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Connecting as a Couple The benefits of Small Group...
•Accountability —Truth Tellers
•Provides a place of openness, sharing, and safety
•Stretches you out of your comfort zone
•Provides friends to walk beside you during tough times
•Small Group provides mentoring relationships
•People to pray for you
Copyright © 2004 by Jim & Sheri Mueller, Growthtrac.
Developing Intimacy: Setting Goals ...
•What would enhance our marriage relationship?
•What would each of us like to see happen in our marriage?
•What are the kinds of activities that would keep our marriage
alive?
•Would a daily sharing time enhance our relationship?
•How often would we like to go out for dinner?
•How often would we like to experience sexual intercourse?
•How often would we like to go on a weekend trip or take
walks in the park?
Excerpted from Covenant Marriage by Gary Chapman. Copyright
© 2003 by Gary D. Chapman Published by Broadman & Holman
Publishers
What Good Friends Do
•Show concern for each others' happiness
•Look forward to spending time together
•Celebrate their joys and weep with their sorrows
•Grant space if the other needs it
•Know one another's weaknesses and don't point them out
•Praise one another's strengths
•Share their hearts with honesty and sensitivity
•Demonstrate trustworthiness
•Believe the best in each other
•Pray regularly for their friends and family
The Fourth Collection Copyright © 2002 by Alice Gray, Steve
Stephens, John Van Diest Published by Multnomah Publishers,
Inc. Used with permission.
The Five Worst Times to try to Resolve Conflict
•Just before sleep
•Just before intimacy
•On the way to church
•When you're leaving for work
•When you've just stepped in the door Get the Book!
Adapted from Fight Fair by Tim and Joy Downs, Copyright ©
2003 Tim and Joy Downs, published by Moody Press. Used with
permission.
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