Marriage Made Easy: It Doesn't Have to be That Hard

In a time when the market is saturated with self-help books, podcasts, and YouTube channels, how do you determine which is going to be right for you? Not everything out there is working. If it were, we wouldn't be in a society where over fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce. God laid out a successful blueprint for marriage. Christ and the church lived that out, which is why our primary source of information is the Bible.Many people would argue that learning from a book written over 2000 years ago isn't relevant to society today. We share life lessons learned right here in the 21st century from our marriage that have survived death, drugs, trust violations, and division. We have come out on the other side stronger and more committed than before.We are called to share what we learned from those experiences with you. We also share lessons learned from actual marriages that are experiencing success. Real success is not to be confused, in any shape or form with perfection.A strong and successful marriage does not need to become extinct. We believe there can be a reverse in the current statistics, and it starts by getting the big things right and dealing with serious issues before you ever say, "I do." However, if this book finds you already married, or even remarried, you will find it helpful for you, too.When problems come up and believe us, they will. You will be armed with the tools and techniques you need to successfully deal with them. Instead of a marriage being shaken to the core by a problem that seems too big, you wind up with a relationship that is stronger because of a God who is big enough for anything you will encounter.This book offers information with practical applications. It provides relevant questions that stir up conversations about hot-button topics that can turn into marriage-threatening issues. If you are aware of the traps before you get to them, and have already developed plans to handle them, you increase your likelihood of successfully navigating those traps.Communication is vital to any healthy marriage. Nine out of ten couples who come to us for counseling say their primary issue is communication. As you read the book and answer the questions for each chapter in the accompanying workbook, you develop lines of communication that, if maintained, will be the life of a healthy and successful marriage.This book helps you recognize marriage doesn't have to be that hard, and by building a stronger foundation for your marriage or establishing an initial foundation of a God-centered marriage, you can win at marriage.Add to that, the foundation topics of his and her needs, love languages, conflict resolution, sex and intimacy, money, kids, family, and affair-proofing your marriage, then this book, Marriage Made Easy, will lead you to a place where you discover marriage is work, but it doesn't have to be hard work.