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A comprehensive resource to help churches build a thriving marriage mentoring program. Les and Leslie Parrott are passionate about how marriage mentoring can transform couples, families, and entire congregations. The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring includes life-changing insights and essential skills for:Preparing engaged and newlywed couples.Maximizing marriages from good to great.Repairing marriages in distress.Practical guidelines help mentors and couples work together as a team, agree on outcomes, and develop skills for the marriage mentoring process. Appendixes offer a wealth of additional resources and tools. An exhaustive resource for marriage mentorship in any church setting, this guide also includes insights from interviews with church leaders and marriage mentors from around the country.“The time is ripe for marriage mentoring, and this book is exactly what we need.” ? Gary Smalley, author of The DNA of Relationships

From communication, conflict, and careers to sex, in-laws, and money. Questions Couples Ask is your first resource for help with the foremost hurdles of marriage.Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott share cutting-edge insights on the 100 top questions married couples ask. Whether you want to improve your own marriage or nurture the marriages of others, Christianity's premier husband-wife marriage counseling team equips you with expert advice for building a thriving relationship:How can I be honest without hurting my partner's feelings?What do we do when one of us is a spender and one of us is a hoarder?What can we do to protect our marriage against extramarital affairs?How can we be more spiritually intimate as a married couple?

How do we know when we're ready for marriage? What's the secret to having a great engagement? How can we get married without drowning in debt? Where better to turn for answers than those who have gone before--experts in the area of marriage, relationships, and finance who know from experience what it takes to make the days leading up to the wedding (and the years that follow) a success!How to Know When You're Ready for Marriage--Les and Leslie ParrotSecrets to Having a Great Engagement--David and Claudia ArpGetting Married Without Drowning in Debt--Ron BlueWhat to Do With Wedding Jitters--Robert and Rosemary BarnesMaking Your Wedding More Than a Ceremony--David and Jan StoopHow to Have a Great Wedding Night--Cliff and Joyce PennerGetting Married When Your Parents Don't Approve--John TrentHow to Handle the Wedding Bell Blues--H. Norman WrightFor Those Getting Married Again--Thom WhitemanAfter the Honeymoon--Les and Leslie Parrott

For those who want to grow in the art of loving well Reflections on 1 Corinthians 13 featuring 16 different translations and paraphrases of the Bible's beloved "Love Chapter"

Every couple has a restless aching, not just to know God individually but to experience God together. But how? How do you really allow God to fill the soul of your marriage?Becoming Soul Mates gives you a road map for cultivating rich spiritual intimacy in your relationship. Written by the creators of the dynamic Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts book and program, Becoming Soul Mates is a unique and insightful devotional that helps you dig deep for a strong spiritual foundation in your marriage.Fifty-two practical weekly devotions help you and your partner cross the hurdles of marriage to grow closer than you've ever imagined. In each session, you'll find:An insightful devotion that focuses on marriage-related topicsA key passage of ScriptureQuestions that will spark discussions on crucial issuesInsights from real-life soul mates like Pat and Shirley Boone, Bill and Vonette Bright, Norm and Joyce Wright, and John and Barbi TownsendQuestions that will help you and your partner better understand each other's unique needs and remember them in prayer during the weekA brief prayer that will help you both draw closer together and close to God.Becoming Soul Mates is a valuable resource for mining the rich potential of your marriage. Its principles, proven in the Parrotts' own relationship, will help you make your journey as a couple all God intends it to be. With the strength that comes from a deeply shared spiritual intimacy, your marriage can flourish in the midst of life's challenges. Start building on the closeness you've got today--and reap the rewards of a deeper, more satisfying relationship in the years ahead.

