Publisher's Synopsis
Do you want lasting companionship for your marriage? Turn hopelessness and frustration into certainty and fulfillment, and discover the score God has written so that your marriage will not be diminished by time or circumstance! Nashville-based performing songwriters Bob and Evy Smith offer key biblical principles that will keep the music playing in your marriage!
Download original songs for free (www.themusicofmarriage.com) and upload these themes to your marriage: Encounter the Divine Melody, Develop Relational Dynamics, Find the Rhythm of Love, Resolve Marital Dissonance, and Discover Harmonic Companionship.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Prelude
PART I. BALLAD FOR A BROKEN WORLD
1. A Cultural Lament
2. Conformity Vs. Transformation
PART II. THE DIVINE MELODY
3. There Is A Love
4. The Present Tied to the Future
PART III. HARMONIC COMPANIONSHIP
5. The Friendship Connection
6. A Covenant Of Companionship
7. Oneness
8. Deception of the Private Sphere
PART IV. RELATIONAL DYNAMICS
9. Anything More Than You
10. Marriage As A Conversation
11. Grace Space
12. The Divine Role Call
PART V. RESOLVING MARITAL DISSONANCE
13. A Brand New Love Song
14. Strategies for Resolving Conflict in Marriage
15. The Conflict Resolution Continuum
16. Demolishing Strongholds
17. Vanquished Hope & Restoration
PART VI. THE RHYTHM OF LOVE
18. Love's The Little Things
19. Manners
20. Spheres of Love
21. Speaking The Truth In Love
PART VII. HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?
22. Reflections
23. The Ripple Effect
24. Write the Music of Your Marriage
Postlude
Foot Notes
Endorsements
