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The wait : a powerful practice to finding the love of your life and the life you love

Franklin, DeVon (author.). Good, Meagan 1981- (author.). Vandehey, Tim (author.).

Summary: "Hollywood power couple DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good candidly share about their courtship and marriage, and the key to their success--waiting. Columbia Tristar Pictures executive DeVon Franklin and award-winning actress Meagan Good have learned sometimes all we can do is wait for "the one" to come into our lives. They spent years crossing paths but it wasn't until they were thrown together while working on the film Jumping the Broom that their storybook romance began. Faced with starting a new relationship and wanting to avoid potentially devastating relationship pitfalls, DeVon and Meagan chose to do something almost unheard of in today's society--abstain from sex until they were married. In The Wait, DeVon and Meagan share the life-changing message that waiting--rather than rushing a relationship--can help you find the person you're meant to be with. Filled with candid his-and-hers accounts of the most important moments of their relationship, and practical advice on how waiting for everything--from dating to sex--can transform relationships, allowing you to find a deep connection based on patience, trust, and faith"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781501105296
ISBN: 1501105299
ISBN: 9781501123481
Physical Description: print
xxv, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st Howard Books edition
Publisher: New York, NY : Howard Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1 No Sex? You Can't Be Serious 1 -- Sex, Waiting, and Relationships 3 -- Problem with Sex 5 -- Why We Chose to Be Celibate 7 -- What The Wait Isn't 10 -- Things to Know About Being Celibate 13 -- Signs from God 19 -- Does It Really Have to Be Until Marriage? 20 -- Blessings of Waiting 21 -- Wise Waiting 24 -- Celibacy Versus Abstinence 24 -- Energy to Change Everything 26 -- Delayed Gratification and Marshmallows 28 -- Being Selective Makes You More Desirable 29 -- Wait and ... Career 31 -- Chapter 2 Getting What You Really Want (Hint: It Isn't Sex) 33 -- Becoming the Best Version of Yourself 34 -- Before We Dated 39 -- Wise Waiting 46 -- How The Wait improved Our Lives 46 -- Wait and ... Finances 50 -- Grabbing Hold of the Life You Want 51 -- Wait Preprograms Your Pleasure Software 52 -- Lip Service 56 -- It Puts You Back in Control 57 -- It Pulls the Right People to You 60 -- Other Key Reasons Why Waiting Is Worth It 62 -- Know Your Triggers 67 -- Chapter 3 First Stops Down the Path to Authentic Love 69 -- Make the Decision 70 -- Seek Wise Counsel 72 -- Let God Be Your Matchmaker 72 -- What If the Other Person Is Waiting First? 75 -- Give Up the Illusion of "The One" 75 -- Wait and ... Weight 79 -- Stages of Celibacy 80 -- Know That It Gets Easier 84 -- Wise Waiting 85 -- Chapter 4 Lead Me Not into Temptation, I Can Find It Myself 87 -- Remembering Why You Started 90 -- Lust Prayer 91 -- Wait and ... Creativity 92 -- What Temptation Looks Like 93 -- Taking Care of Business 96 -- Temptation Avoidance Tips 96 -- Mind Your Triggers 97 -- Prepare for Every Contingency 100 -- Eyes on the Prize 102 -- Thinking about Sex Less 104 -- Chapter 5 What Keeps Women from Waiting? 107 -- Happily Ever After? Not So Much 110 -- Women's Disciplines 113 -- For Women, Celibacy Is Control 114 -- "If I Don't Sleep with Him, I'll Lose Him" 117 -- How Not to Wait 119 -- "There Are Only a Few Good Men Out There" 120 -- Woman Versus Woman 122 -- Who Is Your Husband? 124 -- Fear Is a Failure of Faith 128 -- Wait and ... Friendships 131 -- Waiting Gives You Back Your Power 131 -- How Waiting Gets You What You Want 133 -- Chapter 6 What Keeps Men from Waiting? 137 -- List 140 -- Cost 142 -- Men's Disciplines 144 -- Walking, Talking Sex Drives 145 -- What Are You Doing with Your Not-Tied-Downness? 148 -- "No" Before Bros 150 -- Who Is Your Wife? 151 -- Wait and ... Business 155 -- Faith and The Waiting Man 155 -- Attention Is the Currency of True Success 158 -- Take Inventory 159 -- Wise Waiting 162 -- Chapter 7 Can I Date While I Wait? 163 -- What Do You Deserve? 164 -- It's Confusing 166 -- DUI: Dating Under Infatuation 169 -- Type or Typo? 172 -- Jury Is Out 172 -- You Know Not Because You Ask Not 175 -- Beware of Your List 178 -- Dipping Your Toe into the Dating Pool 184 -- Steady at Your Center 186 -- Going Deeper 187 -- Telling Your Date About The Wait 189 -- Wise Waiting 191 -- Chapter 8 When Should I Commit? 193 -- Live as You Before You Live as We 199 -- If You're Ready, Don't Be Afraid to Move Ahead 200 -- Breaking the Stalemate 204 -- Reasons Not to Commit 205 -- Learning ... Every Date, Every Day 208 -- Should You Live Like You're Married When You're Not? 211 -- Friends-and-Family Plan 214 -- Passion Chemistry 217 -- Popping the Question 218 -- Marriage and Beyond 221 -- Blessings of Marriage 223 -- Chapter 9 Don't Give Up 225 -- Wait Always Works 227 -- Beware of Pitfalls 228 -- Plenty to Do in the Meantime 230 -- Trust What You Can't See 231 -- Stay on God's Timetable 232 -- Wait and ... Self-Esteem 235 -- Reflect and Review 236 -- Fine-Tuning 238 -- Final Thoughts 242.