Take the Lead and Build Joy-Filled Marriages

What if you could create a space where marriages grow stronger together—without having to build it from scratch? This 6-week resource provides everything you need to confidently lead a group, including video sessions, guided content, and meaningful activities that foster deeper joy and connection.

What's Included

  • PDF Facilitator guide with tips, including step by step instructions for each lesson

  • Weekly facilitator videos with guidance and tips for leading that week’s content

  • Email templates you can use as a starting point for communicating with your group each week

  • Teaching & exercises: 6 sessions with 2 videos per session with the authors of the book

  • My 4 Habits Joy Assessment PDF

Your Companion Book!

From authors Dr Marcus Warner and THRIVEtoday President Chris Coursey

The book is required to complete this course and contains the readings and guided practice exercises referenced throughout the lessons.

To fully engage with the weekly exercises and homework, each couple in your group will need a copy.
PURCHASE

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome

    2. PDF Downloads

    1. 1. Preparing for the Session

    2. 2. Opening Discussion / Course Overview

    3. 3. Session 1 Teaching and Discussion

    4. 4. Session 1 Exercise Explanation and Practice

    5. 5. Exercise Debrief

    6. 6. Review This Week’s Exercises and Reading

    1. 1. Preparing for the Session

    2. 2. Opening Discussion / Course Overview

    3. 3. Session 2 Teaching and Discussion

    4. 4. Session 2 Exercise Explanation and Practice

    5. 5. Exercise Debrief

    6. 6. Review This Week’s Exercises and Reading

    1. 1. Preparing for the Session

    2. 2. Opening Discussion / Course Overview

    3. 3. Session 3 Teaching and Discussion

    4. 4. Session 3 Exercise Explanation and Practice

    5. 5. Exercise Debrief

    6. 6. Review This Week’s Exercises and Reading

    1. 1. Preparing for the Session

    2. 2. Opening Discussion / Course Overview

    3. 3. Session 4 Teaching and Discussion

    4. 4. Session 4 Exercise Explanation and Practice

    5. 5. Exercise Debrief

    6. 6. Review This Week’s Exercises and Reading

    1. 1. Preparing for the Session

    2. 2. Opening Discussion / Course Overview

    3. 3. Session 5 Teaching and Discussion

    4. 4. Session 5 Exercise Explanation and Practice

    5. 5. Exercise Debrief

    6. 6. Review This Week’s Exercises and Reading

About this course

  • $49.00
  • 40 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content

  • Video Curriculum

    Each week you'll hear Dr. Marcus Warner teach on that week's topic based on cutting-edge brain science and insights from decades of ministry experience.

    Next you'll get to sit in on a discussion between Marcus and Brenda Warner, together with Chris and Jen Coursey, as they share candidly from their own marriages. You'll also get to watch the Courseys explain and model this week's relational skills exercise that will help shrink the joy gap in your marriage!

  • Practice New Habits

    Practice may not make you perfect but it will shrink the joy gap in your marriage! Exercises are introduced throughout the book and during the 6 weekly gatherings. Couples will practice simple exercises each week to cultivate more joy.

    The weekly video introduces exercises that will build the habit into the marriage and then co-author Chris Coursey and his wife, Jen, demonstrate the exercise. This prepares couples to implement the exercise with clarity and ease.

  • Experience More Joy

    This is the outcome people expected when they married the person they love. Armed with the knowledge of what causes joy and the brain science behind it, coupled with the development of these 4 habits, the result will be more joy and deeper connection with the one you love!

    You will see it in the video demonstration: even the co-authors and their wives are experiencing more joy!

Experience More Joy in Your Marriage

People get married because they believe they will experience more joy with the person they love. However, it does not take long to discover that joy can be an elusive thing. Most of us have no idea what causes joy or how to revive it when it begins to fade…..until now!

Whether you gather together with some friends in the community or meet in your home, lead a group of couples in your church through this resource, or go through the material as an individual couple, we can assure you the result will be better marriages!

About the Authors

  • Dr Marcus Warner

    Marcus has served as president of Deeper Walk International since 2006. An in-demand speaker, Marcus has spoken for both ministry and corporate groups across the country and around the world. His passion is taking complex topics and making them practical and accessible for everyone.

  • Chris Coursey

    For over 20 years Chris has been testing, creating and practicing brain-based solutions to make relationships work. Chris is highly motivated to develop practical resources, and travels the world equipping couples, ministry leaders, and churches in relational brain skills.

This course was brought to you by a ministry partnership between Deeper Walk International and THRIVEtoday.

Course Permissions

This course is licensed for group use only. The videos may be viewed in your group for the purpose of participating together. Please do not share your login information or distribute the course guide beyond the course facilitator. All exercise steps are provided in The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages book, so you might recommend that couples bring their book with them to your sessions.

Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Course Access

You will have access to the course for 1 year starting on the date you purchase.

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