Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS EXPERIENCE THE POWER 00:00:02.50\00:00:08.00 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:08.00\00:00:11.00 (music) TODAY, PASTOR PEARSON'S 00:00:11.00\00:00:18.00 MESSAGE IS ENTITLED "WATER FROM YOUR OWN WELL." 00:00:18.00\00:00:22.40 WP: HERE IT IS. 00:00:24.93\00:00:25.86 PROVERBS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 15 SAYS, DRINK WATERS OUT OF 00:00:25.86\00:00:28.86 THINE OWN CISTERN AND RUNNING WATERS OF THINE OWN WELL. 00:00:28.86\00:00:35.73 THERE IT IS. 00:00:35.73\00:00:36.63 TONIGHT WE'RE SPEAKING ON THE TOPIC, DRINKING 00:00:36.63\00:00:38.76 FROM YOUR OWN WELL. 00:00:38.76\00:00:40.43 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME BEFORE WE BEGIN ? 00:00:41.26\00:00:43.13 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TONIGHT FOR ANOTHER 00:00:43.13\00:00:46.03 OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE WORD OF GOD, TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER 00:00:46.03\00:00:51.86 OF JESUS IN THE WORD OF GOD. 00:00:51.86\00:00:54.56 SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THAT IT'S DRUDGERY TO 00:00:54.56\00:00:57.63 BE IN THE BIBLE. 00:00:57.63\00:00:58.50 THEY SEEM TO WANT TO MAKE IT DRUDGERY. 00:00:58.50\00:01:01.96 BUT WHEN WE OPEN THE WORD, THERE IS POWER, THERE IS 00:01:01.96\00:01:05.46 JOY, THERE IS SALVATION. 00:01:05.46\00:01:08.43 AND SO TONIGHT WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:01:08.43\00:01:11.40 WILL HOVER OVER US AND MOVE AMONG US SO THAT WE MIGHT 00:01:11.40\00:01:14.80 FEEL THE POWER AND SENSE IT IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS. 00:01:14.80\00:01:18.90 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 00:01:18.90\00:01:21.96 LET ME DO SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT I'VE DONE AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE. 00:01:21.96\00:01:26.56 I HAVE INVERTED MY SERMON. 00:01:26.56\00:01:30.13 I SOMETIMES WANT TO PUT THE BEST FOR LAST. 00:01:30.13\00:01:35.26 IN THE BIBLE, YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE WATER THAT JESUS CHANGED. 00:01:35.26\00:01:39.70 AND WHEN HE HAD FINISHED, THEY SAID, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM. 00:01:39.70\00:01:43.53 AND SOMEBODY REMARKED, YOU SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST. 00:01:43.53\00:01:46.16 WELL, IF JESUS COMES IN THE HOUSE, IT'S GOOD AT 00:01:46.16\00:01:49.16 THE BEGINNING, AND IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER. 00:01:49.16\00:01:51.90 WHAT DO YOU SAY ? 00:01:51.90\00:01:53.33 INCIDENTALLY, A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE OUGHT TO BE THAT WAY. 00:01:53.33\00:01:56.50 IT OUGHT TO BE JUST LIKE THAT. 00:01:56.50\00:01:58.66 JESUS PERFORMED THAT MIRACLE AT A WEDDING. 00:01:58.66\00:02:01.43 IT'S A GOOD SYMBOL. 00:02:01.43\00:02:02.96 IF YOU ARE CONNECTED IN CHRIST, IT OUGHT TO START 00:02:02.96\00:02:05.96 GOOD AND GET BETTER. 00:02:05.96\00:02:08.53 SO, LET'S BEGIN WITH A FEW GENERAL ADMONITIONS. 00:02:08.53\00:02:13.30 MOST OF THE FOLK IN HERE WHO ARE MARRIED ALREADY 00:02:13.30\00:02:16.86 KNOW THESE THINGS, BUT LET'S JUST REMIND YOU. 00:02:16.86\00:02:19.00 FIRST OF ALL, YOU SHOULD DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO 00:02:19.00\00:02:22.03 MAINTAIN FAMILY WORSHIP. 