The 10 best marriage bible study books 2019
Finding the best marriage bible study books suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
1. Devotions for a Sacred Marriage: A Year of Weekly Devotions for Couples
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A Year of Weekly Devotions for a Holier, Happier Marriage
Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with your spouse. It is a relationship God uses to help you know Him more, trust Him more fully, and love Him more deeply.
Devotions for a Sacred Marriage explores how God can reveal Himself to you through your marriage and help you grow closer to Him as well as to your spouse. With fresh insights that build upon the principles found in Sacred Marriage, these fifty-two weekly devotions offer practical, biblical wisdom for nurturing your marriage as an expression of your love for God.
A happy marriage is good, but a holy one is sacred.
Gary Thomas is a writer-in-residence at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct faculty member teaching about spiritual formation at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of fifteen books, including Sacred Marriage, Sacred Pathways, Sacred Parenting, and the Gold Medallion Award-winning Authentic Faith.
2. #Staymarried: A Couples Devotional: 30-Minute Weekly Devotions to Grow In Faith And Joy from I Do to Ever After
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"If you've ever wondered what people mean when they say, 'Marriage is a lot of work,' this book is for you. And this work is the most noble work you'll ever do.Nate Bagley, Founder of The Loveumentary Podcast, Salt Lake City, UT
Strong marriages dont just happen. They require commitment, time, and faithwhich can often be difficult to achieve amid the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. But this kind of dedication is essential, not just to getting married, but to staying married.
After five years of marriage, Michelle Peterson discovered that many of the couples she knew were separating or getting divorced, and found herself asking a question that would become the foundation of her lifes work: What does it take to stay married? From this question Michelle developed the popular blog and podcast, #staymarried, which has helped hundreds of thousands of couples improve their marriages.
#staymarried: A Couples Devotional combines everything Michelle has learned in one welcoming and applicable couples devotional. In #staymarried: A Couples Devotional, scripture-based devotions help you and your spouse work together to strengthen your relationshipto each other and God.
In this couples devotional, youll find:
- Devotions that require only 30 minutes per week and address everything from finances and arguments to trust and intimacy.
- Wisdom from the Bible incorporated with up-to-date research from research-based sources such as The Gottman Institute.
- Inclusive, open-minded guidance that applies to a diverse range of couples.
With #staymarried: A Couples Devotional, you and your spouse will learn to connect meaningfully and communicate honestly while renewing your shared commitment to your marriage and faith.
3. A Little God Time for Couples: 365 Daily Devotions
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Spending quality time together as a couple can be difficult, but its incredibly important for maintaining a healthy marriage!
One of the best ways to strengthen your relationship is to spend time together with God.
This devotional offers fresh insight on relationships, encouraging Scriptures, thought-provoking questions, and inspirational prayers to help you intentionally engage with God and each other.
Whether you have been married for five days, five years, or a lifetime, a little God time is the ultimate way to begin or end your day together.
4. A Couple's Guide to a Growing Marriage: A Bible Study
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From#1 New York Times bestselling author Gary Chapman
Every marriage is a growing marriage. The real question is: are you growing closer together or further apart? If youre content with the latter, dont change a thing. However, if you desire the kind of marriage that keeps getting better, then youll need to be intentional. This book will start you in the right direction.
A Couples Guide to a Growing Marriage teaches you how to...
- Invite God into the details of your life and marriage
- Listen in ways that deepen intimacy and friendship
- Understand your spouse and be understood
- Keep your love fresh and mutually engaging
- Manage conflict constructively, not destructively
In both private and shared-time exercises, you'll explore Bible study, prayer, and Scripture memory. You will learn how to have a brief daily sharing time with your spouse, and you will cultivate deeper friendships with others through group activities.
So much more than a personal and group study, A Couple's Guide to a Growing Marriage Bible Study will teach you to share your life more fully with God, and as your relationship with God deepens, so will your relationship as a couple.
5. Family Life Bible Study for Couples
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A Study Guide to Equip Couples for Life.
FamilyLife Bible Study for Couples helps couplesand those who are one half of a coupleexplore the issues facing husbands and wives: resolving conflict, communicating effectively, raising godly children, rekindling and maintaining romance together, loving difficult family members, and more.
With firm biblical grounding, this seven-week study has applications for personal growth, individual reflection questions, and discussion questions for couples and small groups.
6. Married for a Purpose: New Habits of Thinking for a Higher Way of Living: 52 Weekly Devotions for Couples
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Does the busyness of life choke your time for quality connection? Could you use some positive affirmation to cultivate transformation in a world filled with negativity? Do you aspire to live fully in Gods purpose as a couple?
In Married for a Purpose, Greg and Julie Gorman share 52 power-packed devotions, filled with encouragement, Scriptures, prayers, and practical next-step actions to help you live purpose focused, not problem focused in your marriage.
Each week youll uncover insights to create new habits of thought in your relationship, enriching your communication and unifying you physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually.
Welcome Gods purpose for your marriage. Live the life God intended. He created you and your spouse to live Married for a Purpose!
7. Couples of the Bible: A One-Year Devotional Study to Draw You Closer to God and Each Other
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In this scrapbook of your spiritual family tree, you have the faithful patriarchs and matriarchs who make you proudand the scoundrels who youd rather not talk about. But all of these ancestors, Couples of the Bible, will give you a snapshot of your biblical heritage. Some bring encouragement, others offer a stern warning.
Through this 52-week devotional experience, you will be reacquainted with the obstacles and outcomes of familiar couples like Abraham & Sarahand meet some lesser-known couples like Othniel & Aksah. Each week focuses on one couple of the Bible, from Adam & Eve to Christ & His Bride. You will read their story, learn about their cultural setting and explore how their story can teach you important truths about your own marriage. Each week you will be guided with questions applying biblical truth to your relationship with your spouse. And youll finish the week with a time of reflection, thanksgiving and prayer.
Couples of the Bible will teach you how God guided couples in the past and will encourage you to trust in his faithfulness for your marriage.
8. Night Light: A Devotional for Couples
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Now for the first time in softcover! Whether you're just married or are celebrating your golden anniversary, you need regular, quiet moments with your matetimes to renew love and intimacy with each other and with the Lord. Night Light, by Dr. James Dobson and his wife, Shirley, will help you do just that. This daily devotional offers the personal, practical, and biblical insights that have sustained the Dobsons' marriage for forty years and encouraged couples and families around the world. Let Night Light enrich your marriage tootonight and every night.9. The Love Dare Day by Day: A Year of Devotions for Couples
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10. The One Year Love Language Minute Devotional (The One Year Signature Series)
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