Good news for Christian wives: the man you want your husband to be is the same man that God intends him to be.

If marriage made you and your husband one flesh, why does it sometimes feel like you couldn’t be further apart? Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Marriage, has good news for you—God is waiting to help you mine the unimaginable potential in your marriage and forge it into the close, complementary relationship that you’re seeking.

If you’re sick of all the ways you’ve tried to bring about change in your marriage—the silent treatment, nagging, one-way discussions, or pleading—it’s time to set aside those broken methods for a Christ-based approach. This book demonstrates how women can inspire, influence, and help their husbands move in positive directions. Replacing your plan of action with God’s leads to a marital transformation where both partners are moving in sync the way that God intended.

Gary Thomas draws concepts from his bestseller Sacred Marriage and outlines practical applications you can start using today. He also shows how marriages were transformed through these methods employed by real-life women.

In these pages, you’ll also find a fresh perspective to help you understand your husband: the view of the marriage relationship through a man’s eyes. Thomas gives you insider information on how men think, feel, and can truly be motivated.

Does a heartbreaking marital problem—a hair-trigger temper, Internet addiction, irresponsibility, emotional distance—feel like an impossible roadblock to you? This book doesn’t gloss over issues like these but faces them head-on with solid, positive advice. Sacred Influence shows how God can bless you with soul-filling intimacy as you and your husband are shaped into the people he intends you to be.