Depend on God

Welcome 

Your marriage isn’t just about you. It’s not even just about you and your spouse. Putting God at the center of your marriage can change everything. 

Introduction 

Have you ever considered that your marriage has a purpose beyond your enjoyment, your sexual gratification, or your children? It does. But embracing that higher purpose and making it a reality in the day-to-day reality of your relationship with your spouse is no easy task. 

God designed your marriage to be an illustration of Christ’s love for his church. It’s meant to look a little bit like heaven. How do you make that happen? 

Tension 

You want to love your spouse well. But there’s a lot of responsibility that comes with marriage—especially as a Jesus follower. 

Our culture sees marriage as a way of for us to find happiness, sexual gratification, and maybe even self-actualization. It’s an institution that serves our needs—and when it fails to serve those needs, we’re free to end it and move on with our lives. 

But your marriage can be so much more than that . . . if you change your perspective. 

Truth 

Do you aspire to have a marriage that’s more than average? Pursuing a marriage like that starts with a shift in perspective—one that sees through our cultural assumptions about the purpose of marriage to a different and more solid foundation: God.

When you put God at the center of your marriage, it changes everything because it gives your marriage a purpose greater than you and your spouse. It builds a lasting legacy that’s connected to God’s redemptive action in the world. 

Bottom Line 

Choose Him, not them. 

About the Expert

This content is an excerpt from Ted Lowe's interview with Lee & Martica Jenkins.

Lee is the senior pastor of Eagles Nest Church in Roswell, Ga. Lee is a proud graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he was a standout defensive back on the Vols football team. After graduating, Lee was drafted by the New York Giants of the National Football League.

Martica Jenkins earned her communications degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After college, she moved to Atlanta and began her career as a Retirement Planning Specialist with TIAA-CREF. 

Lee and Martica live in Roswell, GA. They are business partners, ministry partners, and best friends. They have three adult children: a daughter, Kristin, and two sons, Martin and Ryan.