>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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¤¤¤
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>>MARRIAGE IS AMONG THE
MOST IMPORTANT COVENANTS - OR
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PROMISES - THAT ARE MADE.
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SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT
DIVORCE AS AN ESCAPE HATCH.
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I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND, IF YOU'RE
A CHRISTIAN, SHUT THE HATCH,
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WELD IT, LOCK IT,
THROW AWAY THE KEY.
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>>OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY, AND
IT'S GOING TO BE MAYBE A TWO- OR
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THREE-PART MESSAGE, IS GOING
TO BE CALLED TOGETHER FOR LIFE -
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TOGETHER FOR LIFE: BIBLE
KEYS FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE .
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IN OUR WORLD TODAY,
DIVORCE IS EPIDEMIC.
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YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD
THE STATISTICS THAT SOMEWHERE
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BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PERCENT
OF MARRIAGES END IN DIVORCE.
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THE REASON THOSE STATISTICS
ARE SO SLOPPY IS BECAUSE SO MANY
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PEOPLE LIVE TODAY, WITHOUT EVEN
THE BENEFIT OF MARRIAGE, IT'S
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HARD TO REALLY MEASURE
IT. I BELIEVE IT WAS - SOMEONE
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THINKS MAYBE, 'WELL, MAYBE THE
SECOND MARRIAGE'LL BE BETTER.
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60 PERCENT OF SECOND MARRIAGES
END IN DIVORCE AND IT'S EVEN
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WORSE FOR THIRD MARRIAGES.
PAIGE PATTERSON, WHO WAS THE
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PRESIDENT OF THE BAPTIST
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN FORT
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WORTH, CITING THE DEMISE
OF TWENTY-ONE OF THE WORLD'S
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GREAT CIVILIZATIONS.
ACTUALLY, THE HISTORIAN WHO
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WROTE ABOUT THIS WAS AN ATHEIST,
BUT HE SAID THAT HE DISCOVERED
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THAT AMONG THE 21 OF THE WORLD'S
GREATEST CIVILIZATIONS, PART
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OF THEIR BREAKDOWN WAS
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE HOME.
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ADDING TO THAT HE SAID, 'AMERICA
COULD BE LIVING OUT ITS FINAL
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CHAPTERS IN THE ANNALS OF
HISTORY UNLESS THE BIBLICAL
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MODEL FOR THE
FAMILY IS RESTORED.'
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JAMES DOBSON SAID, IN MAY OF
THIS YEAR, 'I DO NOT RECALL A
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TIME WHEN THE INSTITUTIONS
OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY HAVE
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FACED SUCH PERIL OR WHEN THE
FORCES ARRAYED AGAINST THEM WERE
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MORE FORMIDABLE OR DETERMINED.
BARRING A MIRACLE, THE FAMILY
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THAT HAS EXISTED SINCE
ANTIQUITY WILL LIKELY CRUMBLE
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FORESHADOWING THE FALL OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION ITSELF.
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AND MANY ARE WONDERING IF WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THE SUPREME COURT
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AT THAT RECENT RULING ON
MARRIAGE WAS DRIVING A SILVER
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SPIKE IN THE HEART OF
AMERICAN MARRIAGE ALTOGETHER.
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NOW I DON'T WANT TO DWELL
TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S
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SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.
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WHAT ARE THE MAIN
REASONS THAT DIVORCE HAPPENS?
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I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU 24 OF
THE TOP REASONS THAT ARE LISTED
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WHEN PEOPLE CITE THE REASONS FOR
DIVORCE: FINANCIAL PROBLEMS -
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YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THEY THINK, 'WELL, BEFORE WE GET
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MARRIED, WE SHOULD LIVE TOGETHER
SO WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER TO
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FIND OUT IF WE'RE COMPATIBLE.'
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE?
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'YOU GUYS AREN'T MARRIED,
WHY ARE YOU LIVING TOGETHER?'
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'WELL, WE'RE JUST - WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPATIBLE
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BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT
OFFICIAL AND...' AND I HEARD A
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PASTOR SAY, 'IF YOU WANT TO FIND
OUT IF YOU'RE COMPATIBLE, YOU
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DON'T NEED TO SHARE A BED, SHARE
A CHECKBOOK.' BECAUSE THE NUMBER
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ONE REASON THAT PEOPLE GET
DIVORCED IS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
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SEXUALLY INCOMPATIBLE,
IT'S THEY'RE FINANCIALLY
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INCOMPATIBLE.
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS - NUMBER ONE.
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INABILITY TO MANAGE
OR RESOLVE CONFLICT.
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INFIDELITY. CULTURAL
AND LIFESTYLE DIFFERENCES.
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NOW THAT, SOMETIMES,
IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK.
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PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY GROW
UP IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT CULTURE
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WITH DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS
AND DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND
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TRADITIONS THAT CAN SEEM
SO BIZARRE TO PEOPLE FROM A
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DIFFERENT CULTURE. A LACK
OF COMMITMENT IS PUT DOWN.
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LACK OF
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SPOUSES.
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ABANDONMENT. ALCOHOL OR
DRUG ADDICTION. PHYSICAL ABUSE.
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EMOTIONAL ABUSE.
PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES OR
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IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
- HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?
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DIFFERENCES IN
PERSONAL OR CAREER GOALS.
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DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS
ABOUT HOUSEHOLD TASKS.
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THEY GET DIVORCED BECAUSE SHE
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DO IT
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AND HE THOUGHT SHE
WAS GOING TO DO IT.
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DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS ABOUT
HAVING OR REARING CHILDREN.
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THAT'S A BIG ONE. INTERFERENCE
FROM PARENTS OR FROM IN-LAWS.
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LACK OF MATURITY IS
LISTED AS A DIFFERENCE.
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INTELLECTUAL INCOMPATIBILITY.
SOMETIMES JUST THE EDUCATIONAL
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LEVEL CAN BECOME A PROBLEM.
SEXUAL INCOMPATIBILITY IS
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LISTED, BUT IT'S
PRETTY FAR DOWN THE LIST.
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NOT ALLOWING ROOM
FOR PERSONAL GROWTH.
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FALLING OUT OF LOVE.
RELIGIOUS CONVERSION OR
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RELIGIOUS BELIEFS - I'VE SEEN
THAT BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE.
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MENTAL
INSTABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS.
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CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND
INCARCERATION FOR CRIME.
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IT'S VERY HARD ON MARRIAGES WHEN
ONE SPOUSE IS INCARCERATED FOR A
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LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
INABILITY TO DEAL WITH EACH
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OTHERS' PETTY IDIOSYNCRASIES.
NOW, YOU MIGHT FIND THAT SOME
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OF THESE ARE ISSUES IN YOUR
MARRIAGES - THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
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MARRIED HERE, BUT NONE
OF THEM NEEDS TO BE THE
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REASON FOR DIVORCE.
AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
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A LIST OF MAYBE 18 DIFFERENT
SUBJECTS THAT ARE BIBLE SECRETS.
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AND IF WE UNDERSTAND
THESE THINGS, THEY CAN REALLY
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CONTRIBUTE TO HEALING A MARRIAGE
AND MAKING A GOOD MARRIAGE
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BETTER IF WE
FOLLOW THESE PRINCIPLES.
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FIRST OF ALL, 1) REMEMBER THAT
MARRIAGE IS A DIVINE COVENANT.
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WE ARE SAVED. YOU'RE
IN CHURCH TODAY BECAUSE,
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OSTENSIBLY, YOU WANT TO BE OR
ARE A CHRISTIAN AND WE ARE SAVED
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BASED ON A COVENANT - A PROMISE
- THAT GOD HAS MADE TO US.
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HE GAVE HIS SON TO SAVE US AND
WE, BY FAITH, ACCEPT HIS WORD
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AND WE MAKE A PLEDGE THAT WE'RE
GOING TO COMMIT OUR LIVES TO
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HIM. A COVENANT
IS MADE - COVENANTS
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- AGREEMENTS -
PROMISES - VERY IMPORTANT.
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MARRIAGE IS AMONG THE MOST
IMPORTANT COVENANTS OR PROMISES
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THAT ARE MADE.
YOU'RE MAKING VOWS IN THE
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PRESENCE OF GOD AND OTHER
WITNESSES. IT'S A COVENANT
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THAT'S NOT ONLY SOMETHING
THAT IS DONE BEFORE YOU AND GOD.
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IT'S SOMETHING
THAT IS DONE SOCIALLY.
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IT'S A COMMITMENT - A COVENANT
THAT MAKES - FOR ONE THING, IT
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IS SAYING PUBLICLY 'WE ARE
OFFICIALLY COMMITTING OURSELVES
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TO EACH OTHER. SHE IS
OFF THE MARKET FOR ANYONE
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ELSE THAT MIGHT BE
INTERESTED.' SHE'S SAYING 'HE
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IS OFF THE MARKET. WE
ARE A NEW FAMILY UNIT THAT IS
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TO BE GUARDED AND RESPECTED
BY THE CULTURE AND SOCIETY.'
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IT IS A PUBLIC
COMMITMENT. >>AMEN.
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>>AND IT USED TO BE THE REASON
THE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED IS
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BECAUSE THERE WAS OFFSPRING THAT
WAS THE PRODUCT OF THOSE UNIONS
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AND IF ONE OF THE SPOUSES
DIED OR BOTH SPOUSES DIED, THEY
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NEEDED TO DETERMINE HOW
TO DEAL WITH THE CHILDREN.
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AND THEN, SOMETIMES, THE
GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO STEP IN
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TO CARE FOR THOSE THINGS -
AND THERE WERE LAWS INVOLVED.
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BUT IT DOES MATTER THAT
YOU ARE LEGALLY MARRIED.
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IS IT REQUIRED THAT YOU
ARE MARRIED IN A CHURCH?
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NO, IT DOESN'T SAY SO IN THE
BIBLE, BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE A
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CHRISTIAN YOU WOULD WANT IT TO
BE A RELIGIOUS SERVICE BECAUSE
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IT'S A COVENANT IN THE PRESENCE
OF GOD AND YOU WANT TO COMMIT
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YOUR LIVES TO GOD. JESUS SAID -
MATTHEW 19, VERSE 5 - "FOR THIS
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CAUSE SHALL A MAN LEAVE FATHER
AND MOTHER AND SHALL CLEAVE TO
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HIS WIFE: AND THE TWAIN SHALL BE
ONE FLESH. WHEREFORE...WHAT GOD
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HATH JOINED TOGETHER,
LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER."
