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The secret to success in marriage lies more with the relationship between you and God than in changing your spouse or circumstances. But have you also discovered the secret to being all your spouse needs you to be?
It is easy to put our own needs before marriage, or to put marriage before God. It’s even possible to put “personal holiness” before following God and doing what He asks us to do for others.
The ironic secret is one of the greatest discoveries you can make: focusing on what God’s already done for you is what makes you a more perfect partner. When you’re focused on God, you don’t care so much about what you’re getting out of it. But you might care more deeply about what your spouse is receiving.
As Gary Thomas asks in his book, The Sacred Marriage, “What if God designed marriage not to make us happy, but to make us holy?”
Have you noticed positive changes in yourself since being married? Have you shared those with your spouse?
What lessons do you believe marriage has to teach about keeping the focus on God and His love for others?
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After ten disappointing years of marriage, and seven painful years of divorce Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs understand how remarkable their true-life story is of how God rescued their love. God taught them that where you start in marriage largely determines where you’ll end up. This reading plan helps you make significant progress and possibly avoid conflict by spending time thinking about what we hoped for most at the start.
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