Turnaround Intensives for Couples in Crisis
Next Intensive: May 29-31, 2010
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Forgiveness in Marriage: What it is, What it is not
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This is used by permission
Taken From Family Insight's- Glenn Stanton.
USATODAY… “Report: Cohabiting Has Little Effect on
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I know you are thinking, "yea, friend, right". But he is a friend to me and to many other peon's like me. Kirk is a solid man - inside and out- he can kick my fanny. He is a man who loves his family, his wife and his God. He is a man of courage and strength. In spite of the pull and lure of the Hollywood world in which he lives, he stands firm. He and Chelsea are like lights on a mou
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I don’t care who you are, people have wandering eyes. As American’s we are constantly fed a diet of “something is better over there and you need it now!”
“The living is better in that neighborhood” or “this car is the car that ma
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Added by Mitch Temple on March 1, 2010 at 12:00pm —
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Hope you will join us this Saturday for one of the largest Live Marriage Events in the country: Focus on Marriage 2010. Join over 40,000 people at over 300 locations across the U.S., Canada and Costa Rica. Hear top marriage experts teach you how to take your marriage to the next level: Dr. Gary Chapman (5 Love Langauages), Francis Chan (Crazy Love), Kirk and Chelsea Cameron (Fireproof, TV Sitcom Growing Pains star); Gary Thomas (Sacred Love); Julie Slattery (No More Headaches
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- Doing good for each other builds intimacy and closeness in your marriage like nothing else. Attraction often follows on the heels of serving each other like you did in the early years of your relationship. It’s the little things that count, not the big ones.
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- Do good things on a daily basis for your spouse. Doing goods things doesn’t necessarily require spending a lot of money. It’s the simple things like, picking up your dirty underwear, giving a free back rub, preparing dinner, writing a n
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A video clip that will make you laugh and think at the same time (maybe) :) These guys are sharp!
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- Making your marriage smart. After the wedding, don’t stop becoming marriage literate. Read books, research articles on the web about making your marriage stronger. Learn how to keep attraction and intimacy alive in your relationship. At
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- Communicating tough issues: Avoid using “you” statements. Use “I feel” or “I need” statements instead. Try writing a letter as an alternative to face to face communication, especially if you feel your spouse will react negatively to a sensitive issue or comment. Writing can help you assess whether what you s
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- Communicating to bring the “ump” back into your marriage. For example, “Honey, let’s make some changes. We are both in a rut. We’ve changed thro
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- Make yourself attractive – Here’s the irony – if you make yourself more attractive your spouse will often become more attractive to you. I’m not real sure why this works, but it does. Quite often, changes that you make in your appearanc
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Added by Mitch Temple on February 7, 2010 at 3:00pm —
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Digging Ditches for your Marriage
In the Bible, second Kings chapter 3, the armies of three Kings were famishing because they had no water. With all their stre
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Added by Mitch Temple on February 7, 2010 at 1:00pm —
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I will be posting some short tips that can help your marriage be stronger. These are not heavy clinical psycho babbly things, just common sense tips I have found helpful in my own marriage. I will try to post a few at the time so keep coming back regularly.
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Added by Mitch Temple on February 6, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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The Six Benefits of Silence
• It makes room for Listening
• It gives us freedom to Observe
• It allows time to Think
• It provides space in which to Feel
• It lets us broaden our Awareness
• It opens us to the entry of Peace
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Trust Busters
• Keeping Secrets from each other
• Not being honest
• Flirting with someone else
• Embarrassing your spouse
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Added by Mitch Temple on February 1, 2010 at 8:12am —
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This was
a newsletter article one of my best friends and mentor Ron Rose wrote today. You need to read it. It hit me between the eyes like a rock. It spoke to me. I have some forgiveness work to do.
Hope it will speak to you as well.
Mitch
Forgiveness: The intro to healing
PREPARATION
The concept of forgiveness has been the news lately. When will Tiger Woods find forgiveness? Will baseball fans across America forgive Mark McGw…
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Added by Mitch Temple on January 25, 2010 at 12:37pm —
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Growing Together
• Focus on forgiveness. Is there something you need
to ask forgiveness for? Do you need to forgive someone?
• What are the spiritual next steps in your lives?
Discuss and take action.
• Focus on better communications. Be more open and honest.
Volunteer something you haven't shared before.
• This Sunday, worship and pray together, communicating
with the Lord about your plans and goals.
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Added by Mitch Temple on January 14, 2010 at 8:30am —
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DON'T JUST ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE, HAVE A PARADE!
> "Until recently, studies largely centered on how romantic partners respond to
> each other's misfortunes and on how couples manage negative emotions such as
> jealousy and anger - an approach in line with psychology's traditional focus
> on alleviating deficits. One key to successful bonds, the studies indicated,
> is believing that your partner will be there for you when things go wrong.
> Then, in 2004, psychologist Shell…
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Added by Mitch Temple on January 12, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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