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THE DISCIPLES CAME TO JESUS AND
THEY SAID, 'WELL MOSES, HE GAVE
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US A LAW ABOUT DIVORCE AND
HOW WE ACCOMPLISH A DIVORCE AND
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YOU'RE TEACHING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.' AND JESUS SAID,
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'YES, BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS
OF YOUR HEARTS MOSES MADE THOSE
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LAWS.' THEY ACTUALLY HAD A LAW
THAT, BY THE TIME OF CHRIST, A
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MAN COULD DIVORCE HIS
WIFE IF SHE BURNED HIS FOOD.
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I MEAN, THEY KEPT EXPANDING WHAT
THE EXCUSES FOR DIVORCE WERE
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BECAUSE OF THE
HARDNESS OF HEARTS.
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AND, GOD SAYS, 'I HATE
DIVORCE.' AND THAT TRANSLATES
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ABOUT THE SAME IN ANY VERSION
OF THE BIBLE THAT YOU HAVE.
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NOW I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
HERE ARE AFFECTED BY THIS AND I
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NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THERE ARE
TIMES WHEN, BIBLICALLY, IT IS
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APPROPRIATE TO DIVORCE.
AS MUCH AS GOD HATES DIVORCE
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IT WAS GOD WHO TOLD ABRAHAM
TO DIVORCE - PUT AWAY - HAGAR.
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OF COURSE, HE HAD ONE WIFE TOO
MANY AT THE TIME AND HE HAD TO
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DEAL WITH THAT. BUT LOOK AT ALL
THE HEARTACHE THAT IT BROUGHT.
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IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO INTO
MARRIAGE THINKING THAT DIVORCE
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IS AN OPTION BECAUSE IF YOU, IN
THE BACK OF YOUR MIND EVEN THINK
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IT, THEN YOU CAN END UP HAVING
PROBLEMS. SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT
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DIVORCE AS AN ESCAPE HATCH.
I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND, IF YOU'RE
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A CHRISTIAN, SHUT THE
HATCH, WELD IT, LOCK IT,
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THROW AWAY THE KEY. >>AMEN.
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>>AS SOON AS YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
AN OPTION AND YOU REALIZE THAT
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YOU'RE ON A DESERTED ISLAND WITH
THIS PERSON CALLED YOUR HUSBAND
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OR YOUR WIFE,
YOU'VE GOT TO GET ALONG.
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THEN YOU START DOING YOUR
BEST TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
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NOW, AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE THERE
ARE SOME, EVEN BIBLICAL, GROUNDS
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FOR DIVORCE. DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE?
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THERE ARE TWO REASONS THAT ARE
REALLY GIVEN IN THE BIBLE WHEN
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IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DIVORCE
- AND NOT JUST DIVORCE, BECAUSE
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YOU CAN SEPARATE, YOU KNOW,
IF THERE'S ABUSE IN THE MARRIAGE
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YOU SHOULD SEPARATE.
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BUT TO DIVORCE, OFTEN PEOPLE ARE
THINKING DIVORCE IS DESIGNED TO
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PUT THEM BACK ON THE
MARKET SO THEY CAN REMARRY.
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ONE IS FOR THE CAUSE OF
FORNICATION, JESUS SAID.
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IF ONE SPOUSE OR THE OTHER
VIOLATES THOSE SACRED VOWS AND
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COMMITS THAT INTIMATE ACT WITH
ANOTHER PERSON, THEY BIBLICALLY
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HAVE GROUNDS - THEY HAVE BROKEN
THE COVENANT - THEY HAVE GROUNDS
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TO DIVORCE AND THEN TO REMARRY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO.
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NOWHERE IS JESUS SAYING
THAT YOU HAVE TO DIVORCE.
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RECONCILIATION IS
ALWAYS MUCH BETTER.
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AND LET ME ASK YOU, DOES
THE BIBLE SOMETIMES USE THE
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EXPRESSION THAT THE LORD IS
OUR HUSBAND, THE CHURCH IS THE
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BRIDE? DOES GOD
SAY THAT SOMETIMES HIS
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PEOPLE, WHETHER IT WAS ISRAEL
OR THE CHURCH, HAS PLAYED THE
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HARLOT AND COMMITTED ADULTERY?
DOES THE LORD FORGIVE - READ THE
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BOOK OF HOSEA - AND TAKE
HER BACK? IF THERE HAS BEEN
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INFIDELITY, IT DOESN'T
MEAN YOU HAVE TO GET DIVORCED.
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AND I TOLD YOU
THERE WERE TWO REASONS.
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IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER
7 ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS GIVEN.
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PAUL IS TALKING TO PAGANS -
THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
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WORSHIPED THE GRECO-ROMAN ARRAY
OF GODS, AND ONE OF THEM ACCEPTS
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JESUS - LET'S SUPPOSE
THE WIFE THEN ACCEPTS JESUS.
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AND THE HUSBAND SAYS, I
DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS.
