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Table of Contents

B oo k s by R i c k J ohn s on T itl e P age C op y r i ght P age D e d i c a ti on A ck no w l e dg e m e n t s P r a i s e I nt r oduc ti on

Men ’s Mod es

Me n’ Mode # 1 - Amor ous

H ow M e n V i e w S e x W h a t M o t i v a t e s H i m H i s N ee ds G e tt i n g a n d K ee p i n g H i s A tt e n t i on Thi ngs to Thi nk About

Me n’ s Mode # 2 - Wor k

W h y M e n W o r k A Woma n’ s Rol e

Me n’ s Mode # 3 - Pl a y

C o m p e t i t i on D r ea m s P l a y t i m e

Me n’ s Mode #4 - Sus te na nc e

F ood S h e l t e r S l ee p E m o t i o n a l S u ppo r t B a l a n c e T i m e t o H i m s e l f D o w n T i m e H un t e r- G a t h e r e r L a z y or J u s t D i ff e r e n t ? R ec h a r g e

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Me n’ s Mode # 5 - Pr otec tor

G u a r d a t t h e G a t e P hy s i ca l P r o t ec t i on E d u ca t i o n / T eac h i n g L i f e S k ill s E m o t i o n a l a n d P s y c h o l o g i ca l P r o t ec t i on W a t c h m a n on t h e W a l l G u a r d i n g V i r t u e Lea de r s hi p

Me n’ s Mode # 6 - Connec ti on w i th God

G od ’ s S ac r i f i c e A M a n ’ s S p i r i t u a li t y F a i t h W i s dom a n d K n o w l e d g e S i gn i f i ca n c e

Me n’ s Mode # 7 - Guy Ti me

F r i e n ds M e n t o r s F a t h e r s

Wo m en ’s Mood s

Wome n’ s Mood # 1 - Roma nti c

W o m e n a n d R o m a n c e S e x M ee t i n g H e r N ee ds T h e C h a s e

Wome n’ s Mood # 2 - Ne s ti ng

H e r H o m e S ec u r i t y H o m e a n d H ea r t h

Wome n’ s Mood # 3 - Pl a yful

F li r t a t i o u s a n d P l a y f u l D r ea m s

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G o a l s Fr a gil e

Wome n’ s Mood # 4 - Nur tur i ng

T e n d e r M e r c i e s W o r ds C o un t N u r t u r i n g t h e N u r t u r e r

Wome n’ s Mood # 5 - Cyc l e

M e n s t r u a l C y c l e H o r m o n e M a n i a U n e x p ec t e d B e h a v i or W h a t H e l ps

Wome n’ s Mood # 6 - Spi r i tua l

T eac h e r M e n t or F ea r s H e r F a t h e r’ s I n f l u e n c e God’ s Da ughte r

Wome n’ s Mood # 7 - Gi r l fr i e nds

S h opp i n g T a l k i n g T h e B a t h r oom

W r ap - U p N o t e s

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BecomingYour Spouse's Better Half OVJhy

DIFFERENCES

MAKE A Marriage GREAT

RICIZ JOHNSON

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a division of Baker Publishing GroupGrand Rapids, Michigan

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© 2010 by Rick Johnson

Published by Revella division of Baker Publishing Group

P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 www . r e v e ll book s . c o m

Printed in the United States of America

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is

brief quotations in printed reviews.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataJohnson, Rick, 1956-

Becoming your spouse’s better half : why differences make a marriage great / Rick Johnson. p. cm.Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8007-3250-9 (pbk.)

1. Marriage—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Sex differences—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title.BV835.J63 2010

248.8’44—dc22 2009034666

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture marked NASB is taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975,

1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scripture marked NIV is taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

Published in association with the literary agency of WordServe Literary Group, Ltd., 10152 S. Knoll Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Greg and Becky Johnson for the initial idea of and their invaluable help with this book.Also, I’d like to thank my editor Dr. Vicki Crumpton, who is (surprisingly) not tired of working with me yet. I also would like to acknowledge all the people at my publisher who work so hard behind the scenes to produce and sell my books. I truly believe God gave me the best publishing house and the best people I could ever want to work with—thank you!I’d also like to thank the many women who responded to my questionnaires while I was trying to understand how women think and what they need. (I’ve changed their names to protect their privacy.) Your patience and honesty were invaluable as I searched for a glimpse inside the complicated soul of the female gender.

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Ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense-love as distinct from "being in love"-is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God.... "Being in love" f rst moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of marriage is run: being in love was the explosion that started it.

C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity