Sacred Marriage Gift Edition: 52 Devotions to Enhance Your Spiritual Intimacy

By Gary L. Thomas

Book Overview

The perfect gift for engaged, newlywed, or married couples

This two-in-one book and devotional from bestselling author Gary Thomas helps couples discover how marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God and each other.

Marriage is much more than a union between you and your spouse. From the love you share to the forgiveness you both offer and seek in turn, it is a spiritual discipline ideally suited to help you know God more fully and intimately. Shifting the focus from marital enrichment to spiritual enrichment, Thomas offers practical tools and techniques to make your marriage happier by becoming holier husbands and wives.

This special-edition two-in-one book and devotional includes:

Sacred Marriage

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

Devotions for a Sacred Marriage

A companion to Sacred Marriage, this book of 52 devotions encourages you to build your marriage around God's priorities. From learning to live with a fellow sinner to the process of two becoming one to sharing our lives as brothers and sisters in Christ, Devotions for a Sacred Marriage challenges couples to embrace the profound and soul-stretching reality of Christian marriage.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310355192
• ISBN13: 9780310355199
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

best marriage book

This is by far the best book on marriage I have ever read--and I have read over 50!! It is time we stop thinking of ourselves in our marriages and start thinking what does God want from me in the marriage. I highly recommend it!

Great product.

I am so thankful for this book. It arrived in perfect condition and within a very short period of time considering it had to be shipped overseas.

EVERYONE Should Read This Book!

Next to the Bible itself, Sacred Marriage has been more helpful to me than any other book I've ever read -- and I've read a lot! I've read way too many of what my sister calls "Suck it up, Sweetie" books -- you know, the ones that tell you that if you make menu plans, get the laundry done regularly and have sex at your husband's every whim you will have a wonderful marriage. Those books are more discouraging than anything else, and I believe they cause more harm than good. Gary's book isn't like that. It hleps you to focus on the true goal - not how to have a wonderful marriage, but how to how to have a wonderful relationship with God, no matter what your marriage is like. Of course, I've found that following the biblical principals in this book, my marriage is much more satisfying -- even though nothing much has changed other than my own heart and my own focus. Thank you, Gary, for writing a no-nonsense book that simply gives us the message of the Bible in relevant ways. The principals in this book not only apply to marriage, but to every aspect of life. I highly recommend it! (I've already worn out 5 copies and have given out at least that many to others.)

Great book, need DVD for better experience

This is a good book for people wanting to refresh their marriage; for best experience you need to purchase the accompanying DVD and get a few married friends together and watch the DVD and have a discussion about it. It discusses several issues such as, looking at your partner from God's perspective, thinking about marriage as the most important ministry to God, and the significance of a healthy and strong sexual relationship to energize the marital relationship. Please consider this book if you're thinking about how to better your marriage.

Sacred Marriage

I found this book to be a unique view on marriage. So many books out there are all about what can marriage do for me and instead this book is about how God intended marriage to be and how that works for your spouse and yourself. It also is not a to do list of the things to do to improve your marriage. This book is more about the basis for a good marriage designed by God.