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I DON'T WANT TO BE A
CHRISTIAN. I DON'T WANT TO
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FOLLOW YOUR LAWS. I'M LEAVING.
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IF THAT HUSBAND ABANDONS THE
WIFE BECAUSE SHE HAS ACCEPTED
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JESUS - THEY BOTH GOT MARRIED AS
PAGANS - THEN, PAUL SAYS, SHE IS
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FREE IN THAT
REGARD, LET HIM DEPART.
00:11:14.30\00:11:17.77
BUT HE SAYS, 'IF YOUR HUSBAND
IS WILLING TO STAY MARRIED, STAY
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MARRIED THAT THE HUSBAND MAY
BE CONVERTED BY THE BEHAVIOR AND
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CONVERSATION OF THE
WIFE - OR VICE VERSA.
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BUT THAT WAS SORT OF A SECOND
CLAUSE WHERE PAUL SAID 'IN THE
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EVENT THAT YOU'VE GOT TWO PAGANS
THAT ONE OF THEM CONVERTS AND
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THE PAGAN SPOUSE SAYS, 'WELL,
I'M LEAVING' - DOES THAT MEAN,
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NOW THE PERSON WHO'S NEWLY
CONVERTED CAN NEVER REMARRY?
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NO, PAUL SAYS THEY ARE NOT
UNDER BONDAGE IN SUCH CASES.
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AND MOST IMPORTANT,
TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
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MARRIAGE HAS TO BE A COVENANT
WHERE YOU STICK WITH THE PERSON
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- IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.
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I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THIS
LADY THAT WAS AT HER HUSBAND'S
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BEDSIDE IN THE HOSPITAL AS HE
WAS KIND OF SLIPPING IN AND OUT
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OF A COMA DURING WHAT
WAS TO BE HIS FINAL ILLNESS.
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AND DURING ONE OF HIS LUCID
MOMENTS SHE WAS AT HIS SIDE AND
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HE SAID, 'HONEY,' - SHE DREW
CLOSE WHEN HE WAS TALKING - HE
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SAID, 'I REMEMBER.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN AT MY SIDE.'
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AND HE SAID, 'WHEN I
LOST MY JOB YOU WERE THERE.
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WHEN THE BUSINESS FAILED, THERE
YOU WERE.' HE SAID, 'WHEN I
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BROKE MY LEG YOU WERE THERE.' HE
SAID, 'WHEN I GOT SICK YOU WERE
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THERE.' HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
DEAR, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU,
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I REALIZED SOMETHING.' SHE
DREW CLOSE AND HER EYES WERE ALL
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MISTY. HE SAID, 'I THINK YOU'RE
BAD LUCK!' (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER)
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>>OH! THAT'S SO
BAD! >>OH COME ON.
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THE GUYS THINK
IT'S FUNNY. (LAUGHTER)
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NOW THAT WAS JUST THE
FIRST POINT - IT'S A COVENANT.
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POINT NUMBER 2:
ESTABLISH YOUR OWN PRIVATE HOME.
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I'LL READ IT TO YOU AGAIN -
GENESIS 2:24, "THEREFORE SHALL A
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MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
AND SHALL CLEAVE" - IT'S CALLED
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LEAVE AND CLEAVE - AND THAT
WORD, CLEAVE, IT ACTUALLY DOES
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COME FROM THAT - AN ANCIENT
JEWISH WORD WHERE THEY MADE GLUE
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OUT OF HORSE HOOVES OR SHEEP
HOOVES AND IT WAS GLUE - IT
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MEANS BE ATTACHED. IT
SAYS YOU'RE TO LEAVE - IT'S
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IMPORTANT TO
ESTABLISH YOUR OWN HOME.
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IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH OF THE
IN-LAWS AND THE OUT-LAWS ALL
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THERE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO ESTABLISH YOUR FAMILY - THE
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FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS ARE
TOUGH AND YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME
00:14:06.01\00:14:09.38
PRIVACY BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING
YOUR WHOLE SCENARIO OF WHAT
00:14:09.41\00:14:14.22
LIFE'S ABOUT AND ALL
YOUR EXPERIENCES AND YOUR
00:14:14.25\00:14:16.65
EXPECTATIONS AND YOU'RE BRINGING
THEM TO THE MARRIAGE AND THEN
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YOUR WIFE IS TAKING HER
EXPERIENCE AND BRINGING IT TO
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THE MARRIAGE - AND KAREN AND I
KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME
00:14:22.12\00:14:24.29
CHALLENGES BECAUSE KAREN WENT TO
THE SAME SCHOOL TWELVE YEARS AND
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THEN WENT TO CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE. I WENT TO FOURTEEN
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DIFFERENT
SCHOOLS. SHE GREW UP IN A
00:14:30.17\00:14:33.10
CHRISTIAN FAMILY. I
GREW UP IN A PAGAN FAMILY.
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AND - JUST THE WAY YOU THINK
AND YOU COMMUNICATE AND YOUR
00:14:36.87\00:14:39.61
EXPECTATIONS - WE KNEW THERE
WERE GOING TO BE DIFFERENCES.
