Preparing for Marriage: Discover God’s Plan for a Lifetime of Love
Posted: April 28th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Committed Relationship | Tags: Discover, God's, Lifetime, love, Marriage, Plan, Preparing | 5 Comments »
Product Description
It can be tempting, for couples who are engaged, to focus on planning their wedding day and ignore preparations for the lifetime commitment that begins after the cake is cut. Now, with this revised and updated edition of Preparing for Marriage from FamilyLife, couples can do both! Created by one of America’s leading marriage and family ministries, this dynamic program is designed to help Christian couples lay the foundation for a strong, lasting and biblical marriage. Preparing for Marriage includes eight sessions of fun, romantic study that will help couples identify areas for growth in their relationship and start them off on the right foot before they walk down the aisle. Couples will learn how to discern Go… More >>
Preparing for Marriage: Discover God’s Plan for a Lifetime of Love
Our pastor recommended this book be used for our pre-marital counseling. My husband and I each had our own book and would go throught the chapters seperately. This helped when we got together with our pastor every week, because our answers were honest. I felt this book helped us think about the expectations we each had for different aspects of marriage. Ex: who does the housework? how much do you spend a month on food? what type of debt do you bring into the marriage? how often do you expect to have sex? It also encouraged us to discuss issues from our pasts that we didn’t believe to be relevant, but would have affected our marriage down the road. We really enjoyed this book, but as with any pre-marital counseling book the key is an AWESOME pastor.
Rating: 5 / 5
My wife and I went through this book before we were married and found it to be so helpful. This is a hands-on tool that will help you to explore your relationship and find God’s plan for marriage. It also fleshes out the topics that are ESSENTIAL in any premarital counseling. My wife and I have a stronger relationship as a result of this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
Wow! My husband and I used this book in our premarital counseling class and we learned more about what a true Godly marriage is all about. From your roles and responsibilities, to handling your finances, to unrealistic expectations, even to dealing with each others pasts. I don’t know what we would have done if it wasn’t for this book, it helped so much in determining our strengths and our growth areas. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is engaged or contemplating marriage! We still go through parts of it even though we’re now married!
Rating: 5 / 5
I am familiar with Family Life. They are on a par with Dr. James Dobson’s outfit, Focus On The Family. They are a part of the umbrella organization Campus Crusade For Christ. Dennis Rainey and Bob Lepine have a daily radio show called Family Life Today. I’ve read this book and I have other books by Dennis Rainey and Barbara Rainey about marriage and teenagers.
A lot of this information is also in their conferences and Family Life really tries super hard to connect not only with your mind by providing you some insight into marriage troubles and how to overcome them…but Family Life goes beyond this and motivates and urges action. This book is a book to use as a workbook to put you through the action part of working out the ultimate question… “is this The Person.”
I read this book AFTER i was married and was seeking answers to questions. This book has an accompanying Leaders Guide that is intended to be used by a mentor right alongside the real book used by the couple. I have the leaders guide and if the book is used with the leaders guide with an older wiser mature couple guiding the younger couple this book can be a wealth of valuable information. I recommend the book from a conservative southern baptist perspective and I know absolutely that even liberal christians will get a lot out of this book.
Rating: 4 / 5
My fianceé and I are currently working through this book with my pastor for our premarital counseling. While nothing in the book strikes me as bad or useless, the fact is that both of us have been independent adults for some time now, and had made a point of discussing most of the topics in the book already – before we even were engaged. Furthermore, some of the exercises (most notably the “life map”) seem trite, and even a little silly. This isn’t to say that it’s not helpful, particularly for those who are about to truly leave their parents’ home for the first time, but if you’re already a mature believer, it might be best to find something more in-depth.
Rating: 3 / 5