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Building a Marriage That Really Works (40-Minute Bible Studies)

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This Bible study is life changing. There are many books offering marriage advice, but to know what the Word has to say is the BEST advice. I have changed my views about what marriage means and by having God's view, my marriage has improved radically. I now understand what it means to be "one flesh" with my husband and just to think of my marriage and others in that way changes the way I act towards my husband and other wives and husbands. Just like Kay gave the example of how the word cleave is the Hebrew noun form of glue and if you glue two sheets of construction paper together that you can't have a clean break. This visual image has stayed with me and when I think negatively about my man, I just remember that even though I may be upset in the moment, I do not what to be ripped apart from him. I choose to cleave to him. Kay addresses such important topics and I recommend this study for a marriage that is just starting out to the one that someone is thinking of walking out.

My husband and I started doing Bible study at home, this was the first book we got. We wanted to learn more about our marriage as well as learning more about God's way and becoming closer to Him. This book is WAY too repetitive for me, it seems that some of the weeks are repeated later, and mainly things that you have learned from the time you were younger, like Adam and Eve and how the woman should be at home and the man at work.. I am 29 and hubby is 39 and we have been married going on 8 years. If I am ever asked this will not be a recommended reading. We are trying Gary Chapman next. We aren't having huge issues, but there are always issues in anything in life, and we want to learn to cope with them better and communicate with one another better.

Yet another "bible study" that purports to tell us how to build good marriages but doesn't live up to its promise. Repetitive, boring, fill-in-the-blank type lessons may be good for the very young or those not familiar with the bible. Also, be warned that this book preaches the traditional "wives obey husbands" jargon that marginalizes and minimizes women.