Making Your Marriage a Masterpiece

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Making Your Marriage a Masterpiece

• Welcome!

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Overview

• Week 1 Pillars and Purpose of Marriage
• Week 2 Roles and Responsibilities
• Week 3 Communication
• Today Split Session
• Week 4 His Needs/Her Needs

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• To Be 6 Again A man was sitting on the edge of
  the bed, observing his wife, looking at herself
  in the mirror.  Since her birthday was not far
  off he asked what she'd like to have for her
   Birthday.'I'd like to be six again', she
  replied, still looking in the mirror.On the
  morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made her
  a nice big bowl of  Lucky Charms, and then took
  her to Six Flags theme park. What a day!    He
  put her on every ride in the park the Death
  Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Monster
  Roller Coaster, everything there was. Five
  hours later they staggered out of the theme park.
  Her head was reeling and her stomach felt  upside
  down.He then took her to a McDonald's where he
  ordered her a Happy Meal with extra  fries and a
  chocolate shake.Then it was off to a movie,
  popcorn, a soda pop, and her favorite candy,
  MM's. What a fabulous adventure!Finally she
  wobbled home with her husband  and collapsed into
  bed exhausted. He leaned over his wife with a big
  smile and  lovingly asked, 'Well Dear, what was
  it like being six again??'Her eyes slowly
  opened and her expression suddenly changed. 'I
  meant my dress size, you dumby!'The moral of
  the story Even when a man is listening, he's
  gonna get it wrong!

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From Last Week

• How do you learn to change tone of voice when
  you need to do so?
• My biggest problem is that I hold things in! I
  need help learning how not to hold it in! I dont
  like confrontation.
• Is there a time to help my wife deal with a
  problem after she tells me how she feels about a
  problem?

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Next week

• Why Couples Divorce
• Infidelity 17
• Substance Abuse 16
• Physical Abuse 5
• Communication/Conflict resolution Issues 62

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Advice to men and husbands (3) Communications
(4) Commitments (4) Commandments
(4) Discussion/QA
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Advice to men and husbands Communications (4)

• Frequent
• Focused
• Financial
• Fun

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Advice to men and husbands Commitments (4)

• Lifelong partner
• Lifelong provider
• Lifelong parent
• Lifelong problem

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Advice to men and husbands Commandments (4)

• Remove (thy foot from her way)
• Rejoice (with your own wife)
• Refrain (from lustful looking)
• Reject (inviting looks from her)
• From Proverbs 5

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Discussion/QA (15 minutes)