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Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

by Gary L. Thomas

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Starting with the discovery that the goal of marriage goes beyond personal happiness, writer and speaker Gary Thomas invites readers to see how God can use marriage as a discipline and a motivation to love him more and reflect more of the character of his Son.

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Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person.

It is a spiritual discipline designed to help you know God better, trust him more fully, and love him more deeply.

Scores of books have been written that offer guidance for building the marriage of your dreams. But what if God's primary intent for your marriage isn?t to make you happy . . . but holy? And what if your relationship isn?t as much about you and your spouse as it is about you and God?

Everything about your marriage--everything--is filled with prophetic potential, with the capacity for discovering and revealing Christ's character. The respect you accord your partner; the forgiveness you humbly seek and graciously extend; the ecstasy, awe, and sheer fun of lovemaking; the history you and your spouse build with one another--in these and other facets of your marriage, Sacred Marriage uncovers the mystery of God's overarching purpose.

This book may very well alter profoundly the contours of your marriage. It will most certainly change you. Because whether it is delightful or difficult, your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God, and to a spiritual integrity that, like salt, seasons the world around you with the savor of Christ.

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Learn to view marriage as a spiritual discipline that helps you to know God and your spouse more intimately.
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Great perspective that all who are contemplating marriage as well as those already married should read!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780310242826
Subtitle:
What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
Author:
Thomas, Gary L.
Publisher:
Zondervan
Subject:
Christianity - Christian Life
Subject:
Christianity - Christian Life - Marriage
Subject:
Religion - Marriage & Family
Subject:
Christian Life - Love & Marriage
Subject:
Spiritual life
Subject:
Marriage
Subject:
Spiritual life -- Christianity.
Subject:
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Edition Description:
Supersaver
Publication Date:
February 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
8.43x5.50x.80 in. .60 lbs.
Age Level:
Religion - Marriage & Family
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