How to Move Closer to God and Your Mate

How to Move Closer to God and Your Mate
A Theological and Practical Guide to Christian Marriage
By Ron Sheveland

In a world overflowing with relationship advice, How to Move Closer to God and Your Mate goes beyond quick fixes and surface-level techniques to explore the biblical foundations of lasting love. Pastor, professor, and author Ron Sheveland demonstrates that the health of your marriage is inseparably connected to the health of your walk with God.

Drawing from over four decades of pastoral ministry, marriage counseling, theological study, and classroom teaching, Sheveland guides readers from Genesis to Revelation, revealing God’s magnificent design for marriage. Rich biblical exposition is combined with practical application to help couples build relationships marked by love, forgiveness, humility, intimacy, and lifelong commitment.

Whether your marriage is flourishing, struggling, or still in the future, this book offers biblical hope and practical wisdom for every stage of life.

Inside you’ll discover how to:

• Build your marriage on God’s unchanging design rather than today’s shifting culture.
• Strengthen communication and resolve conflict with biblical principles.
• Deepen emotional and spiritual intimacy.
• Rekindle romance and restore joy.
• Understand the roles of husbands and wives from Scripture.
• Develop a Christ-centered home that reflects the gospel.
• Grow closer to God—and as a result, closer to one another.

Each chapter concludes with a practical 5•5•5 Study Guide featuring personal reflection questions, discussion questions, and action steps, making this an outstanding resource for individual study, couples, Sunday School classes, small groups, premarital counseling, and marriage enrichment ministries.

More than another marriage manual, How to Move Closer to God and Your Mate is an invitation to experience God’s transforming grace in the most important human relationship He has given you.

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