God Gave Me You: God's Design for your Marriage

By Dan Dooley

For the soon to be married couple, or the newly married couple. Biblical advice for your marriage.

The author offers the experience coming from close to one hundred combined years of marriage. His and his now wife Patsy, with both of their previous marriages and now their own.

Both widowed, and now having found each other, they have learned much over their two lives both together and with their late spouses.

Married life comes with great pleasure, but also the potential for great strife. Those areas of the not so pleasant are addressed in practical terms. The author cannot answer every single situation with a ready answer. But, the guidelines provided, if the couple will allow God to lead in their marriage, they will find the going much smoother.

The author offers practical advice for the new to be married for the first time, as well as for those about to be married, not for the first time. Blending families, addressing financial plans, trust, marital intimacy, and a host of other topics the soon to be married should consider before they join hands at the altar.

Pastors and others who will officiate weddings will find a wealth of material for advising soon to be married couples in pre-marital counseling.

And it's all from a biblical perspective. Putting God first in the marriage goes a long way toward assuring a successful and happy marriage.(An excerpt from the book)
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Mistakes can be made right, and God is more than willing to forgive and allow for fresh starts. He takes us from where we are right now. It is the rest of your life that counts both for Him and for the one God has given us as helpmate.

Some couples, or individual partners within a couple we engage with in marriage mentoring or counseling are on their second or perhaps marriage.

Mistakes almost always result in shame, doubt, and even damage to an individual's sense of self-worth. And, they can create doubts about the hope of success of a new marriage.

"I failed at marriage before. What makes me think this one will fare any better?"

Now how would you answer this question? "Suppose I meet someone and fall in love, and we marry. Then later I meet someone who I find myself loving and I'm convinced that this one was really the right one for me.

"Did I make a mistake with the first one? Perhaps he (or she) was not the right one for me."
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The book is not only for couples soon to be married, or just newly married, but for pastors and other marriage ministers, this book can be a source of material for pre-marriage counseling, or as we might as well say, pre-marriage preparation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CDZ96VNJ
• ISBN13: 9798856416083
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"