WHAT MAKES MARRIEDPEOPLE SMALL GROUPS DIFFERENT?


When it comes to content, we believe that if you teach less, couples will learn more. We believe in less content more often. We believe giving couples a consistent language throughout every environment allows them to build on what they have learned. We call this core content—
Core 4 Habits of a Great Marriage:

• Have Serious Fun
• Respect and Love
• Love God First
• Practice Your Promise

MarriedPeople Volume Two builds on, but doesn’t depend on, MarriedPeople Small Groups Volume One. Every session explores each Core Habit in a different way than in previous volumes. For instance, in Small Groups Volume One, under the Core Habit: Have Serious Fun, we look at the importance of dating. While in Volume Two under the Core Habit: Have Serious Fun, we look at the tone of your home.
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Besides dinner, bedtime with children, or during church, how often do you and your wife pray together?

As Sam Ingrassia discovered when he asked himself that question, a candid answer is not necessarily a comfortable one. Perhaps yours isn't, either. Many—maybe even most—Christian men live with the burden of weakness and lack of confidence in spiritual leadership for their wives. Even a godly man can struggle to initiate regular, intentional spiritual connections with his wife.

Sam knows how widespread the problem is. He's asked hundreds of men—in groups and one-on-one—about how they're doing in this area, and almost to a man, they're missing something significant with their wives. Praying together. But Sam has discovered a profound, hopeful, and simple way to retake this lost ground. Just Say the Word—the Word of God.

By following the guidance Sam offers, you and your wife will open the windows of heaven to your relationship. You'll experience a fresh dimension in your spiritual walk together, one that will bolster your marriage in the storms of life. And you'll be equipped to protect your marriage and family with confidence. Even your children and grandchildren will see and experience the results. Renewed praying with your wife will touch every dimension of your life.
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Everyone wants to experience a love that lasts a lifetime. For many, the dream of lifelong love has become a nightmare filled with disappointment and heartache.

Success is not a matter of luck or if you marry the right person. In this inspiring series broadcast live around the world, Jimmy Evans will reveal the secrets to having a fulfilling relationship including:

- How to stay in love for the rest of your life

- Resolving conflict and having a vision for your marriage

- How to have God’s blessing on your relationship

- Secrets to lasting passion and sexual fulfillment

When you and your spouse commit to these time-tested principles, your relationship will thrive and get better year after year. No matter where your marriage is today, you can have a Lifelong Love Affair.
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Unbreakable...permanent...enduring...Do these words describe your relationship? They can. You and your spouse have the ability to safeguard your marriage and abound in joy, intimacy ,security and pleasure. The Indestructible Marriage will show you that no matter the quality of your relationship today, you can have a lasting and thriving marriage. In this life-changing series, Jimmy Evans will reveal:

• The perfect roles of husbands and wives
• How to overcome communication barriers
• Different kinds of loves and why only one will last
• How to be romantic in your spouse's language
• Keys to divorce-proof and affair-proof your marriage

So many people are losing confidence in the institution of marriage and it is having a catastrophic effect on society. The good news is that marriage still works when you follow the right plan. The Indestructible Marriage will help you turn the tide and revolutionize your relationship.
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*Contains Mature Teaching Topics*

This teaching series looks at a document penned about 4,000 years ago that will put the most romantic, passionate individual on the planet to absolute shame. The goal is not shame, of course, but rather guidance and encouragement. Solomon is going to speak from the dead (so to speak), and give practical, helpful, biblical, time-tested guidance on how to have a thriving romantic relationship, no matter if you are married or single.
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"MarriedPeople has done an amazing job of keeping the content POWERFULLY SIMPLE. The approach is fresh, experiential, fun, guy-friendly, and requires no heavy reading or preparation—all things couples seem to be looking for." - Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of Orange

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
The great news is that we all want to have a great marriage, and most of us are willing to do what it takes to have them. The bad news is most of us don't think we know what it takes because we have been convinced that having a great marriage is VERY complicated.

WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
Here's the good news: God's way for marriage might not be easy to live out, but it is certainly easy to understand. God gives us only a few verses on how husbands and wives should love each other. Maybe he did that on purpose. From the precious few Scripture verses on marriage come the . . .
Core 4 Habits of a Great Marriage:
• Have Serious Fun
• Respect and Love
• Love God First
• Practice Your Promise
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God can turn any marriage into a masterpiece.

Your marriage and the marriages around you are colored by personalities, passions and experiences. Making marriage work is a divinely inspired art form.

The Art of Marriage® consists of six video sessions that can be used in a one-day event or a weekend format, such as Friday evening through Saturday afternoon. Each participant also uses a manual that contains projects, articles and tips to help them live what they learn.

The six dynamic sessions are:

• Love Happens: God’s Purpose and Plan
• Love Fades: Overcoming Isolation
• Love Dances: Fulfilling Our Responsibilities
• Love Interrupted: Communication and Conflict
• Love Sizzles: Experiencing Real Intimacy
• Love Always: Leaving a Lasting Legacy

Crafted for use in a church, small–group, or community, The Art of Marriage can be organized for heart-changing impact by a local pastor or lay couple.
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Turn your marriage into one that brings God glory!

Safety, love, forgiveness, acceptance—these are what we want to have characterize our marriages.

This eight-session series equips couples to understand their needs and discover how shame, fear, and anger can eat away at a relationship.

Learn practical, biblical ways to keep your marriage safe from busyness and to stay emotionally connected.
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The Return to Intimacy seminar by Jimmy Evans, has helped thousands of couples recapture the passion they believed was long lost from their marriage. In this newly updated version, you'll discover how to dramatically increase the closeness of your relationship, while drawing near to God as a couple.

The joy of marriage is learning how to become one, while growing with your spouse as God intended.
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Most people believe if they marry the right person they will be happy. The reality is that no matter who you marry, you will sometimes experience the other side of your marriage vows. We promise "for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer and in sickness and in health" to get us through hard times. Instead of your love decreasing, your marriage can get better year after year.

In Our Secret Paradise, you will discover that marriage can become a healing journey. Jimmy Evans shares seven secrets including:

• How to have a lasting marriage
• The key to renewing passion and intimacy
• How to redeem your spouse
• The secret of ultimate sexual fulfillment

Even if you are "out of love" it is possible to have a marriage that is secure, satisfying and passionate the way God intended. Create your own secret paradise today.
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Do you and your spouse sometimes feel defeated by life? You aren't alone. We are often faced with two choices. We can learn to overcome our circumstances or we can let our circumstances overcome us.

In The Overcoming Life, Jimmy Evans will show you how to conquer the most common chanllenges that we call battle including:

• How to heal from the scars of rejection
• Why we compare ourselves to others
• How to forgive those who've hurt us
• The key to dealing with discouragement
• ...and so much more!

You will gain new confidence to face every situation with hope and security in God. Discover the joy of being an overcomer.
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It's no secret that money problems are the number one divider of couples and the biggest source of friction leading to conflict. But in God's economy, money has great potential to hold marriages together and build lasting intimacy.

In this teaching series Jimmy Evans unpacks Biblical principles for building generational wealth and digs deeper into spiritual laws for financial blessing.

You don't have to live with financial bondage. In three powerful sessions, you can learn to combat generational lack, break free from financial curses and take hold of the future God has for your family.

 
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We all know what’s required to fall in love… a pulse. Falling in love is easy. But staying there—that’s something else entirely.

With more than a thousand matchmaking services available today and new ones springing up all the time, finding a romantic match can be easier than ever. But staying together with the one you’ve found seems to be the real challenge. So, is it possible for two people to fall in love and actually stay there? Absolutely! Let Andy Stanley show you how in this four-session, video-based study. Each session includes 15-20 minutes of teaching from pastor and author Andy Stanley.
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How is your love life? Think it could or should be better? Married? Single? College Student? No other area of our life impacts our quality of life more than this one. It can lead us to the best of times and for many of us it has lead to the worst of times.

