IMARRIAGE STUDY GUIDE(ISBN=) 英文原版

Giddy with excitement and burning with love’s fire, engaged couples
are filled with desires and expectations! Wonder and eager
anticipation propel them forward. Then comes the marriage and if
they take the wrong approach, those unrealized expectations and
unmet wants can turn a life-giving covenant relationship into a
dead-end contractual agreement. Suddenly your marriage has no love,
joy, or peace. In this marriage-makeover DVD and study guide from
Northpoint Resources, Andy Stanley ’s three key teachings help you
transform your expectations and examine the “I’s” of marriage:
“Keeping My ‘I’ On You,” “Putting Your ‘I’ Out,” and “It Takes
Three.” Broken into six DVD sessions with discussion questions,
this is one lesson your marriage won’t survive without.

Until Expectations Do Us Part

Standing at the altar we all had a picture of what our marriage
would look like. The problem is this picture of marriage ends up as
expectations that we unload on our spouse. The weight of these
expectations will rob your marriage of love and joy. As a spouse
you never feel like you measure up and you never feel like you are
good enough.

So what are you to do with your expectations? You can’t deny them
because most expectations started out as God-given desires. In this
six-session companion study guide to the DVD, Andy Stanley explains
that you must instead learn to transform your expectations and look
to God if you are to experience marriage as it was designed.

This study guide is complete with a leader’s guide and six lessons
including conversation-starting exercises, discussion questions and
application steps.

Story Behind the Book

Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of three North Point Ministries
campuses, with a cumulative congregation of more than twenty
thousand. As couples voiced their various marital struggles to him,
the common root problem became undeniably clear. The “me” syndrome,
or the “I” effect, was tearing apart husbands and wives who were
once head-over-heels in love. To help couples step back from their
immediate circumstances and realize the bigger picture, he preached
a series called “iMarriage.” This DVD and study guide will empower
couples everywhere to transform their marriages into the one God
intends for them.