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21 Days to a Great Marriage: A Grownup Approach to Couplehood
21 Days to a Great Marriage: A Grownup Approach to Couplehood
21 Days to a Great Marriage: A Grownup Approach to Couplehood
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In a mad-dash world filled with long to-do lists and too many commitments, it's easy for one to lose perspective of what matters most-even with the most important person in one's life.  It gets even more complicated with all of the distractions that seem to keep our attention away from sources of help and renewal.  That's why Cloud & Townsend have teamed up to pack their very best relationship principles in a powerful 21-day program designed for today's busy couples.  Each short chapter has to-the-point wisdom and do-it-today action steps on issues like committing to personal growth, breaking the pattern of  trying to change one's spouse, building-and restoring-trust, cultivating healthy intimacy,  establishing realistic expectations, learning to handle conflict without damaging the relationship, and much more.

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PublisherThomas Nelson
Release dateOct 1, 2006
ISBN9781418560140
21 Days to a Great Marriage: A Grownup Approach to Couplehood
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Henry Cloud

Dr. Henry Cloud is a clinical psychologist, pastor to pastors, and New York Times bestselling author. His 45 books, including the iconic Boundaries, have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Throughout his storied career as a clinician, he started treatment centers, created breakthrough new models rooted in research, and has been a leading voice on issues of mental health and leadership on a global scale. Dr. Cloud lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Tori, and their two daughters, Olivia and Lucy.  

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    21 Days to a Great Marriage - Henry Cloud

    21 Days        

    to a         

          Great

    Marriage

    A Grownup Approach to Couplehood

    21 Days        

    to a         

          Great

    Marriage

    A Grownup Approach to Couplehood

    DR. HENRY CLOUD & DR. JOHN TOWNSENDA

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    © 2006 by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

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    Helping people worldwide experience the manifest presence of God.

    Published in association with Yates & Yates, LLP Attorneys and Literary Agents, Orange, California.

    Some of the names used in illustrations in this book are not actual names; identifying details have been changed to protect anonymity. Any resemblance to persons alive or dead is purely coincidental.

    Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

    Cover Design: Andrew Brozyna, ajbdesign.com

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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Cloud, Henry.

    21 days to a great marriage : a grownup approach to couplehood / by Henry

    Cloud and John Townsend.

    p. cm.

    Summary: Relationship principles in a powerful 21-day program designed for today’s busy couples--Provided by publisher.

    ISBN-13: 978-1-59145-481-6 (hardcover)

    ISBN-10: 1-59145-481-6 (hardcover)

    1. Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity. 2. Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects--Christianity. I. Townsend, John Sims, 1952- II. Title.

    BV835.C591 2006

    248.8’44--dc22

    2006023078

    Printed in the United States of America

    06 07 08 09 LBM 6 5 4 3 2 1

    Contents

    Introduction: How to Get the Most Marriage Mileage out of This Book

    Day 1: Grow Your Marriage to Greatness

    Day 2: Accept Each Other, No Matter What

    Day 3: Focus on Changing Yourself, Not Your Mate

    Day 4: Set Self Aside

    Day 5: Grow Out of Your Immaturity

    Day 6: Practice Humility

    Day 7: Enjoy Great Sex by Pursuing Healthy Sex

    Day 8: Lavish Your Partner with Grace

    Day 9: Focus on Meeting Needs First

    Day 10: Be Partners, Not Dependents

    Day 11: Cherish Your Healthy Differences

    Day 12: Share Your Feelings

    Day 13: Curb the Communication Stoppers

    Day 14: Draw Out Your Partner’s Heart

    Day 15: Take Sex beyond the Bedroom

    Day 16: Nudge Each Other to Be More Than You Are

    Day 17: Deal with Hurt as It Happens

    Day 18: Fight for Win-Win Solutions

    Day 19: Exercise Trust

    Day 20: Welcome Rules When Needed

    Day 21: Always, Always, Always Forgive

    Introduction

    How to Get the Most

    Marriage Mileage

    Out of This Book

    You may have picked up this book for any number of reasons, such as:

    • You’re in a good marriage, but you want it to be even better.

    • You’re scrambling for answers in your marriage, aware that it’s nowhere near great at this point.

    • You and your mate periodically work through a marriage book together to keep your relationship fine-tuned and humming.

    • Your spouse handed you this book to you with that look in his or her eye that says, Get a clue.

    • You’re single or engaged, hoping to get your upcoming marriage started on the right foot.

    • You’re widowed or divorced and intent on getting it right the next time.

    No matter how or why you got to this point, we’re glad you’re here. We want you to know that, wherever you’re starting from, you’ve embarked on a twenty-one day journey that will, if you stick with us and do the work, make a great, positive difference in your marriage. We’ve shared these principles with literally thousands of people, and those who diligently worked them into their relationships have become better spouses and are enjoying great marriages. We’re confident it will happen for you too.

    But before you hit the road on this life-changing, marriage-improving journey, here are a few tips to help you get the most mileage from your effort.

    You will benefit even if your partner doesn’t read this book.

    We think it’s ideal that you and your spouse read the book and work through the exercises together. But if he or she isn’t quite ready for that process, your marriage will still profit greatly if you start the journey alone. Great marriages result as each partner focuses on himself or herself, determined with God’s help to be the best mate he or she can be. As you grow through these principles, your marriage will likely improve even if your mate isn’t with the twenty-one day program yet.

    You will get the most mileage when you go beyond just reading.

    At the end of each chapter you will find an application section headed, Think about It, Talk about It, Live It. The questions and exercises we provide there are designed to help you translate principles for a great marriage into the day-by-day expression of your marriage relationship.

    If you are taking this journey as a couple, we suggest that you read each chapter alone as individuals. Think through the application section, jot down some notes, and decide how you personally will respond to the principle of the day. Then get together with your spouse to share with each other your insights and responses from the chapter. If you are taking this journey alone, don’t skip the application section. Work through the questions and exercises as they apply to you, even if you can’t share them with your spouse right now. If the opportunity arises to share with your partner from what you’re reading, make sure it’s about what God is doing in you, not what you think your

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