Recent sermon topics may bring up questions or a need for additional information. We wanted to provide an opportunity to share with you resources available to help with the issues tied to marriage, divorce, and sexual sin. Please check all boxes that apply so we can reach out to assist you.
AVAILABLE RESOURCES:
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MARRIAGE/DIVORCE
Websites, Articles, & Online Resources
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: Focus on the Family offers all sorts of great resources on issues facing the family, including marriage and divorce.
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage
FAMILY LIFE: Family Life is another great online hub of resources related to marriage and family.
https://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/marriage/
Books
LOVING YOUR SPOUSE WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE WALKING AWAY, by Gary Chapman: This book helps couples deal with several specific topics including infidelity, abuse, depression, workaholism, and more.
ONE MORE TRY, by Gary Chapman: This book helps couples who are at the breaking point, or even those who have already separated. It provides an effective strategy to rebuild broken relationships.
(Order From https://www.amazon.com/One-More-Try-Marriage-Falling-ebook/dp/B00H3V4YWE)
LOVE & RESPECT, by Emerson Eggerichs: This book helps couples understand one another’s most basic needs and helps them to stop the “crazy cycle” of conflict.
(Order From https://www.amazon.com/Love-Respect-Desires-Desperately-Needs/dp/1591451876)
THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen & Alex Kendrick: This book walks through 40 days of activities and challenges to help couples reconnect and learn what it means to unconditionally love one another.
(Order From https://www.amazon.com/Love-Dare-Alex-Kendrick-ebook/dp/B076HHF88W)
THE POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE, by Stormie Omartian: This book challenges wives to pray for their husbands and trust the Lord with their marriage, even when things are hard.
(Order From https://www.amazon.com/Power-Praying%C2%AE-Wife-Stormie-Omartian-ebook/dp/B00GXEDA86)
THE POWER OF A PRAYING HUSBAND, by Stormie Omartian: Like its counterpart for wives, this book challenges husbands to pray for their wives and lead them well.
(Order From https://www.amazon.com/Power-Praying%C2%AE-Husband-Stormie-Omartian-ebook/dp/B00H3LHHB4)
Devotionals
AFTER AN AFFAIR: PURSUING RESTORATION, by Michael Scott Gembola: This 31-day devotional helps couples deal with the aftermath of martial infidelity.
(Free copies available in the church office)
MARRIAGE CONFLICT: TALKING AS TEAMMATES, by Steve Hoppe: This 31-day devotional helps couples learn to communicate better and work through conflict.
(Free copies available in the church office)
TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS: TAKING REFUGE IN CHRIST, by Ellen Mary Dykas: This 31-day devotional helps individuals know how to deal with unhealthy relationships.
(Free copies available in the church office)
THE LOVE DARE DAY BY DAY, by Stephen & Alex Kendrick: This 365-day devotional helps couples rekindle a biblical love for one another.
(Order From https://www.amazon.com/Love-Dare-Day-Devotions-Couples/dp/1433681374/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)
Counseling, Prayer, & Accountability
Our ministerial staff would love to help you get biblical, Christ-honoring counseling as an individual or as a couple. We also have several counselors that we can refer you to.
If you and/or your spouse would like to meet with a Christian counselor, we can even help offset the cost!
LUST/PURITY
Tools & Software
COVENANT EYES: Covenant Eyes is the single best technological tool in the battle against pornography and list. It is an accountability and filtering software that you can install on all your devices (computers, phones, tablets, etc.). It is highly recommended by all the ministerial staff.
Websites, Articles, & Online Resources
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: Focus on the Family offers all sorts of great resources on issues facing the family, including lust and pornography.
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/resources-overcoming-sexual-brokenness
COVENANT EYES: In addition to its software (above) capabilities, Covenant Eyes has a website full of great articles, stats, and other resources.
FIGHT THE NEW DRUG: Fight the New Drug is a website dedicated to research and articles on the dangers of pornography. It is not an overtly Christian site, but the information and resources are very good.
Books & Devotionals
PORNOGRAPHY, by Deepak Reju: This 31-day devotional helps you walk through a Scripture-based battel plan against pornography and lust.
(Free Copies Available at the Church Office)
MORE THAN A BATTLE, by Joe Rigney: This book takes a wholistic and biblical approach to the battle against the temptations of lust.
EVERY MAN’S BATTLE, by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker: This classic work has been helping men in the fight for sexual purity for more than 20 years.
Counseling, Prayer, & Accountability
Our ministerial staff would love to partner with you in your pursuit of Jesus and sexual purity. We are happy to meet with you, provide resources, pray with you, get you connected to an accountability group, refer you to a Christian counselor, or any combination of these things. Let us know how we can help.