Intensive Testimonies! February and March 2012

[JoelandKathy]

Hmm.. we seemed to have misplaced the Intensive testimonies from December! Here are February 1-5 and February 29-March 4, 2012

 

 

February 29 – March 4

Joel and Kathy,

This information helped Yvonne and I by having a better understanding on marriage and how Christ loved the church and husbands loving their wife. This intensive definitely works. It works if you apply the whole teaching, “all or nothing” and not just picking and choosing. With faith and GODLY COMMITMENTS on my part as a husband. This encompasses and that my wife wanted for a happy marriage! Well – Rolly is a doctor and I really can’t read the rest of what he wrote! – Except to say that he is very happy! Rolly and Yvonne attended their 5 Day Weekend Marriage Intensive a few months ago. They returned to the Intensive for two days so that they could refresh on some of the material and to renew their marriage vows! We had a beautiful marriage renewal after dinner at the Saturday night banquet! There was not a dry eye in the house! Previously, Rolly and Yvonne’s marriage had been as bad as any marriage that we have helped. They were so much on the verge of divorce. God is SO GOOD – He did a MIRACLE for them!

Rolly (and Yvonne)

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This weekend has been absolutely transformative. I’m not one to easily believe in “miracles” but I do believe this past weekend has allowed God to perform many miracles in our marriage though Joel and Kathy’s ministry. As a counselor, I have been skeptical about some marriage intensives, but I’ve found that what Joel and Kathy teach is both biblical AND psychologically healthy. This is rare to find! The honesty, transparency and no-nonsense approach taken by Joel and Kathy is a breath of fresh air in a culture that is suffocating from selfishness and immaturity. This ministry is mature, relevant to our cultures current marriage needs and balanced. At the core, this weekend has taught us the importance of LIVING out the LOVE of Christ in our marriages.

Hannah of Hannah and Frank

 

Joel and Kathy are open, honest and committed to engaging with you on your journey toward a healthy and happy marriage.

Frank of Frank and Hannah

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I think this weekend has been the best thing that has ever happened in our marriage! I believe God put this weekend together and I’m looking forward to starting the process of having an outrageously happy marriage.

Shawn of Shawn and Hope

 

The Marriage Intensive has been life changing for my husband and me. Two days ago, in the Friday sessions, we both discovered the crux of our marital issues, which had to do with my husband’s mother/son issues. It was as if the hidden covering/veil was immediately peeled away from our eyes. Additionally, we have learned a plethora of tools to obtain a healthy, happy marriage. Thank you, Joel and Kathy, for the awesome, wonderful work and ministry you do!

Hope of Hope and Shawn

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Dear Joel and Kathy,

This is our second –Day Weekend Marriage Intensive. I took the long road around and failed. I stopped doing what you taught after 2 months. Now, six months later, we are back! What a difference the second time for me. God has opened my eyes to what a difference it makes to our relationship when you are obedient to Joel and Kathy’s principles of marriage. Die to yourself, men! Put your wife 1st. Don’t hesitate. Die to ourselves. God Bless you, Joel and Kathy! Thank you!

Ron of Ron and Paula

 

This was my husband’s and mine second intensive. By Friday I was ready to leave and felt that coming was a waste of time and money. Friday evening we had our private session with Joel and Kathy and it was definitely God ordained. It was a major turning point in the intensive and our marriage. I felt there was hope for the first time in months. The love, energy, information and time that Joel and Kathy gave us was incredible and I’m so thankful. Thank you Joel and Kathy for everything!

Paula of Paula and Ron

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Dear Joel and Kathy,

This 5-Day Marriage Intensive has meant so much to me. My husband and I will apply everything we have learned. We realize the importance of placing a high priority on our marriage for the rest of our lives. Not just the 3 years! This is our second intensive. We didn’t do our homework the last time and my husband continued in the arrested development. Joel and Kathy, you have done an awesome job developing this marriage intensive. Sometimes it seems you have interviewed my husband as you developed your material! I noticed my husband really paid attention and I know with your continued assistance we will have an outrageously happy marriage. May God forever bless you both, your ministry and your entire family. Kathy’s mother-in-law is a very special aspect of the marriage intensive. I was looking forward to seeing her again a having her pray over my husband and I.

Ann of Ann and Lewis

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I have been to EVERY marriage conference there is! I have read every marriage book available! If I would have had “Joel and Kathy’s” God inspired teaching years ago, I know my first marriage would have been saved and I wouldn’t be sitting here desperate to save my second!

I pray the Christian mainstream grab hold of this God given message, SOONER than later! Why? Because the percentage of Christian marriages ending in divorce has now surpassed non-Christians! SO OBVIOUSLY WITH ALL OF THE X-tian material we have available, something is still broken.. because it is not working! Joel and Kathy’s message works! They are living proof and so are the hundreds of “unsaveable” marriages that now are not only “saved’ but are living an Outrageously Happy Marriage! That’s the ultimate testimony of Christ we can show our children and others. LIVING IT and LOVING IT!

