Sacred marriage : what if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy? /
Thomas, Gary
Sacred marriage : what if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy? / Gary Thomas. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, (c)2015. - 271 pages ; 22 cm
"Revised and updated"--Cover.
The greatest challenge in the world: a call to holiness more than happiness -- Romanticism's ruse: how marriage points us to true fulfillment -- Finding God in marriage: marital analogies teach us truths about God -- Learning to love: how marriage teaches us to respect others -- The soul's embrace: good marriage can foster good prayer -- The cleansing of marriage: how marriage exposes our sin -- Sacred history: building a spiritual discipline of perseverance -- Sacred struggle: embracing difficulty in order to build character -- Falling forward: marriage teaches us to forgive -- Make me a servant: marriage can build in us a servant's heart -- Sexual saints: marital sexuality can provide spiritual insights and character developmen ; t -- Sacred presence: how marriage can make us more aware of God's presence -- Sacred mission: marriage can develop our spiritual calling, mission, and purpose -- Epologue: the holy couple.
Presents biblical quotations, meditations, and devotions which show how different aspects of marriage can be a means of enhancing and deepening a personal relationship with God.
9780310337379
2016304311
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Spiritual life--Christianity.
Spouses--Religious life.
Nonfiction.
BV4596 / .S237 2015 BV4596
Sacred marriage : what if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy? / Gary Thomas. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, (c)2015. - 271 pages ; 22 cm
"Revised and updated"--Cover.
The greatest challenge in the world: a call to holiness more than happiness -- Romanticism's ruse: how marriage points us to true fulfillment -- Finding God in marriage: marital analogies teach us truths about God -- Learning to love: how marriage teaches us to respect others -- The soul's embrace: good marriage can foster good prayer -- The cleansing of marriage: how marriage exposes our sin -- Sacred history: building a spiritual discipline of perseverance -- Sacred struggle: embracing difficulty in order to build character -- Falling forward: marriage teaches us to forgive -- Make me a servant: marriage can build in us a servant's heart -- Sexual saints: marital sexuality can provide spiritual insights and character developmen ; t -- Sacred presence: how marriage can make us more aware of God's presence -- Sacred mission: marriage can develop our spiritual calling, mission, and purpose -- Epologue: the holy couple.
Presents biblical quotations, meditations, and devotions which show how different aspects of marriage can be a means of enhancing and deepening a personal relationship with God.
9780310337379
2016304311
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Spiritual life--Christianity.
Spouses--Religious life.
Nonfiction.
BV4596 / .S237 2015 BV4596