00:14:39.64\00:14:43.68
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE
ABLE TO BRING THOSE THINGS
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TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN
COALESCE YOUR LIVES WITHOUT
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OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE AND
IF THERE ARE THIRD AND FOURTH
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PARTIES IN THE HOME - AND
I REALIZE, SOMETIMES IN SOME
00:14:53.25\00:14:56.19
CULTURES IT BECOMES - IT CAN
BECOME DIFFICULT, BUT GOD SAID
00:14:56.22\00:15:01.20
'A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER
AND MOTHER AND CLEAVE UNTO HIS
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WIFE.' THE OTHER THING IS, IF
A MAN HAS HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
00:15:03.77\00:15:06.70
LIVING IN THE HOUSE, HE'S ALWAYS
COMPARING HIS MOTHER'S COOKING
00:15:06.74\00:15:09.04
TO HIS WIFE'S COOKING AND
THAT MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR HIS
00:15:09.07\00:15:12.94
RELATIONSHIP
WITH ONE OR THE OTHER.
00:15:12.97\00:15:15.18
ESTABLISH YOUR OWN
HOME. DON'T LET THIRD
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PARTIES COME BETWEEN. SPOUSE
SHOULD BE THE BEST FRIEND.
00:15:17.31\00:15:22.88
POINT NUMBER 3 IN A MARRIAGE,
IT SAYS, 'ABOVE ALL THINGS,
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CONTINUE YOUR COURTSHIP.
WHAT BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER IN
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THE FIRST PLACE NEEDS TO GO
ON. 1 PETER 4:8, "AND ABOVE ALL
00:15:31.93\00:15:36.70
THINGS BE UNFAILING IN YOUR
LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER SINCE LOVE
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COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SIN."
YOU KNOW WHERE JESUS SAYS IN
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REVELATION, 'NEVERTHELESS
I HAVE THIS AGAINST YOU' -
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BECAUSE WHAT? YOU'VE
LOST YOUR FIRST LOVE.
00:15:48.04\00:15:52.05
AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE PEOPLE
THOUGHT, 'WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS
00:15:52.08\00:15:54.52
I THINKING. I LOVE THIS PERSON.
00:15:54.55\00:15:57.25
WHERE'D THAT LOVE
GO? WE FELL OUT OF LOVE.
00:15:57.29\00:15:59.92
WE DRIFTED APART.' WELL, THE
THINGS THAT BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER
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IN THE FIRST PLACE MUST BE
CONTINUALLY NURTURED AND FED AND
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ENCOURAGED AND REVIVED.
SOMEONE SAID, 'MARRIAGE IS LIKE
00:16:08.40\00:16:12.70
RUNNING A FARM - YOU'VE
GOT TO START OVER EVERY DAY.'
00:16:12.73\00:16:15.04
(LAUGHTER) AND YOU
DON'T REALLY GET A DAY OFF.
00:16:15.07\00:16:19.31
EVERY DAY THERE NEEDS TO BE
THINGS THAT NURTURE THAT FIRST
00:16:19.34\00:16:23.11
LOVE. PROVERBS 31:28, "...HER
HUSBAND ALSO, AND HE PRAISES
00:16:23.14\00:16:27.18
HER." YOU NOTICE
THAT'S AN ONGOING VERB?
00:16:27.22\00:16:31.15
YOU CONTINUE TO
ENCOURAGE AND TO PRAISE.
00:16:31.19\00:16:34.22
WE NEED THOSE
THINGS. WE APPRECIATE IT.
00:16:34.26\00:16:36.96
1 CORINTHIANS 7:34, "...SHE WHO
IS MARRIED CARES...HOW SHE MAY
00:16:36.99\00:16:40.90
PLEASE HER HUSBAND." AND
SO IT'S AN ONGOING CONCERN
00:16:40.93\00:16:45.87
- PRAISE, CARING
ABOUT PLEASING THIS PERSON.
00:16:45.90\00:16:48.84
WHEN YOU START TAKING THE PERSON
FOR GRANTED, THEN YOU HAVE A LOT
00:16:48.87\00:16:52.21
OF PROBLEMS. YOU
NEED TO SHOW AFFECTION AND
00:16:52.24\00:16:56.14
IT - IT NEEDS TO BE CONSCIOUS.
YOU MIGHT SAY, 'WELL, BUT I
00:16:56.18\00:16:59.18
DON'T FEEL LOVE.' DO IT ANYWAY
AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED, YOU
00:16:59.21\00:17:01.32
MIGHT START FEELING THE LOVE
AGAIN. 'DO THE FIRST WORKS',
00:17:01.35\00:17:04.52
JESUS SAID. 'REMEMBER
FROM WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN.
00:17:04.55\00:17:07.69
REPENT AND DO THE FIRST WORKS.'
ROMANS 12, VERSE 10, "BE KINDLY
00:17:07.72\00:17:11.99
AFFECTIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER WITH
BROTHERLY LOVE, IN HONOR GIVING
00:17:12.03\00:17:15.23
PREFERENCE TO ONE ANOTHER;"
BILLY SUNDAY SAID, 'TRY PRAISING
00:17:15.26\00:17:18.37
YOUR WIFE, EVEN IF IT
DOES FRIGHTEN HER AT FIRST.'
