Discovering a Lifelong Love

Marriage is designed by God to endure. Best-selling author Gary Thomas explores God’s purpose for marriage and explains how the best marriages are those steeped in worship. Unlike appearances, worship is something that grows more beautiful with time, making marriage more lovely through the years, not less. Gary shares how God spoke to him about his wife, and how that admonition revolutionized his marriage. Gary Thomas also encourages every couple to discover their magnificent obsession—something they love to do for the glory of God. Since we were created in Christ to do good works, Gary invites husbands and wives to find some ministry they can do together, resulting in a marriage built for eternity.

Gary Thomas, author of "A Lifelong Love," encourages every couple to discover their magnificient obsession-something they love to do for the glory of God. View Show Notes →
Gary Thomas explains that he got married to be loved and have his needs met. However, after 20-plus years of marriage, Gary realizes that his greatest need isn't to be loved, but to learn how to love. View Show Notes →
Gary Thomas explores God's purpose for marriage and explains how the best marriages are those steeped in worship. View Show Notes →

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Gary Thomas

Gary Thomas is a writer in residence at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct faculty member teaching on spiritual formation at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon and Houston Theological Seminary in Houston, Texas. He is the author of 20 books, including  When to Walk Away, Sacred Marriage,  Sacred Pathways, Cherish, Sacred Parenting, and the Gold Medallion Award-winning Authentic Faith. He has a master’s degree from Regent College, where he studied under Dr. J.I. Packer, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in divinity from Western Seminary. Gary has spoken in 49 states and 9 different countries. He has appeared numerous times on various national radio and television programs, including CBN, Focus on the Family and FamilyLife Today.