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

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Zondervan, Mar 26, 2007 - Family & Relationships - 272 pages
If you're sick of all the ways you've tried to bring about change in your marriage'the silent treatment, nagging, one-way discussions, or pleading'it's time to set aside those broken methods for a Christ-based approach. This book demonstrates how women can inspire, influence, and help their husbands move in positive directions. Replacing your plan of action with God's leads to a marital transformation where both partners are moving in sync, the way God intended. Gary Thomas draws concepts from his bestseller, Sacred Marriage, and outlines practical applications you can start using today. He also shows how marriages were transformed through these methods employed by real-life women. In these pages, you'll also find a fresh perspective to help you understand your husband: the view of the marriage relationship through a man's eyes. Thomas gives you insider information on how men think, feel, and can truly be motivated.
 

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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