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Single, Married, Separated, and Life After Divorce: Daily Study
Take a 40-day personal journey with Myles Munroe based upon his best-selling book, Single, Married, Separated & Life After Divorce. Relational transition is the biggest you will ever make in your life. Stepping out of the single life into the married life is a big step. In this daily journal Myles Munroe offers tried and tested truths en-abling men and women to survive the change from singlehood to marriage. Becoming single after years in a marriage can be equally troubling. Unfortunately, as more and more marriages are ending in divorce, there is a desperate need for an-swers to the haunting questions that trouble the divorced person. This journey will help the divorced individual survive the trauma of life after...
Full ReviewThe Good Divorce
It’s never too late to have a good divorce Based on two decades of groundbreaking research, The Good Divorce presents the surprising finding that in more than fifty percent of divorces couples end their marriages, yet preserve their families. Dr. Ahrons shows couples how they can move beyond the confusing, even terrifying early stages of breakup and learn to deal with the transition from a nuclear to a “binuclear” family–one that spans two households and continues to meet the needs of children. The Good Divorce makes an important contribution to the ongoing “family values” debate by dispelling the myth that divorce inevitability leaves emotionally troubles children in its wake. It is a powerful tonic for the millions of divorcing...
Full ReviewHope for Trying Times: Daily Encouragement for Facing a Devastating Divorce
Divorce. Everything changes; nothing remains the same. Family relationships, friendships, finances, self-esteem, living arrangements, and personal feelings are all suddenly different. Anger, sadness, frustration, grief, and loneliness can overwhelm even the strongest soul. Dr. Chuck Patner is neither a pastor nor a marriage counselor and has no particular expertise other than his own experience. As he wandered down the road of a divorce he never expected to travel, he spent many sleepless nights praying, crying, thinking, reading, and finally pouring his pain into words. In Hope For Trying Times, he shares personal anecdotes and insights to help you navigate the many emotions that divorce brings to you. Daily Scripture readings and encouraging words enable you to find hope for...
Full ReviewThe Divorce Remedy
Michele Weiner Davis goes beyond her marriage-saving bestseller, Divorce Busting, with this empowering and encouraging guide for revitalizing marriage and building stronger, more loving bonds. In a down-to-earth style that is free of psychobabble, Weiner Davis outlines a realistic, solution-oriented seven-step program for managing marital problems, which, when left unchecked, can drain the life out of a relationship. Using revealing anecdotes and in-depth case studies, she illustrates practical ways for marriage partners to avoid the “divorce trap” identify specific marriage-saving goals move beyond ineffective, hurtful ways of interacting become an expert on “doing what works” overcome infidelity, Internet obsessions, depression, sexual problems, and midlife crises get your marriage back on track — and...
Full ReviewDesperate Wives: Help and Hope for Women Considering Separation or Divorce
Desperate Wives speaks to women who have reached a place of mental, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion in their marriages. By looking to God in the midst of hurt and disappointment, Brenda Clayton offers a way to find healing and restoration to those who find themselves at a critical moment of choice in their married lives. She emphasizes the need to examine one’s personal relationship with God, apply scriptural principles to one’s life, and pray for one’s marriage, and she gives solid biblical direction to those in need of guidance in a difficult...
Full ReviewWith or Without You: A Spiritual Journey through Love & Divorce
Cameron Conant met the girl of his dreams. He fell in love, followed her to California, and eventually married her. Both were twentysomething Christians. Both were committed to each other and to their mutual faith. And then their relationship fell apart. Unflinching in the face of messy questions, With or Without You tells the all-too-real story of how sin, separation, anger, and depression can ravage the fragile bond between husband and wife — and how, following a painful divorce, the grace of Christ can step in to piece together broken lives. In this engaging memoir, Conant refuses to whitewash his own failures or soften the edges of his shattered spirit. The result is an intensely personal glimpse into one...
Full ReviewGod’s Grace in Divorce: Choosing Between Preserving the Marriage and Protecting the Children
Marriage is built on the understanding that both parties are rational and mature. This virtue is not always attainable and when a mental infirmity by the spouse begins harming the foundation of the family, love, commitment and prayer won’t have the strength to save the marriage and the survival of the family dwells on the responsible parent. God’s Grace in Divorce provides hard-earned insights into a complex problem that is poorly understood in the Christian circles. The book tells the author’s personal story in placing the family first and succeeding against all...
Full ReviewRadical Recovery: Transforming The Despair of Your Divorce Into An Unexpected Good
This book is a manual for divorce recovery. The author writes: “Wherever you are on the mid-life divorce trail, take a deep breath and realize there is a plan for you after divorce. Radical Recovery is a resource guide to help you survive those first awful days, weeks, months, and, of course, all the nights of a mid-life divorce.” The goal of this book is not just survival, it’s life-transformation. Suzy writes: “You can change absolutely everything in your life for the better. In spite of your divorce, there is a destiny for you beyond your wildest dream. Believe that truth and get your new life started...
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