Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires, The Respect He Desperately Needs by Emerson Eggerichs, Emerson Eggerichs (Narrated by)

Love & Respect is a phenomenal book that gets right to the point....by zcallie

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October 24, 2009: I think this book is extrememly well written and gets straight to the point. If you and your husband are having some difficulties in marriage or you just want to educate yourself on marriage, please invest in this phenomenal book. I have learned so much from it and I would refer anyone to take the time to read this book. There is such a lack of knowledge this day and age in regards to marriage and what really makes a marriage work. Respect your husband and in return he will love you. Love your wife and in return she will respect you...

Get Off the Crazy Cycle and Keep Your Marriage Energized!by Monte_Davenport_PhD

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October 12, 2009: All married couples can benefit from reading Love and Respect. In this book, Dr. Eggerichs shares a simple but complex secret to a long and happy marriage: when a husband loves his wife, then his wife will respect him. This secret, first shared by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 5, is easier said than done because the opposite is also true: when a husband is unloving toward his wife, then she reacts in ways that her husband feels is disrespectful, then he becomes more unloving, and she becomes more disrespectful: they get into what is called the "Crazy Cycle" and round-and-round they go. Dr. Eggerichs shares practical advice for getting off the crazy cycle and starting to live life to the fullest on the "Energizing Cycle."

Through everyday examples backed up by Biblical truths, Dr. Eggerichs shares that these basic needs - love and respect - can be met through self-less communication and actions by both the husband and the wife. These practical practices form two easy to remember acrostics C-O-U-P-L-E-S and C-H-A-I-R-S that can work if you do the work: Emerson shares how these self-less truths have turned bad marriages into good ones and good marriages into great ones. In part 3 of the book, "The Rewarded Cycle," Eggerichs' most important point is this: your marriage really has nothing to do with your spouse, but has everything to do with your relationship to Christ. When you look at it that way, your loving and respectful marriage also deepens your love and reverence for God, and then the rewards are innumerable!

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