00:17:18.40\00:17:20.84
(LAUGHTER) AND YOU'VE HEARD THE
EXPRESSION BEFORE, 'TREAT HER
00:17:20.87\00:17:25.34
LIKE A QUEEN AND SHE WILL TREAT
YOU LIKE A KING.' AND SOMETIMES
00:17:25.37\00:17:28.94
YOU WILL GET, FROM THE OTHER
PERSON, WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN
00:17:28.98\00:17:32.71
WANTING TO GET, WHEN YOU
TREAT THEM THE WAY THAT THEY'RE
00:17:32.75\00:17:35.25
LONGING TO BE TREATED.
AND SO IT'S THROUGH THE
00:17:35.28\00:17:38.45
COOPERATIVE NURTURING OF
EACH OTHER IN THE RELATIONSHIP.
00:17:38.49\00:17:43.59
DON'T OVERLOOK THE LITTLE
COURTESIES, ENCOURAGEMENTS, AND
00:17:43.63\00:17:47.36
AFFECTIONATE
ACTS. DON'T TAKE EACH
00:17:47.40\00:17:49.80
OTHER FOR GRANTED. WHAT
YOU DID WHEN YOU COURTED
00:17:49.83\00:17:52.37
EACH OTHER - THE EXCITEMENT,
THE LOVE - YOU NEED TO HAVE DATE
00:17:52.40\00:17:54.84
NIGHTS WHERE YOU GO OUT
AND YOU DO THINGS TOGETHER.
00:17:54.87\00:17:58.47
AND THEN, MAYBE I'LL PAUSE WITH
THIS THOUGHT AFTER - I'LL DO
00:17:58.51\00:18:01.58
POINT NUMBER 4 AND WE'LL TAKE
IT UP WHEN WE BEGIN NEXT TIME -
00:18:01.61\00:18:06.05
GUARD YOUR THOUGHTS.
DON'T LET YOUR SENSES TRAP YOU.
00:18:06.08\00:18:10.22
NOW YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW
MANY MARRIAGES ARE DESTROYED
00:18:10.25\00:18:12.25
BECAUSE OF BAD THINKING.
00:18:12.29\00:18:15.69
PROVERBS 23, VERSE 7, "FOR AS HE
THINKS IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE."
00:18:15.72\00:18:21.36
A LOT OF ADULTERIES
BEGIN WITH THOUGHTS.
00:18:21.40\00:18:25.70
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE NUMBER
ONE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTES TO
00:18:25.73\00:18:28.30
DIVORCE MAY NOT BE THE ACT
OF ADULTERY BUT IT'S MENTAL
00:18:28.34\00:18:33.51
ADULTERY THAT'S HAPPENING EITHER
THROUGH PORNOGRAPHY ON THE
00:18:33.54\00:18:37.75
INTERNET OR SOAP
OPERAS ON TELEVISION.
00:18:37.78\00:18:42.42
AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE
EXACTLY THE SAME THING BUT, YOU
00:18:42.45\00:18:46.79
KNOW, WHEN EVERY DAY WIFE OR A
HUSBAND - IT'S NOT TYPICALLY THE
00:18:46.82\00:18:52.86
HUSBAND - IS WATCHING OTHER
PEOPLE, VICARIOUSLY, HAVING
00:18:52.89\00:18:57.63
AFFAIRS, THEN YOU'RE
REJOICING IN THOSE THAT DO IT.
00:18:57.67\00:19:02.97
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING
IN THE THINKING AND WHAT'S
00:19:03.00\00:19:05.24
HAPPENING IS PEOPLE LOOKING
AT THESE UNREAL IMAGES ON THE
00:19:05.27\00:19:09.98
INTERNET, ON TV, ON
THEIR COMPUTER - OR TELEVISION
00:19:10.01\00:19:15.55
PROGRAMS THAT ARE GIVING A
COUNTERFEIT HOLLYWOOD VERSION OF
00:19:15.58\00:19:18.72
WHAT MARRIAGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE
AND TOTALLY UNREALISTIC, SAPPY
00:19:18.75\00:19:23.09
LOVE STORIES THAT ARE SO
FAR-FETCHED FROM ANY REAL LIFE
00:19:23.12\00:19:27.96
THAT PEOPLE CAN START TO BE
DISSATISFIED AND THINK - YEAH,
00:19:28.00\00:19:32.53
THEY GOT SOME DEBONAIR ACTOR
THAT'S JUST - 'HE'S THE MOST
00:19:32.57\00:19:34.77
THOUGHTFUL GUY IN THE WORLD AND
HE'S DOING ALL THESE THINGS AND
00:19:34.80\00:19:37.21
HE'S SO ROMANTIC AND HE'S GOT
LOTS OF MONEY AND FANCY CARS AND
00:19:37.24\00:19:39.54
HE ALWAYS LOOKS BUFF AND WORKING
OUT AND HE'S JUST - EVERY HAIR'S
00:19:39.57\00:19:43.55
IN PLACE AND...' HOW
CAN YOU COMPETE WITH THAT?
00:19:43.58\00:19:47.95
(LAUGHTER) AND THEN SHE - YOU
KNOW, YOU COME HOME FROM WORK
00:19:47.98\00:19:52.25
AND SHE LOOKS AT YOU AND GOES,
'OH BROTHER, HE DOESN'T LOOK
00:19:52.29\00:19:57.03
ANYTHING LIKE THAT GUY.'