00:02:22.03\00:02:26.20 NOW, IN THESE DAYS, IT'S NOT EASY, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S 00:02:26.20\00:02:28.93 ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE. 00:02:28.93\00:02:30.73 BUT IF YOU TAKE THE TIME, IF YOU MAKE THE TIME TO PULL THE FAMILY 00:02:30.73\00:02:35.50 TOGETHER AND TO WORSHIP THE GOD OF HEAVEN, TO LET JESUS HAVE A 00:02:35.50\00:02:40.60 PLACE IN YOUR LIFE, I GUARANTEE IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:02:40.60\00:02:44.13 YOU OUGHT TO PLAN WEEKLY FAMILY DAYS. 00:02:44.13\00:02:47.63 FAMILY DAYS. 00:02:47.63\00:02:49.00 NOT EASY TO MAINTAIN, BUT YOU OUGHT TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK 00:02:49.00\00:02:52.83 AT EACH OTHER AT LEAST ONCE. 00:02:52.83\00:02:54.16 A LONG TIME AGO, LET ME TELL ALL OF YOU YOUNG PEOPLE, AGES AGO 00:02:54.16\00:02:56.86 PEOPLE USED TO EAT TOGETHER. 00:02:56.86\00:03:01.90 I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. 00:03:01.90\00:03:03.83 BUT THEY ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AT A TABLE, ALL AT ONE TIME, AND AT 00:03:03.83\00:03:08.36 THAT MOMENT THEY WOULD SAY GRACE OVER THE FOOD AND THEN SOMETIMES 00:03:08.36\00:03:13.80 THEY'D REPEAT TEXT, SOMETIMES THEY'D SHARE SOMETHING. 00:03:13.80\00:03:16.53 BUT IT GAVE THEM A MOMENT TO COME TOGETHER. 00:03:16.53\00:03:18.73 YOU OUGHT TO PLAN NOT ONLY WORSHIP BUT DAYS WHEN THE 00:03:18.73\00:03:21.36 FAMILY COMES TOGETHER. 00:03:21.36\00:03:22.80 YOU OUGHT TO MAKE FAMILY ACTIVITIES JOYOUS. 00:03:22.80\00:03:25.96 SOME HOUSES RESEMBLE MAUSOLEUMS. 00:03:25.96\00:03:34.10 AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU GROW AND BE HAPPY, 00:03:34.10\00:03:37.03 IN FACT, SOMETIMES IT WORRIES ME THAT PEOPLE BELVE THAT 00:03:37.03\00:03:40.76 IN ORDER TO BE HOLY YOU SHOULD BE SAD. 00:03:40.76\00:03:46.43 OH, COME ON. 00:03:46.43\00:03:47.96 DON'T LIKE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THEM. 00:03:47.96\00:03:51.53 I'VE MET PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE, WHO ACTED LIKE THEY 00:03:51.53\00:03:53.73 WERE BAPTIZED IN LEMON JUICE. 00:03:53.73\00:03:56.70 THEY WANTED TO BE HOLY, BUT THEY PRETENDED THAT BEING 00:03:56.70\00:04:00.63 SAD MAKES YOU HOLY. 00:04:00.63\00:04:02.96 IF YOU EVER READ IN GALATIANS CHAPTER 5, WHERE IT TALKS 00:04:02.96\00:04:06.73 ABOUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, OF COURSE LOVE IS 00:04:06.73\00:04:10.16 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. 00:04:10.16\00:04:11.40 BUT THE FIRST MANIFESTATION AFTER THAT IS JOY. 00:04:11.40\00:04:15.00 SO IF THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS IN YOU, THERE OUGHT TO BE JOY. 00:04:15.00\00:04:18.23 YOU OUGHT TO DEMONSTRATE LOVE CONSTANTLY. 00:04:18.23\00:04:21.86 NOW, GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A TIME WHEN MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK. 00:04:21.86\00:04:25.46 BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF US THINK THAT IF YOU BRING HOME MONEY AND 00:04:26.33\00:04:32.76 IF YOU BRING FOOD AND IF YOU SUPPLY THINGS, THAT YOUR WIFE 00:04:32.76\00:04:38.10 OUGHT TO KNOW THAT YOU LOVE HER. 00:04:38.10\00:04:41.43 WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY WOMEN ARE WIRED. . . 00:04:42.36\00:04:46.90 THEY LIKE TO KIND OF HEAR IT, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY 00:04:46.90\00:04:49.23 SEEM OBVIOUS TO YOU. 00:04:49.23\00:04:51.70 SO LOOK, IT REALLY WON'T, IT WON'T CRACK YOUR JAW, IT WON'T 00:04:51.70\00:04:55.70 HURT YOUR THROAT, IT WILL NOT MAKE YOUR TEETH LOOK WORSE. 