The following are Web Site Links and descriptions of various resources that can help in dealing with different problems that occur within marriage. We pray you will find them to be helpful for your own relationship.

• www.family.org This is the web site for the great ministry of Focus on the Family which actually DOES focus on issues important to the family and how they relate to each other and to Christ. One of the many features of this web site can be found when you place your cursor over the top bar that says “Relationship and Marriage.” A drop-down box will show up and you can select your choice of related topics that have articles you can read. They also have past broadcasts you can listed to as well as resources you can obtain that will help you in whatever area of marriage and family life you need help.

• www.familylife.com This the web site for the ministry of Family Life Today, which is a division of Campus Crusade for Christ. This is a terrific ministry and they have a great web site that you could find very helpful. They give help to people in all areas of family life — too numerous to name all of them. But a few are radio broadcasts you can either listen to on your computer, or read the transcripts, conferences you can sign up to attend, articles you can read, e-mail tips on a variety of subjects you can sign up to receive, great resources you can read about and obtain. We truly appreciate this ministry more than we can say!

• Focus.org - International This is the web site page for the ministry of Focus on the Family which shows their international ministries. On this web site page you will be able to read about the countries they are broadcasting in but also you can access the web sites which are located in Australia, Canada, Chinese, Costa Rica, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, and South Africa. You can do that by clicking onto the side bar that says, “Visit Our Associate Office Web Sites.” From there a drop down box will appear from which you can select the web site for the country you want to visit.

• www.iquestions.com The goal at iQuestions is to gather the “best and brightest experts, authors, and teachers under one roof to share their years of experience with you.” These iQuestions Faculty, deal with topics ranging from marriage and parenting to money and career. They do this through videos that they present on their web site for you to watch and listen to on the subject you select.

• www.justmoved.org Just Moved is committed to the spiritual growth and emotional well-being of women who are going through the transition and adjustment of moving. They are committed to strength and minister to the family through Biblical teaching; providing truth, hope and encouragement so they will know and understand the love of Christ. Using God’s word and His Biblical principles, Just Moved ministers through their Web site, radio broadcasts, teaching materials, books, videos, conferences, speaking engagements, Newsletters, prayer support, and their Moving On After Moving In classes that  are currently offered in over two-thirds of the U.S. and in countries throughout the world.

• www.liferelationships.com The mission of The Center for Relationship Enrichment (with Gary Oliver) is to help students, individual, couples, families, churches and organizations cultivate healthy relationships through Christ-centered consulting, education and enrichment at a local, regional, national and international level. Their goal is to impact relationships for a lifetime. You will find all kinds of articles and a question and answer section, etc. If you go into the section titled “Resources” and then select “articles” you can “select a category” that pertains to the marriage problem you want to address. Also in that same area of the web site you can select “Q&A” which will answer various questions.

• www.loveandrespect.com This is the web site for the ministry of Love and Respect with Emerson Eggerichs. By far, he and his wife Sarah, put on one of the best marriage conferences we’ve ever attended. The ministry of Focus on the Family endorses these conferences and with good reason. God speaks powerfully through what is presented. You can go to their web site to check out where the conferences will be presented or to see what else they make available (some of it for free) to enrich your marriage and help you with other problems you may be having —particularly if they pertain to communication.

• www.marriagebuilders.com In this web site you will be introduced to different ways to overcome marital conflicts and some of the quickest ways to restore love. It is the web site for Dr Willard F. Harley, Jr. who has helped thousands of marriages work through the pain of unresolved conflict and has helped to build marriages to be healthy and productive.

• www.marriagepartnership.com Marriage Partnership Magazine is an American-based magazine dedicated to strengthening your marriage which helps you get a better picture of how to work together as a team. This EXCELLENT resource focuses on a variety of vital marital issues like communication, money, forgiveness, sex, and your spiritual life together. It’s written for both husbands and wives, comes out quarterly, and is published by Christianity Today International. We HIGHLY recommend it to all who can obtain it. They also have a free newsletter which you can sign up for at their very helpful web site. (You’ll need to have access to the internet in order to read the articles featured in this newsletter.) We subscribe to both the magazine and the newsletter and have found them to be very helpful to our own marriage and also in ministering to others who are married.

• www.prisonmarriageministry.org This is the web site for the National Marriage Encounter Prison Ministry. As they say, “Any married inmate or their spouse can tell you that. If you are one of these couples, and you’re serious about staying together and strengthening your marriage, National Marriage Encounter Prison Ministry can help. It is our hope to provide meaningful support while you are suffering the stress of incarceration.” They do this several different ways. They offer short segments of the Marriage Encounter program, plus support materials. They have a book they offer, and they also have Marriage Encounter programs for Chaplains.

