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Life-Changing! Soul-Searching! A Doldrums Buster for Any Marriage!!!, February 20, 2011
This review is from: Winning Him Without Words: 10 Keys to Thriving in Your Spiritually Mismatched Marriage (Paperback)
"We are ordinary women and ordinary wives just like you. And, just like you, we believe that Jesus is the Son of God and our redeemer. OUR HUSBANDS DO NOT."
With that sentence, Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller hooked me on an exciting new read, one that had me examining--and improving--my marriage, though I'm in a thriving believers' union. Did you hear that? THIS BOOK WILL improve your marriage...whether your husband presently believes or not.
In concise yet poignant prose, Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller have written a book to yank you from the doldrums of a mismatched marriage...or a marriage that needs the Living Water of Jesus Christ.
Would you rather thrist and claw in the sand land of he said, he won't, he can't that marriage often becomes? If so, DON'T read "Winning Him Without Words!"
Armed with the Living Water, Christ Jesus, the Great Counselor, The Holy Spirit, and God's scriptural sword, Donovan and Miller trumpet you to victory through a part how-to guide, part Bible study, part fascinating memoir of their own unique faith journeys. In fact, Lynn and Dineen share from desert times so you can drink deep from the oasis that God intended marriage to be.
Ten thought-provoking chapters probe at marital battlefields and answer those questions you were afraid to ask, then ask you the questions you really need to answer. I LOVED this discovery aspect and chapter-ending prayer of commitment.
It's not often I put down novels or research material to venture into personal growth or women's issue books, but this is one venture that was well worth every minute!
I do have one suggestion: I would purchase the paperback version rather than the Kindle (learn from my mistake, okay?) The resource materials, chapter-ending questions, and the study group nature can be more easily shared and set near your prayer chair. Believe me, you'll be flipping back through THIS book time and time again.
GET READY for an extraordinary trek, folks! May this only be the beginning of a great ministry!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Not Just Another Christian Self-Help Book, April 3, 2011
This review is from: Winning Him Without Words: 10 Keys to Thriving in Your Spiritually Mismatched Marriage (Paperback)
Unequally yoked marriages are something all counselors encounter in session. We are trained to bring up the "hot button" issues like children, finances, and faith during premarital counseling because differences in key areas like these can lead to marital disharmony. In essence, therapists operate on the assumption that it's better to know ahead of time if you and your partner don't see eye-to-eye, so you can get a head start on resolving the issues instead of being blindsided by them later.
But what if faith wasn't an issue when you first married? What if you came to a saving knowledge later in life and your spouse didn't? Or what if you shunned your faith values for a period, got married, and then came back to your faith?
Authors Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller wrote their book Winning Him Without Words in an attempt to answer questions just like these, because they found themselves in the scenarios mentioned above.
Both authors are so candid throughout the book that I never felt like this was just another Christian self-help book. These are real women, struggling with real issues, who don't claim to have all the answers. They do, however, claim to know the One who does. Despite years or praying for their husband's salvation, both Lynn and Dineen found certain principles to help their marriage thrive instead of wither and die.
As a counselor, I wanted to take note of the 10 keys that helped them, and I'm so glad I did, because now I have a book to whole-heartedly recommend to clients facing similar life circumstances. Women everywhere will be able to relate to the yearning both women disclose they have for their husbands to accept Christ, because if we haven't prayed for our husband's salvation, then we've prayed for a change in our husband's attitudes or actions. All married women feel alone in their marriage at some point, and these principles Lynn and Dineen offer are solid ways to bring about real connection.
In fact, one of the keys presented was to Stay Connected. In order to do this, Lynn joined a fantasy football league with her husband, even though she knew nothing about football. Dineen started playing disc golf. Yes, it required sacrifice of time and maybe even some of their own desires, but both marriages enriched from it. This is a great takeaway for women everywhere.
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Encouragement shared from the heart, February 12, 2011
This review is from: Winning Him Without Words: 10 Keys to Thriving in Your Spiritually Mismatched Marriage (Paperback)
Donovan's/Miller's book "Winning Him Without Words" is an encouraging book that will help not only unequally yoked couples, but all couples. The book is written from the heart, which you can feel in every word. God is in the center of the authors' marriages and they trust God for their husbands salvation. Donovan and Miller not only talk the talk, they walk it in obedience to God.
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