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From her own hardships and deep joys, Cindy Dagnan offers refreshing perspective about how to create a strong and loving marriage. Personal illustrations, stories, conversation starters, and a couples' study guide combine the delights of humor and the richness of wisdom. Cindy delves into the day-to-day issues that impact "till death do us part" relationships and provides a fun-loving look at communication, expectations, friendship, sex, and commitment to help couples discover: What gives a marriage lasting flavor Ways to engage in great dialogue How to pray together and play together Why real life is more fulfilling than the fairy tale What is better than chocolate in a marriage Whether a woman explores this resource on her own or with her husband, the practical and encouraging content will help all readers create and savor the sweetness of a lasting, godly love.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 juin 2009
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736933087
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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Praise฀for฀ Hot฀Chocolate฀for฀Couples

Hot Cocolate for Couplesis packed wit some of my favorite tings: cocolate, ideas for conversations wit my usband tat taste better tan cocolate, and te “ot cocolate,” red-ot monogamy moments tat migt follow. It over-ﬂows wit umor, real-life illustrations, positive and workable insigts, and nuggets of advice tat will make your marriage even sweeter tan cocolate.

—P F,      M A L W, W A L SR-H M

I devouredHotCocolate for Couples.In fact, I enjoyed it so muc I gained two pounds reading it! I know you’ll love it too. A combination of serious fun and practical resources, tis book is a must for every wedding sower, every coun-seling oﬃce bookself, and every married couple’s bedside. —D. K L,  S MS B   K

A sweet surprise! Cindy Sigler Dagnan oﬀers up a recipe to last a lifetime! —C S,   F A C M 

Weter speaking boldly to tousands or saring intimately troug er books, Cindy’s eart and wisdom are always vibrantly evident. Equally umorous and practical, fres and timeless—Cindy as done it again wit Hot Cocolate for Couples. In  years of counseling tousands of couples, every marriage we’ve seen would’ve been blessed by tis ilarious guide to deeper love. his is te book you give to te new bride, your sister, your dearest friend, and yourself.

—D. K  S W, H C, H T  Y K A S

hismustbe a good book. After reading it, I immediately wanted to give my wife a big ug, plan a surprise date, and do te laundry.

—D. T C, P.D.,  R KK  S, L  R

Cindy Dagnan as crafted a marriage manual tat is te perfect blend of practical and profound, of bot ligtearted anecdotes and loving advice. Its capters serve as wisdom-ﬁlled, yet witty and wimsical guides ready to point wives in te rigt and God-onoring direction. Her cocolate-cloaked coun-sel will encourage you to live a life tat accurately reﬂects a strikingly beautiful picture of Crist and te curc.

—K E,    P  M  H  H,   A L T S W

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Verses marked  are taken from teHoly Bible,New Living Translation, copyrigt © . Used by permission of Tyndale House Publisers, Inc., Weaton, IL  USA. All rigts reserved.

Verses marked  are taken fromhe Living Bible,Copyrigt © . Used by permission of Tyndale House Publisers, Inc., Weaton, IL  USA. All rigts reserved.

Verses marked  are taken from he Message. Copyrigt ©by Eugene H. Peterson , , , , , , . Used by permission of NavPress Publising Group.

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HOT CHOCOLATE FOR COUPLES FormerlyCocolate Kisses for CouplesCopyrigt ©  by Cindy Sigler Dagnan Publised by Harvest House Publisers Eugene, Oregon  www.arvestousepublisers.com

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dagnan, Cindy Sigler. [Cocolate kisses for couples] Hot cocolate for couples / Cindy Sigler Dagnan. p. cm. Includes bibliograpical references. ISBN ---- (pbk.) . Spouses—Religious life. . Marriage—Religious aspects—Cristianity. I. Title. BV.MD  .'—dc 

All rigts reserved.No part of tis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mecanical, digital, potocopy, record-ing, or any oter—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, witout te prior permission of te publiser.

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his book is lovingly dedicated to Don and Patsy Sigler, my precious parents wo were faitful for 34 years, 6 monts, 10 days, 8 ours and 17 minutes—“till deat do us part.”

Moter, tank you for not allowing us to run to you wit our married squabbles and for treating your sons-in-law as your own. hank you too for being Daddy’s angel.

Wen I see you again in eaven, Daddy, I will be more impressed wit you tan ever—tis marriage stuﬀ is ard work, but you and Moter made it look mostly fun.

To Carles and Anna Dagnan, my parents-in-law, wo also kept teir wedding vows, granting my usband a beautiful portrait of faitfulness and commitment. How blessed we are to ave bot grown up in te seltered security of true love.