00:04:55.70\00:04:59.70 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SQUEEZE IT OUT. 00:04:59.70\00:05:01.96 REMEMBER BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED ALL THAT STUFF YOU USED TO TALK? 00:05:01.96\00:05:08.70 YOU HAD SONGS THAT EVERYBODY KNEW, BUT YOU PUT A LITTLE 00:05:08.70\00:05:11.93 TWIST ON THEM. 00:05:11.93\00:05:13.60 YOU HAD POEMS THAT YOU THOUGHT SHE HAD NEVER HEARD 00:05:13.60\00:05:15.76 BEFORE AND YOU PRETENDED THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOURS. 00:05:15.76\00:05:18.63 BUT YOU ALWAYS HAD SOME LITTLE SWEET SOMETHING TO SAY. 00:05:18.63\00:05:21.03 NOW WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, ALL YOU GO TO DO (MAKES NOISE). 00:05:21.03\00:05:26.33 YOU'VE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. 00:05:26.33\00:05:28.66 THE FACT IS THAT MARRIAGE DOES NOT CONSIST OF TEMPORAL THINGS. 00:05:28.66\00:05:36.60 THAT'S A $5 WORD THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T MATTER 00:05:36.60\00:05:40.33 HOW MUCH YOU HAVE. 00:05:40.33\00:05:42.20 I WANT TO READ A TEXT ABOUT THAT ONE BECAUSE THERE 00:05:42.20\00:05:44.66 ARE SOME PEOPLE, IN FACT, I KNOW LADIES WHO ARE LOOKING 00:05:44.66\00:05:47.56 FOR A MAN WITH MONEY. 00:05:47.56\00:05:52.80 AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 00:05:52.80\00:05:57.00 LUKE, CHAPTER 12. 00:05:57.00\00:05:58.26 THIS IS IN THE BIBLE. 00:05:58.26\00:06:00.26 AND WHILE I'M ON IT, I MIGHT AS WELL SAY THAT THERE 00:06:00.26\00:06:02.73 ARE SOME MEN WHO ARE LOOKING FOR WOMEN WITH MONEY. 00:06:02.73\00:06:08.43 IF MY GRAND-DADDY COULD HAVE GOTTEN A HOLD OF YOU. 00:06:08.43\00:06:13.76 GRAND-DADDY HAD SOME STUFF TO SAY ABOUT A MAN WHO WOULDN'T 00:06:13.76\00:06:15.93 TAKE CARE OF THE HOUSE. 00:06:15.93\00:06:17.56 BUT I GOT THAT COMING. 00:06:17.56\00:06:19.16 THIS IS LUKE, CHAPTER 12, AND VERSE 15 SAYS THIS. 00:06:20.10\00:06:22.46 AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, TAKE HEED AND BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS, 00:06:22.46\00:06:27.23 FOR A MAN'S LIFE CONSISTETH NOT IN THE ABUNDANCE OF 00:06:27.23\00:06:32.40 THINGS WHICH HE POSSESSETH. 00:06:32.40\00:06:34.96 LIFE IS NOT MADE UP OF MONEY. 00:06:35.86\00:06:38.93 I USED TO READ ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOWARD HUGHES. 00:06:38.93\00:06:41.66 A WEALTHY MAN WHO DIED IN A STRANGE SITUATION 00:06:41.66\00:06:45.73 AND PROVED BY HIS LIFE THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY HAPPINESS. 00:06:45.73\00:06:52.30 MONEY IS OKAY. 00:06:52.30\00:06:53.43 I'M NOT MAD AT MONEY, BUT MONEY OUGHT NOT BE THE ONLY 00:06:53.43\00:06:58.10 CRITERIA YOU USE TO MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE WORK. 00:06:58.10\00:07:02.76 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOTS OF MONEY. 00:07:02.76\00:07:04.80 WHEN I STARTED IN THE MINISTRY, I WENT TO A CHURCH JUST FOR A 00:07:04.80\00:07:08.26 WHILE, AND THEY ASSIGNED ME A COUPLE THAT NEEDED COUNSEL. 00:07:08.26\00:07:14.26 I FELT VERY OUT OF PLACE. 00:07:14.26\00:07:16.13 I HADN'T BEEN MARRIED THAT LONG MYSELF. 00:07:16.13\00:07:18.33 AND WHEN THESE PEOPLE CAME IN, I DISCOVERED THAT 00:07:18.33\00:07:20.00 THEY WERE VERY WEALTHY. 00:07:20.00\00:07:24.80 IN FACT, WHEN I ASKED THE LADY WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM, 00:07:24.80\00:07:27.46 SHE SAID, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. 