Marriage Preparation Course Guest Manual

By Nicky Lee and Sila Lee

Nicky and Sila Lee present an invaluable five-session study designed to help engaged couples develop a strong foundation for a lasting marriage. Marriage Preparation Course combines their talks, couples who have been on the course, as well as street interviews, and marriage experts' insights from around the world.

The course covers:

• Expressing feelings and learning to listen
• The importance of commitment
• Resolving conflict
• Keeping love alive and developing a fulfilling sexual relationship
• Talking about goals and values

Marriage Preparation Course was developed by Nicky and Sila Lee who oversee family ministries at HTB church in London. This course offers a couple considering marriage the tools to build a strong and healthy relationship that lasts a lifetime. While the course is based on Christian principles, it is designed for couples with or without a church background. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Aug 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9780310093329

Nicky Lee

Nicky and Sila Lee are authors of The Marriage Course, The Pre-Marriage Course, and The Parenting Courses. They have four wonderful children and eight gorgeous grandchildren. They developed these courses while on the staff at Holy Trinity Brompton, London, UK. Over the last 35 years, they have spoken to thousands on the subject of marriage and family life.

Book preview

1 Communication

The value of marriage preparation

Knowing how to make a marriage work

• Marriage is the most exciting and the most challenging adventure we can undertake

• Strong marriages don’t develop automatically

• Over 40 percent of marriages in the UK break down

• Best way to insure a marriage is to invest in it

Learning the necessary skills

• How to communicate effectively

• How to resolve conflict

• How to meet each other’s emotional needs

• How to build a friendship

• How to develop our sexual relationship

• How to determine roles

Becoming aware of the differences between us

• Different expectations

• Our upbringing

• Cultural differences

• Learning to communicate

• Communication involves talking and listening effectively

• Process of learning how to be good communicators

Learning to communicate

Communication involves talking and listening effectively

• Process of learning how to be good communicators

Our communication is affected by:

1. Our personality

• Extrovert or introvert

• Logical or intuitive

EXERCISE 1

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