How to make the thorns in your marriage come up roses.The big and little annoyances in your marriage are actually opportunities to deepen your love for each other. Relationship experts and award-winning authors Les and Leslie Parrott believe that your personal quirks and differences--where you squeeze the toothpaste tube, how you handle money--can actually help draw you together provided you handle them correctly.Turn your marriage's prickly issues into opportunities to love each other more as you learn how to:build intimacy while respecting personal spacetap the power of a positive marriage attitudereplace boredom with fun, irritability with patience, busyness with time together, debt with a team approach to your finances. . . and much, much more.Plus--get an inside look at the very soul of your marriage, and how connecting with God can connect you to each other in ways you never dreamed.

The I Love You More Workbook for Men will help you personalize the discoveries you make in I Love You More and then turn them into practical action. As you convert principles into hands-on application to meet the unique needs of your marriage, you truly will grow to love each other more knowledgeably, more effectively, and more deeply. EXERCISES AND ASSESSMENTS Twenty-one exercises furnish you with vital insights, guidance, and tools for applying the principles you’ll encounter in the book and DVD. You can turn your marriage’s prickly issues into opportunities to love each other more as you learn how to: - build intimacy while respecting personal space - tap the power of a positive marriage attitude - replace boredom with fun, irritability with patience, busyness with time together, debt with a team approach to your finances . . . and much, much more. DISCUSSION GUIDE This will help your small group enjoy lively and eye-opening interaction through six sessions in the ZondervanGroupware small group DVD. As couples, you’ll discuss how you can turn the problems in your marriages to your advantage, defend your relationships against six “sneak attacks,” solve any problem in five realistic steps, and more. Each session links with the workbook exercises and concludes with an exercise each couple can do together over the next week.

How to make the thorns in your marriage come up roses. The big and little annoyances in marriage can actually help you and your husband deepen your love for each other. The question isn’t whether struggles will arise, but how you will handle them when they come. What does it take to preserve—and strengthen—your marriage? The I Love You More Workbook for Women will help you personalize the discoveries you make in I Love You More and then turn them into practical action. As you convert principles into hands-on application to meet the unique needs of your marriage, you truly will grow to love each other more knowledgeably, more effectively, and more deeply. EXERCISES AND ASSESSMENTS Twenty-one exercises furnish you with vital insights, guidance, and tools for applying the principles you’ll encounter in the book and DVD. You can turn your marriage’s prickly issues into opportunities to love each other more as you learn how to: - build intimacy while respecting personal space - tap the power of a positive marriage attitude - replace boredom with fun, irritability with patience, busyness with time together, debt with a team approach to your finances . . . and much, much more. DISCUSSION GUIDE This will help your small group enjoy lively and eye-opening interaction through six sessions in the ZondervanGroupware small group DVD. As couples, you’ll discuss how you can turn the problems in your marriages to your advantage, defend your relationships against six “sneak attacks,” solve any problem in five realistic steps, and more. Each session links with the workbook exercises and concludes with an exercise each couple can do together over the next week.

51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors offers an "idea box" of activities and innovative ways to deepen relationships between mentoring couples.It can be used in any of the three areas of the marriage mentoring triad:Preparing--mentoring engaged and newlywed couplesMaximizing--mentoring couples from good to greatRestoring--mentoring couples in distressCreative ideas for marriage mentors are grouped into these three areas. There is also an entire section of ideas appropriate for mentoring any couple. With activities that vary from quickly implemented suggestions to more involved interactions, this easy-to-use reference will help alleviate the stress of couples overwhelmed by mentoring . . . and take experienced mentors to a whole new level.Designed to work on its own or in tandem with the Parrotts' other marriage mentoring resources, 51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors will inspire fresh ideas, increase a sense of vision for the marriage mentoring process, and build the confidence of all marriage mentors, regardless of age or stage.

Everything You Need to Launch a Marriage Mentoring Program A sleeping giant is waking up in the church today—YOU—and thousands of couples like you who are making a huge difference in countless marriages. You’ve spent years learning how to make your marriage work. Now, as marriage mentors, you’re ready to help other couples grow stronger in their marriages while taking your own marriage to the next level Designed by two of today’s foremost marriage experts, this groundbreaking resource will train and equip you to help others weather the storms and build successful marriages. You won’t find a more thorough, reassuring, and carefully designed approach for marriage mentoring anywhere. This kit includes a ten-session Marriage Mentor Training and Recruiting DVD, Marriage Mentor Training Manual for Husbands, Marriage Mentor Training Manual for Wives, hardcover edition of The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring, and softcover edition of 51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors. All items except DVD-ROM also sold separately.

