands of a hecktache schedule yet the impact is life changing causing the mind and the heart to yield to new discoveries of marital challenges. Anyone would do well and be inspired by #WifeAfterGod
Job well done!
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Im always looking to better my long (loooong) marriage, better appreciate and understand my husband and find ways to re-establish the connection that gets constantly short curcuited because of work, kids, even bordedom and predictability.  This book is fascinating and makes so much sense.  I have nodded my head in agreement and understanding so often i have whiplash.  Deliberate non verbal communication is harder to convey than one would think, but it is a powerful form of communication that illustrates that old saying "actions speak louder than  words".  This book helps husbands and wives be less reactive to their spouses and more proactive in their approach to finding once again that deep coonection that brought you together in the first place. Its a must read at any stage of marriage and i only wish i had come across this book years ago.  So many of the passages will stay with you like a tattoo... the messages therein are THAT powerful and truly inspiring.  EXCELLENT WORK.
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I am a Discipleship Pastor at a church of over a thousand and we have used Necessary Nine as a resource for our church.  In my view, this book is a must read for couples.  It focuses on nine "practices" or actions that couples can take to create a great marriage, rather than fuzzy theory or cold theology without the help of application.  Though very biblical and grounded in professional counseling theory, it's focus on the actions a couple can take - therefore, it makes for a much more concrete, practical resource that better engages men, who tend to want to know what "to do".  In my opinion, it is hands down one of the most helpful marriage books out there.  And, I think the book comes with a DVD of Dan Seaborn doing teaching clips, which are high quality, and hilarious!  You will appreciate the great wit with which the information is presented.
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My husband & I studied this book a year into our marriage. The concept of Love & Respect and the Crazy Cycle were things that we were so oblivious about. I would recommend this book highly to anyone who is struggling to find  more in their marriage. It has strengthened our relationship more than I could have ever imagined. It's a great read but try to slow the pace when studying it & implement what you learn every chapter. The results will be amazing to both you & your spouse.
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Gary Chapman explains the importance and dynamics of communication in healthy marriages. Now Youre Speaking My Language is full of simple, yet profound advice useful to couples at every level of their marriage journey. Whether you are struggling in your marriage or feel completely satisfied, newly married or have been married for years, this book is completely worth your time and energy to invest in your relationship. Many couples will benefit from the shift in thinking from contract marriages to covenant marriages and how these two views of marriage impact marital satisfaction and expectations.

In the past several years of working with pre-marital and married couples I see over and over again the need for solid communication skills in marriage. This new resource is one of the most helpful in avoiding and correcting poor and even destructive patterns of communication that many couples are simply unaware of. I especially like Chapman's integration of self-awareness and self-disclosure in this work which are paramount to creating and enhancing communication skills. I especially enjoyed the levels of communication that Chapman unpacks in this book.

Chapman's focus on intimacy is much broader than many other marriage books that I have read as well and clearly illustrates the varied aspects of intimacy. I could relate to many of the examples that Chapman uses in this book and his solutions for a more open and intimate marriage relationship. My wife and I have been reading this book together over the last month and have enjoyed our discussion of it and the application points that are in most cases immediately applicable and helpful to do.

NOTE: I received this book from the publisher in order to read it and offer a fair and unbiased review.
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Elaine's Book "We All Married Idiots" was like a marriage refresher course for me.  My Honey and I celebrated 55 years
of marriage this year and I recognized both of us many times in the pages of this terrific book.  Elaine uses humor, personal
stories, common sense, scripture, prayer and serious challenges to bring the reader to an awareness of areas we cannot
change and those we can in our marriages.  Her book is filled with Godly advise for couples of all ages.  It is a book to be read and reread over and over again.  "We All Married Idiots" is also a great asset for Pastors and Marriage Counselors
in their ministry to couples.  Only eternity will reveal how many lives were touched by this inspirational book.

By Dottie Kline
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This power packed quick read gives practical wisdom to really enhance your marriage.  Simple, yet highly effective principles are introduced with many ideas and examples to help put the principles into practice.  If you're married or thinking about marriage, this is a must read.  This book can help build a proper foundation for a new marriage or it could even save a marriage that is in need of help.
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Mike and Anne Rizzo have done a wonderful job in explaining how to have a successful marriage, not only through this book, but through their Marriage Seminars as well.  It may not be what you think as most "self-help" books or motivational speakers give you short-term fixes, where Longing For Eden will give you what you need to build a strong foundation for a long lasting, Godly marriage.  Between this book and the Marriage Seminars that they give all over the country, you will be guided through what God intended for your marriage and directly benefit from those Godly principles.
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Could not say enough about how much I love this book. Very practical, relatable, and inspiring! The world paints this picture that marriage is easy, and it really is not. It is two broken people coming together to accept the other as they are while encouraging them to grow into the person that God wants them to become. Will be reading this multiple times throughout my life!
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My marriage is having its fair share of trouble I bought marriage fitness in hopes it would help give me insight. I receive the daily emails from Mort Fertel already and figured right now I am willing to try anything. I got this book yesterday and literally read it in one day. It has so much to offer and its a very easy read. I know I will have to go back and review it, but it really pulled me in. It made me see where some of the problems lie and helped me to stop pointing fingers and really open my eyes. To look at the big picture.  I have not implemented any of the processes yet as I just got the book yesterday but I think they are feasible and do able. Mort talks about how we need to have talk and touch charge. He talks about planning business meetings with your spouse. He opens your eyes up to how giving is better than receiving and how to know what to give. Love conquers all and Mort explains that in this book. Its very easy to read and to understand. The words just flow, you are drawn in. He often references problems he had in his marriage so you can see the results.
I would recommend this book to any one that is either struggling in their marriage or looking to revive their marriage before its too late. This book is not directed to either spouse so it can be read by either or both parties.