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Realize that God is a true romantic and He definitely is interested in this issue.
From Scripture, personal experience and research, Doug Weiss offers a day practical plan that will energize your relationship and create a spiritual, emotional and physical closeness that you have hungered for in your marriage. You'll identify destructive emotional roadblocks the enemy uses to keep you from experiencing wild, abandoned, intimate moments with God and your spouse.
Develop a marathon mentality for your relationship and take the next days to fall in love all over again. Inside this book you'll discover:. He is the author of Intimacy, and Sex, Men and God and is a regular guest on national television both secular and Christian as well as radio. A Day Guide to Lasting Relationships. We are going to laminate it and make it a part of our daily routine. So saying thank you was kind of funny. Thanks again for your incredible insight! You are a true blessing to a hurting world. I live in Didsbury, Alberta Canada and my 23 year old married daughter and I were truly blessed to be able to attend the seminar for women that Dr.
Weiss spoke at in the Centre Street Church in Calgary. I have purchased on of his books and a DVD at Centre Street Church which are so very informative and would like to get the Marriage Improvement Set to share, not only for my husband and I but for my daughter who has been married for a year and my son who is planning to be married in August of I thank our Lord for all Douglas Weiss does for Him and also like he said at the seminar, for Pastor Henry who loves his congregation enough to address this very important issue.
First of all, I just wanted to say this ministry is awesome. My husband and I recently attended one of your marriage seminars at our church and we were really blessed. Thanks so much, S. It was an awesome time. And I was totally pleased with your telling it like it is. I just wanted to thank you for all that you told us.
I would like to send along a blessing to Dr. Since that conference I have been blessed with many victories and triumphs in my life, as well as God has moved me to lead a Marketplace prayer meeting every Thursday morning. Thank you for your time, God bless. I Thank you God for your ministry!! I cannot tell you how influential and life-changing the ministry of Doug Weiss and Heart to Heart has been to me. My husband and I attended an Intimacy Conference where Dr.
Doug was the speaker-we got the Intimacy book and are working thru it now. Both resources were extremely insightful and impactful as well. I was an honor to get to speak with you this past weekend in Indianapolis. My wife and I drove ninety miles from Danville, IL to hear you speak. We have only been doing the "Intimacy: A Day Guide to Lasting Relationships" for about three days but I already see a change in both of us.
I am starting to look at sex a lot differently than I used to. I also purchased your book "Sex, Men and God.
God bless the kingdom work you are doing, I know I have a long way to go but with God's help my wife and I will make it. My husband and I attended your Intimacy Conference in Phoenix two months ago and I have been compelled to thank you for helping my husband and I by doing what you have been called to do! My husband is in recovery for sex addiction and we were at a critical crossroad in our marriage and were one step away from divorce before we went to see you speak! Your conference has changed our marriage for the good and our sex life is better than we could have ever though possible!
Thank you once again for walking in obedience by sharing with others what the Lord has done for you! I would like to thank you for the information I have learned form you. I participated in your conference last month in Indianapolis, IN. My husband and I are reading your book "Intimacy: We cannot say enough encouraging words to each other. Instead on negative comments and fault finding, we speak life into each other.
We felt we have a great marriage that needed more nurturing. We now have the tools feelings exercises helped to do this. I want to thank you so much for coming to Austin and coming to Bannockburn. You were such a blessing to my wife and I personally as well as the over men that you spoke to on Sunday.
Your love and candidness came through loud and clear and I received many wonderful comments as to the message. One man said that if he had heard this message when he was thirteen, his life would have been completely different.
Robert Bogue rated it really liked it Mar 27, We are truly walking toward freedom and health one day at a time. Thank you for your time, God bless. Its time to recognize intimacy for what it is-a loving and life-long process that requires commitment and practice. It is a bright ray of hope. There are many good ideas for motivated couples to use to improve their relationship. It was an awesome time.
The pastor himself called it a "homerun. We would love to have you back soon to speak to both the men and women of our community. Thanks again and if we can ever be of any service to you in the future, please let me know. Many years ago you breathed truth into my heart with your testimony.
