© 2006, 2009, 2014 by GARY D. CHAPMAN

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189, U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Originally published as Building Relationships: A Discipleship Guide for Married Couples ©1995 Gary D. Chapman, Life Way Press

Previously published as The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted Bible Study

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ISBN: 978-0-8024-1228-7

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Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: Enhancing My Conversation with God

CHAPTER 2: Enhancing My Conversation with My Spouse

CHAPTER 3: Learning to Forgive

CHAPTER 4: Developing My Serve

CHAPTER 5: Becoming Friends with My Feelings

CHAPTER 6: Learning to Listen

CHAPTER 7: Learning to Love

CHAPTER 8: Learning to Agree

CHAPTER 9: Developing a Positive Response to Anger

CHAPTER 10: Learning the Ministry of Intercession

CHAPTER 11: Making Money an Asset to Marriage

CHAPTER 12: Developing Mutual Sexual Fulfillment

Only the Beginning

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About A Couple's Guide to a Growing Marriage: A Bible Study

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Gary Chapman

Every marriage is a growing marriage. The real question is: are you growing closer together or further apart? If you’re content with the latter, don’t change a thing. However, if you desire the kind of marriage that keeps getting better, then you’ll need to be intentional. This book will start you in the right direction.

A Couple’s Guide to a Growing Marriage teaches you how to...

• Invite God into the details of your life and marriage

• Listen in ways that deepen intimacy and friendship

• Understand your spouse and be understood

• Keep your love fresh and mutually engaging

• Manage conflict constructively, not destructively


In both private and shared-time exercises, you'll explore Bible study, prayer, and Scripture memory. You will learn how to have a brief daily sharing time with your spouse, and you will cultivate deeper friendships with others through group activities.

So much more than a personal and group study, A Couple's Guide to a Growing Marriage Bible Study will teach you to share your life more fully with God, and as your relationship with God deepens, so will your relationship as a couple.

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