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When you got married, you had a picture in your mind’s eye of your life ahead. Maybe rose petals and candlelight every night of the week were a big feature in your imagination. Or you saw yourself standing with your spouse atop the world’s tallest mountains, gazing into a limitless future. Or you envisioned welcoming baby number seven home to your sprawling mansion in the country. Whatever the picture was, it’s probably safe to say that not all the details have worked out just the way you imagined.
In marriage, undisclosed expectations can be dangerous—when couples expect each other to be and act a certain way without communicating their assumptions, disappointment is just around the corner! Relationship expert Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham, founder of Two Ignite, show you how to defuse the ticking time bomb of unrealistic expectations and deepen your relationship with honesty, empathy and respect. As Long as We Both Shall Live will help you and your spouse acknowledge your unexpressed assumptions, understand one another’s genuine needs and talk openly about your hopes and desires. As you use the tools found in each chapter, you’ll build a lasting, loving marriage—and dream up a new picture of your life together!
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Smalley and Cunningham explore this often maligned and God-given emotion known as anger, and explain five specific tactics to deal with anger and rage and replace those feelings with forgiveness.
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Smalley and Cunningham explore the often maligned and God-given emotion--anger--that unless dealt with can strip individuals of everything they hold dear. Couples can learn the skills necessary to resolve conflict in a healthy manner, overcome feelings of anger, and much more.
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Did you know that spiritual, emotional, physical and relational exhaustion lead to, ANGER? And unresolved anger leads to sin. All couples deal with anger and how they respond (stuff it, spew it or study it), can make all the difference in their relationship and in their lives. In
From Anger to Intimacy, Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham explore this often maligned and God-given emotion that unless dealt with can strip us of everything we love. Now couples can learn the skills to: resolve conflict, hurt and pain in a healthy way, master their internal buttons so as to overcome feelings of anger, frustration and rage, use five specific tactics to deal with anger and rage when they rear their ugly heads, walk in the freedom God intends by learning the three essentials of forgiveness and five keys to nurturing a forgiving spirit, craft the perfect apology, remove the roadblocks to forgiveness once and for all, break sexual addiction and heal after an affair, and find answers to big questions about anger and forgiveness in their marriage
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Designed as a companion to the As Long as We Both Shall Live Study Guide -sold separately-, this DVD is a collection of six sessions of teaching from Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham. Gary and Ted share personal stories and keen insights into the concepts explored in each session, adding a fresh dimension to the Bible study and discussion format of the Study Guide. Couples and small groups won’t want to miss the biblical teaching offered by these two trusted authorities on successful relationships—and they will be glad they didn’t miss it when they experience firsthand the contentment and beauty of a life-giving marriage!
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Anger begins as frustration, hurt or fear. When you don’t deal with these deeper emotions, they intensify and fester into resentment and rage—and the affectionate intimacy you long for in your relationship is driven away. Yet everyone experiences anger at one time or another . . . so how can you cope when it surfaces and strengthen the connection between you and your spouse? Popular relationship expert Dr. Gary Smalley suggests that you have three options when anger rears its head: You can stuff it, you can spew it or you can study it.With his pastor and good friend, Ted Cunningham, Smalley peels back anger’s layers to expose the emotional core of fury and bitterness. In the From Anger to Intimacy study guide and companion DVD, they invite you to go beyond the book and take a deeper look at the pain that lies at the heart of anger. Through six teaching and Bible study sessions, they show you how sharing that pain leads to deep intimacy and a marriage that will go the distance.
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Too often, couples enter remarriage unaware of potential problems and unprepared for the challenges stepfamily life will bring.
The Heart of Remarriage takes a unique approach to success in remarriage by going straight to the heart, helping couples heal from the inside out rather than offering surface suggestions that may change circumstances but not the lives of couples and their families.
Drs. Gary and Greg Smalley partner with remarried couple Dan and Marci Cretsinger to offer this marriage-changing idea: No matter what circumstances or challenges a remarried couple and their stepfamily face, the solution starts in their hearts. Remarried couples will learn how to examine their own hearts and heal them from the hurts of the past, so that they can be filled with God’s love and let that love overflow to their family members. The Heart of Remarriage teaches readers how to create emotional security for every family member, and offers practical ideas for connecting at the heart level with their spouse, children and stepchildren. Couples will be encouraged to keep their hearts open and challenged to leave a family legacy of love.
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Church Kit Includes:
-From Anger to Intimacy hard cover book
-Six From Anger to Intimacy Study Guides
- From Anger to Intimacy DVD
-Church Campaign CD-ROM
In From Anger to Intimacy Study Guide and From Anger to Intimacy DVD, Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham go beyond the book and take a deeper, biblical look at the topic of anger and forgiveness in the marriage relationship. What does the Bible say about anger? Does Scripture tackle emotions and how to find forgiveness in our marriages? This Bible study and companion DVD are a fantastic resource for couples to do together, and they are equally useful for individuals, small groups, pastors and leaders.
About the Author
GARY SMALLEY is president and founder of the Smalley Relationship Center, which presents conferences nationwide and provides resources for families and churches. Combined, his books have sold more than 6 million copies. The Blessing and The Two Sides of Love won the Gold Medallion Award for excellence in literature, and The Language of Love won the Angel Award for best contribution to family life. Gary has been a guest on numerous national TV shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live and NBC's Today. He is the coauthor, with Ted Cunningham, of The Language of Sex and From Anger to Intimacy.
GREG SMALLEY has a passion to help premarital and married couples learn how to enjoy a lifetime together. Dr. Smalley is the Director of Marriage Ministries for the Center for Relationship Enrichment on the campus of John Brown University, and assistant professor of marriage and family studies. Dr. Smalley is the author or co-author of 10 books including The Wholehearted Marriage, Before You Plan Your Wedding, Plan Your Marriage, The DNA of Relationships for Couples, The Marriage You’ve Always Dreamed Of, Men’s Relational Toolbox, Winning Your Wife Back, and Winning Your Husband Back. Greg and his wife Erin, along with their two daughters, Taylor and Maddy, and son, Garrison, live in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.