(LAUGHTER) AND SO, IN THE MIND,
00:19:57.06\00:20:00.80
GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THESE GIRLS
THAT HAVE GOT THESE PERFECT
00:20:00.83\00:20:03.26
BODIES - AIRBRUSHED,
PHOTOSHOPPED - AND THEN THEY
00:20:03.30\00:20:08.10
SEE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF
WRINKLES AND A LITTLE CELLULITE
00:20:08.14\00:20:12.17
AND THEY START THINKING - AND
THINGS START HAPPENING IN THE
00:20:12.21\00:20:15.28
MIND. NOW WE'RE KIND OF LAUGHING
00:20:15.31\00:20:17.25
BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S TRUE,
BUT TELEVISION HAS CONTRIBUTED
00:20:17.28\00:20:25.25
A GREAT DEAL TO DESTROYING
MARRIAGES. TURN OFF THE TV.
00:20:25.29\00:20:34.63
IN AN ARTICLE BY DR. ARMAND
NICHOLI, WHO IS A PSYCHIATRIST
00:20:34.66\00:20:38.37
AND A MEDICAL DOCTOR IN
THE FACILITY OF HARVARD MEDICAL
00:20:38.40\00:20:41.34
SCHOOL, HE SAID, "ANOTHER TREND
THAT IS GOING TO DESTROY THE
00:20:41.37\00:20:45.07
FAMILY AS WE KNOW IT AND
CAUSE EMOTIONAL CRIPPLES, IS THE
00:20:45.11\00:20:50.75
INVASION OF
TELEVISION INTO THE HOME."
00:20:50.78\00:20:53.11
ONE-FIFTH OF THE LIFETIME,
IN THE NEXT GENERATION, WILL BE
00:20:53.15\00:20:56.25
SPENT WATCHING TELEVISION.
IF YOU LIVE TO BE 80 YEARS OF
00:20:56.28\00:20:59.55
AGE, WHICH IS YOUR AVERAGE,
YOU'LL HAVE WATCHED TELEVISION
00:20:59.59\00:21:03.19
A TOTAL OF FOUR THOUSAND DAYS,
CREATING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
00:21:03.22\00:21:08.13
AND SINCE WE KNOW THAT
TELEVISION IS PART OF A SYSTEM
00:21:08.16\00:21:10.37
THAT TEARS DOWN THE FAMILY.
YOU'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF 4,000
00:21:10.40\00:21:13.40
DAYS OF ANTI-FAMILY PROGRAMMING
ON ONE LEVEL OR ANOTHER.
00:21:13.44\00:21:18.21
AND SO, EVERYTHING FROM WHAT WE
READ TO WHAT WE WATCH AND WHAT'S
00:21:18.24\00:21:22.01
ON THE INTERNET, IT IS AFFECTING
THE THINKING AND PEOPLE BRING
00:21:22.04\00:21:25.48
THESE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
INTO REAL MARRIAGES.
00:21:25.51\00:21:29.75
THEY BRING THESE UNREALISTIC
IMAGES INTO REAL MARRIAGES AND
00:21:29.78\00:21:33.82
THEY ARE DISSATISFIED.
00:21:33.86\00:21:36.26
AND THEN THOUGHTS COME INTO
THE MIND AND THEY START HAVING
00:21:36.29\00:21:38.96
SECOND THOUGHTS AND THEY START
HAVING DOUBTS AND THEY HAVE
00:21:38.99\00:21:41.80
UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
AND - THE IMPURITY IN THE MIND.
00:21:41.83\00:21:45.80
KEEP YOUR MIND - KEEP YOUR HEART
- LET THE BIBLE AND THE WORD OF
00:21:45.83\00:21:50.11
GOD AND THE THINGS OF GOD BE
THE CATALYST FOR YOUR FAMILY AND
00:21:50.14\00:21:55.51
YOU'LL FIND THAT THAT LOVE
AND APPRECIATION FOR THAT PERSON
00:21:55.54\00:21:58.45
THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU - THAT
YOU ARE - YOU'VE BECOME ONE WITH
00:21:58.48\00:22:02.28
THROUGH MARRIAGE, WILL
BE RESTORED AND REVIVED.
00:22:02.32\00:22:05.85
>>AMEN. >>A
COUPLE WAS - THEY WERE
00:22:05.89\00:22:08.92
HAVING DAILY BICKERING,
ARGUMENTS, OFTEN OVER LITTLE
00:22:08.96\00:22:11.99
THINGS. THEY
REALIZED THAT EVERY DAY
00:22:12.03\00:22:14.30
THEY WERE AT EACH OTHER.
AND THE WIFE CAME UP WITH AN
00:22:14.36\00:22:17.73
IDEA. SHE SAID, 'LOOK, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS SILLY. IT'S IMMATURE.
00:22:17.77\00:22:21.57
IF WE HAVE DIFFERENCES -
IF THERE'S THINGS WE WANT TO
00:22:21.60\00:22:25.17
COMMUNICATE, LET'S
GIVE EACH OTHER A BREAK.
