I Still Do: Growing Closer and Stronger through Life's Defining Moments

by Dave Harvey

Overview

Lasting marriages are built one defining moment at a time. The moment of blame. The moment of weakness. When your spouse suffers. When dreams disappoint. When the kids leave the nest. It's how we think and behave toward one another in moments like these that determines whether our marriage endures or falters. Ultimately, these are invitations from God to consider our direction and pursue transformation.

With 37 years of marriage and 33 years of pastoring under his belt, Dave Harvey has identified those life-defining moments of a post-newlywed marriage. He wants to help couples recognize them in their own relationships so that they can take a proactive, godly approach to resolving conflicts, holding one another up as change inevitably happens, and ensuring that their marriage survives and thrives.

Whether your relationship is maturing gracefully, just needs a tune-up, or you and your spouse are locked in conflict and your future seems uncertain, Dave Harvey has encouragement and practical tools to help strengthen what remains and build a rock-solid union for the days to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801094439
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/21/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	539,353
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dave Harvey (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as the president of Great Commission Collective, a church planting ministry in the US, Canada, and abroad. Dave founded AmICalled.com, pastored for thirty-three years, serves on the board of CCEF, and travels widely across networks and denominations as a popular conference speaker. He is the author of When Sinners Say "I Do," Am I Called?, and Rescuing Ambition, and a coauthor of Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls. He and his wife, Kimm, have four kids and four grandchildren and live in southwest Florida. For videos, articles, or to book an event, visit www.revdaveharvey.com.

Table of Contents

Starting Together

1 Your Journey through Defining Moments 15

2 Defining Moment #1: When You Discover Brokenness Is Broader Than Sin 24

3 Defining Moment #2: The Moment of Blame 45

4 Defining Moment #3: The Moment of Weakness 58

Sticking Together

5 Defining Moment #4: When You Realize Family Can't Replace Church 79

6 Defining Moment #5: When Your Spouse Suffers 96

7 Defining Moment #6: The Moment You "Get" Mercy 115

8 Defining Moment #7: When You Discover Sex Changes with Age 132

Ending Together

9 Defining Moment #8: When Dreams Disappoint 153

10 Defining Moment #9: When the Kids Leave 170

11 Defining Moment #10: When You Learn Closure Is Overrated 185

12 When Grace Conquers Your Wasted Moments: The Death of Ivan Ilych 201

Acknowledgments 217