Happily Ever After
Finding Grace in the Messes of Marriage
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John Piper
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John Piper is founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy.
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Jasmine Holmes
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Jasmine Holmes is a wife, mom, and speaker. She teaches humanities and Latin at St. Augustine Classical School. She and her husband, Phillip, have a son, and they are members of Redeemer Church in Jackson, Mississippi. She writes regularly at her website.
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David Mathis
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David Mathis is executive editor for desiringGod.org and pastor at Cities Church. He is a husband, father of four, and author of Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ on Christian Leaders (2022).
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Stacy Reaoch is the author of Beautiful Freedom: How the Bible Shapes Your View of Appearance, Food, and Fitness. She also writes regularly at her website. She and her husband, Ben, live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with their four children.
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Marshall Segal
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Marshall Segal serves as President & CEO of Desiring God. He’s the author of Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness & Dating. He graduated from Bethlehem College and Seminary, and serves as deacon at Cities Church. He and his wife, Faye, have three children and live in Minneapolis.
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Adrien Segal works as a coordinator for women’s discipleship at Bethlehem College and Seminary. She and her husband, Rick, live in Minneapolis and attend The North Church. They have four sons and seven prized grandchildren.
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Josh Squires serves as pastor of counseling and congregational care at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. He and his wife have five children.
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Kim Cash Tate
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Kim Cash Tate is a wife, mom, YouTuber, and author of several books, including, most recently, Cling: Choosing a Lifestyle of Intimacy with God. She and her husband, Bill, live in Saint Louis.
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P.J. Tibayan is a pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Bellflower, CA, where he lives with his wife, Frances, and their five children. He blogs at gospelize.me and helps lead The Gospel Coalition Los Angeles Regional Chapter and the Shepherd LA Cooperative.
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Don Whitney
Don Whitney is professor of biblical spirituality and associate dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He is the author of several books, including Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life.
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Douglas Wilson
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Douglas Wilson is pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, and the writer of numerous books, including Same-Sex Mirage: Phantasmagoria at the Altar & Some Biblical Responses.
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Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth is the founder of Revive Our Hearts, a ministry calling women to revival and true biblical womanhood. She is the author of eighteen books and hosts two daily radio programs, Revive Our Hearts and Seeking Him. She is married to Robert and writes at the True Woman blog.
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John Piper
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Jasmine Holmes
@JasmineLHolmes
David Mathis
@davidcmathis
Stacy Reaoch
@StacyReaoch
Marshall Segal
@marshallsegal
Adrien Segal
@AdrienSegal
Josh Squires
@RevJASquires
Kim Cash Tate
@kimcashtate
P.J. Tibayan
@pjtibayan
Don Whitney
Douglas Wilson
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Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Harder than you expected. Better than a fairy tale.
Marriage between sinners has its inevitable messes. If you’ve been married longer than a week or two, you know how the hard realities of life in a fallen age can come crashing in. Perhaps you had a season of “once upon a time,” but soon enough you realized that this marriage, in this world, is not yet your “happily ever after.”
We want to help. We believe that God designed marriage not as a trial to be endured, but as a pointer to and catalyst for your greatest joy. God didn’t design marriage to be your storybook ending, but a fresh beginning, to help get you ready for the true “happily ever after” when together we see our great Bridegroom face to face.
The thirty devotional readings in Happily Ever After have been assembled to to shape, challenge, and inspire your and your spouse’s (or fiancé’s) vision of marriage.