Beyond Ordinary - Justin Davis & Trisha Davis

Beyond Ordinary

By Justin Davis & Trisha Davis

  • Release Date: 2012-12-20
  • Genre: Christianity
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 62 Ratings

Description

How safe is your marriage? The answer may surprise you. The biggest threat to any marriage isn't infidelity or miscommunication. The greatest enemy is ordinary. Ordinary marriages lose hope. Ordinary marriages lack vision. Ordinary marriages give in to compromise. Ordinary is the belief that this is as good as it will ever get. And when we begin to settle for ordinary, it's easy to move from "I do" to "I'm done."

Justin and Trisha Davis know just how dangerous ordinary can be. In this beautifully written book, Justin and Trisha take us inside the slow fade that occurred in their own marriage—each telling the story from their own perspective. Together, they reveal the mistakes they made, the work they avoided, the thoughts and feelings that led to an affair and near divorce, and finally, the heart-change that had to occur in both of them before they could experience the hope, healing, and restoration of a truly extraordinary marriage.

Reviews

  • I am thankful to God for this book

    5
    By SWCKittyBarrow
    This will be the book I give every newlywed couple. If any couple will read it and turn to God, then I believe that every Christian marriage can be saved from divorce. Through Him, all things are possible!
  • Excellent book

    5
    By Beem2800
    I stumbled on their blog when I did a google search. I downloaded the first chapter of their book. It gave a background of how they met. I didn't find anything great about it. I then downloaded he entire book. Boy was I wrong! This was the best marriage book I've ever read. This is not a three step and your life is great book. It goes deep into the heart of the matter. It discusses how a successful marriage is a heart condition not a behavior condition. The only down side was the ordinary vs extraordinary came off as gimmicky. Their marriage was not ordinary at all. However, with these truths that they discovered I do believe that their marriage is/becoming extraordinary. A must read for marriage couples & counselors.
  • Love it!

    5
    By Nanita
    Very encouraging and helpful!
  • Needing encouragement

    5
    By Bmmckibbin
    This book is amazing!!!
  • Pretty good, a little sloppy.

    3
    By deana-saur
    The best thing about this book is the candid way the authors tell their story. I learned so much reading about each trial they faced and the way they dealt with it, good or bad. However, following each story are about 10 pages that are educational. They are supposed to help you with your own marriage. I did not really find these helpful. They mostly refer to other great books. If I wanted the information in those books, I would read them! These sections are very sloppy and hard to follow. There are too many passages that look like this: Grief leads to anger which leads to resentment. There are three types of resentment, A, B and C. There are 4 types of resentment A. It's just confusing and messy. However, the stories themselves are quite naked and well written. I found much more help within the stories than I did with the extra 10 pages in each chapter. I would have loved it without those pesky pages.
  • Great book!

    5
    By LedyEBA
    If you are married then this book is for you! Justin and Trisha are as transparent as one could get. This book is a must read! You won't regret it!
  • Wonderful

    5
    By Danijoc
    Honest and open. We should all fight for our marriages. Wonderful book, couldn't put it down.
  • Excellent Book!!! Get it!!

    5
    By TxNikki
    This book can and will change the way you think about your marriage! It's a great book! So many families could be saved from the damaging effects of divorce if people would read this book and go to war for their spouse! I am, you should too! I'm going to read it often, share it when I can and pray for every marriage to be transformed!