Everything You Need to Launch a Marriage Mentoring Program A sleeping giant is waking up in the church today—YOU—and thousands of couples like you who are making a huge difference in countless marriages. You’ve spent years learning how to make your marriage work. Now, as marriage mentors, you’re ready to help other couples grow stronger in their marriages while taking your own marriage to the next level Designed by two of today’s foremost marriage experts, this groundbreaking resource will train and equip you to help others weather the storms and build successful marriages. You won’t find a more thorough, reassuring, and carefully designed approach for marriage mentoring anywhere. This kit includes a ten-session Marriage Mentor Training and Recruiting DVD, Marriage Mentor Training Manual for Husbands, Marriage Mentor Training Manual for Wives, hardcover edition of The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring, and softcover edition of 51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors. All items except DVD-ROM also sold separately.

Choose the parent you'll be--and you choose the child you'll raise.When it comes to parenting, who you are is more important than what you do. After all, your child internalizes your traits more than anyone else's on the planet. And that's why Les and Leslie Parrott--in a parenting book like no other--give you a proven plan for cultivating the traits you most want your child to have.Discover:the most important question you'll ever ask as a parentthe three-step method to avoid being the parent you don't want to bethe secret to making your "intentional traits" stick on even your worst days. . . and much more.A husband and wife team made up of two of today's leading relationship experts, Les and Leslie Parrott reveal their personal experiences as parents to help you fulfill the most important calling you will ever have. The Parent You Want to Be is inspiring, warm, and filled with a transformational power for your entire family.

The letters L.O.V.E. represent four personality dimensions that make up your personal "love style." Once you know your own love style and that of your spouse, you will be able to love him or her in a way that will help you get the love you need in return.Relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott stand on a mountain of research to show you how this single insight can draw you closer together. Never before have we had such an easy-to-use and scientifically proven tool for pinpointing each person's approach to love. You'll discover how much these dimensions inform your love style:L - Leader: The Take-Charge SpouseO - Optimist: The Encouraging SpouseV - Validator: The Devoted SpouseE - Evaluator: The Careful SpouseThe L.O.V.E. online assessment, in combination with this book, will show you how you are designed to approach everything from communication and conflict to sex and intimacy. This is not your typical marriage book. It's a practical tool for learning how to express love to your spouse and feel truly loved in return.

A comprehensive resource to help churches build a thriving marriage mentoring program.

Les and Leslie Parrott are passionate about how marriage mentoring can transform couples, families, and entire congregations. The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring includes life-changing insights and essential skills for:

Preparing engaged and newlywed couples.Maximizing marriages from good to great.Repairing marriages in distress.Practical guidelines help mentors and couples work together as a team, agree on outcomes, and develop skills for the marriage mentoring process.

 

Appendixes offer a wealth of additional resources and tools. An exhaustive resource for marriage mentorship in any church setting, this guide also includes insights from interviews with church leaders and marriage mentors from around the country.

“The time is ripe for marriage mentoring, and this book is exactly what we need.” ? Gary Smalley, author of The DNA of Relationships

Are you ready to put your personal L.O.V.E. style to work? The L.O.V.E. Workbook for Women, by Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, is an effective tool for doing just that. Ideal for individual or group study, this workbook takes the content in L.O.V.E. to a more personal level, where the payoffs are abundant. The insights you gained from reading L.O.V.E. (and taking the online assessment) remain as flat as the printed page if you don’t apply them to your relationship. That’s why this workbook is chock-full of quick and easy ways to personalize this experience. The L.O.V.E. Workbook for Women contains: •Discussion starters that are sure to help you understand and be understood •Fun exercises—geared specifically to your personalities—that reveal new insights about your marriage •Built-in guide for use with the optional four-session DVD (ideal for small groups)•Exercise kit for your online assessmentUse the practical tools found in this workbook as you read L.O.V.E., and you’ll learn how to express love to your husband—and feel truly loved by him in return.

