The Crazy Love author then rattled off typical advice newlyweds might receive about their marriage and family life. Instead, 'Being focused on the mission is actually what brings your family together,' he insisted. I shouldn't be leading, I shouldn't be teaching.' I'm saying, if you try to do that, it's never gonna work,' said Chan.

'You focus on your family, you focus on your marriage, you focus on your kids because you're going, 'Man, we're not the model family. Chan went on to say that couples who feel inhibited about serving God because they think they first have to get their marriage together, have their priorities backwards.

In the message titled 'Two People With One Mission,' Mr. He made the remark while teaching on the subject in 2011 at Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California, the congregation the Chans founded in 1994 and eventually left in 2010. Watch the Chans discuss You and Me Forever, available August 26, in the video player below. Chan, You and Me Forever is not like the plethora of other marriage books that have already been written: 'What you won't find here is a handbook of communication principles, advice to strengthen your sex life, or guidelines for handling finances.' Proceeds from actual purchases of the book, however, will be used to provide food, shelter and rehabilitation for orphaned and exploited women through charitable organizations working around the globe.Īccording to an article on the website of Eternity Bible College, the school founded by Mr. That's why we decided to self-publish because I wanted to be able to give it away for free, to everyone who needs it,' he explains. I believe it's something God has asked me write, and so my whole burden is I've got to get it to as many people as possible. Chan, who says he felt called by God to write You and Me Forever, wants to give away as many copies of the book as possible. Chan notes that 'he was saying how we want to secure undistracted or undivided devotion to the Lord.' In the video, Lisa Chan suggests that marriages are about a mission, and not 'about how satisfied and happy are we with one another.' Her husband points to 1 Corinthians 7, where the Apostle Paul discusses marriage as a potential distraction. Chan in a promotional video for You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity.

'The whole idea behind it is, sometimes couples can get so wrapped up on things here to where they're not focused on the kingdom,' explains Mr. Christian preacher Francis Chan and his wife, Lisa Chan, have written a new book for couples who may be so caught up in trying to have the perfect marriage that they have unwittingly made their union, spouse or children into idols.

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