T.O.U.C.H. M.E. Again: Pleasing God & Your Spouse in Your Marriage

By Christian Johnson and Lyneesha Johnson

This book will challenge, encourage, and motivate you. It will enhance your desire to serve God and your spouse in your marriage. Once you’ve completed this book, you and your spouse will be able to create an atmosphere in your home that puts you in the presence of God, allowing the Holy Spirit to work on you personally by pointing out how to take your marriage to a higher level.

While writing, we kept all couples in mind. Whether you are engaged, a newlywed, or a seasoned couple, we are certain you can grab hold to something that enhances your relationship. After reading and applying the principles in this book, we are confident each relationship will go to a higher level. We learned there is always room to grow, no matter the phase of life you are experiencing.

As you thumb through these pages, we ask you to be open to how you can contribute to take your marriage to a higher level. You will find our definitions of each word from the acronym. We tell stories of fictional characters inspired by our personal experiences and other couples we have come to know and love. Throughout the book we offer breakthrough strategies to help you overcome challenges in your marriage.

At the end of each chapter, you will have the opportunity to reflect on what you’ve read and even write answers to questions we have provided to help you with your time of reflection. We hope that the Marriage Life Application questions will cause you to engage in purpose-filled conversation with your lifemate. Our end goal is for you and your spouse to walk together in unity as you please one another and God through your marriage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Oct 6, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543912111

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ENDORSEMENTS

Christian and Lyneesha have revealed the Loving Spirit of Communication that will fill you and drive the strength of your marriage. This book will both inform and enlighten as you apply the practical principles that are shared from each of their perspectives. This book is a must read!

—TONY & DENISE LOWE

Organizers, The Great Marriages Club

Then what makes this book so outstanding? These are not old, been there, done that, professionals; they are young, exuberant, inspiring examples of how couples can have healthy marriages from the get go. This is new wine in new wine skins.

Their main textbook, the Bible, is combined with healthy vulnerability, allowing us to grow by watching them grow. You don’t need decades of trial and error to try and figure it out. How refreshing. I suggest you stick to Lyneesha and Christian like a band-aid. If your marriage is half of what theirs is, you will have already succeeded.

—LARRY TITUS President, Kingdom Global Ministries

Author, The Teleios Man & When Leaders Live Together

Copyright © 2017 by Christian & Lyneesha Johnson

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the authors.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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Print ISBN: 978-1-54391-210-4

eBook ISBN: 978-1-54391-211-1

Dedication

In June of 2017 one of our sons drew this picture. It was a Wednesday evening after Bible study when he handed us a card that he made in church. Lyneesha opened it then our son said, It’s you and Daddy standing on a rock. For those who follow us on social media, you can see marriage is our ministry and our life. We teach a course by MarriageToday® with Jimmy Evans called, Marriage on the Rock. This picture spoke volumes to us. Just when you think children aren’t paying attention, you find out they are.

So, Jadon, Jadiah, & Josiah, we love you and we are so proud of you. We dedicate this book to you because one day you will each have a wife. You guys are praying for them now and that’s awesome. It’s our hope for you to look back to the times when you may not have understood fully what Mommy and Daddy were doing in our work, or why you would to go to your grandparents’ house while we taught seminars or met with couples. You will thumb through these pages and understand that your Mom and Dad love God, one another, people, and we love you.

Sons, love and serve God first, your wife, children and ministry/careers. In that order!

You are awesome and we love you to life.

Mom & Dad

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 • Transparent

Chapter 2 • Open

Chapter 3 • Unashamed

Chapter 4 • Communication

Chapter 5 • Honest

Chapter 6 • Monogamous

Chapter 7 • Engaged

Encouragement

Thank You

Sources

Introduction

Hello family,

We are so thrilled you picked up this book today! The moment you connected with us through our writing, we embraced you as part of our family. From now on, you will be included in our prayers regularly. So please, if you have a specific prayer request or need, do not hesitate to contact us. You will find our contact information on the final pages of this book.

We are excited about this book and more excited you’ll be taking this journey with us! After we wrote T.O.U.C.H. M.E.: 7 Secrets to Having a Naked Marriage, our readers said they loved it and just wanted more. After a year of teaching the principles from that book, we realized we could dig deeper using this acronym to help couples thrive in their marriage.

If you read T.O.U.C.H. M.E. Part 1, you soon realize it is about effective communication. The seven words that make the acronym T.O.U.C.H. M.E. display effective communication. In Part 1, we believe we only touched the surface of what God wants to share with you about communication in your marriage. This book (T.O.U.C.H. M.E. Again) takes the principles of having a naked marriage to a higher level and focuses on pleasing God and your spouse.

While writing, we kept all couples in mind. Whether you are engaged, a newlywed, or a seasoned couple, we are certain you can grab hold to something that enhances your relationship. After reading and applying the principles in this book, we are confident each relationship will go to a higher level. We learned there is always room to grow, no matter the phase of life you are