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Want
to change your marriage?
Encourage
your husband. Encourage your
wife.
Do you want
practical, real-life examples showing how wives and
husbands are encouraging each other? Until the
book, Encourage Your Spouse is
available, take a look at the
blog to read
highlights of interviews, and tidbits of research.
Encourage Your Spouse a "work in progress" with
interviews still to be done... in the meantime ...
Below is an overview of what the
book will contain:
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Inspire with Hope
"I believe we
can build an incredible future together."
Encouragement can come from the belief there will
be a bright & interesting future together.
Using positive stories from real life couples,
this first chapter will give you practical tools to
encourage your spouse using HOPE.
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Fortify with Faith
"I contribute
strength to your belief in God."
Encouragement can come from doing everything
possible to build a deep, abiding faith in God -
then sharing in word & action this faith with your
spouse.
Faith is
personal - unique to each person. Learn how to
use your unique faith to encourage your spouse
without "preaching". Be encouraged yourself as
you read how other couples have used FAITH to
enhance their marriage.
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Foster with
Unconditional Love
"I demonstrate
creatively how much love, without limitations and
conditions
weaves our life together."
Loving your spouse may begin as the easiest action
in marriage and end up, because of life tensions,
the most difficult to sustain. This chapter
highlights the warp and weft of love, then shows how
to envelop your spouse in a cloak woven together
following the pattern found in 1Corinthians 13:4-7.
Read how real life husbands & wives wrapped each
other in LOVE as a way to encourage.
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Uplift with
Persistent
Prayer
"I pray for you,
and with you, releasing everything into God's care."
Sharing problems, fears, and concerns with God can
encourage your spouse - they will feel secure when
prayer becomes the first line of
defense. Discover the release prayer has
provided in other couple's lives, and how PRAYER can
raise your marriage encouragement to new heights.
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Support with
Joy-filled
Zeal
"I'm working
beside you - with energy & a willing attitude
- building a great life together."
Action enhances values. In this chapter you'll
uncover your shared values, and create a marriage
blueprint to include these values. Read how
couples constructed an immense shared purpose by
leveraging their values and built a marriage
blueprint using joy-filled ZEAL.
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Stimulate with
New Insight
"I'm primed to
provide new ideas and information to energize our
life together."
Idea sparks - iron
sharpens iron. Energizing new information. NEW
INSIGHT will stimulate excitement for on-going
activities, and illuminate new avenues. In
this chapter you'll meet couples who love to share
new ideas and use those ideas to keep life
interesting and future focused. Learn how you
can use new insight to create a brilliant firework
display designed to vitalize your marriage
encouragement.
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Validate with
Intimate Knowledge
"I know who you
are. I know your needs, fears, joys & what
motivates you. I value you."
Know your spouse inside
and out - be the person able to finish their
sentences and instinctively understand their
motivations. This chapter will help you
identify what they need - physically, mentally, and
emotionally. Using this INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE in a
positive way will deepen your encouragement - from a
puddle to a bottomless well.
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