The 4 Seasons of Marriage: Secrets to a Lasting Marriage Paperback – Unabridged, September 1, 2012

Excellent source of practical/biblical guidance for making your marriage great.

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April 11, 2016

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Using the book for a small group/Sunday School class. "Seasons" will help you identify and give a name to how you're experiencing your marriage, with practical tips for helping to move you to the Spring or Summer of marriage. Winter=cold and harsh; Spring=new beginnings coupled with hope and excitement for the future; Summer=warmth and comfort within a life-filled relationship; Fall=the sense that things are dying between the two of you.

Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, provides seven strategies for bringing life to a dormant or (seemingly) dead relationship. We're in just week two of our study and couples are already responding positively based on the book's content.

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A Lifetime Of Good Marital Advice In One Small Package

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Jerry A. Novick

March 17, 2015

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Chapman's books are always an easy read, but they end up being kind of hard on the emotions! And that's a good thing, because while you can bite into his books like they are soft butter, your heart and mind are given a juicy steak's worth of personal insight and practical advice. The 4 Seasons of Marriage is thus a meal worth eating, especially if you are tired of your marriage moving in an endless cycle from good to bad to okay to so-so to horrid and back again.

The only knock I have on the book is that it gets repetitive. It's a short book that could have actually been shorter.

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Great book of the different stages of Love

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MelissaMM

April 23, 2018

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Another good marriage book by Gary Chapman. Easy to read and understand. A nice reference book for marriages. It covers four stages a marriage can fall into: Spring (beginning exciting stages of love), Summer (pleasant, strong, committed, enjoyable stages of love), Fall (a few rough patches, strong winds and storms- if not careful, could head into difficult stages of love), winter (cold, harsh, dangerous stage of marriage). He covers what the stages are, how to get into a better stage, how to avoid the bad stages.
A great book, but I think the Five Love Languages are more helpful.

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March 20, 2018

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Lots and lots of stories to make simple, but helpful points. Sometimes stories of other people's experience is helpful, but this book
just has story on top of story...... I was frustrated reading it but it was a little helpful. The book really could have been a pamphlet.

Decent book that makes you reflect

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AltarEgo23

November 23, 2017

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Chapman does it again with another text that forces you to REALLY examine your marriage. It's a good, tough read on that it isn't the usual fare in Christian marriage enrichment. The seasons of marriage are broken down and thoroughly explained. There are several key chapters on strategies to implement.

It may help you like it helped me

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Cinnamon

January 6, 2018

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I got this book and it really has changed my marriage! If you and your spouse want to save your marriage, I would say buy this book. It may help you like it helped me. Like the title says there are 4 seasons in a marriage, why stay in the dead of winter if you don't have too! I will be buying this book for new married couples too.

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May 29, 2016

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The Four Seasons of Marriage by Gary Chapman is an excellent book on marriage. He describes the characteristics of the four seasons of marriage, along with time-tested tips for moving from negative to positive seasons. At the end of the book is a group study guide with private discussion ideas for couples, as well as date ideas, conservation starters, and prayers. This is an exceptional book!

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