The Power of Commitment: A Guide to Active Lifelong Love (Paperback)

The Power of Commitment What is commitment and what s so scary about it? How can we better understand and appreciate the value of commitment and make it last--for a lifetime? In his new book Scott Stanley best-selling marriage expert reveals that the secret ingredient for finding lasting love is understanding commitment. Too often men and women find themselves in half-committed Maybe I Do relationships that lead to frustration sadness and in many cases divorce. But it doesn t have to be this way. Scott Stanley offers a five-step plan--based on his groundbreaking marital research and uniquely spiritual approach--for understanding commitment including learning to handle the pressures of everyday life moving through the pain of unfulfilled dreams and hopes overcoming attraction to others that might endanger a marriage transforming your thinking from me versus you to we and us and capturing the beauty and mystery of lifelong devotion loyalty teamwork and building a lasting vision for the future. Nobody is more qualified to write this book than Dr. Scott Stanley. --Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott Seattle Pacific University; authors Love Talk This book should be mandatory reading for dating engaged newlywed and not-so-newlywed couples. Bravo! --Michele Weiner-Davis author Divorce Busting and The Divorce Remedy