The Marriage You've Always Wanted How To Grow A Stronger, More Intimate Relationship

by Tim Clinton

Your Marriage Is A Story Only You Can Tell

Your marriage is a story … a tale as unique as you are. Sometimes the story is beautiful, full of "happily ever after" togetherness. Other times, the story is full of pain, sadness, or deep disappointment. The story changes as time passes. Things happen. People come and go. Everyday pressures begin to build. Unless a couple guards against it, a downward spiral of unexpressed expectations, feelings of failure, negative perceptions, and increasing self-preservation eats away at the fabric of their marriage, tempting many couples to give up - and split up.

The good news is that this "cycle of disaffection" can be broken! Read The Marriage You've Always Wanted and find out how to…


Recognize the four warning signs of emotional "distancing," and how to break harmful patterns that have begun to take root,
Recapture the closeness you once experienced as a couple,
Build a "fortress for three" around your marriage, where together with God you can build a plan for the rest of your lives together.
Each chapter contains an important topic for discussion, a Bible study, and optional activities. Working together, you and your spouse can experience a newfound sense of joy, passion, and companionship - all that God intended marriage to be.

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 12, 2000

About the author

Also credited as Timothy Clinton

Tim Clinton, Ed. D. is President of the nearly 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling association in the world. He is Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care, and Executive Director of the Center for Counseling and Family Studies at Liberty University. Licensed in Virginia as both a Professional Counselor (LPC) and Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Tim now spends a majority of his time working with Christian leaders and professional athletes. He is recognized as a world leader in faith and mental health issues and has authored 20 books including his latest, Breakthrough: When to Give In, When to Push Back. Most importantly, Tim has been married 31 years to his wife Julie and together they have two children, Megan and Zach.