00:22:25.21\00:22:27.44
IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'M DOING
THAT'S BOTHERING YOU, WRITE IT
00:22:27.48\00:22:30.25
OUT ON A SLIP OF
PAPER. PUT IT IN THIS BOX HERE
00:22:30.28\00:22:33.21
ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER.
IF I'VE GOT SOMETHING, I'LL
00:22:33.25\00:22:35.82
WRITE IT DOWN, I'LL PUT
IT ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER.
00:22:35.85\00:22:37.95
AT THE END OF THE MONTH,
THEN WE'LL TALK THROUGH IT.
00:22:37.99\00:22:40.52
WE'LL HAVE ONE BIG ARGUMENT AND
GET IT OVER WITH.' SO HE SAID,
00:22:40.56\00:22:44.39
'OKAY, DEAR.' SO EACH DAY SHE'D
MAKE AN OBSERVATION, SHE'D WRITE
00:22:44.43\00:22:49.66
IT DOWN, SHE'D PUT IT IN THE
BOX AND WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
00:22:49.70\00:22:52.17
HE'D WRITE SOMETHING DOWN, HE'D
PUT IT IN THE BOX AND WOULDN'T
00:22:52.20\00:22:54.37
SAY ANYTHING. THIS
WENT ON FOR THIRTY DAYS.
00:22:54.40\00:22:57.67
AT THE END OF THIRTY DAYS
SHE SAID, 'OKAY, LET'S SIT DOWN.
00:22:57.71\00:23:00.54
LET'S OPEN THE BOX.'
SHE TOOK OUT THE BOX AND SHE
00:23:00.58\00:23:03.91
PULLED OUT HER PINK PAPERS.
00:23:03.95\00:23:06.58
IT SAID, 'LEAVING THE
LID OFF THE JELLY JAR AGAIN.'
00:23:06.61\00:23:12.32
'DIRTY SOCKS ON THE FLOOR.'
AND SHE JUST WAS GOING THROUGH
00:23:12.35\00:23:15.42
HER LITANY OF - JUST ALL
THESE THINGS AND FINALLY SHE
00:23:15.46\00:23:19.46
SAID, 'OKAY, YOU CAN READ
YOUR BLUE ONES NOW.' HIS SAID,
00:23:19.49\00:23:23.20
'I LOVE YOU.' 'I LOVE YOU.'
'I LOVE YOU.' AND SHE BEGAN
00:23:23.23\00:23:31.41
TO FEEL A LITTLE BAD.
THE THINGS - BY THE WAY, THAT
00:23:31.44\00:23:34.91
STORY CAN BE TOLD EITHER WAY.
LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SIN.
00:23:34.94\00:23:43.45
YOU KNOW, WE
NATURALLY ARE NOT LOVABLE.
00:23:43.49\00:23:48.52
GOD DIDN'T DIE FOR US
BECAUSE WE'RE LOVABLE.
00:23:48.56\00:23:50.43
IT'S EASY TO LOVE THE LOVABLE.
WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,
00:23:50.46\00:23:53.53
CHRIST LOVED US AND
DIED FOR US. >>AMEN.
00:23:53.56\00:23:56.20
>>AND IF THE LORD CAN LOVE
US AND THE LOVE OF CHRIST CAN BE
00:23:56.23\00:24:01.20
SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS - YOU
KNOW WHAT ONE - WHAT'S THE GREAT
00:24:01.24\00:24:04.41
COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?
'LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR
00:24:04.44\00:24:07.94
HEART AND LOVE' -
WHAT? >>YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:24:07.98\00:24:10.01
>>LOVE WHO? >>YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:24:10.05\00:24:12.15
WHO'S A CLOSER
NEIGHBOR THAN YOUR SPOUSE?
00:24:12.18\00:24:15.08
>>NOBODY. >>IT'S
INTERESTING. THE BIBLE
00:24:15.12\00:24:17.12
SAYS YOU NEED TO LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR. IT SAYS YOU NEED TO
00:24:17.15\00:24:18.79
LOVE YOUR ENEMY.
SOMEONE BROUGHT OUT IT'S OFTEN
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.22
BECAUSE YOUR
NEIGHBOR BECOMES YOUR ENEMY.
00:24:21.26\00:24:24.86
AND IF WE CAN'T LOVE OUR
SPOUSES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO
00:24:24.89\00:24:29.60
LOVE OUR ENEMIES?
HOW ARE WE GOING TO
00:24:29.63\00:24:31.23
LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS?
THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS.
00:24:31.27\00:24:34.64
AND IT'S A CHOICE
THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.
00:24:34.67\00:24:36.71
NOW THERE'S A RULE IN LIFE -
IT'S SAYS THERE'S A SIMPLE RULE
00:24:36.74\00:24:40.64
OF PHYSICS - THAT THE CLOSER
THAT TWO OBJECTS COME TO A
00:24:40.68\00:24:44.55
COMMON DESTINATION, THEY WILL
INVARIABLY COME CLOSER TO ONE
00:24:44.58\00:24:48.68
ANOTHER. AND IF CHRIST IS AT THE
00:24:48.72\00:24:51.92
MIDDLE OF YOUR LIFE - IF YOU,
PERSONALLY, HAVE SURRENDERED
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