The LoveLife Conference is a 6 hour investment into your present situation, your future and truly even your kids and grandkids. One of, if not the most important role we can play with our kids is giving them a happy and well adjusted home, and that starts with a healthly marriage. An ounce of prevention is most certainly worth more than a pound of cure.

LoveLife features best selling author, Pastor and International Christian Leader Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. With The Bible, primarily the Old Testament book of Song of Solomon as Pastor Mark’s guide, he will teach us with humor, candidness and grace, God’s design for Love, Dating, Marriage and Sexuality.

LoveLife events are designed for anyone 16 years or older, both married and single. God’s direct teaching on this subject will be convicting where needed, full of grace and forgiveness, and filled with tons of practical advice straight from the Giver of Love and Romance, God Himself.
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If you are trying to do everything right so you can have a happy marriage, you will probably be disappointed. Why? Because satisfying marriages are not something we can create by following a list of to-dos. Great marriages happen when we surrender completely to the Holy Spirit so He can supernaturally give us the power to love our spouse above ourselves.

In this 4-message series by Pete, he tackles some of the most difficult areas of marriage and uncovers the life-giving promises God makes to us when we allow the Spirit to lead us in our marriages:

• Submission and how it's different than you think
• Drifting apart - living in two-ness instead of oneness
• Finding hope even when your marriage isn't all you want it to be
• Sex and the lie Hollywood wants you to believe

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You are in the center of a battle - a battle to break up your marriage. There are so many forces tearing marriages apart little by little. And much of the time, we're oblivious to the gradual breakdown of our relationships. You may be raising kids, striving for success in your career, or taking care of elderly parents. Then suddenly, years into the marriage, you look across the table at your spouse and realize you're angry, disconnected, or just hopeless...and you aren't really sure why.

Think it can't happen in your marriage? Or are you already in that place and think God can't save your marriage? He can! He will! If you are at a crossroads in your marriage and think you are alone, this 3-message series by Pete Briscoe will show you how Christ can breathe new life into your relationship with your husband or wife.
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It’s where you and me become we.

In these dynamic, video-based sessions that any couple with a passion for marriages can lead, Marriage Oneness equips couples to grow in true intimacy, connection, and purpose—and experience closeness for a lifetime.

Marriage Oneness equips couples for closeness in seven key areas:

• Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• Money
• Spiritual Beliefs
• Sexual Intimacy
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Family and Friends

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Money, in-laws, sex, arguments … we all want a healthy, loving marriage, but there are so many real issues that can stand in the way.

Research has shown that over 50% of marriages are ending in divorce. That is why we’ve partnered with Pastor Chip Ingram of Living on the Edge Radio Program, financial guru Dave Ramsey and Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner to tackle the common issues couples are facing in their marriages today.

Marriage: Built to Last isn't your typical marriage study. Throughout the series, you'll watch 24 real life couples from across the country share candidly about their struggles in communication, finances, sexual intimacy, expectations, and more.

In this Bible study, you will hear the story of Dave Ramsey and his wife Sharon as they recovered from financial stress and hardship. You will hear the story of Kurt Warner and his wife Brenda share candidly about expectations, trust issues, and adjusting to a blended family.

Whether you’re newly married, remarried, or wanting to improve your relationship, Chip Ingram provides Biblical and practical teaching to give you tools to live intentionally and love biblically.
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Your marriage is much more than a union between you and your spouse. It is a spiritual discipline ideally suited to help you know God more fully and intimately.

Sacred Marriage shifts the focus from marital enrichment to spiritual enrichment in ways that can help you love your mate more. Whether it is delightful or difficult, your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God. Everything about your marriage—everything from the history you and your spouse create, to the love you share, to the forgiveness you both offer and seek by turn—is filled with the capacity to help you grow in Christ's character.