Are you ready to put your personal L.O.V.E. style to work? The L.O.V.E. Workbook for Men, by Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, is an effective tool for doing just that. Ideal for individual or group study, this workbook takes the content in L.O.V.E. to a more personal level, where the payoffs are abundant. The insights you gained from reading L.O.V.E. (and taking the online assessment) remain as flat as the printed page if you don’t apply them to your relationship. That’s why this workbook is chock-full of quick and easy ways to personalize this experience. The L.O.V.E. Workbook for Men contains: •Discussion starters that are sure to help you understand and be understood •Fun exercises—geared specifically to your personalities—that reveal new insights about your marriage •Built-in guide for use with the optional four-session DVD (ideal for small groups)•Exercise kit for your online assessmentUse the practical tools found in this workbook as you read L.O.V.E., and you’ll learn how to express love to your wife—and feel truly loved by her in return.

To understand your spouse, you've got to walk in his or her shoes. Ever feel like you're stepping on each other's toes? Then maybe it's time you put yourselves in each other's shoes. Of course that may sound uncomfortable. But it's easier than you think--and it will revolutionize your relationship.In fact, bestselling authors Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott reveal the little-known secrets of putting the time-tested strategy of trading places to work in your own marriage. In this book, chock-full of practical helps and tips you've never thought of, you'll learn the three-step strategy to trading places and, as a result, you're sure to:Increase your levels of passionBolster your commitmentEliminate naggingShort-circuit conflictDouble your laughterForgive more quicklyTalk more intimatelyThis book also features a powerful, free online assessment that instantly improves your inclination to trade places. Most couples never discover the rewards of trading places. For example, did you know it's the quickest way to get your own needs met? It's true! And Les and Leslie show you how. They also disclose exactly how trading places improves your conversations and how it’s guaranteed to fire up your sex life.Truly, your love life and your entire marriage will never be the same after you learn the intimate dance of trading places.

Every couple has a restless aching, not just to know God individually but to experience God together. Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Devotional gives you a road map for cultivating rich spiritual intimacy in your relationship.

Written by the creators of the most widely used pre-marriage program in the world, this devotional includes fifty-two weekly meditations help the two of you grow closer than you''ve ever imagined. Each week you''ll find:

An insightful devotion focusing on real-life issuesA key passage of ScriptureQuestions that spark meaningful discussionsStories from well-known couples, including Jefferson & Alyssa Bethke, Gary & Karolyn Chapman, Dave & Sharon Ramsey, Francis & Lisa Chan, and Keith & Beth MooreA brief prayer that will help you both draw closer together and to God

This book will guide you on your marriage journey to make it all God intends it to be. Start building on the closeness you''ve got today – and reap the rewards of a more satisfying relationship as you enjoy the intimacy of lifelong love together.

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD!With this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before. This is more than a book--it's an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you'll ever have.Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, which has been translated into more than 15 languages, is the most widely used marriage prep tool in the world. Why? Because it will help you . . .Uncover the misbeliefs of marriageLearn to communicate with instant understandingDiscover the secret to resolving conflictMaster the skills of money managementGet your sex life off to a great startA compelling video, featuring real-life couples, is available, and with this updated edition, Les and Leslie unveil the game-changing SYMBIS Assessment. Now you can discover how to leverage your personalities for a love that lasts a lifetime.Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage--before (and after) it starts.

MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Authors of the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Les and Leslie Parrott focus their groundbreaking, frontline expertise on helping couples face the unique challenges of remarriage with faith, perseverance, and hope. This comprehensive guide explores nine critical questions you need to ask before--and after--you remarry. This book will help you and your partner cut through the conflicting advice and find clarity for your unique situation, including how to:Know whether you're ready to marry againFace the myths of remarriage honestlyIdentify and meld your love stylesSay what you mean and understand what you hearFight a good fightCombine a family Includes a discount code for the truly revolutionary SYMBIS Assessment so you can personalize the content specifically to you and your fiancé. In addition, separate workbooks with self-tests are available for both men and women, and an audio version can be used in groups or by both partners.

