A great marriage doesn’t just happen. Becoming a better husband or wife takes continual work and a willingness to change. Marriage is like a garden. It needs to regularly have the weeds removed; it needs water; and it will really grow if you use fertilizer. If you’ve ever seen a “Miracle-Gro” commercial, you know what I mean.
In our local Church, as Cyndi and I regularly offered small group studies on growing a biblical marriage relationship, not only did it increase the number of healthy marriages in our church but it also kept our marriage growing stronger. We found that each time we taught it, we learned something new and were reminded of what we had learned before.
I would like to recommend a great resource for you to use in your own marriage and then possibly use to invest into the marriages of those under your care. The resource is a book titled “Marriage on the Rock”. There is also a DVD teaching series and study guide that can be used to accompany it. You can check it out more at www.marriagetoday.com but here is some information…
“Marriage on The Rock: God’s Design for Your Dream Marriage” by Jimmy Evans (Marriage Today 1994; Update 2009)
Society requires years of preparation for almost any significant career endeavor, but demands no real preparation for one of the most crucial undertakings in life: marriage. In an age of disposable marriage and information overload, where can couples turn for real answers that will make their relationships work? Only to God. Marriage on the Rock clearly details God’s principles that will turn disillusioned, unfulfilled marriages into satisfying dream relationships.
Chapters in this Book:
- Finding the Rock
- The Secret of a Solid Marriage
- The Law of Priority
- The Law of Pursuit
- The Law of Possession
- The Law of Purity
- God’s Blueprint for Marital Bliss
- The Destructive Husband
- Four Kinds of Destructive Husbands
- How to Understand and Meet Your Wife’s Needs
- The Destructive Wife
- Four Kinds of Destructive Wives
- How to Understand and Meet Your Husband’s Needs
- When You Are Building Alone
- Four Principles for Building Alone
- Sweet and Sour Pleasure
- Skills for Communication
- Skills for Financial Success
- Skills for Successful Parenting
- Skills for Sexual Pleasure
- Skills for In-law Relations