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    Love, Work, and a Fruitful Marriage
    Love, Work, and a Fruitful Marriage
    Love, Work, and a Fruitful Marriage
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    Love, Work, and a Fruitful Marriage

    By P. Gibbs

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    Building a strong, healthy, and loving relationship in todays world can be challenging. The good news is that it is not impossible. In her inspirational guidebook, author P. Gibbs shares a step-by-step process that helps both men and women build stronger selves with a foundation in Christ that, in turn, can lead to stronger relationships and marriages.

    Gibbs relies on her personal and spiritual experiences as well as Gods Word to outline a journey of self discovery. Through her Christian-based road map, Gibbs encourages men and women to shun negative thoughts and behaviors, establish and follow values, and forgive past hurts in their own lives before building a fruitful relationship or marriage. She traces her process to achieving healthy, spiritual relationships and shares accompanying anecdotes, scriptures, and thought-provoking questions. She provides practical tips and insight for those seeking a partner who will not only love them wholly, but also make them a better person.

    Love, Work, and a Fruitful Marriage     offers inspirational advice on how to build strong frameworks within ourselves and our relationships through faith, perseverance, and Gods grace and love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateApr 16, 2014
    ISBN9781491727652
    Love, Work, and a Fruitful Marriage
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    P. Gibbs

    P. Gibbs holds associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in psychology. She has served for more than ten years in the US Army, where she currently works as an office manager. Gibbs currently lives in Alabama.

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      Love, Work, and a Fruitful Marriage - P. Gibbs

      Copyright © 2014 P. Gibbs.

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      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4917-2764-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4917-2765-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014904831

      iUniverse rev. date: 03/20/2014

      CONTENTS

      Preface

      PART I Self-Transformation

      1.   Who Are You?

      2.   Values

      3.   Forgiving Those Who Hurt You

      PART II God’s Great Design for Marriage

      4.   In the Beginning

      5.   Intent and Purpose

      6.   Searching or Following

      PART III Work

      7.   Commitment

      8.   Love and Being Submissive

      9.   Complacency

      Appendix A—The Yoke

      Appendix B—Role vs. Position

      Endnotes

      PREFACE

      Despite your past mishaps and current situations, you have to be obedient to the Father. Sometimes you are put in or go through certain situations for a purpose. Although they may be shameful for you, they are just what God uses to help others and to bring you and others closer to him. It is a time for God to show his strength and his sovereignty.

      I do not write this book out of vast knowledge and research, although I do have a bachelor’s degree in psychology. I write these words out of obedience to my Father, my Lord, Savior, and King. This may not be a best seller, but I am a firm believer that his Word will do what it is intended to do and will not come back to him void.

      This book is not a book of advice; it is a book of biblical concepts and insights into spiritually based marriages and relationships. I would like to thank my best friend and mentor for the encouragement that he provided. I would also like to thank all my friends and family for their dedication and support. I dedicate this book to my God, who gave me words to write and the strength to write them. I also dedicate this book to the one whom God intended. May God bless you and keep you! Note: Scriptures written are from the King James Version of the Holy Bible except where noted.

      PART I

      Self-Transformation

      1

      Who Are You?

      A strong foundation is a good basis for a healthy relationship. A strong foundation begins with you. A person who is emotionally and mentally healthy has a better chance at a healthier and more fulfilling relationship due to having a stronger foundation. When you are more established as an individual, you will be able to know what you want from your partner, what you are willing to deal with from your partner, and what you truly have to offer.

      We are known as the microwave generation—we want everything now and have no patience. I know this may seem weird to many people, but in today’s world, children grow up so quickly. In addition, society and peers shape how children and adults think and behave. Society has a strong influence on individuals, and I have observed many people, young and old, who do not know who they are. Because people grow up fast under the strong influence of society, some adults and parents do not know who they really are or what they really want in life. When you love someone or something, you know everything about that person or that thing. Therefore, when you lack this knowledge about yourself, in reality you are saying that you do not love yourself. Moreover, because parents and adults lack this knowledge, they fail to teach their children how to love themselves, which creates a continuous cycle. I believe this is partially why the divorce rates are so high in the United States.

      To help create a strong foundation and stop this vicious cycle, we as a people and as individuals need to be transformed. A transformation is discovery plus change. A person must discover who he or she is and make changes to become the person he or she wants or needs to

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