00:07:27.46\00:07:30.76 HE WON'T SHARE ENOUGH. 00:07:30.76\00:07:33.43 AND HE OUTLINED WHAT HE GAVE HER, HE SAID, WELL, I GAVE HER 00:07:33.43\00:07:38.16 JAGUAR AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT. 00:07:38.16\00:07:39.80 I BOUGHT HER A SEVILLE AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE THAT. 00:07:39.80\00:07:42.46 I BOUGHT HER A MERCEDES AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE THAT. 00:07:42.46\00:07:44.86 I GIVE HER AN ALLOWANCE. 00:07:44.86\00:07:45.90 I THINK WAY BACK THEN IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE $2,000 A WEEK. 00:07:45.90\00:07:51.23 AND YOU KNOW WHAT MY BRAIN WAS SAYING, HE DIDN'T GIVE 00:07:51.23\00:07:53.36 YOU ENOUGH MONEY ? 00:07:53.36\00:07:56.00 IF HE GAVE IT TO ME, I COULD BE HAPPY AND MY 00:07:56.00\00:07:58.50 WIFE COULD BE HAPPY. 00:07:58.50\00:07:59.60 WE COULD BOTH BE HAPPY. 00:07:59.60\00:08:03.43 WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS THAT IT'S NOT MONEY THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. 00:08:03.43\00:08:06.43 IT'S WAY MORE THAN THAT. 00:08:06.43\00:08:07.70 WHAT DO YOU SAY ? 00:08:07.70\00:08:09.50 FIRST TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 5, AND VERSE 8. 00:08:09.50\00:08:12.60 LADIES, YOU OUGHT TO TURN OVER HERE BECAUSE THIS IS 00:08:12.60\00:08:14.76 GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A MAN OUGHT TO DO. 00:08:14.76\00:08:17.70 AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS SOMEWHERE AND HANG 00:08:17.70\00:08:19.43 IT ON THE WALL, BUT YOU'D BETTER BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE 00:08:19.43\00:08:22.30 I'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU. 00:08:22.30\00:08:24.50 FIRST TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 5, AND VERSE 8. 00:08:24.50\00:08:28.76 SHORT LITTLE TEXT. 00:08:28.76\00:08:29.80 IT'S AMAZING. 00:08:29.80\00:08:31.93 I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAME TO BE THAT WAY, BUT THE THINGS 00:08:31.93\00:08:34.83 THAT SAY WHAT MEN OUGHT TO DO TEND TO BE KIND OF NARROW. 00:08:34.83\00:08:37.96 AND THE ONES THAT SAY WHAT WOMEN OUGHT TO DO, KIND OF GET BROAD. 00:08:37.96\00:08:40.86 SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIME WHEN 00:08:40.86\00:08:43.66 THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN. 00:08:43.66\00:08:45.20 I DON'T KNOW. 00:08:45.20\00:08:45.93 LET'S JUST SEE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 00:08:45.93\00:08:48.26 THIS IS FIRST TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 5, AND VERSE 8. 00:08:49.30\00:08:51.36 BUT IF ANY PROVIDE NOT FOR HIS OWN, AND ESPECIALLY FOR 00:08:51.36\00:08:55.36 THOSE OF HIS OWN HOUSE, HE HATH DENIED THE FAITH AND 00:08:55.36\00:09:01.03 IS WORSE THAN AN INFIDEL. 00:09:01.03\00:09:04.26 IF THAT STRONG ENOUGH ? 00:09:05.03\00:09:07.13 SO I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO A BRETHREN IS, BEFORE YOU SAY, 00:09:07.13\00:09:10.36 I DO, MAKE SURE YOU CAN. 00:09:10.36\00:09:21.96 I AM STILL SHOCKED AT THE PEOPLE WHO GET READY TO GET 00:09:21.96\00:09:25.80 MARRIED AND IF THEY COME TO ME FOR COUNSEL, ONE OF THE 00:09:25.80\00:09:28.76 SECTIONS OF MY COUNSEL IS, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BUDGET. 00:09:28.76\00:09:32.20 AND THEY SAY, BUDGET ? 