Healthy Marriages
Every marriage needs help. Perhaps yours, after a few months or years of marriage, needs help now. Or maybe any real difficulty in your relationship is far down the road. But at some time during a crisis or trial, every marriage will benefit from the counsel and care of someone on the “outside.” In Australia, we pride ourselves on the 'no worries mate" mantra, seeking help may seem embarrassing to some. FamilyLife hopes to be that bridge and take any embarrassing sentiment away.
Our intent is help you develop the healthy marriage that you long for by providing practical tools that focus on God’s perfect plan for your marriage. We invite you to use our tools such as attending our marriage conferences, reading our written articles, listening to our radio and podcasts and learning through our resources such as the ones listed below.
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Are you living alone - in the same home as your spouse? This award-winning book by Dennis and Barbara Rainey provides a workable strategy for defeating isolation and keeping your marriage vital and intimate. Understand the cultural and personal forces that isolate you while learning how to pull your marriage together rather than allowing it to drift apart. |
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Moments Together for a Peaceful Home A collection of 30 devotions reflecting on ways that husbands and wives can maintain peace and harmony at home. Consistent devotion to prayer together will lead you into God's purposes for your lives together as a couple. |
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Its tough being a man—especially in a culture that isn’t sure what manhood really means. Providing hope for men by challenging their assumptions and reshaping their convictions, Stu Weber takes an in-depth, life-changing look at God’s intention for a man and His powerful blueprint for balanced manhood. Find out how you can become the Tender Warrior God intended—tender, yet tough—sensitive, yet strong—and revolutionize your life and relationships. |
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Best-selling marriage and family authors Dennis and Barbara Rainey deliver a jolt of passionate inspiration to rekindle romance for Christian couples. Rekindling the Romance is organized into a collection of short, easy-to-digest, biblically based chapters. Packed with practical insight, this tastefully candid and inviting resource provides the Christian couple with the keys to unlock their relational and sexual intimacy. |
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Simply Romantic Nights - Box Set Want to add sizzle, fun, and anticipation to your romantic life as a couple? We’ve assembled eight of today’s leading relationship experts to help you inspire intense passion in your relationship, and uncover God’s desire for your marriage—that you understand each other more fully and love each other more deeply. At the heart of Simply Romantic Nights are 24 romantic adventures—12 for him and 12 for her. Each card contains everything you need to know to plan an unforgettable romantic adventure. Includes a special intimate celebration for your anniversary or another special occasion! |
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Simply Romantic Tips to Romance your Husband Could you use a little help to fan the flames of romance? Be encouraged- Simply Romantic: Tips to Romance Your Husband is filled with innovative ideas that will help you show and say, "Darling, I care about you deeply." You will learn ways to communicate heart-to-heart, express love through food and fun, give gifts that say, "I love you!" and add romance to birthdays and holidays. You can make a big statement of love to your sweetheart. Change his life and yours by applying the creative ideas in this little book. Learn why simple fun…can become simply romantic. |
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This best seller answers the twenty-one questions about sex most frequently asked by Christian wives, as determined by a nationwide poll of over one thousand women. Written from the perspective of two mature Christian wives and Bible teachers: women who you will come to know as teachers and friends. Intimate Issues is Biblical and informative: sometimes humorous, other times practical, but always honest. Through its solid teaching, warm testimonials, scriptural insights, you will find resolution for your questions and fears, surprising insights about Gods perspective on sex, and a variety of practical and creative ideas for enhancing your physical relationship with the husband you love. |
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Believe it or not, sex is not something the human race "thought up." It was Gods idea! Akin reveals intimacy at its best as he compares and contrasts the world’s view of love with what the Creator says about it in the Bible. |
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Ozzie and Harriet are gone. And with them, the idea that the traditional marriage is the only right way. Rocking the Roles examines what the Bible really has to say about male and female roles. A far cry from the restrictions of traditional marriage or the formlessness of modern marriage, this approach offers a perfect blend of structure and equality, of balance and beauty. Recently revised and updated. |
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Dennis and Barbara Rainey offer pertinent advice on the issues that surface in almost every marriage during the early years. Couples will learn how to keep the spiritual core of their relationship, appropriately handle relations with parents and family, build a dynamic team by working through role issues, disarm anger and offer forgiveness, meet each other’s needs for sexual expression and intimacy, and work through the lifestyle issues that often divide couples. |
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Preparing for Marriage is a dynamic resource designed to help you lay the foundation for a strong, Christian marriage. The study includes six fun, romantic sessions and five special projects that will prepare you for the important, lifelong task of building a Christian marriage. To get the most out of this study, both you and your fiancée will need your own personal copies of Preparing for Marriage. You each will learn about Gods unique blueprints for your marriage...discern Gods will for your relationship...handle your finances and plan for the future....clarify your marital roles and responsibilities... establish a positive, loving sexual relationship...deal with issues, expectations and family histories...evaluate as a couple your readiness for marriage. |
