The man who sanctifies his ...

The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility... Is my wife more like Christ because she is married to me? Or is she like Christ in spite of me? Has she shrunk from His likeness because of me? Do I sanctify her or hold her back? Is she a better woman because she is married to me?
 R. Kent Hughes

Quotes from the same author

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.
 R. Kent Hughes
A crucified Savior is not well served by self-pleasing, self-indulging people.
 R. Kent Hughes
The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him.
 R. Kent Hughes
Genesis 1 logs God's commitment to excellence when it says, "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good" (v. 31). Christians should always do good work. Christians ought to be the best workers wherever they are. They ought to have the best attitude, the best integrity, and be the best in dependability.
 R. Kent Hughes