If yours could be the ideal marriage, what would it look like? Would it be one where hearts are open? Where faith is shared, personal growth is encouraged, dreams are nurtured, individual strengths are appreciated, romance flourishes, and even fights lead to deeper care and understanding.You can have such a marriage . . . when you build it on wisdom. Meditations on Proverbs for Couples imparts choice gems from the richest treasury of practical wisdom ever known--the book of Proverbs. You and your mate will gain insights that can help you make your marriage a source of deep satisfaction and fruitfulness.In these thirty-one meditations by marriage experts Les and Leslie Parrott, you'll explore the Bible's books of ancient wisdom to uncover thoroughly modern perspectives on communication, money, sex, commitment, recreation, anger, forgiveness, praise, humility, conflict, and more. The Parrotts share refreshing, down-to-earth reflections, brought home by candid vignettes from their own marriage and other true-life examples. Each meditation includes questions you can reflect on by yourself or discuss with your mate.The wise sayings of Proverbs must be talked about, say the Parrotts. "Read them aloud together. Commit a few to memory. And fill you marriage with wise and good conversation." It's a great way to join hearts and minds--as together you lay wisdom for the foundation of a strong, happy relationship.

Feeling overscheduled and underconnected as a couple? Relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you connect your time styles--and your hearts--so you can better manage your time. This is not a book about being more productive, but a book about being more connected with your spouse and maximizing the moments you have together. After resolving communication meltdowns, finding time together is the number one relational need of most couples. Where does it go? We try to make it. Save it. Seize it. Buy it. And borrow it. And yet time continues to elude too many couples. At the heart of this book is the renowned Better Love Assessment, which helps you uncover your unique time style: Accommodator, Processor, Dreamer, or Planner. Once you know your time style and that of your spouse, this book will show you how to leverage them for powerful results. Your Time-Starved Marriage helps you: Dispel the two lies every time-starved couple believes.Maximize the minutes that matter most in your marriage.Recoup the time you've been leaving on the table.Understand why "loving on borrowed time" is lethal to your love life.And discover how to "get a grip on the time of your life."Your Time-Starved Marriage gives you tools to feed your time-starved relationship, enjoying time with each other more than you ever imagined. Workbooks also available.

Connect your time styles--and your hearts.The way you spend your time not only defines you as a man, it also defines your marriage and reveals the value of your relationship. Your Time-Starved Marriage Workbook for Men helps you find more time with your wife--and enjoy it more together.Here are the hands-on, practical tools you need to dramatically reclaim the times you've been missing together and make every moment with your loved one count. Designed to be used either on your own or in a small group, this workbook helps you work with your wife to incorporate the new lessons you've both learned while reading Your Time-Starved Marriage. This workbook includes exercises for each chapter in the book, plus a small-group discussion guide.You'll take five or ten minutes on your own to do each exercise and then compare the results with your wife. These exercises are designed to help you deepen your relationship with each other as you apply proven principles that help you manage your time as a couple. Your Time-Starved Marriage Workbooks can help you be more connected to each other, leading to a deeper level of contentment, satisfaction, and commitment in your marriage.

Connect your time styles - and your hearts.The way you spend your time not only defines you as a woman, it also defines your marriage and reveals the value of your relationship. Your Time-Starved Marriage Workbook for Women helps you find more time with your husband - and enjoy it more together.Here are the hands-on, practical tools you need to dramatically reclaim the times you've been missing together and make every moment with your loved one count. Designed to be used either on your own or in a small group, this workbook helps you work with your husband to incorporate the new lessons you've both learned while reading Your Time-Starved Marriage. This workbook includes exercises for each chapter in the book, plus a small-group discussion guide.You'll take five or ten minutes on your own to do each exercise and then compare the results with your husband. These exercises are designed to help you deepen your relationship with each other as you apply proven principles that help you manage your time as a couple. Your Time-Starved Marriage Workbooks can help you be more connected to each other, leading to a deeper level of contentment, satisfaction, and commitment in your marriage.

