Love, Honor & Forgive: A Guide for Married Couples

How can you stay in love with your spouse?Practice forgiveness. It's that simple. But it's also really difficult. Saying "I'm sorry" and meaning it may be one of the biggest challenges you've ever faced. But your marriage may depend on it. Bill and Pam Farrel write from many years of experience as counselors to engaged and married couples. Over and over again, they've seen that healthy and happy couples have learned the power of forgiveness. They've been able to understand and accept God's dramatic sacrifice of forgiveness in Jesus' death on the cross. And they've been able to offer that same kind of forgiveness to each other. In Love, Honor Forgive the Farrels speak honestly about forgiveness in marriage, offering plenty of stories for thought and suggestions for action. You'll discover

• what forgiveness is and isn't
• how to find motivation to forgive when you're hurt or angry
• conversational techniques to help you ask for forgiveness
• tips for keeping the "little things" from turning into big ones
• steps to rebuilding trust with your spouse
• how to restore passion in your relationship after it's been damaged or broken
• the heavy toll bitterness takes--on you and your marriage
• how to forgive even when your spouse doesn't want forgiveness

The Farrels offer honest, practical and motivating counsel to help you restore or grow the love in your marriage. Asking and offering forgiveness is at the center. It is possible. And here's how.

Author: Bill Farrel, Pam Farrel
Publisher: IVP
Published: 01/12/2000
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.52w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780830822270

About the Author

Bill Farrel is Pastor to Small Groups at Shadow Mountain Community Church. Bill is co-director (with his wife and another IVP author, Pam) of Masterful Living, a relationships ministry. Bill is the co-author of Devotions for Men on the Go! (with Steve Arterburn) and Men are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti (with Pam Farrel, Harvest House). He is also the author of Let Her Know You Love Her: 100 Ways to Make Your Wife's Day, a guy's guide to romance. Farrel has worked as a senior pastor, youth pastor, radio speaker, public speaker and writer.

Pam Farrel, a speaker and author, is co-founder with her husband Bill of Masterful Living, an organization that helps couples build successful relationships. Together Pam and Bill authored the bestselling book Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti (Harvest House). Pam is also the author of Woman of Influence: Ten Traits of Those Who Want to Make a Difference (IVP), The Treasure of Your Child (Harvest House), Got Teens? Tried Tips for Raising Tweens, Teens and Beyond (Harvest House), Devotions for Women on the Go! (with Steve Aurterburn), and articles in magazines and newspapers. Farrel has also worked as a director of women's ministries, youth leader and conference speaker.