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The seven conflicts : resolving the most common disagreements in marriage / Tim and Joy Downs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : Moody Press, c2003.Description: 297 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802414230
  • 9780802414236
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 241.73 DOWS 21
LOC classification:
  • BV835 .D69 2003
Contents:
1. The four stages of marital conflict -- 2. I have a dream -- 3. Security : protection and provision -- 4. Loyalty : faithfulness and priority -- 5. Responsibility : obligation and expectation -- 6. Caring : awareness and initiative -- 7. Order : structure and control -- 8. Openness : sociability and energy -- 9. Connection : communication and decision-making -- 10. What are we fighting for? -- 11. Taking the first steps -- 12. Taking the next steps -- 13. Moving toward the fence -- 14. Speaking the truth in love -- 15. Revisiting the seven conflicts ... security, loyalty, and responsibility -- 16. Revisiting the seven conflicts ... caring, order, openness, and connection -- 17. Marriage to a difficult man or woman.
Summary: Marriages are under increasing strain these days, with over half of them ending in divorce. Conflict is seen as grounds to end a marriage, rather than an opportunity to grow closer to each other and to God. The Seven Conflicts is an excellent resource for equipping couples to learn to understand the true nature of their conflicts and deal with them in a way that will actually help their marital fulfillment. Couples will learn to identify their mutual dreams, put differences into perspective, understand each other's underlying motives, and work together as partners who are more in love than ever.
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1. The four stages of marital conflict -- 2. I have a dream -- 3. Security : protection and provision -- 4. Loyalty : faithfulness and priority -- 5. Responsibility : obligation and expectation -- 6. Caring : awareness and initiative -- 7. Order : structure and control -- 8. Openness : sociability and energy -- 9. Connection : communication and decision-making -- 10. What are we fighting for? -- 11. Taking the first steps -- 12. Taking the next steps -- 13. Moving toward the fence -- 14. Speaking the truth in love -- 15. Revisiting the seven conflicts ... security, loyalty, and responsibility -- 16. Revisiting the seven conflicts ... caring, order, openness, and connection -- 17. Marriage to a difficult man or woman.

Marriages are under increasing strain these days, with over half of them ending in divorce. Conflict is seen as grounds to end a marriage, rather than an opportunity to grow closer to each other and to God. The Seven Conflicts is an excellent resource for equipping couples to learn to understand the true nature of their conflicts and deal with them in a way that will actually help their marital fulfillment. Couples will learn to identify their mutual dreams, put differences into perspective, understand each other's underlying motives, and work together as partners who are more in love than ever.

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