To Greg, te love of my life and godly wild-at-eart man. Only 37 more to go! hanks for your elp in fact-ﬁnding researc and entertaining te girls during te ice storm so I could write. hanks for coacing me troug mission statements and Internet navigation wit more patience tan I deserve. he sigt of you in SWAT team gear still sends me over te moon; life wit you is a “Wildﬁre” adventure at “Powder Cake” speed! hanks for being tere for me every step of te way, even years 4 and 12! “his is my lover, tis my friend” (Song of Solomon 5:16).

Acknowledgments

hanks to my awesome prayer team for tis book: Patsy, Emmy, Ellie, Angie, Vickie, Sarris, Ginny, Debbie, Karen, Ceryl, Reggie “Favorite,” and Serm. It is te most umbling and trilling feeling to know tat tose wo love you are carrying you before te trone.

hanks to my agent, Greg Jonson, and to Becky, wo totally “get” my cocolate eart.

hanks to Hope Lyda—I pray you are forever my editor. You crack me up. I’ll send you red trow pillows for your couc manuscript and puﬀ ball socks to boot!

hanks to Jon Hunter, researc librarian at Ozark Cristian College, and to Serm Nicols wo let me badger im wit questions about witness piles and covenants.

hanks to Rusty R. and Mike (leave te plants alone!) L. and all te rest of Webb City’s ﬁnest; Brian Leeper—ere you go!; Aaron Houk and te oter illustrious ﬁreﬁgters; our VHCC family; Sue Utter and all tose wo returned surveys.

For my accountability group—you make everyting fun, even FBC. I pray we reac te ﬁnis line togeter.

hanks to Will and Jill Blaylock and te small but migty hursday morning Bible study group.

hanks to my awesome group of “Roug Draft Readers,” including a former student wo nowadays gets to grade er teacer’s papers.

Especially warm tanks to Marguerite, Doroty, and Vi. From your combined total of more tan a century and a alf of marriage, I ave gleaned treasure upon treasure wit wic to polis my own marriage. You girls are still fabulous! I ope God plays te recording of you in your “sort britces” and “weird lipstick and nail polis” so I can watc it wit you in eaven.

My four precious blessings: Eden, Emmy, Ellie and Elexa. he igligt of my nigts is tucking you in. here aren’t words enoug to describe ow muc I love you. Eden, keep running, but always for Jesus. Wen He is your ﬁnis line, you will always make te Big Time! Emmy, I look forward to reading te work of te next writer in te family—ang on to tat series idea; you amaze me. Ellie, from basketball games to grins and compassion, Boppa would be proud. Daddy and I sure are. Elexa, if Daddy and I could ave and-picked our “caboose,” we couldn’t ave done any better. Girls, we are so glad tat God cose us to be your parents! If we do noting else rigt, we ope to point you to God and leave you te legacy of a “forever family.” “So do not trow away your conﬁdence, it will be ricly rewarded” (Hebrews :).

My faitful eavenly Fater, tank You for graciously wrestling me to te ground on tis one; I beg You not to let go until You bless me. I know I ave so muc more to learn; tanks for loving me, mess tat I am. hat You ave given me te desires of my eart astounds me still!

Contents

he Wole Box of Cocolates: Eac Piece an Adventure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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 Crazy Little hing Called a Honeymoon: New Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Wat Lies Beneat: Expectations and Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   he Sweetness of Covenant: Forgiveness and Promises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Communicating in Cocolate: Breaking te Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Saring Cocolate: Doing Life Togeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Cocolate Drops: Wen Cildren Come Along. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Better han Cocolate: Sexual Intimacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Unwrapping Love’s Deligts: Setting te Mood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Protecting Your Cocolate: Boundaries for a Healty Marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Captivated by Cocolate: Wat You Love Most. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Cocolate Glue: A Made to Last Marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conversation Starters for Married Couples. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hot Cocolate Surveys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

A฀Love฀Like฀This C S D

Bridal lace, yellowed wit age Black and wite potograps, Certain memories of anoter day.

hirty-tree years togeter, Sweat, toil, and tear stains, Struggles, triumps.

Two little girls, now grown. A love alone, Saddled wit cancer; riddled wit doubt Determined to conquer.

Love tat will onor Vows spoken in anoter time; Promises for better or worse. In sickness and in ealt

Uttered on anoter day wen Suc words seemed a mockery of life.

his day, tey know better, Yet tey will cling to tat love Even more tenaciously at deat’s door.

Preciousness will follow tis walk into Eternity; his is wat we seek, A Love like his.