You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity

by Francis Chan

A Christ-centered and eternity-minded marriage is not the same thing as a “fun” marriage.

Christians in America have become experts at conviction—and failures at action.

When two people are right with Him, they will be right with each other.

If we don’t stare at God, we’ll spend our time staring at lesser things. Namely, ourselves.

Again, our marriage problems are not really marriage problems. They are heart problems. They are God problems. Our lack of intimacy with God causes a void that we try to fill with the frailest of substitutes. Like wealth or pleasure. Like fame or respect. Like people. Like marriage.

It should burden us deeply that many of our marriages paint the gospel in a bad light.

Draw close to Him and let your marriage be the overflow of that.

This period where the Spirit of God dwells within believers is not a cheap substitute for the temple or Jesus. If anything, Scripture teaches that we have it better than the believers before us. God is not just with us, He is in us! This is why people shake their heads in disbelief when they hear Christians claim such power yet display such weak and unloving marriages.