From Anger to Intimacy How Forgiveness Can Transform Your Marriage

by Smalley, Gary; Cunningham, Ted

• ISBN13: 9780830746767
• ISBN10: 0830746765
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-02
• Publisher: Regal

Summary

Did you know that spiritual, emotional, physical and relational exhaustion lead to, ANGER? And unresolved anger leads to sin. All couples deal with anger and how they respond (stuff it, spew it or study it), can make all the difference in their relationship and in their lives. In From Anger to Intimacy, Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham explore this often maligned and God-given emotion that unless dealt with can strip us of everything we love. Now couples can learn the skills to: resolve conflict, hurt and pain in a healthy way, master their internal buttons so as to overcome feelings of anger, frustration and rage, use five specific tactics to deal with anger and rage when they rear their ugly heads, walk in the freedom God intends by learning the three essentials of forgiveness and five keys to nurturing a forgiving spirit, craft the perfect apology, remove the roadblocks to forgiveness once and for all, break sexual addiction and heal after an affair, and find answers to big questions about anger and forgiveness in their marriage.

Author Biography

GARY SMALLEYis president and founder of the Smalley Relationship Center, which presents conferences nationwide and provides resources for families and family churches. Combined, his books have sold over six million copies. The Blessing and The Two Sides of Love won the Gold Medallion Award for excellence in literature, and The Language of Love won the Angel Award for best contribution to family life. Gary has been a guest on numerous national TV shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live and NBC\u2019s The Today Show. TED CUNNINGHAM is the founding pastor of Woodland Hills Community Church in Branson, Missouri. Woodland Hills was planted in 2002 and received a Purpose Driven Church Health Award in 2006. Ted is a speaker with the Smalley Relationship Center on college campuses, at marriage retreats and at conferences all around the country, encouraging couples with biblical teaching. He is a graduate of Liberty University and Dallas Theological Seminary. Married for ten years to his wife Amy, they have two wonderful children, Corynn and Carson.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
You Don't Have to Live that Way Anymore	p. 11
Recognize: Identifying Where Anger Appears	p. 23
Halt: Breaking the Cycle of Anger	p. 57
Own: Taking Responsibility	p. 81
Nurture: Caring for Your Emotions	p. 113
Liberate: Embracing the Spirit of Forgiveness	p. 135
Deliver: Crafting the Perfect Apology	p. 157
Relent: Overturning Roadblocks to Forgiveness	p. 179
Commit: Forgiving a Difficult Spouse	p. 199
Renew: Recovering from an Affair or Sexual Addiction	p. 221
Remain: Maintaining Forgiveness in a Marriage	p. 245
Answers to the Biggies	p. 265
Meditations for Forgiveness	p. 279
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