Love, Honor and Forgive: A Guide for Married Couples

By Pam Farrel and Bill Farrel

Book Overview

How can you stay in love with your spouse?Practice forgiveness.It's that simple. But it's also really difficult. Saying "I'm sorry" and meaning it may be one of the biggest challenges you've ever faced. But your marriage may depend on it.Bill and Pam Farrel write from many years of experience as counselors to engaged and married couples. Over and over again, they've seen that healthy and happy couples have learned the power of forgiveness. They've been able to understand and accept God's dramatic sacrifice of forgiveness in Jesus' death on the cross. And they've been able to offer that same kind of forgiveness to each other.In Love, Honor Forgive the Farrels speak honestly about forgiveness in marriage, offering plenty of stories for thought and suggestions for action. You'll discover

what forgiveness is and isn'thow to find motivation to forgive when you're hurt or angryconversational techniques to help you ask for forgivenesstips for keeping the "little things" from turning into big onessteps to rebuilding trust with your spousehow to restore passion in your relationship after it's been damaged or brokenthe heavy toll bitterness takes--on you and your marriagehow to forgive even when your spouse doesn't want forgiveness

The Farrels offer honest, practical and motivating counsel to help you restore or grow the love in your marriage. Asking and offering forgiveness is at the center. It is possible. And here's how.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830822275
• ISBN13: 9780830822270
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: IVP
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

answer to prayer

THIS BOOK WAS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER. IT WAS AN EASY BOOK TO READ AND WENT STEP BY STEP. THE EXAMPLES IN THE BOOK CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY SITUATION. MY HUSBAND AND I READ IT CHAPTER BY CHAPTER TOGETHER AND EVEN RE-READ IT AGAIN. IT WAS SOMETIMES EASIER FOR ME TO UNDERLINE THINGS TO HELP EXPLAIN HOW I WAS FEELING. WHEN I GOT THE TERRIBLE NEWS OF A FRIEND GOING THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH, I GOT ANOTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK FOR HER. I FEEL FORTUNATE TO FIND THE BOOK ON LINE...IT IS HARD TO FIND IN BOOK STORES. THE BOOK ACTUALLY SAVED OUR MARRIAGE.

Made me want to try again!

This is a must read for couples who are experiencing daily frustration, ongoing bitterness, unforgiveness, distrustfulness, anger, or even hatred toward one another. I've read a lot of books on forgiveness in relationships, but this one had some unique concepts and practical principles that I had not come across. The content is helpful for the couple experiencing only small irritations or for the couple who has experienced a major crisis in their relationship. It's filled with real life stories, but not slurpy, or fairy taleish. I read it in one night! I only wish I wasn't divorced, so I could try to love, honor and forgive again in my marriage! This book will give you a Christlike approach to redeeming your relationships!