In Love, Sex, and Happily Ever After, Craig Groeschel
teaches readers the importance of maintaining a healthy marriage that lasts. The
book was previously published as Going
All The Way. He encouraged readers to get closer to God and to receive God’s
love. We can’t give away true love to our spouse if we don’t love ourselves
completely. He also pointed out that he doesn’t believe that there is only one
person out there for you. It’s impossible to meet every single person in the
world. It’s our free choice on who we choose to marry. Another concept that
Christians must follow is to not marry someone who doesn’t share their common
believes. Craig shared why we need to wait until marriage to have sex and live
together. He revealed the two biggest lies we use to reason that sex is fine before
marriage. He included some helpful tips to stop you from going too far. Some of
the tips are “keep four feet on the floor, keep your bed your bed, and other extremely
important tips. Craig Groeschel wrote one chapter for men and one chapter for
women. Men are supposed to be leading the household spiritually, financially
and protectively. The women chapter included the lies that women are telling
themselves.
The book also contains discussion questions for you and
your spouse to use to explore deeper into your healthy marriage.
A
helpful quote is:
“God wants marriage to be characterized by purity and
open sharing. Our Enemy, the devil, wants marriage to be filled with dirt, the
partners walled up, hiding in the shadows of sin.” (Page 140)
I would recommend this wonderful book on marriage and
dating to teenagers and adults! If you are single get this book and read it! Even
if you are married it’s important to read and put these principles into
practice. It’s is never too late to work on becoming the person God is calling
you to be. I have learned helpful details about not forgetting to date my wife
when we are married. Once you say I do the game isn’t over and the mission isn’t
complete. As a man, I am called by God to love my wife and lead her and protect
her from harm. When another man has hurt her emotional and physically, I have
to stand up and commit that I won’t. Women tend to compare themselves to
others. I must also build my wife up by saying how wonderful and beautiful she
is. God made her the way he wanted her and the world doesn’t have the final say
as to what she is or what she isn’t. Marriage takes a lot of commitment and determination
to love one another despite the conflicts that we will face. Standing together as
one flesh and working on communicating in our marriage relationship is what God
had in mind. The enemy is a liar and he will do anything in his power to create
conflicts in your marriage. How you handle them is up to you! This book has the
power and influence to help couples to marry with an assurance to love each
other completely and to make it last. I am currently not married but I have
already decided to add this book to the list to read again with my future wife.
Craig Groeschel has written the book that every couple needs to read it’s time
for marriages to start thriving!
“I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah
Publishing Group for this review”.
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Sex, and Happily Ever After: Preparing for a Marriage That Goes the Distance
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