Kam of Kam and Jim

 

Thank you, Joel and Kathy! This Weekend Marriage Intensive helped me to realize my childish reactions are not my true heart’s desires. Understanding why I do things will help me lead our family’s game plan for a win-win. She wins, our family wins, and we win!

Jim of Jim and Kam

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February 1-5, 2012

Dear Joel and Kathy,

This weekend has opened my eyes to truly see my wife’s heart and how I’ve wounded her for so long. It has given me the tools I need to respond to her needs, not from a place of shame or pride – but from a place of nurturing and healing. It’s given me a vision of what my marriage can and will look like. It will change our family for generations.

Darren of Darren and Sherry

 

Dear Joel and Kathy,

This weekend intensive effectively communicated to my husband what I have been trying to tell him for 18 years. I came in “done” with our marriage and am leaving with renewed hope.

Sherry of Sherry and Darren

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Joel and Kathy,

This is what this weekend has meant to me.

It has been very eye-opening!

You have given us the tools we need to have the best marriage ever!

It has been so refreshing to have someone to be so honest with us about your own struggles and show us how to avoid them and get us back on track!

You have shown us how to avoid untold hours of conflict exposing wrong thoughts and wrong teachings.

It has been totally worth our time and money. We are going to have a MUCH better marriage now!

Paul of Paul and Maggie

 

Wow! Joel and Kathy are to marriage what a new heart is to a dying heart patient or a “hail Mary” is to a football team down by 5 with six seconds left to go in the Super Bowl! They are a husband and wife’s last chance to survive together and have an Outrageously Happy Marriage! Thank you Joel and Kathy for opening your hearts and being very HONEST with me. My marriage will never be the same again!

I am... a man learning to lay his life down

Scott, of Scott and Lorie

New York

 

Dear Joel and Kathy,

Our weekend at the Marriage Intensive has been revolutionary. I wish I had understood Joel and Kathy’s teachings before getting marriage because it is a whole new way of life for me. It is liberating to know that the misery I have been living in is abuse and God does not want me to continue in this and I can insist on change. It is wonderful to understand that my past reactions are normal. I believe my husband “gets it” and am willing to be a helpmeet to help him so we can get to an outrageously happy marriage.

Lorrie of Lorrie and Scott

New York

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I found Joel and Kathy while searching “marriage intensives” online. I know God directed me to their site. This intensive was amazing as God was pouring His healing into our marriage through this ministry.

Rhyta of Rhyta and Jim

Dear Joel and Kathy,

In this five day Weekend Marriage Intensive, I received understanding to the “why” of the battles in our marriage. I am now able to make sense of the why we are having the problems that we have had throughout our 31 years of marriage. It opened my eyes on why I have acted the way that I did. This weekend has given us hope to have a happy marriage. It will happen! I know God brought us to this for a reason and He has a plan for us that Satan wants to stop. He has lost and we are going to now have a new, transformed, changed life!

Jim or Jim and Rhyta

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Dear Joel and Kathy,

This weekend has been a life changing experience that has opened my eyes to all of the denial, abuse and distrust I was heaping upon Angie. I did not even realize I was doing this to her. On “Crunch Day” (Thursday) – my eyes were opened up and my soul was shaking in the spirit of Love and Peace. I now know the problem and I can fix anything that I am aware of!

Allen of Allen and Angie

 

My husband and I attended this marriage intensive as a final attempt to save our 25 year marriage. I had filed for divorce and we are currently separated. We were at “war” with each other and the verbal and mental abuse had to stop! I got a miracle in my marriage. Allen was not fully aware how he was abusing me. We now have the knowledge to apply in our marriage to become outrageously happy and we will do what is necessary. We will NOT settle for LESS! We are going to make it work and that is a “MIRACLE!”

Angie of Angie and Allen

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Dear Joel and Kathy,

This weekend was a time to not only gather information but to receive tools. Nothing in life can be repaired without the proper tools. I received knowledge I did not have before. The most important thing was receiving great tools. I am leaving this weekend fully equipped to have an outrageously healthy marriage. I had an opportunity to share my heart and find answers. Now I need to go home and put my new found tools into practice.

Sharon of Sharon and Lee B.

Georgia

 

Dear Joel and Kathy,

“I finally saw what my wife had been telling me all along.” This weekend has shown me what damage I have done to the most important person in my life. What I was doing was dismissing her pain because I was incapable of “fixing her.” Joel and Kathy have given me tools to help my wife be able to overcome her hurts by changing me, not her. After years of unintentional ling to her, I can now heal her with the truth I have learned. I look forward to my new happy life with my wife!

Lee of Sharon and Lee

Georgia