This six-session, small group curriculum will equip you to love God more passionately, reflect the nature of his Son more precisely, and fulfill God's overarching purpose for your marriage. Writer and speaker Gary Thomas invites you to see how God can use marriage as a discipline and a motivation to love Him more and reflect more of the character of His Son.
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Life is fast and hectic and we all wonder where the time goes, but in the middle of life's busyness, we still have to make time to deal with family and marriage issues. The danger of our lifestyle is that sometimes what's important gets overshadowed by the urgency of the moment. Our marriage oftens suffers in the process. But what is a great marriage and how can a couple have one? In this teaching, Jimmy Evans defines the roles of a husband and a wife and targets areas of weakness that could undermine the satisfaction and success of your marriage. He outlines the seven traits of every great marriage and demonstrates how you can build them into your own marriage relationship. Remember...great marriages do not happen by accident-they are not a matter of chemistry or luck-they are the result of intentional living.
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Would you believe someone who told you that God's plan for marriage includes fulfilling sex, romantic love, and healthy, vibrant communication? You should, because it's true!

In Sex,Love & Communication, Jimmy Evans explains important truth that will help you create a beautiful, passionate marriage other couple will want to imitate.

This 4-session series will teach you:

• The one element every good marriage has in common
• How to experience lasting passion and intimacy in your marriage.
• The three factors that must be present to create and protect lasting love
• How to understand and deal with dysfunctional methods of communication
• The three steps to striking your sexual match
• And much more!

 
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Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful, entertaining series from Focus on the Family. Hosted by popular counselor and author Dr. Greg Smalley, Essentials of Marriage brings top relationship experts into your home or church- with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

In Essentials of Marriage: Higher Love, you'll see your partnership from God's perspective. What's His plan- and your purpose? Gary Thomas (Sacred Marriage) and Dr. Del Tackett (Focus on the Family's The Truth Project) reveal how praying and serving together, listening to your mate's emotions, and dropping mistaken beliefs can bring you closer. You and your spouse or group will find new meaning- and joy- in your journey.
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Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful, entertaining series from Focus on the Family. Hosted by popular and author Dr. Greg Smalley, Essentials of Marriage brings top relationship experts into your home or church- with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

In Essentials Of Marriage: Handle With Care, authorities like Dr. John Trent, Dave Ramsey, and Kay Arthur spell out strategies for dealing with the biggest threat couples face today- including anger, depression, sexual issues, and financial battles. You and your spouse or group will discover new- yet Bible-based- ways to beat these marriage busters.
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Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful, entertaing series from Focus on the Family. Hosted by popular counselor and author Dr. Greg Smalley, Essentials of Marriage brings top relationship experts into your home or church- with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

Essentials Of Marriage: Who Did You Really Marry? reveals how even opposites can get along, communicate, and resolve disagreements, and explains the five "love languages" that bring couples closer. You and your spouse or group will discover how two very different people can "become one" as God intended.
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Discovering Uniqueness - Developing Unity

God calls us to live as one in our marriages. The trouble is that we tend to attract someone very different than us in our relationships. Why is this? What if these differences are designed to protect your relationship not hinder it.

There are four inescapable areas of differences that every couple will encounter. These areas are problem solving, processing information, managing change, and facing risk. These areas seem to drive a wedge in more relationships over than than any other. The conference will open your eyes to God's divine design for differences.

Please Note: Sessions 2 and 3 are included together in Session 2 here on RNM, therefore the session titles for Different by Design Sessions 4 through 8 correspond to RNM session 3 to 7.
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Men's Fraternity: Authentic Manhood: Winning at Work & Home -  by Robert Lewis challenges men to step forward, meet their responsibilities, and establish their manhood. This study focuses on the chief responsibilities men have as husbands, fathers, and breadwinners. Two mirrors are presented to help men evaluate how they are doing in life: the mirror of work and career, and the mirror of home and family. Participants will evaluate chief responsibilities of how a man successfully relates to a woman and how a man rightly engages in his work.

