Marriage matters : extraordinary change through ordinary moments /
Winston T. Smith.
- xiv, 290 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index.
Section 1: God is in the ordinary moments -- Marriages change in ordinary moments -- Ordinary moments reveal our problems with God -- Worship: Extraordinary love for God -- Living in Jesus' extraordinary love -- God's dream for your marriage -- Section 2: Extraordinary love in the details of marriage -- Person or object, honor or manipulation? -- Honesty is important -- Being honest about yourself -- Speaking the truth to your spouse -- God is up to good in conflict -- Moving forward in conflict -- Foundations of forgiveness -- Forgiveness in marriage -- Understanding your role -- Intimacy and sex -- Section 3: Staying on the path -- Growing in grace -- Your actions make a difference -- Knowing your story.
Winston T. Smith, drawing on his extensive experience as a marriage counselor, offers a simple yet powerful prescription for changing your marriage. He shows how examining the everyday disappointments and irritations in your marriage will help you understand yourself, your spouse, and your need for God's love. Change begins with seeing day-to-day interactions from a different perspective, taking simple steps to love one another more effectively, and then learning how to take those steps over and over again. Interactions that used to devolve into pointless annoyances and fights can become an opportunity for God's activity and love to become increasingly evident and powerful. The principles in this book will take your marriage to extraordinary places and lead you into a deeper relationship with an extraordinary God. Don't settle for an ordinary marriage, learn to live out God's extraordinary love in your most intimate relationship.--Publisher's website.