Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas

Week 13: Review & Reflection — The Sacred Journey

Review your notes from Sacred Marriage and any journal entries from the past twelve weeks.

Before you close this study, take time to look back across the whole journey — what has changed, what has challenged you, and what you intend to carry forward.

Discussion Questions

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1.Of all the chapters and themes in Sacred Marriage, which one hit you hardest or changed your thinking most significantly? What was it about that chapter that landed so deeply?

2.Thomas's central thesis — that God designed marriage to make us holy more than happy — was likely either startling or confirming when you first read it. Where do you stand on that thesis now, at the end of the book? Has your view changed?

3.Look back at the questions about self-revelation and the "mirror" of marriage. What has God shown you about yourself during this study that you need to keep sitting with — and what, by his grace, have you already begun to address?

4.Thomas covers themes of forgiveness, physical intimacy, sacred history, chosen love, and marriage as a call to serve God. Which of these areas feels most unfinished — most in need of continued attention and prayer — in your marriage right now?

5.What is one concrete, specific, measurable commitment you are going to make to your marriage as a result of this study? Name it as specifically as you can — not "be more loving" but a particular practice, habit, or conversation you intend to pursue.

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Closing Prayer

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Father, we have spent weeks looking at our marriages through a different lens — not as arrangements for our comfort, but as instruments of your grace and schools of your holiness. We are not the same as when we began. There is more to do — there always is — but we are grateful for what you have already shown us and started in us. Take everything we have learned and weave it into who we are, not just what we know. May our marriages be marked, more and more, by the holiness, the forgiveness, the chosen love, and the sacred history that reflect the God who made us and redeemed us. We are yours. Our marriages are yours. Have your way with both. Amen.

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