Sacred Influence: How God Uses Wives to Shape the Souls of Their Husbands

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Zondervan, May 26, 2009 - Religion - 256 pages

God calls women to influence and move their husbands in positive ways. Applying the concepts from his bestseller, Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas offers a view through a man’s eyes. Here’s the inside scoop on what men find motivating—with inspiring real-life stories of women who are employing this knowledge to transform their marriages. Sacred Influence doesn’t flinch from difficult marital problems. But by using this faith-focused approach, you’ll see how to help your husband become the man God intends him to be. At the same time, God will shape you to be the woman he designed you to be. God has given godly women a wonderful power to influence and encourage their husbands. What’s the secret? This book will provide challenges, examples, and hope to women who want to love their husbands well and be loved well in return. --Dennis Rainey, President of Family Life

 

Contents

Dear Readers
9
The Glory of a Godly Woman
19
The Strength of a Godly Woman
29
Be Worthy of Me
37
The Widow at Zarephath
47
The Zarephath Legacy
59
The Helper
77
A Claim a Call and a Commitment
91
Taming the Temper Part 1
133
Taming the Temper Part 2
147
The Magic Question
157
The Biology of a Busy Man
171
Pure Passion
185
Affair on the Internet
205
Finding Faith
219
Everlasting Beauty
237

Understanding the Male Mind
101
JeanneAntoinette
115
Notes
243
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Gary Thomas is a writer-in-residence who also serves on the teaching team at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and the author of eighteen books, including the bestselling Sacred Marriage, that have sold more than a million copies worldwide and have been translated into a dozen languages. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married for thirty years.

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