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When was the last time you flirted with your husband? Was it before you had kids?Do you spend more time on the couch with your wife watching movies or with a bag of chips watching The Game?Does your idea of a hot date include a drive-thru and springing for the extra-large fries?What would your marriage look like if for 21 days you turned your attention to happy habits that will better your relationship? Plenty of books describe how to improve a marriage, how to save a marriage, even how to ramp up intimacy in a marriage. In Happy Habits for Every Couple, Kathi Lipp and husband Roger show you practical, fun-filled ways to put love and laughter back into your marriage.Here are just a few of the results you'll see when you put Happy Habits for Every Couple into practice:new levels of warmth and tenderness in your relationshipa deeper sense of security with your spousea marriage filled with fun and flirtingIf you haven't given up the dream of being head-over-heels with your spouse again, following this 21-day plan will give you just the boost you need to bring you closer together.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 janvier 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736955744
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
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HAPPY HABITS FOR EVERY COUPLE
Copyright 2009 Kathi Lipp
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lipp, Kathi, 1967-
[Marriage project]
Happy habits for every couple / Kathi Lipp and Roger Lipp.
pages cm
Rev. ed. of: The marriage project. c2009.
ISBN 978-0-7369-5573-7 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5574-4 (eBook)
1. Marriage-Religious aspects-Christianity-Textbooks. I. Title.
BV835.L53 2014
248.8 44-dc23
2014022632
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Dedication
This book is lovingly dedicated to my parents, Bill and Connie Richerson.
Thanks for the care, love, and support shown to me and to everyone that God has brought into my life. Every child should be blessed to have parents that encourage with such reckless abandon.
I pray that through your legacy of love, I will have the same fearlessness and boldness when it comes to encouraging my own kids to pursue their dreams.
Contents
Dedication
Introduction
A Leader s Perspective
Acknowledgments
Laying a Foundation: Preparing for Happy Habits for Every Couple
1. Why Happy Habits ?
2. Being Married on Purpose
3. A Quick How-To Guide
4. Why 21 Days?
5. Prepping for the Projects
6. Creating Your Encouragement Crew
Happy Habits for Every Couple Encouragement Covenant
7. How to Handle Tough Situations During the Projects
8. Planning for Those Barry White Moments: An Introduction to Bonus Projects
9. Learning to Date Again: An Introduction to the Major Projects
10. But My Marriage Isn t So Hot : Happy Habits for the Rest of Us
11. Glossary of Terms
Building Up Your Marriage: Launching Happy Habits for Every Couple
The Send-Off
Week One Projects
Project 1-In Less Time Than a Bad Sitcom: Give Each Other 30 Minutes
Project 2-It s All About Her: Make Her a Hallmark Holiday
Project 3-Getting to Know You: Get the Vital Stats on Your Mate
Project 4-Sweet Treat: Doing Something Special Just for Him
Project 5-Turning Up the Heat: Cooking Together
Project 6-Burning Passion and Burning Calories: Getting Active Together
Project 7-A Day to Pray: Present Your Spouse s Requests to God
Major Project 1-Date Your Mate: Half and Half
Bonus Project 1-Sex: Circle It in Red on the Calendar
Week Two Projects
Project 8-A Little Hands-On Attention: Give Each Other a Massage
Project 9-It s All About Her: Love, Love, Love
Project 10-Bella Notte: Have a Treat by Candlelight
Project 11-It s All About Him: R-E-S-P-E-C-T-What it Means to Him
Project 12-Lingerie
Project 13-Check Mates and Check Marks: Getting the Job Done
Project 14-Candlelight Weather Report: Carve Out Some Time to Just Sit and Talk Over Your Day
Major Project 2-Date Your Mate: Do Something You Enjoyed Before You Got Married
Bonus Project 2-Sex: Having The Talk
Week Three Projects
Project 15-Look to the Example of Others: Who Do You Admire? And Why?
Project 16-It s All About Her: Couch Time
Project 17-Removing Obstacles: Getting Rid of Something that Drives Your Spouse Crazy
Project 18-It s All About Him: Couch Time
Project 19-All the Kids Are Doing It: Text or Email Some Sweet Nothings
Project 20-Clean Toilets Are Sexy: Help Out with One of Your Spouse s Chores
Project 21-What I Like About You: You Really Know How to Dance, How to Pay the Bills, How to Be Nice to My Mom
Major Project 3-Date Your Mate: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun
Bonus Project 3-Sex: Ladies, It s Ladies Night
Tools of Happy Habits for Every Couple
Project Planner
Recommended Resources
Dear Reader
Also by Kathi Lipp
Introduction
Roger Lipp
To the Men
Come on guys, admit it. If you re like me, you ve started a lot of projects before. Some of them lie in various stages of done or done-enough.
For me, reading an entire book is a monumental challenge. I recently went through my bookshelves and found all kinds of great books that I ve purchased. Man, do I need to read that one. Wouldn t it be great if I mastered that bit of knowledge. My books call out to me.
But as I was pulling the books down in one last admission that I probably won t read them, I noticed a strange pattern. Most of my books have something odd about them: they all have a bookmark in them somewhere between chapters 2 and 3. Alas, I started the challenge, but then faded out. Each book I pick up, I start off with great intentions of completing the book and learning or putting into practice the great advice or ideas found within its pages. But something happens between chapter 1 and chapter 3. Some other project comes along, some other item of great importance develops ( hey, I ve been meaning to fix the garage door ), and my best intentions get set aside leaving a memorial marker.
So let me make a few bold promises. First, this is an easy read, even for those of us who may not be into reading that much. Second, you ll discover that Happy Habits for Every Couple is a lot of fun. Who knows, you might find some fun in some unexpected ways. Finally, this book is worth seeing it through. We all admit that our relationship with our wife is the most important relationship we have, but it s all too easy to let it ride (a strategy that is suspect in Vegas and downright devastating in relationships). See this through. You will be amazed at the change in yourself and your spouse!
To the Women
Wives, you may have noticed, but there are a lot of different kinds of men. Some are eager to work on relationships. Others would be happy to swim alligator-infested waters for you, but don t ask them how they feel about their relationship with you. But whatever kind of guy you re hooked up with, grace is needed as you approach Happy Habits for Every Couple.
Since we encourage everyone to do this with at least one other couple, there might be a temptation to do some unhealthy comparisons. ( Wow, your husband filled your room with flowers? Mine only bought me a card! ) Every guy is different. Every relationship is in a different place. Every circumstance is different. Enjoy the process and don t compare us (you may have noticed that we have pretty fragile egos). Give us credit for just being willing to do this very outside-our-comfort-zone kind of project.
We need all the positive reinforcement we can get.
A Word from Kathi on the Writing of This Book
You know how in your marriage some tasks naturally fall to you and some naturally fall to your spouse? Roger makes the bed and I make sure that everyone has at least one pair of presentable underwear in their drawers. Roger pays the bills and I make sure that we all are fed each night.
But not all of our roles fall along traditional gender lines. Somehow, making sure the garbage gets to the curb has fallen to me. But I can t really complain because on our morning and evening walks, Roger is the designated pooper scooper. (Jake, the puggle, thanks you. And so do our neighbors.)
So when it came to this book, we both went with our strengths. I m the writer of the family, and trying to go back and forth in two voices seemed confusing, so I put the words to the page.
But let s be clear-every project, every idea has been thought up, executed, and test-driven by both Roger and me and about 200 friends at Church on the Hill in San Jose, California. Roger is the more creative of us two, and the more romantic most of the time, so his fingerprints are all over these pages.
We wanted a practical guide that brought you both out of your comfortable marriage box just a little bit. Between the two of us, and all the contributing husbands and wives, I think we have just the thing for you here.
Here s to enjoying your marriage a little more today than yesterday.
A Leader s Perspective
W hen I first heard about Happy Habits for Every Couple I was sitting in a seminar for Christian communicators. The person presenting asked the audience to shout out topics that churches should address in their sermons, and Kathi Lipp stood up one row in front of me and shared her heart for Happy Habits for Every Couple . I wanted to stand up and say, You re from the church I pastor. Why haven t I heard about this yet? At the end of the seminar I nearly