Barry Byrne - Love After Marriage: A Journey into Deeper Spiritual, Emotional and Physical Oneness

Barry and Lori have keys to bring healing, breakthrough, and restoration in marriages. Their vulnerability and transparency are disarming, while the truth that they walk in cuts right to the core. They have a message of a powerful God who is capable of redeeming all situations and relationships, regardless of the history. The Lord is breathing on LAM (Love After Marriage) and we continue to hear testimony after testimony of the amazing fruits of their ministry.

Eric and Candace Johnson

Senior Leaders of Bethel Church, Redding, California
Author of Momentum: What God Starts Never Ends

Barry and Lori Byrnes impact on marriages is undeniable. God has raised them up in this critical hour where it seems that all hope has been lost for marriages. Everywhere we turn it seems as though another marriage has failed, and yet I believe God is restoring hope for marriage. Within this book is a refreshing and redemptive approach to love and commitment that will strengthen your own relationship with your spouse and release grace for your family. Barry and Loris ministry is powerful not only because of the truths they teach but also because their lives are the very message. I thank God for Barry and Lori, and I know my marriage is stronger and healthier because of them.

Banning Liebscher

Director of Jesus Culture

Barry and Lori are some of the foremost marriage leaders of our day. The dramatic change in the lives of people they work with is consistently miraculous. These two create a level of intimacy, transparency and vulnerability between couples who have been married for years that is surprising to even those who thought they had a good marriage. I highly recommend their book and anything else you can get your hands on by these two gifted leaders.

Danny and Sheri Silk

Senior Management Team, Bethel Church, Redding, California
Founders, Loving On Purpose Educational Services

Barry and Lori Byrne have had an exceptionally positive impact on our culture here at Bethel Church. We have watched God use them to restore literally hundreds of marriages over the last several years. Their ministry is really unique. Their transparency is disarming, their passion is inspiring, and their own relationship is a powerful message to anyone who is living in a dysfunctional or boring relationship. Love After Marriage is more than a book; its a training manual for everyone longing for an extraordinary love affair with their spouse and it is a marriage manifesto for couples that are interested in strengthening their relationship with one another. We highly recommend this book to everyone; whether youre considering marriage for the first time or you have been married for many years, this book will rock you!

Kris and Kathy Vallotton

Senior Associate Leaders, Bethel Church, Redding, California

2012 Barry and Lori Byrne

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Chosen edition published 2014

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There is a movement happening in marriages. God is reclaiming what has been lost and redeeming what has deteriorated the family system, as we know it. When there is a generation of passionate husbands and wives, inevitably there will also be true fathers and mothers. And when there are mothers and fathers instilling an identity of love, acceptance and vision to a generation of children, the tares of destruction from the enemy will become the spoils of victory for the family of God. We dedicate this book to the restoration of marriages around the world.

by Bill and Beni Johnson

We are grateful to:

Our Lord Jesus Christ, for Your abundant love and grace in our marriage and family. Thank You for letting us partner with You and for initiating this ministry through a dream.

Our four sons: Caleb, Jeremy, Justin and Brendon. You are the delight of our lives, and we are so proud of who you are and all you are becoming.

Barrys parents, Paul and Josephine Byrne, who modeled love and commitment in marriage so well.

Loris parents, John and Grace Tebay, who laid a foundation of life and love in marriage. You have poured so much of Gods love and truth into our lives, our marriage and our sons.

Our pastors, Bill and Beni Johnson. You constantly spur us on in our journey of intimacy with the Holy Spirit and continually equip and challenge us in the most amazing ways.

Danny Silkyou believed in us, stretched us and saw the vision for LAM long before we did.

Kris Vallottonyou have always been such an encouragement to us. Thank you for recommending us to the staff at Regal.

Dozens of friends who have diligently prayed for us during the writing of this book and who also pray regularly for the LAM ministry.

Our son Brendon, and Justin and Jessica Collins, for your indispensible contribution to this book by joining in the editing process. We couldnt have done it without you!

The hundreds of couples who have completed LAM workshops and who are carrying on the ministry in their marriages, their families and their churches.

Our publisher, Regal Books, for believing we have a ministry worth putting into a book.

By Bill and Beni Johnson

Healthy marriages are living testimonies that reveal the nature and heart of God. When done correctly, marriages influence culture, help set values and priorities for generations, and create an awareness of the One to whom we will give an account of our lives. But when done incorrectly, they pervert and distort a nations concept of God. They turn its focus to self-preservation, all while legitimizing things that were intolerable only a generation earlier.