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    GPS to a Joyful Marriage
    GPS to a Joyful Marriage
    GPS to a Joyful Marriage
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    GPS to a Joyful Marriage

    By Sandee Lester

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    We all go through a fiery time at some point in our marriage that will either make or break the relationship. GPS to a Joyful Marriage gives you the necessary tools to direct you through those times and essential maintenance to keep your love alive.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossLink Publishing
    Release dateMay 22, 2015
    ISBN9781633570344
    GPS to a Joyful Marriage
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    Sandee Lester

    Sandee Lester has shared a marriage ministry with her husband for over twenty years. She speaks to women's groups and writes a weekly blogpost on marriage. Sandee is also the author of "When Superheroes Fall" - the story of how God saved her and her marriage.

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      GPS to a Joyful Marriage - Sandee Lester

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to my Superman (my husband Rick). Thank you for all the years we’ve spent studying, researching, counseling,  teaching  classes,  and  holding  seminars in order to share with other couples the necessary tools for a successful marriage. This book is an inspired collection of all that energy. I adore you, Superman.

      I’d also like to thank God for saving our marriage from a desolate time and for giving us both the passion to embark on this wonderful journey to help other couples.

      PREFACE

      Remember the excitement you felt when you and your spouse first met? You could hardly wait until your next moment together. You talked for hours on the phone, hesitating to end the call, even at 4:00 a.m. when you had to get up for work in a couple of hours. Your heart skipped a beat when he or she walked through the door. You thought of nothing else but him or her. A soft kiss on the lips from your true love sent chills down your spine. Planning and thinking about the day you would wed consumed you. The idea of happily ever after seemed completely real to you. You imagined nothing less.

      What happened? How did it all change once you got married? (If this hasn’t changed for you, count your blessings.) You probably started out in love and adoration with every intention of spending the rest of your lives together, never losing that romantic love. Then, through everyday living, you discovered imperfections in each other that were not so noticeable when you dated.

      You allowed your thoughts to run freely. You gradually began to listen to the lies of the devil planted in your mind to break up your marriage. (The devil is out to destroy marriages in our society—believe it.) Your spouse’s imperfections invaded your thoughts. You listened to the worldly ideas about love and marriage from your friends, coworkers, and television. You focused on yourself instead of your partner. Your thoughts turned to YOUR desires, YOUR problems, and YOUR unhappiness. The lies of the devil became truth to you.

      ALL couples go through a make or break stage that is necessary to refine and develop a relationship. It is a rite of passage—a path to a healthier marriage relationship. How we handle this delicate period determines if the marriage will end in divorce or continue and strengthen.

      Unfortunately, in these days of instant gratification, only 50 percent choose to weather the challenges a married couple face during this stage. Not to mention that we live in a society encouraging divorce at the first sign of trouble. Many walk out the door the moment the going gets tough.

      The number of couples electing to live together without taking wedding vows continues to increase. Many fear the commitment of marriage and the probability of divorce that follows. Their chances of a lifelong relationship are even less than those who marry.

      If you hang in there and learn from your mistakes, you will reap great benefits, rewards, and blessings. You will experience a healthier marriage relationship and a healthier family, a wonderful gift to pass on to your children. You will fall in love all over again.

      Why are we so blinded to the complexity of marriage when we recite our wedding vows? Stricken by love, romance, and the preparations for a wedding, we do not pay attention to welldoers who offer their advice. We ignore talk of the realities of marriage for fear it will overtake our wedded bliss. Who wants to hear anything negative at a time like this? We don’t want to believe it. We think, It won’t happen to us; we’re different. We don’t need premarital counseling!

      When we’re young, we don’t completely understand the vast differences between males and females. We are not taught how to relate properly to the opposite sex. We look to our parents, our friends, and television for guidance as our main role models. While dating, before marriage, we’re on our best behavior.

      Sadly, so many of us now are from broken homes that it’s no surprise healthy relationships are foreign to us. We don’t know what true love is. Combine that with the influence of the world in our lives, and it’s no wonder our marriages are geared to fail.

      If you are married or thinking about getting married, you will probably need a book like this at some point in your marriage. Maybe you aren’t at a crisis stage and want to learn how to navigate through the difficult times. Maybe you’re ready to walk out the door.

      Please take some time to read this book and begin to heal your marriage and gain some valuable insight to maintain and strengthen it. By applying the suggestions in this book with biblical truths, you  will see amazing changes in your relationship. This information will maintain your marriage for a lifetime while providing you great joy and peace.

      Note: This book generalizes how MOST men and women operate. There are always exceptions to the rule. You and your spouse may have reversed roles. Apply this information as needed.

      INTRODUCTION

      You would never think of buying a new car without considering all the care required to prolong its life. You must add gasoline, check the oil, add air to the tires, rotate the tires, change your brake pads, give it a tune up—to name a few. An owner’s manual inhabits the glove compartment of most cars, supplying necessary details for proper maintenance. Nurturing your automobile is crucial in obtaining the maximum performance and getting the most mileage out of it. Neglecting it will cause a car to stop running and eventually die long before it should.

      Our marriage is much like a car. You cannot jump in and expect it to run smoothly without any maintenance. It needs to be continuously tuned up with routine adjustments for superior functioning. A marriage will die with neglect. Fortunately, there is an owner’s manual for marriages. It’s called the Bible.

      This book is the conglomeration of what my husband Rick and I have determined—after over twenty years in marriage ministry—to be the most important keys for proper maintenance of a joyful, healthy marriage. We’ve narrowed them down to four areas and given them the acronym CLIP to make them easier to remember.

      C - Communication

      L - Love

      I - Intimacy

      P - Priorities

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      If you apply these CLIPs to your marriage, you will discover a maintenance routine that will bring you great joy and peace. These CLIPs have all been carefully aligned with our marriage manual, the Bible.

      While all the information in this book is crucial for a healthy marriage, it may be overwhelming at first and require some practice. To give you a place to start, the first chapter begins with GPS directions. GPS stands for three actions that are necessary to implement a joyful marriage immediately. Begin to make them a habit and the CLIP topics will naturally fall in place.

      We pray that these keys will keep the engine running smoothly in your marriage and supply it with the proper maintenance to last a lifetime!

      G stands for God; Get with Him—put Him first—turn your marriage over to Him.

      Pstands for Pray and Praise; Get to it—pray with your spouse every day—praise him or her.

      Sstands for Self; Get rid of it—stay selfless—always put your spouse’s needs ahead of your SELF.

      Chapter One

      GPS – DIRECTIONS FOR YOUR JOURNEY

      The G in GPS

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      God saved my marriage. I could

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