• www.realrelationships.com This is the web site for Dr Les and Dr Leslie Parrott who are a husband-and-wife team who not only share the same name, but the same passion for helping others build healthy relationships. In 1991, the Parrotts founded the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University — a groundbreaking program dedicated to teaching the basics of good relationships. Their web site has free videos that you can view on your computer which gives relationship advice on many different subjects, which you will deal with in your married lives together. We highly advise that you visit their web site to see what they can offer you.

• www.smalleyonline.com This is the ministry web site for Gary Smalley who is the president and founder of the Smalley Relationship Center. This center provides conferences nation-wide, books, DVDs, etc. They have many great communication tools on their web site. If you “mouse” over the “Articles” section from their Home page, a drop-down box will appear where you will find a long list of different tools and articles that you can select from. They also have “Assessments” you can select from, as well as seminars, and an e-mail newsletter you can sign up for and resources you can look at that and purchase that may address some of your marriage problems.

• www.smartmarriages.com This is not a ministry, but rather a Coalition for marriage, family and couples education. It is dedicated to making marriage education more widely available — to getting information about marriage out of the research labs and to the public. It is their belief that people can “get smarter” about marriage, and that when they know better, they will do better.

• www.theintentionallife.com — The Intentional Life.com ministers to others through Christ-centered communication. They build healthy family relationships with biblically-based advice from Dr Randy Carlson and other experts on issues facing today’s families.

• Today’s Christian Woman Magazine This is a woman’s magazine for Christian women. They have a variety of helpful information that today’s Christian women can use to help them. Some of the topics are “Heart” —which includes marriage, parenting, family, home, and hospitality to name a few, plus “Soul” —which includes spiritual issues, “Strength” —which includes health, self-improvement, survivors, work, and more. You’ll find a lot of material and recommended resources that can help you with various marriage problems.

• troubledwith.com This is a web site which is put together by the ministry of Focus on the Family. It has many different sections that are helpful for marriage — areas that you may be having “trouble with.”

RESOURCE DESCRIPTIONS:

• CHOOSING TO CHEAT …Who Wins When Family and Work Collide -by Andy Stanley, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, www.thomasnelson.com. As Dr John Maxwell says about this book (which we agree): “This is a life-changing book and extremely relevant to our modern way of life. Author Andy Stanley confronts us with truth and transparency. Just as he had made a commitment in his own life to balance his family time with his work, he encourages us to make similar commitments. One of the main reasons it is life changing is because a godly man who makes choices in his own life to never sacrifice his family for success has written it. If he wins the world but loses his family, what has he gained? Every couple, every parent, and every leader needs to read this book and consider the question: Who wins when my family and work collide?” This book presents a strategic plan for resolving the tension between work and home. You’ll find ways to deal with the busyness that wreaks havoc with the relationships you consider most important.”

Buy this book now.

• COURTSHIP AFTER THE MARRIAGE -by Zig Ziglar, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. This is a warm, loving book that talks about how a couple can still be romantic once the initial ecstasy fades. In this bestseller, Zig Ziglar shows couples how a warm, loving, respectful commitment can stay —and even grow stronger —throughout the years together. His commonsense approach, which includes examples from life, helpful personal anecdotes, scientific data, and quizzes, will help couples keep romance alive.

Buy this book now.

• CREATING AN INTIMATE MARRIAGE -by Jim Burns, published by Bethany House Publishers www.bethanyhouse.com. As author Jim Burns says, “My hope and prayer is that the words in this book will bring as much healing and health to your relationship as they have to mine. If there is anything we can do at [the ministry of] Home Word to come alongside your marriage and your parenting, do not hesitate to contact us at www.HomeWord.com. Our daily radio program which broadcasts all across America and on the Internet, is also a great resource for you. I hope we not only develop a relationship through this book but also continue that relationship through the many avenues of service we provide at Home Word.” He goes on to say, “I have created a section at the end of every chapter that will help you ask and answer questions that will cause you to go deeper in your relationship with your spouse and within your own life as well. I really encourage you to take time to read the chapters together and then answer the questions. There is a set of questions for you alone to answer (Questions for Me), and one for your and your spouse to answer together (Questions for Us). A final set of questions are to help you put into practice some of the principles taught within that chapter.”

Buy this book now.

• HIS NEEDS HER NEEDS -by Dr Willard Harley, published by Revell. In this book, Willard Harley identifies the ten most vital needs of men and women and shows husbands and wives how to satisfy those needs in their spouses. He provides guidance for becoming irresistible to your spouse and for loving more creatively and sensitively, thereby eliminating the problems that often lead to extramarital affairs. This best-seller identifies the causes of marital difficulties and instructs couples on how to prevent them, guiding them to build a relationship that sustains romance and increases intimacy.

Buy this book now.

