9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage
And the Truths That Will Save It and Set It Free
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Publisher Description
Expose the Lies. Understand the Truths. And Make Your Marriage Better than Ever!
Lies about marriage are rampant in our culture—and in our churches. But the corresponding truths can strengthen your marriage and even save it from collapse. 9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage identifies the lies, explains how they can disintegrate your marriage, and reveals truths that can rescue it and help it to become the marriage of your dreams.
Greg Smalley, a general marriage expert, and Robert Paul, the therapeutic director of Hope Restored, a renowned crisis marriage program created for Focus on the Family, combine to offer an unusual and powerful combination of perspectives that can restore hope and healing in any marriage, including yours.
What Are the 9 Lies about Marriage?
• Love Lie #1: And They Lived Happily Ever After
• Love Lie #2: 1 + 1 = 1
• Love Lie #3: All You Need Is Love
• Love Lie #4: I Must Sacrifice Who I Am for the Sake of My Marriage
• Love Lie #5: You Must Meet Each Other’s Needs
• Love Lie #6: Our Differences Are Irreconcilable
• Love Lie #7: I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
• Love Lie #8: “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy!”
• Love Lie #9: You Win Some, You Lose Some
Do any of these lies resonate with you? Read 9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage and start exposing the lies and living the truth. Includes several self-tests to help you and your spouse assess the extent to which your marriage has been affected by each of the nine lies.
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In this helpful guide, psychologist Smalley (Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage) and marriage counselor Paul (The DNA of Relationships for Couples) offer Christian couples practical advice based on Focus on the Family's Hope Restored Marriage Institute, where they have counseled over 7,000 married couples. For each of the nine lies that threatens marriage (among them, "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and "You Win Some, You Lose Some"), the authors identify scriptural lessons that contradict these well-intentioned but misleading axioms. For instance, the authors suggest "all you need is love" is only true if one understands that love is both a feeling and a decision, and can only be sustained through God, "the ultimate source of love." They also discuss how personality differences that initially attract couples to one another (such as valuing planning versus spontaneity) can eventually divide them, and provide steps for creating win-win resolutions, including "heart talks," option brainstorming, and adopting a "no losers" policy. Also provided are exercises for implementing heart-to-heart communication, building trust, and creating a safe place for intimacy. Christians seeking scriptural guidance on maintaining marital health should check this out.
