How to finally address the long-term habit that bugs your wife.

God did THIS to Adam and Eve?

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SpurgeonBooks
November 14, 2025

THE GOD CENTERED HUSBAND

A Weekly Email to Help You Love God and Your Wife
By Doug Hanna

🧠 WISE WORDS

Let the measure of God's grace to you in the cross of Christ be the measure of your grace to your spouse.

John Piper

đź’Ą WHAT IS A GOD CENTERED HUSBAND?

A God Centered Husband must be a man. Manhood is defined by conformity to God’s call (word), not gender stereotypes (world).

Are you a God Centered Husband? Do you look to God’s Word for your direction in life or merely confirmation for your preformed opinions?

🛠️ ONE QUICK TIP FOR MARRIAGE

How to finally address the long-term habit that bugs your wife.

  • ADMIT that you have wronged her in the past

  • ASK her for honest feedback about a solution

  • ACCOMMODATE her request

  • ACTUALLY be humble - don’t get defensive or try to justify yourself.

đź“• ONE VERSE + ONE SENTENCE

“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.” (Genesis 3:8)

God already knows what Adam and Eve did, but he still enters into their space and draws near. Extravagant grace.

đź“š RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT

Know God. Know his calling.

I put together The God Centered Husband Bible Study Workbook to teach men two things:

  1. How to be the husband God has called them to be.

  2. How to study the Bible for themselves.

If you want to grow in either of these things — grab a copy today.

This is a hands-on workbook that will have you marking up the pages, calling you to real life change, and (finally) understanding what God has called us to do as dudes.

Grab copies for yourself, a small group, or one-on-one discipleship.

đź’¬ A CONVERSATION STARTER

Ask this question and listen to what your wife has to say:

  • How has our relationship changed over the years?

🔥 PRAYER FIRESTARTER

Prayer life feeling cold? Light it up again with this prompt:

  • God, it is amazing that you...

❤️ REMINDER: JESUS LOVES HIS BRIDE

Marriage is a picture of Christ’s relationship and his bride, the church. When we seek to grow as husbands, it can be easy to feel discouraged that we have failed to “love our wives as Christ loved the church” while forgetting that we are the bride whom Christ has loved.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her…” (Ephesians 5:25)

Husbands have an incredible example in Christ, who held nothing back as he served his bride. Jesus loves you, imperfect husband.