I began a road to recovery from sexual addiction. Today, my wife and I enjoy a wonderful life together because of your courage to share your life with others.
Our hope is that many men will see the light as you speak it. Thank you and God bless you, R. I cam with my husband to your excellent 3 Day Intensive in late January. I am continually impressed and so grateful for the excellent treatment and resources Heart to Heart Counseling Center provides. This is a horrendous isolating problem and your center is the best treatment facility I have come across. I want to write and say thank you for the ministry of the intensive you offered my husband and I earlier this month.
It has served as a wonderful foundation toward the journey of our recovery individually as well as for our marriage. I have spread the word to many and stand in faith that the ears that heard my testimony will, if guided, seek you out for the same opportunities.
The daily exercises you gave us has been such a blessing.
The feelings are eye-opening to both of us yet, I must say my favorite part is when we pray together. This is a first in our relationship. I am eternally full of gratitude in your discipline to following the calling that has been placed in your heart. Thank you, thank you, thank the Lord! I came to your office with my wife for a three-day intensive workshop.
That is the day I still state as the first day of my recovery. I recently received a 1-year medallion from my SAA group for one year of sobriety-using the first day I was with you as the date. I wanted to make sure you knew of this accomplishment. Please accept my thanks for helping me reach this milestone for me.
I can't begin to say how different things are for me now. I remember well the time period leading up to me reluctantly agreeing to see you. During this time I was lying to everyone - my wife, groups, therapist, etc - insisting that I was NOT acting out when I was still having sex outside my marriage as often as possible and was still masturbating with pornography when possible. My first day with you put all of that to a dead stop. I won't say that things have not been "tough" this past year at times-after all, I am obviously still considered to be a sex addict and I find this addict still wanting me to act out.
I have just completed Step 5 with my sponsor. I actually attend these meeting without complaining to my wife and others about how I don't feel I get anything from the meetings. All of this is quite a change for me as compared to the time before I met you. I even have other guys going to SAA asking me what my "secret" is since they find themselves acting out on a regular basis. My main response is that I realized I actually enjoy being a sober person MUCH better than a person who is always acting out.
I told them that working the steps with my sponsor actually helped me keep my mind where it should be.
I told them that a major help was with my first two polygraphs as well as tracking software on my computer which helped break my "pattern" I established for acting out with the computer. I'm not stupid enough at this pint to EVER say I am "cured" but I am certainly feeling much better about my life and where I am with my addiction.
Your time with me certainly got me started in the right direction as well as showing me realistically how I can heal from this addiction. You have my greatest thanks and appreciation for what you did for me a year ago. Best wishes for continued success with your ministry. Thank you for what you do for so many of us in His Name. You have a way of counseling that is not like anyone else we have ever known before.
You cut through the dirt to get to the rest of the problem-quickly. My husband and I are consciously doing the things you have recommended. I have even heard him tell the guys from his tele-group meetings how effective you are. We have a long way to go in our marriage. I must say, he is off to a good start! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your time, honesty, knowledge, strength, courage and encouragement expressed to us. You are so professional, so direct, so focused and so compassionate in pointing others toward recovery. You valued our time, money and our marriage by wasting no time in each session.
God continue to bless your life of service and expertise to others. You, my friend, are a blessing. We commit to pray for you, your family and your ministry as all of you pray for us. Just a quick note to say "thanks" is quite insufficient in communicating what I truly feel in my heart about Heart to Heart's team. We just returned from Colorado Springs Thursday evening and are so grateful that you made this opportunity for us to attend the 3-Day Intensive.
We are truly walking toward freedom and health one day at a time. This is the best thing we've ever done for ourselves, individually, as well as for our marriage. I don't know the end of the story, but I know that I now have the tools to become healthy and whole. I've made a daily recovery plan and am strongly committed to it.
Please know that you are making a difference It has literally saved my life.
God bless you in all you set your hands to do to bring the message of hope and freedom to those who are bound. First, I want to thank you so much for your help. My wife and I attended one of your three day intensives back in April and she is maintaining sobriety. I have continued to research sex addiction and am constantly impressed by how your program systematically addressed the addiction from the core, trauma issues, all the way thought urge control and daily development.