07 Marriage Devotional: Is Marriage Meant To Make You Holy?

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About This Episode In this devotional, we talk about God's holiness, the process of Him refining us, and how marriage provides the context for that sanctification to continue. Difficult seasons reveal what's hidden beneath the surface, the way fire brings impurities in gold to the top and drought drives roots deeper. We share how our spouse often becomes a reflection of the sin in our own lives, how the Holy Spirit is faithful to scrape away what doesn't belong, and what God did in us during our compressed early years as missionaries in Zambia. We are better today than we were years ago, quicker to forgive and quicker to reconcile, and our hope is that this episode encourages you to embrace God's refining work instead of running from it.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode What sanctification means — being set apart as holy, at salvation and over a lifetime Roots that grow deeper — how wind and drought strengthen what is underground Refined like gold — how trials bring impurities to the surface Your spouse as a mirror — what Gary Thomas's Sacred Marriage says about exposing our sin Minimizing our sin, maximizing theirs — the self-righteousness trap Missionaries in a tent in Zambia — how a hard early season compressed our growth Embracing refinement — why running from it keeps a marriage from maturing Quicker to forgive — how the Holy Spirit has deepened our love over the years

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