Couples' Devotional Bible : For Engaged and Newly Married Couples

by Marriage Partnership, CTi

• ISBN13: 9780310911210
• ISBN10: 0310911214
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

If you're newly married or are contemplating marriage, the best-selling NIV Couples' Devotional Bible is for you. Whether you use it together as a couple or as individuals, this Bible will draw you closer to God and to each other. Each weekday you'll read a brief devotional message and a nearby Scripture passage. At the bottom of the devotion, you'll find "Marriage Builder" questions for discussion or personal evaluation. At the end of the week, you'll find "Weekending," which combines a short, reflective devotion with Scripture readings for Saturday and Sunday. The NIV Couples' Devotional Bible contains 52 weeks of devotions--an entire year to help you start your marriage off right. This Bible draws on the experiences and insights of over 140 contributors from all wages and walks of life. You'll read from the writings of marriage and family experts such as Jim and Sally Conway, Gary Smalley, Lewis Smedes, and the staff of Marriage Partnership magazine. You'll also enjoy the writings of Frederick Buechner, Charles Colson, Bill and Gloria Gaither, Ruth Bell Graham, Charles Swindoll, Joni Eareckson Tada, Philip Yancey and many others. The topics are as broad and important as marriage itself. Communication. Work. Sex. In-laws. Decision-making. Money. Spiritual growth. Friends. You'll find them here, together with the complete text of the New International Version, today's best-selling modern translation, known for its accuracy and readability. Now revised to reflect the realities of relationships today, the NIV Couples' Devotional Bible is a Bible for, by and about today's couple. A Bible for you.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vi
Preface to The New International Version	p. viii
The Old Testament
Genesis	p. 1
Exodus	p. 58
Leviticus	p. 101
Numbers	p. 132
Deuteronomy	p. 175
Joshua	p. 214
Judges	p. 238
Ruth	p. 263
1 Samuel	p. 269
2 Samuel	p. 302
1 Kings	p. 331
2 Kings	p. 364
1 Chronicles	p. 395
2 Chronicles	p. 430
Ezra	p. 467
Nehemiah	p. 480
Esther	p. 497
Job	p. 506
Psalms	p. 544
Proverbs	p. 648
Ecclesiastes	p. 695
Song of Songs	p. 710
Isaiah	p. 720
Jeremiah	p. 797
Lamentations	p. 866
Ezekiel	p. 875
Daniel	p. 926
Hosea	p. 944
Joel	p. 958
Amos	p. 964
Obadiah	p. 973
Jonah	p. 977
Micah	p. 981
Nahum	p. 989
Habakkuk	p. 993
Zephaniah	p. 999
Haggai	p. 1005
Zechariah	p. 1008
Malachi	p. 1018
The New Testament
Matthew	p. 1027
Mark	p. 1071
Luke	p. 1098
John	p. 1145
Acts	p. 1179
Romans	p. 1220
1 Corinthians	p. 1242
2 Corinthians	p. 1266
Galatians	p. 1281
Ephesians	p. 1289
Philippians	p. 1300
Colossians	p. 1309
1 Thessalonians	p. 1316
2 Thessalonians	p. 1323
1 Timothy	p. 1329
2 Timothy	p. 1340
Titus	p. 1346
Philemon	p. 1350
Hebrews	p. 1353
James	p. 1370
1 Peter	p. 1378
2 Peter	p. 1388
1 John	p. 1393
2 John	p. 1401
3 John	p. 1403
Jude	p. 1405
Revelation	p. 1408
Table of Weights and Measures	p. 1427
Acknowledgments Index	p. 1429
Reading Plan	p. 1439
Author Biographies	p. 1443
Subject Index	p. 1453
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