How Intimacy With God Transforms Marriage | Mark Cowper-Smith (Part 2) | Ep. 41

What happens when we stop striving, quiet the noise, and simply learn to be with God? In Part Two of the Seeds For Your Marriage podcast, Trisha and Thomas sit down with author and counselor Mark Cowper-Smith to explore contemplative prayer, stillness, and the transformational power of intimacy with God. Drawing from his book Up Close and Personal, Mark shares how true spiritual growth doesn’t happen through performance or behavior modification, but through allowing God to change us from the inside out. Together, they discuss how a deeper relationship with God impacts every relationship in our lives, especially marriage. Through honest conversation, practical wisdom, and guided prayer exercises, this episode invites couples to slow down, release expectations, and experience the Father’s love in a more personal way.  Guest Bio: Mark Cowper-Smith is an author, speaker, counselor, and ministry leader passionate about helping people move beyond performance-driven religion into an authentic relationship with God. Alongside his wife Shell, Mark has spent years teaching on contemplative prayer, intimacy with God, emotional healing, leadership, and spiritual transformation. Together, Mark and Shell co-authored Up Close and Personal: Relational Prayer, Being with God, a practical and theological guide designed to help believers experience deeper connection with the Father through stillness and relational prayer. Mark is also the author of Is God Religious? If Not, Why Are We?, Reluctantly Supernatural in an Age of Reason, and The Boss is Dead. Through counseling, teaching, and writing, Mark encourages believers to discover the freedom, healing, and transformation that come through simply being with God.   Resources: - Up Close and Personal: Relational Prayer, Being with God by Mark & Shell Cowper-Smith - Is God Religious? If Not, Why Are We? by Mark Cowper-Smith - Reluctantly Supernatural in an Age of Reason by Mark Cowper-Smith - The Boss is Dead by Mark Cowper-Smith   Connect with Seeds For Your Marriage: Website:  https://trishaandthomas.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrishaandThomas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TrishaAndThomas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trishaandthomas TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trishaandthomas