THE GOD CENTERED HUSBAND

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

🧠 WISE WORDS

💥 WHAT IS A GOD CENTERED HUSBAND?

A God Centered Husband must be passionately pursuing God in private. You cannot lead where you are not going. Quickly confess your sin and seriously devote yourself to Scripture and prayer.

Are you a God Centered Husband? When was the last time you read the Bible on your own without preparing for something else?

🛠️ ONE QUICK TIP FOR MARRIAGE

Three things to NEVER do when your wife is criticizing you

• Don’t interrupt — God commands you to be slow to speak.

• Don’t assume she’s wrong — Even if you think she’s off base, she has a better understanding than you of how your actions (and inactions) impact her.

• Don’t defend yourself — God knows the truth. Instead of jumping to prove why she’s wrong, search your heart for where she might be right.

📕 ONE VERSE + ONE SENTENCE

“Help me understand the meaning of your precepts so that I can meditate on your wonders.” (Psalm 119:27)

Really understanding the Bible is seeing the wonders of God. If your focus isn’t on God (and your jaw isn’t on the floor!), you might be missing the point.

📚 RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT

Are you completely missing the point of sex?

One survey of 22,000 Christian wives indicated that 95% of husbands say they reached a climax in most sexual encounters with their wives while only 48% of women said they reached a climax most of the time.

In other words — in many Christian marriages, spouses (especially men) are failing to serve one another sexually. Sex is meant to be unifying and mutually pleasurable, but far too often it’s one-sided and selfish.

I think the reason this happens is because we’re really confused about what sex is and how it’s supposed to function in our marriages. Men, if you want to see your sexual relationship thrive, you need to put your wife’s needs first.

My book, Sex and Self-Forgetfulness, is available for pre-order now. If you want to strengthen your marriage, deepen your intimacy with your wife, and make sex better than ever (for BOTH of you!), I hope you’ll pre-order a copy today.

Pre-Order Sex and Self-Forgetfulness wherever books are sold.

💬 A CONVERSATION STARTER

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

• What is the hardest part of your day typically? How can I bear your burdens?

🔥 PRAYER FIRESTARTER

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

• God, open my eyes to see the truth about...

❤️ 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, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner….” (1 Peter 3:7)

Christ loves you. He understands your weaknesses (including your weaknesses as a husband) and is always patient with you. He is gentle with us in our sin and suffering.