Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
What if God designed marriage to make you holy instead of happy? What if your relationship isn't as much about you and your spouse as it is about you and God?
In Sacred Marriage, bestselling author Gary Thomas uncovers the ways that your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God and with each other. Join over one million others who have already uncovered Thomas's tips for fostering a sacred marriage.
Within the pages of Sacred Marriage, Thomas invites you to see how God can use your relationship with your spouse as a discipline and a motivation to love God more and reflect more of the character of his Son.
In addition to life-changing insights from Scripture, church history, and time-tested wisdom from Christian classics, you'll find practical advice and techniques to make your marriage happier by becoming holier husbands and wives.
In Sacred Marriage, Thomas will give you all of the tools you need to:
- Turn marital struggles into spiritual and personal appreciation
- Love your spouse with a stronger sense of purpose
- Confront your weaknesses and sin in order to grow your relationship with God and with your spouse
- Partner in the spiritual growth and character formation of your spouse
- Transform a tired marriage into a relationship filled with awe and respect
Thomas reveals that sacred marriages teach us to love God and others well by fostering a healthy sex life, a strong prayer life, and a rich spiritual life. God uses our marriages to help us grow in character, in prayer, in worship, and in service--we just have to recognize that the purpose of marriage is holiness, not happiness.
Each copy also includes thought-provoking discussion questions designed to spark conversation between couples and small groups, allowing you to dive deeper into the lessons that Thomas shares in Sacred Marriage.
Join the one million others who have already started on their journey to transforming their relationship with their spouses and with their Creator.
Top Highlights
“The ultimate purpose of this book is not to make you love your spouse more — although I think that will happen along the way; it’s to equip you to love your God more and to help you reflect the character of his Son more precisely. At the very least, you’ll have a new appreciation for the person with whom you have embarked on this journey.” (source)
“If you want to be free to serve Jesus, there’s no question — stay single. Marriage takes a lot of time. But if you want to become more like Jesus, I can’t imagine any better thing to do than to get married. Being married forces you to face some character issues you’d never have to face otherwise.’” (source)
“Knowing why we are married and should stay married is crucial. The key question is this: Will we approach marriage from a God-centered view or a self-centered view?” (source)
“In a God-centered view, we preserve our marriage because it brings glory to God and points a sinful world to a reconciling Creator.” (source)
“Marriage didn’t need to hold me back from my spiritual goals; it could actually help me reach them” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
- Author: Thomas, Gary
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2015
- ISBN: 9780310340669