• I LOVE YOU MORE …How Everyday Problems Can Strengthen Your Marriage, -by Drs Les and Leslie Parrott, published by Zondervan. This book is written on the principle of “how to make the thorns in your marriage come up roses.” It aims to “turn you marriage’s prickly issues into opportunities to love each other more as you learn how. Plus you “get an inside look at the very soul of your marriage, and how connecting with God can connect you to each other in ways you never dreamed.”

Buy this book now.
• LIFEMATES -By David and Janet Congo, published by FaithMarriage, an imprint of Cook Communications, www.cookministries.com. This is a book designed to bring new energy into your relationship whether you are wondering if you married for all the wrong reasons or you are hoping to make a good marriage even better. It gives you guidelines to help strengthen your marriage with positive messages that are filled with godly insights, honest sharing from the authors hands-on experiences in their own marriage of more than 30 years, as well as the helpful experiences of other married couples they have counseled. Buy this book now.

• LOVE EXTRAVAGANTLY… Making the Modern Marriage Work by Marita Littauer & Chuck Noon, published by Bethany House. Some of the subjects covered are, career issues, job loss, loss of life direction, depression, living on an emotional roller coaster, prenuptial agreements, children from a previous marriage, “boys and their toys”, living paycheck to paycheck, commitment, ex-spouse issues, personal issues, and more. Marita Littauer and Chuck Noon (who are married) show you how it can be done in these and many more situations—by practicing extravagant, go-the extra-mile love. As author Emile Barnes says, “this book looks at marriage in a unique way—a diary of couples who have developed their own balance. Marita and Chuck write this book realizing that there is no perfect marriage, no average American family. They understand that each union brings to the table different needs, expectations, backgrounds, and personalities. Jesus didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. We are to love like that—EXTRAVAGANTLY!”

• MARRIAGE MASTERPIECE -By Al Janssen, A Focus on the Family Book, published by Tyndale House Publishers, www.tyndale.com. This is an outstanding book which focuses on the Biblical foundations to marriage and helps you to see clearer what God’s design and model is for marriage. In today’s world marriage is often undervalued and isn’t appreciated enough. But this book “takes a fresh look at the exquisite design God had for your marriage and brings to light the reasons your union was intended to last a lifetime. It helps to promote the “institution of marriage as a permanent, lifelong relationship between a man and a woman, regardless of trials, sickness, financial reverses, or emotional stresses that may ensue.” It helps to answer the fundamental questions: “Why marriage? Why bother with the obligations, sacrifices, and even the joys of marriage? Why risk lifelong unhappiness if marriage is nothing more than a legal arrangement between two adults? why remain in a tough marriage if there is little hope of lasting improvement?” Buy this book now.

• THE BEST THING I EVERY DID FOR MY MARRIAGE …50 Real-life Stories -Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby, published by Multnomah Publishers www.multnomahbooks.com. This book contains 50 eye-opening, often humorous true stories—including contributions from Cynthia Heald, Dee Brestin, Rosemary Jensen, and Donna Otto—that will inspire you with moments that build stronger marriages. It inspires you to: bring down walls between you and your husband, adjust to differences in your personalities, deal with the damage and heartbreak of betrayal, and go on living when everything goes terribly wrong. Buy this book now.

• THE MARRIAGE YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED -by Tim Clinton and Julie Clinton, published by Word Publishing. This is an interactive Couples Guide on how to grow a stronger, more intimate relationship. In marriage, everyday pressures build. Unless a couple guards against it, a downward spiral of unexpressed expectations, feelings of failure, negative perceptions, and increasing self-preservation eats away at the fabric of their marriage, tempting many couples to give up and split up. The good news is that this “cycle of disaffection” can be broken! In this book you will find out how to: Recognize the four warning signs of emotional “distancing,” and how to break harmful patterns that have begun to take root, Recapture the closeness you once experienced as a couple, and Build a “fortress for three” around your marriage, where together with God you can build a plan for the rest of your lives together. Each chapter contains an important topic for discussion, a Bible study, and optional activities. Buy this book now.

• THE MASTER’S DEGREE …Majoring in Your Marriage -by Frank and P. Bunny Wilson, and published by Harvest House Publishers www.harvesthousepublishers.com. In this book marriage counselors, Frank and Bunny Wilson, share “their early years in the school of marriage and wisdom gained along the way. They provide insightful practical mini-courses on increasing and renewing marriage relationships. They help you to “imagine your marriage is a school and your spouse is your most important subject!”

• TWO BECOMING ONE …God Designed Marriage He Can Make it Work -by Don and Sally Meredith, published by Christian Family Life, Inc. In this book Don and Sally share time-tested principles and practical insights that will help you build a Christ-centered marriage. You’ll learn: The 6 reasons marriages fail, God’s three purposes for marriage, the two forces for change in a marriage, how to end the insult-for-insult cycle, and much more! Don and Sally Meredith are marriage counselors who have taught relationship principles for married couples, parents, and adult singles for over 30 years and have a web site at www.2becoming1.com. Buy this book now.

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