Divorce Proofing Your Marriage: 10 Lies That Lead to Divorce and 10 Truths That Prevent It Strategies for a Healthy Marriage

by Mintle, Linda S.

• ISBN13: 9780884197324
• ISBN10: 0884197328
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Strang Communications Co

Summary

Contending divorce doesn't have to happen most of the time, an experience marital therapist shares the ten most common toxic attitudes that lead to divorce, and shows readers how to let go of destructive beliefs and to hold onto the biblical view of marriage.

Table of Contents

Introduction Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage
10 Lies That Lead to Divorce-
10 Truths That Will Prevent It	xi
Lies, Lies and More Lies	1	(10)
Seduced
Three Key Preconditions to Divorce-Proofing	11	(10)
Ready, Set, Go
Escape and Avoidance	21	(20)
Marriage is a contract
Marriage is a covenant designed by God
Family Matters	41	(22)
I married you, not your family!
You don't marry only your spouse-you get a package deal
Rescue Fantasies	63	(22)
I can change my spouse
You can change only your part in the dance
Dealing With Conflict	85	(24)
We are too different
Incompatibility or differences do not kill a relationship. How you work out those difference is what counts
Growing Apart	109	(26)
I've lost that loving feeling, and it's gone, gone, gone!
That loving feeling can be restored
Gender Relations	135	(20)
A more traditional marriage will save us
God's intention is gender equality
Power Outage	155	(26)
I can't change-this is who I am; take it or leave it
I can change, but it requires desire, obedience and power
Infidelity	181	(22)
There has been an affair. We need to divorce
Affairs are serious and damaging, but not beyond repair and reconciliation
Cheap Grace	203	(16)
It doesn't matter what I do; God will forgive me
Receive God's grace with a repentant heart
Nothing Is Impossible	219	(20)
It's too broken. Nothing can fix this relationship
It's never too late because nothing is impossible with God
Notes	239