Too often, when a life crisis hits, a marriage suffers–even a healthy one–and all the personality profiles and couples’ therapy in the world won’t keep your marriage from experiencing the tough stuff. So how do you and your spouse face the stresses put on your marriage and not only stay together but come out on the other side even more loving and committed?In Staying Power, two longtime couples … two longtime couples offer insights, skills, and clear direction so that you can respond to trials in a way that strengthens rather than weakens your marriage. They show you how to
– handle anger creatively, forgive freely, and persevere together
– nurture one another in powerful ways
– learn new techniques for connecting both verbally and nonverbally in the midst of crisis
– and much more
Don’t let financial trouble, infertility, health challenges, parenting cares, addiction of a loved one, or heartbreaking loss destroy your marriage. Instead, learn how through your strong relationship you can overcome all of life’s curveballs–together.
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Staying Power is written by Carol , Gene Kent and Cindy and David Lambert. Staying Power is a nonfiction Christian book . Carol Kent is a best selling author and international speaker. She is the president and founder of Speak up Speaker and the founder and director of Speak up Conferences. She and her husband founded Speak up for Hope which is a nonprofit organization that benefits inmates and their families. Her website is http://www..CarolKent.org. She has been a radio host and is frequently asked to speak on Television broadcasts and radio shows. Cindy Lambert is a freelance writer and executive editor for Baker Books. This book is well written and gives excellent strategies to stay in your marriage through the many stresses in life. The Lambert’s and Kent’s share personal stories that tie into the chapter and strategy they and writing about. There are also personal stories of other people in each chapter. The strategies in each chapter are helpful for strengthening a marriage. The book addresses forgiveness, anger, guilt free time outs, using weakness for strength. There are excellent help sheets in the back of the book that address lots of problems like infertility, addictions, a child who is in jail, and many other issues. The cheat sheets guide people on how to walk through many difficulties and be stronger as they go through it all. The Kent’s have a son in jail . As a result, they have learned how to work together in their marriage through the daily challenges they face with a son in jail. The authors encourage the reader to use their scars for strength and a positive means in their marriage. This book is an excellent resource for pastors, counselors and for any Christian marriage. I was given this book by the publisher to read and review. The opinions are my own.
Are you married? Do you sometimes want advice on different ways to help make your marriage better? Or if you have a great marriage then do you want some advice to make sure it continues to be great? Well then “Staying Power: Building a Stronger Marriage When Life Sends Its Worst” by Carol & Gene Kent and Cindy & David Lambert is a good book to get in order to learn techniques to use in your marriage. I like that they tell stories about how people handled different things in their marriage whether it was a good way or not. As with any “self-help” book, I do think that there will be things that you do not agree with or that does not work for you, but that does not make the entire book bad or useless. I think that we can take something from it that will better not only ourselves but our marriages.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in order to give an honest review.