When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

by Dave Harvey

What we believe about God determines the quality of our marriage.

Never make the mistake of thinking that the gospel is only good for evangelism and conversion.

The cause of our marriage battles, friends, is neither our marriage nor our spouse. It’s the sin in our hearts—entirely, totally, exclusively, without exception.

This may be a shocker, but we should be suspicious . . . selectively, permanently, and internally. As the worst of sinners, in the day-to-day conflicts of marriage, I should be primarily suspicious and regularly suspicious of myself! To be suspicious of my own heart is to acknowledge two things: that my heart has a central role in my behavior, and that my heart has a permanent tendency to oppose God and his ways.