The Lies Couples Believe: How Living the Truth Transforms Your Marriage

by Chris Thurman

Publisher:

David C Cook

, 2015

Overview

Are faulty beliefs damaging your marriage?
If you are experiencing conflict, anger, or hurt in your marriage, you don’t need positive thinking or an escape clause—you need to replace the lies you believe with God’s transforming truths for your relationship to become all that it was meant to be.
According to Dr. Chris Thurman, everyone enters marriage with misguided attitudes and expectations such as:

• “My spouse is a bigger mess than me.”
• “The purpose of marriage is to be happy.”
• “My spouse should meet all my needs.”

This practical book dismantles the ten most common lies couples believe and helps you renew your mind with God’s truths for a more caring, close, and connected marriage.

Contents

Top Highlights

“What I am saying is this: the euphoric experience of being in love and the incredible happiness that goes along with it cannot be the central focus of a healthy marriage.” (source)

“God joined you and your spouse together in holy matrimony so that, as an act of your will, you would facilitate each other’s growth toward becoming more fully loving and whole human beings.” (source)

“Agape love focuses on helping our husbands or wives become the fullest expression of who God intended them to be.” (source)

“The main issue to God seems to be that we approach our marital disappointments and conflicts as iron-sharpening-iron opportunities (Prov. 27:17) that He can use to overhaul our faulty beliefs and help us learn to love our spouses ‘as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her’ (Eph. 5:25).” (source)

“I believe God has three primary purposes for marriage: companionship, children, and change” (source)

Product Details

• Title : The Lies Couples Believe: How Living the Truth Transforms Your Marriage
• Author: Thurman, Chris
• Publisher: David C Cook
• Publication Date: 2015
• ISBN: 9780781413671

About Chris Thurman

Dr. Chris Thurman is a psychologist, bestselling author, and highly sought-after speaker. He has a doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Texas and has been in private practice for over twenty-five years. Chris has authored numerous books, including the bestseller The Lies We Believe, and conducted hundreds of personal growth seminars for churches and corporations around the country.
 
Chris and his wife, Holly, have been married for thirty-six years, have three grown children, and live in Austin, Texas. In his spare time, Chris loves to play golf, follow his beloved Texas Longhorns, and, most importantly, teach others how knowing the truth can set them free to live the way God intended.