The Lies Couples Believe: How Living the Truth Transforms Your Marriage
If you are experiencing conflict, anger, or hurt in your marriage, you don’t need positive thinking or an escape clause—you need to replace the lies you believe with God’s transforming truths for your relationship to become all that it was meant to be.
According to Dr. Chris Thurman, everyone enters marriage with misguided attitudes and expectations such as:
- “My spouse is a bigger mess than me.”
- “The purpose of marriage is to be happy.”
- “My spouse should meet all my needs.”
This practical book dismantles the ten most common lies couples believe and helps you renew your mind with God’s truths for a more caring, close, and connected marriage.
Top Highlights
“What I am saying is this: the euphoric experience of being in love and the incredible happiness that goes along with it cannot be the central focus of a healthy marriage.” (source)
“God joined you and your spouse together in holy matrimony so that, as an act of your will, you would facilitate each other’s growth toward becoming more fully loving and whole human beings.” (source)
“Agape love focuses on helping our husbands or wives become the fullest expression of who God intended them to be.” (source)
“The main issue to God seems to be that we approach our marital disappointments and conflicts as iron-sharpening-iron opportunities (Prov. 27:17) that He can use to overhaul our faulty beliefs and help us learn to love our spouses ‘as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her’ (Eph. 5:25).” (source)
“I believe God has three primary purposes for marriage: companionship, children, and change” (source)
Product Details
- Title : The Lies Couples Believe: How Living the Truth Transforms Your Marriage
- Author: Thurman, Chris
- Publisher: David C Cook
- Publication Date: 2015
- ISBN: 9780781413671