As you prepare for marriage, much of your attention is fixed on your future spouse―and that’s a good thing! But have you prepared yourself for the ways that marriage will help you to know and image God? God created marriage to demonstrate his love and character in a special way―both to you and to those around you. In light of this, it’s a great idea to reflect on how God’s gospel love will be displayed in your relationship after the wedding. Have you explored the story you are telling? Using daily devotional readings, reflection questions, and practical action points, Mike McKinley guides you to prepare your heart for the wonderful (and often sanctifying) calling to love another person in a way that manifests God’s love for his people. This book will recall, reinforce, refresh, and expand on relevant truths in an especially interesting and unique way. I very much appreciated the practical and sometimes personal illustrations that functioned as windows to let the light in.--Wayne Mack, Academic Head, Strengthening Ministries Training Institute; Director, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors--Africa This devotional is a wonderful resource for an engaged couple or one who is seriously considering marriage. With practical wisdom, it argues that the key to marital success is to put the Lord first and to look to him, not marriage, to provide ultimate fulfillment. The author's conversational style makes this book easy to read. It also could provide a great start for a couple who are seeking to establish a devotional life together.--Jim Newheiser, Director of the Christian Counseling Program and Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte What could be more important for couples during their engagement than to grow together in an understanding of what it means to pursue a God-glorifying marriage? This devotional serves that wonderful end. Brimming with practical wisdom from above and full of grace and truth, Engagement by Mike McKinley provides biblical clarity concerning what marriage is and what husbands and wives are called by God to be and to do. Throughout, Mike serves his readers well by pointing our gaze to Jesus Christ--the one in whom we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins. That is a great mercy indeed--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. I am grateful to the Lord for this resource, and I am excited to recommend it to others.--Nick Roark, Pastor, Franconia Baptist Church, Alexandria; Coauthor, Biblical Theology: How The Church Faithfully Teaches the Gospel When engagement is treated simply as a window of time for planning a wedding and getting one's affairs in order, a valuable opportunity is missed for preparing oneself for the mission of marriage. Mike McKinley's 31-day devotional is the perfect premarital gift to offer to a newly engaged couple to help them to direct their gaze to what really makes marriage work: the gospel of Jesus Christ. McKinley's brief yet rich devotions will become a treasure for engaged and married couples alike.--Jonathan D. Holmes, Founder and Executive Director, Fieldstone Counseling; Pastor of Counseling, Parkside Church, Chagrin Falls, Ohio; Author, Counsel for Couples: A Biblical and Practical Guide for Marriage Counseling Mike McKinley (MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the pastor of Sterling Park Baptist Church in Sterling, Virginia, and adjunct professor of biblical studies at Patrick Henry College.