Marriage Finances

Dave Ramsey's New York Times best-selling guide to better living through financial security, now completely revised and updated.

In The Marriage Challenge: A Finance Guide for Married Couples, financial expert and author of The Money Challenge Art Rainer takes you on a journey to a financially healthy marriage. Get started on the right foot, or get back on the right track, by accepting the challenge and realizing God's design for money and marriage.

There are, in the United States, a significant and growing number of families who live on less than $2.00 per person, per day. That figure, the World Bank measure of poverty, is hard to imagine in this country - most of us spend more than that before we get to work or school in the morning.

Financial expert Howard Dayton shows you how to discover God's approach to growing your finances and strengthening your relationship. You will learn what to do before you say "I do," how to discover your financial responsibility, and all about successful money management. Howard also looks at such issues as blending your family and the special challenges of stay-at-home moms. He offers practical, biblical principles to common problems.

The Third Wave makes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis casts fresh light on our new forms of marriage and family, on today's dramatic changes in business and economics. It explains the role of cults, the new definitions of work, play, love, and success. It points toward new forms of 21st-century democracy.

In this revolutionary exposé, Harvard Law School bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren and financial consultant Amelia Tyagi show that today's middle-class parents are increasingly trapped by financial meltdowns. Astonishingly, sending mothers to work has made families more vulnerable to financial disaster than ever before. Today's two-income family earns 75% more money than its single-income counterpart of a generation ago, but has 25% less discretionary income to cover living costs.

God’s vision for your marriage is far more than mediocre, and money and sex are two of the most common tension points. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In Your Money, Your Marriage, Brian and Cherie Lowe offer straight talk and power principles for getting your finances back on track so you can get back to your romance. Take it from them - the Lowes worked off $127,000 in debt in just four years, and emerged not only financially free but better together.

Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and - most important of all - find greater happiness and peace of mind.

It's not just about the money. Arguments about money are by far the top predictor of divorce, says Sonya Britt, a professor at Kansas State University. "It's not children, sex, in-laws, or anything else. It's money - for both men and women." Satan seeks every means possible to destroy marriages, and creating conflict around finances is one of his favorite tactics. But there is more to money problems than not sticking to the budget.

“14 Days Prayer” is book series designed by the Holy Spirit to address special needs, problems and situations. It will help and guide you in prayer as you decide to seek the face of God concerning your situations or problems. These 14-Days must be done with fasting and prayer because the Scripture says, “And He replied to them, this kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting” Mark 9:29 (AMP) As medical doctor prescribes medication when you need medical attention; this is Divine Prescription for your spiritual needs, stubborn situations, spiritual warfare and more. ...

Age talks about experience. Women mature structurally fast than their male age grade. This is called maturation. A 20 year old female tend to have affinity or are easily attracted to older males than their own male age group. Age is just a number. A young man once asked his father to help him understand women. The father paused and after a while said, "If you can figure out why Pizzas were created round, stored in a square package and eaten in triangular shape, then you will understand women." Are you preparing to get married? Are you already dating, in courtship, engaged or married? Is you...

We learn countless ideas from our families about money. Many of them are caught and not taught. The Healthy Love & Money Way shows how our attitudes about ourselves, relationships, and money evolve from our past experiences and the attachment styles we developed as children. Using the latest in love and brain science, as well as anecdotes from his own evolution from an insecure attachment style to a secure one, Ed Coambs shows how healthy love and money can be achieved no matter your starting point.

According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is “that place in which we realize our humanity.” If that’s true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In Overwhelmed, Schulte, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asks: Are our brains, our partners, our culture, and our bosses making it impossible for us to experience anything but “contaminated time”?

This book contains 30 lessons designed to help couples navigate financial discussions and effectively communicate about one of the most challenging topics that couples face. In each five-minute lesson, you will find: A quick summary about a financial topic, "Two Cents of Advice" that helps you identify the most important points, discussion questions about the topic, and a planning section to take notes on your next steps.

Welcome to the world of Aries, the first sign of the zodiac. Powered by Mars, the planet of action and fire, Aries stands for courage, energy, and the drive to take on life head-on. Aries is the trailblazer, fearless, passionate, and always ready to carve out a new path, no matter the obstacle. Aries is all about bold beginnings and fearless actions. Aries, akin to a commando venturing into enemy territory without hesitation, embraces life with a fierce inner fire. This inner fire ignites dreams, propels action, and aids Aries in surmounting obstacles on their journey towards success. This ...

As we bid farewell to 2024 and greet the New Year 2025, we embrace the hope that comes with new beginnings. Time is in constant flux, and the future remains a mystery, offering both trials and opportunities. Let's explore what does your Zodiac Sign has in store for you in 2025. What lies ahead for you regarding education, love, marriage, children, career, promotions, business expansion, financial prospects, debt clearance, health, property, travels, social networks, and new ventures? I want to cover this annual horoscope in seven chapters. In the first chapter, we will cover the transit of ...

Do you desire a new new normal of healthy life giving relationships as well as increased peace and joy in your everyday life? In this 14 day devotional we will embark on an inner healing journey. We will take a look at some biblical truths revealed throughout scripture, that we can safely build the foundations of our lives upon. There will be times to reflect on your unique upbringing and childhood years, allowing the Holy Spirit to bring healing of past wounds and freedom from unhealthy patterns, actions or thoughts passed on from previous generations. We will explore some of life’s core...

A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. In The Richer Sex, Liza Mundy shows how this reality will transform the sexual, dating, marriage, and work habits of men and women worldwide. This flip in the economic order is inevitable, and Mundy demonstrates why it will also be a good thing for individuals and families. Both sexes will be free for the first time to make purely romantic choices - ones that have nothing to do with marriage as an economic partnership.

Do money conversations with your partner feel more like a battlefield than a bonding moment? You're not alone—and it doesn’t have to stay that way. Money is the #1 cause of stress in relationships. It sparks arguments, fuels resentment, and can even destroy intimacy. But what if money could bring you closer instead of tearing you apart? "Money Management for Couples" is your step-by-step guide to financial unity, even if you and your partner speak completely different “money languages.” Whether one of you is a saver and the other a spender—or you just can't seem to agree on ...

Money issues are a frequent source of conflict in any marriage. But blended families are a monetary minefield. Debts, bills, and child support payments from previous relationships often influence the finances of a blended family. And planning for college expenses, retirement, and inheritance gets even more complicated in stepfamilies.