The 7 Love Agreements
Subtitle: Decisions You Can Make on Your Own to Strenthen Your Marriage
Publisher: Siloam Press
Published: October 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781591857242
Subjects: Religion - Christian Life; Love; Religion; Religious aspects; Christian Life - Love & Marriage; Christianity - Christian Life - Marriage; Christian Life - General; Marriage; Christianity
Description: Product Description
What is the key to strengthening your marriage and all the relationships in your life? In this revealing book, Douglas Weiss explains seven love agreements that will not only change the way you look at yourself, but will also help you uncover new levels of intimacy in your relationships. You can experience the power of agreement in these areas: *Faithfulness *Patience *Forgiveness *Celebration *Service *Respect *Kindness 

One of the church's premier relationship experts, Weiss will show you the difference between constructive and destructive agreements, how to stop playing roles, the importance of giving and serving others, and so much more. 

From the Inside Flap
Build your relationship one day at a time! A love agreement depends solely on one heart to make it work; you, your heart, and you doing your marriage right. You will be able to keep these seven love agreements, and measure your progress for a lifetime.The seven love agreements include: 

FAITHFULNESS: I will be faithful to my spouse at all times and in all circumstances. 
PATIENCE: I will not try to change things about my spouse that I do not like but will modify my behaviors that annoy my partner. 
FORGIVENESS: When I have offended my spouse, I will quickly ask forgiveness. And I will forgive my spouse's offenses in my heart even before being asked.
SERVICE: I will anticipate my spouse's spiritual, emotional, physical, and material needs and will do everything I can to meet them. 
RESPECT: I will not act or speak in a way that demeans, ridicules, or embarrasses my spouse.
KINDNESS: I will be kind to my spouse, eliminating any trace of meanness from my behavior and speech.
CELEBRATION: I will appreciate my spouse's gifts and attributes and celebrate them personally and publicly. 

This is a fantastic journey of change. Are you ready for an exciting new adventure called marriage?
Table of contents: title: The Love Agreements
pagenum: 1
class: chapter
label: One; label: Two
pagenum: 21
class: chapter
title: Let's Pretend; label: Three
pagenum: 39
class: chapter
title: Love Agreement #1: Faithfulness; title: Love Agreement #1: Patience
pagenum: 71
class: chapter
label: Four; title: Love Agreement #1: Forgiveness
pagenum: 93
class: chapter
label: Five; title: Love Agreement #1: Service
pagenum: 125
class: chapter
label: Six; label: Seven
pagenum: 147
class: chapter
title: Love Agreement #1: Respect; label: Eight
pagenum: 163
class: chapter
title: Love Agreement #1: Kindness; title: Love Agreement #1: Celebration
pagenum: 181
class: chapter
label: Nine; title: The War of Love
pagenum: 201
class: part
label: Ten; pagenum: 213
title: Notes