A Lifelong Love : How to Have Lasting Intimacy, Friendship, and Purpose in Your Marriage

A good marriage isn’t something found; it’s something made.In this revised and updated edition of the bestselling bookA Lifelong Love,author Gary Thomas shares that when couples pursue spiritual purpose and worship it builds lasting intimacy and friendship between them. InA Lifelong Love,Thomas takes couples on three essential journeys leading to a strong marriage: The journey toward each otherThe journey toward GodThe journey toward love Whether readers are feeling discouraged about their marriage or simply want to infuse their relationship with greater spiritual and relational passion,A Lifelong Loveoffers the guidance they need to embrace the eternal intentions that God has for them. Gary Thomas believes couples often settle for too little when it comes to marriage. We fail to understand how deeply God cares about our spouse. We diminish our need to not only understand what biblical love really is, but also to become a people who excel at it. We let ourselves drift apart instead of making the daily choices to grow closer together. Whether your marriage needs a complete makeover, a touch up, or just a new purpose, A Lifelong Love promises to set your relationship on an entirely new dimension. You will never look at worship or your spouse in the same way again. You will understand how living for that day will so radically transform the decisions you make this day. And Gary will guide you through the power shifts and seasonal mine fields that blow up so many marriages so that you can grow in your love instead of in your disappointment. Thirty years of study and two decades of working with couples has led Gary Thomas to his most significant book yet on the relationship between husband and wife. Find out for yourself what all the fuss is about{u2014}and why A Lifelong Love is sure to challenge the way the church talks about marriage.Includes discussion and reflection questions for couples The author focuses on three key elements to having a strong marriage: an obsession with God creating a marriage that blossoms through worship, a desire to pursue a deeper kind of love, and intentionally pursuing onesness. The book guides the reader through the power shifts and seasonal mine fields that blow up many marriages, enabling a married couple to grow in love instead of disappointment Life is better when you love God together. A Lifelong Love shows you how to live a life of spiritual, marital, and personal intimacy. Marriage,Relationships,Engaged,Dating' God and marriage,The Sacred Search,Sacred Marriage How can we remake our marriages to become fruitful relationships that breathe spiritual life and that God uses to encourage others? A Lifelong Love has the answer