Here is a plan for leading men in your church and community to win in life by helping them understand and undertake the challenges of both career and family. (Session 5 includes a frank discussion for men of sexual issues in a marriage. Leader should preview this session before showing.) Men's Fraternity is designed to bring Christian men together in a safe, comfortable setting where they can learn the true, biblical meaning of manhood and honestly share their challenges and concerns. (16 sessions)

Please Note: Each man participating in this study will need a Winning at Work and Home workbook. Navigate right to the product on www.authenticmanhood.com by clicking the orange Books, Workbooks and Handouts button above. Viewing a session without a workbook is not recommended.
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Did you know that sex is the covenant sign and seal for marriage? That this unique feature of marriage created by God is a major cornerstone of intimacy between a married man and woman? This is the reason why Satan hates it so much! From the moment Satan told Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden that they were naked, he has tried to corrupt human sexuality.

In this timely teaching taken from Genesis 3, relationship expert Jimmy Evans will disclose Satan's lies and attacks on human sexuality and his intention to distort God's perfect design for marriage.

This series will also:

• Outline the importance of sanctifying sex within the marriage relationship
• Bring insight regarding adultery and the spirit behind it
• Refute common and current misconceptions about sex
• Remove the stigma of shame and replace it with God's truth and plan for sexual expression
• Reveal the steps to walk free from shame and sexual sin

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Used and loved throughout the world, the Song of Solomon series teaches the Biblical design for relationships. For both singles and married couples, this exegetical study follows Solomon’s relationship from attraction to dating and courtship, marriage and intimacy to resolving conflict, keeping romance alive, and committing to the end. This 10th Anniversary Edition (released in 2005) updates Tommy Nelson’s original study with updated teaching and added features.
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The church should be the place where marriage is the strongest, but again and again both statistics and personal experience reveal that Christian marriages have all of the same problems faced by the rest of the world. How can churches redeem marriages and remake them so that they transform individual souls and reflect the glory of God?

 
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On Making Marriage Work, twenty couples share their deepest struggles, conflicts and misconceptions about marriage.  This four part video series includes Biblical and practical tips to cultivate a healthy and happy marriage.

About the Experts: For more than 15 years, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott have been counseling people about relationships. Authors of several books, they have been guests on nationwide TV programs such as Oprah and Good Morning America, and their work has been featured in Christianity Today and Focus on the Family magazines. Now they’ve partnered with the BlueFish TV team to create a practical church resource for married or engaged couples.
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Back by popular demand! The Original 1995 taping of Song of Solomon by Tommy Nelson at Metro Bible Study in Dallas, TX. This is the series that started it all. This teaching has set the standard for this inspired book of scripture since 1995.

This is the original teaching by Tommy. It has gone through some technology makeovers, like enhanced color, graphics, audio, wide-screen formatting and more. The same inspired, amazing and life changing teaching, just improved a bit.

Whether you are single, married, engaged or divorced, this teaching is an absolute must. There is never shame and guilt as we all have scar tissue in this area, but there is laughter, truth, forgiveness, practical guidelines and joy as you say like the millions of others, “Wow, I wished I had heard this years ago.”
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A Biblical Portrait of Marriage is one of Walk Thru the Bible's Classic Series studies. The Classics are those studies that have provided such rich spiritual awareness and deep personal growth that they have remained relevant over the course of time.

God designed marriage to be between a man and a woman, for better, for worse, for life. A marriage is a relationship, a partnership, a companionship, designed and created by God. But marriages are not without problems. God wants the partnership of your marriage to be the solution to your problems.

In A Biblical Portrait of Marriage, Dr. Bruce Wilkinson outlines six partnership principles and six problem-solving strategies—enough to move any marriage from bland to grand!

The first six sessions cover the partnership aspect of marriage: The roles and responsibilities of husbands, wives, and couples. The second six sessions tackle the toughest problems of marriage: In-laws, money, sex, romance, communication, and loyalty.

With this series, your marriage won't become perfect—but it will become a more loving, problem-solving partnership! You'll have painted A Biblical Portrait of Marriage!
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