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Happy is good. Holy is better. 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. What if God's primary intent for your marriage isn't to make you happy . . . but holy? Sacred Marriage doesn't just offer techniques to make a marriage happier. It does contain practical tools, but what married Christians most need is help...

Every great marriage FACES CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. How you navigate the circumstances you encounter with your unique personalities determines the health and success of your relationship. For over four decades Tom and Jan Lane have worked together to build a happy, satisfying marriage, and now they share what they have learned. Strong Women and the Men Who Love Them offers practical solutions and enrichment tools for couples with a relational combination...

Life Is Never Mainly About Love and Marriage. So Learn to Live and Date for More. Many of you grew up assuming that marriage would meet all of your needs and unlock God's purposes for you. But God has far more planned for you than your future marriage. Not Yet Married is not about waiting quietly in the corner of the world for God to bring you "the one," but about inspiring you to live and date for more now. If you follow Jesus, the search for a spouse...

Week after week, they sit in church...alone. They are the spiritually mismatched, those who are committed to a spouse who does not share their faith. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in survival mode, guarding the spiritual flame yet never feeling free to share it. But God wants them to thrive - not just survive. Winning Him Without Words presents ten Christ centered keys to thriving in a spiritual...

Reflecting on forty years of matrimony, John Piper exalts the biblical meaning of marriage over its emotion, exhorting couples to keep their covenant for all the best reasons. Even in the days when people commonly stayed married "'til death do us part," there has never been a generation whose view of marriage was high enough, says Pastor John Piper. That is all the more true in our casual times. Though personal selfishness and cultural bondage obstruct...

A husband's God-given responsibility to his wife is to be her shepherd: to love her, serve her, comfort her, protect her, provide for her, sacrifice for her, and lead her. Like the Shepherd guides men on how to embrace the role of shepherd, drawing on the wisdom of the Bible to give men practical, powerful advice on how to take responsibility for their relationships and realize the Christian ideal of a healthy, happy marriage.

Discover the path from Vows to Victory in "The Marriage Manual," a 31-day devotional meticulously crafted by Scott and Crystal Boney. Whether you're newlyweds embarking on the journey of marriage or seasoned partners seeking to reignite the flame, this devotional offers an empowering roadmap to create a thriving, God-honoring union. Scott and Crystal Boney, with two decades of marital experience, share profound insights garnered from their journey....

A DAILY WALK TO JOY IN THE MIDST is a one-year devotional for women with a unique approach. Take an imaginary backpacking trip over the Mountain of Gloom to the Lake of Still Waters with the author as she shares her true story of finding joy through God's word despite tribulations raising her family. Sit by the campfire as Anne teaches God's lessons empowering women to be strong and courageous. Make it your own through daily scriptures and journaling....

For unhappy marriages or for married couples who act more as roommates than husband and wife, God's Marriage Code of Conduct can help hurting couples overcome the loneliness and trials within their marriage. Author Joy Callahan shares what she learned from her own failing marriage and how she used God's blueprint to save it. She lays out Biblical principles and God's laws, that if not followed, can cripple a marriage. By embracing His truth, marriages...

I Honor My Vows is a brief but insightful book that details traditional marital vows and offers realistic examples to help readers apply them in a God-led marriage. This is a must-read for all Christian couples as author Charve' Drew shares impactful, relatable, and relevant insight. Throughout the book, Charve' Drew shares personal experiences to emphasize the relevance of the traditional wedding vows in today's marriages. The book is broken down...