Stop stepping on her toes and learn how to dance. Have you been spending a lot of time stepping on your wife's toes? Maybe it's time you put yourself in her shoes.Trading Places: The Best Move You'll Ever Make in Your Marriage is part of the key to winning much, much more from your relationship with your wife--more understanding, more laughter, and yes, more loving. Using this workbook as you read Trading Places will help make sure you get it right. Bestselling authors Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott wrote this workbook to help you make the most of the little-known secrets of putting the time-tested strategy of trading places to work in your marriage. Packed with practical helps and tips you've never thought of, you'll learn the simple, three-step strategy to trading places and, as a result, you're sure to:Increase your levels of passionBolster your commitmentEliminate naggingShort-circuit conflictDouble your laughterForgive more quicklyTalk more intimatelyUse the workbook to drill down through the three crucial steps to trading places--you'll find self-tests, journals, even exercises to do together with your wife. Specific suggestions for practicing empathy make learning easier--and it's all tied to the book. When you're done you'll be prepared to experience "the intimate dance of trading places." And you'll have learned a skill that will make your marriage more rewarding--and more exciting--than you ever thought possible.

How to make the thorns in your marriage come up roses.

The big and little annoyances in your marriage are actually opportunities to deepen your love for each other. Relationship experts and award-winning authors Les and Leslie Parrott believe that your personal quirks and differences--where you squeeze the toothpaste tube, how you handle money--can actually help draw you together provided you handle them correctly.

Turn your marriage''s prickly issues into opportunities to love each other more as you learn how to:

build intimacy while respecting personal spacetap the power of a positive marriage attitudereplace boredom with fun, irritability with patience, busyness with time together, debt with a team approach to your finances. . . and much, much more.

Plus--get an inside look at the very soul of your marriage, and how connecting with God can connect you to each other in ways you never dreamed.

Choose the parent you''ll be--and you choose the child you''ll raise.

When it comes to parenting, who you are is more important than what you do. After all, your child internalizes your traits more than anyone else''s on the planet. And that''s why Les and Leslie Parrott--in a parenting book like no other--give you a proven plan for cultivating the traits you most want your child to have.

Discover:

the most important question you''ll ever ask as a parentthe three-step method to avoid being the parent you don''t want to bethe secret to making your "intentional traits" stick on even your worst days. . . and much more.

A husband and wife team made up of two of today''s leading relationship experts, Les and Leslie Parrott reveal their personal experiences as parents to help you fulfill the most important calling you will ever have. The Parent You Want to Be is inspiring, warm, and filled with a transformational power for your entire family.

Feeling overscheduled and underconnected as a couple? Relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you connect your time styles--and your hearts--so you can better manage your time. This is not a book about being more productive, but a book about being more connected with your spouse and maximizing the moments you have together. 

After resolving communication meltdowns, finding time together is the number one relational need of most couples. Where does it go? We try to make it. Save it. Seize it. Buy it. And borrow it. And yet time continues to elude too many couples. At the heart of this book is the renowned Better Love Assessment, which helps you uncover your unique time style: Accommodator, Processor, Dreamer, or Planner. Once you know your time style and that of your spouse, this book will show you how to leverage them for powerful results. Your Time-Starved Marriage helps you: 

Dispel the two lies every time-starved couple believes.Maximize the minutes that matter most in your marriage.Recoup the time you''ve been leaving on the table.Understand why "loving on borrowed time" is lethal to your love life.And discover how to "get a grip on the time of your life."

Your Time-Starved Marriage gives you tools to feed your time-starved relationship, enjoying time with each other more than you ever imagined. 

Workbooks also available.