The Seasons of Marriage Marriage life has different seasons. It doesnt matter whether you are a newlywed or have been married for years, there will definitely be times in your marriage relationship when you feel frustrated, sad, angry, irritated, or confused. On the hand, there will also be times in your marriage when you feel completely in love, bonded, connected, secure, and happy. Moments of thoughtfulness, playfulness, exploration, discovery, and quiet time together can make you feel like you are living in your own world. There is nothing good than feeling loved, like everything in your relationship is just connecting. In marriage, there are two big categories of seasons namely: internal and external. External marital seasons are those difficult situations, matters and issues of which we have absolutely no control. Internal marital problems are issues that develop from within the marriage over which both spouses have control. A successful couple understand that in order to maintain happiness and balance in their marriage, they must learn how to change their gears. When complications arise, these couples communicate, take the risk to express their feelings, listen to one another, and work TOGETHER to create a solution. Marriage is a journey with different seasons as you travel. Remember that every season is a unique adventure. Live and enjoy the season you are in and enjoy the benedictions through: Better communication More quality time together Affair preventions Lowered odds for divorce Reactivated sex life Flexibility to succeed despite conflicting differences. Finally, good and bad seasons are natural in marriage, everyone knows that. Sometimes everything is working right for you. Sometimes your marriage is facing trials, hardships and challenges. Sometimes everything seems stagnant and frozen. You must know that you can't fast-forward, rewind, or skip reasons. No season is for no reason. God brings us through every season for divine reason. The beauty of marriage is in facing the changes together as a team.

There is something different about this book. Many couples are confused about how to find the will of God for their lives, marriages and families. Do you desire for more intimacy and passionate linking? Do you miss the feeling of togetherness that you and your spouse felt when you first met? As a couple, is it a problem for you to communicate openly? Are you scared that being honest will hurt each other’s feelings? Maybe you are feeling discouraged by stubborn arguments over apparently irrelevant issues. Alternatively, perhaps you have begun to feel like you have “fallen out of love”. Do you want to have more sex or less sex than your spouse does? If you have had an affair, or if you have been hurt by your spouse’s infidelity, you might be feeling uncertain if, and how, you can settle your feelings, and be able to relink and connect. Remember, you are the person to initiate that, take heart. Unless you learn to identify broken and missing links that disengage you from your marriage and family, you will continue to live in a relationship of finishing life together because of the children you have. In order for strong intimacy and deep connection to take place, forget about the lies of the devil, false messages and cracks around your heart. This is the foundation of rediscovering the joy of a broken heart in your life, marriage and family. A Pure and Forgiving Heart will Restore the Joy of your Broken and Missing Links to cover your physical, intellectual, spiritual and emotional aspect of your life.

BECOMING A MAN OF FAITH WITH DESTINY Becoming a man of Faith with Destiny has been written by a woman especially for men who want to make the most of their time with God. The chapters of the book focus on the presence of God in their lives, refresh, reassure, empower, enrich and encourage a deeper level of Christian Faith. God is near to all those who seek Him. Enjoy shelter, protection, peace, and joy as you Lead your Teenager Son to Manhood. The heartbeat of this book is wrapped in changing your mindset, do battle, and start winning. You will learn how to use the Word of God, how to love your wife in a way that is meaningful to her and for singles, you will learn to be faithful to your wife before you meet her. You will stop giving ground to the enemy, believing the lies of the enemy, and become the man of Faith God is calling you to be. Begin to walk in integrity, humility, holiness, and honour.

You are not reading this book by accident; God wants YOU to be a woman of faith! A woman of faith has the following characteristics: • a Godly Spirit, she has made Jesus Lord in her heart, home, and habits; • a Generous Spirit, she uses her talents and time to take care of the needs of her family and others. • a Gentle Spirit, she is careful of what she does, she is cautious of what she says, and she is observant to think about the feelings of others. Does these words describe you? Or do they sound like impossible dreams? Your life can be all these things, and more, when you know how to fully engage your heart with positive thinking before it engages you! Life not often turns out the way you have planned. An unexpected diagnosis, an unexpected job loss, a surprise relationship disintegration, an accident and all kinds of trials and tribulations can come into your life at any time and crush your best plans apart. When that happens, you have a choice in life. You can allow your situation to destroy your life and try to endure in a depressed condition. Or, you can decide to rise above your challenges so that you can succeed regardless of them. After reading “Becoming a Woman of Faith in Season and out of season”, you will know how to reconnect with your desire to live a rewarding wholeheartedly and experience a fully engaged personal, marriage and family life. Throughout this book, my goal is to help you understand your heart, value it, engage it before it engages you, take care of it, and use it to bless your marriage, family, children and women at large. Specifically, I will help you: • Understand the purpose of your existence, who you are and what is it that you want from life • Unblock your heart so that you can rearrange it in life, in your marriage , in your family, with other women; and • Unleash your heart to empower yourself, spouse and children to live the life which pleases God wholeheartedly Whatever the details of your story, your past is history and you are reading this book because you want to have the best possible life, marriage and family. As you grow spiritually, remember to grow others. There is truth in the Word of God. You cannot obey the written Word without being filled with the Holy Spirit. The enemy can establish you for the reasons you don’t even know. “Have a wholehearted Faith adventure”!

THE BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS Have you ever tried picking up the broken pieces of a broken ceramic objects or glass and putting them back together? If so, wasn’t it a conscientious task? First, depending on the size of the destruction, you would probably have to search all over the place to recover the broken pieces. Then after collecting all the broken pieces, you are left with yet another formidable task of putting the broken object back to its original form. God makes broken things beautiful. Consent God to heal the wounds of your past heartbreaks and people who left and anyone who couldn’t fully love you. Allow Him teach you the lesson behind each heartbreak. Broken things are despised as meaningless, but God can take what has been broken and remake it into something better, something that He can use for His Glory. Sometimes, God just wants you to surrender. This is a key element of Faith. Surrendering is an act of strength, not weakness. Because it takes a great deal of strength and wisdom to admit that you don’t have all the answers and you can’t change your life. Broken things and broken people are the results of sin.

Joined by the Church, Sealed by a Blessing does more than help parish leaders plan excellent wedding liturgies and prepare engaged couples well. It enables parish leaders to address the challenges of increased divorce, fewer Catholic weddings, empty pews on Sundays, and the increasing number of people who choose no faith. This is the one book that will give you a comprehensive plan to address these concerns with confidence, creativity, and clarity. With over fifty years of combined hands-on experience in parish and diocesan liturgy preparation and catechumenate formation, Diana Macalintal and Nick Wagner give you more than just another marriage preparation resource. They give you a parish transformation tool.

Recalling the rich experiences from her marriage to Dr. Landrum P. Leavell II, past president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Jo Ann Paris Leavell provides a guide for Christian women, particularly ministers’ wives. She discusses such topics as family and finances, while emphasizing the importance of communication and daily worship. With optimism apparent on each page, Leavell encourages women to use their God-given gifts to shape a positive self-image and achieve their goals of spiritual growth.