00:09:32.20\00:09:36.46 YEAH, BUDGET. 00:09:36.46\00:09:38.10 WHERE'S YOUR INCOME GOING TO COME FROM ? 00:09:38.10\00:09:40.03 AND I AM SHOCKED SOMETIMES TO DISCOVER THAT MAYBE 00:09:40.03\00:09:43.40 NOBODY WORKS. 00:09:43.40\00:09:47.90 WELL, I'VE GOT TO LEAVE THAT ALONE BECAUSE I'LL SPEND 00:09:47.90\00:09:49.66 TOO MUCH TIME ON IT. 00:09:49.66\00:09:50.63 WHAT DO THEY THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN ? 00:09:50.63\00:09:53.60 YOU KNOW, BEING ALONE WITH NO INCOME IS BAD ENOUGH. 00:09:53.60\00:09:57.90 YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN WITH SOMEBODY ELSE IN THIS SITUATION? 00:09:57.90\00:10:01.73 SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ? 00:10:01.73\00:10:03.80 I KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE. 00:10:03.80\00:10:05.03 THEY BELIEVE THAT LOVE CONQUERS ALL. 00:10:05.03\00:10:09.26 AND THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT IT WILL HAVE A STRUGGLE 00:10:09.26\00:10:11.93 WITH HUNGER PAINS. 00:10:11.93\00:10:15.46 LOOK AT PROVERBS, LADIES, BEFORE YOU GET TOO EXCITED. 00:10:15.46\00:10:20.13 PROVERBS. 00:10:20.13\00:10:21.20 ACTUALLY THERE'S A WHOLE CHAPTER IN PROVERBS THAT YOU OUGHT TO 00:10:21.20\00:10:23.83 READ, BUT I WON'T GO THROUGH IT BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM UNEVEN. 00:10:23.83\00:10:27.46 SO, I'M ONLY GOING TO READ ONE VERSE FROM PROVERBS, CHAPTER 31. 00:10:27.46\00:10:31.43 PROVERBS, CHAPTER 31 AND VERSE 30. 00:10:31.43\00:10:37.43 HERE IS THE CONCLUSION. 00:10:37.43\00:10:39.06 LADIES, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO CHECK, BECAUSE THE REASON 00:10:39.06\00:10:41.40 WHY YOU OUGHT TO CHECK IS BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND IS 00:10:41.40\00:10:43.96 GOING TO GO READ THIS. 00:10:43.96\00:10:46.96 SO YOU MAYBE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE READ. 00:10:46.96\00:10:49.26 HE WILL READ PROVERBS, CHAPTER 31. 00:10:49.26\00:10:52.10 YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ IT. 00:10:52.10\00:10:53.03 I'M ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU THE CONCLUSIVE END, AND HERE'S 00:10:53.03\00:10:56.23 WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 30. 00:10:56.23\00:10:57.60 WELL, LET ME READ VERSE 30 AND 31. 00:10:57.60\00:10:59.40 FAVOR IS DECEITFUL AND BEAUTY IS VAIN. 00:11:00.66\00:11:03.63 BUT A WOMAN WHO FEARETH THE LORD, SHE SHALL BE PRAISED. 00:11:03.63\00:11:07.40 GIVE HER THE FRUIT OF HER HANDS AND LET HER OWN WORK 00:11:07.40\00:11:10.33 PRAISE HER IN THE GATES. 00:11:10.33\00:11:12.76 IF YOU GO BACK THROUGH THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL DISCOVER THE 00:11:13.73\00:11:17.40 TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE DESCRIBED. 00:11:17.40\00:11:20.63 TODAY WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MARRIAGES THAT ARE 00:11:20.63\00:11:23.03 NONTRADITIONAL OR CONTEMPORARY. 00:11:23.03\00:11:25.86 THERE ARE MARRIAGES WHERE THE MAN IS NOT THE ONLY 00:11:25.86\00:11:29.53 BREAD WINNER. 00:11:29.53\00:11:31.20 IN FACT, SOME WOULD SAY THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT 00:11:31.20\00:11:35.23 HAVING BOTH OF THE SPOUSES BEING BREAD WINNERS. 00:11:35.23\00:11:40.43 WHEN THE WIFE GOES TO WORK, YOU ARE NO LONGER IN A 00:11:40.43\00:11:46.10 TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE. 00:11:46.10\00:11:48.73 NOW, THERE ARE MEN WHO BELIEVE THAT EVEN AFTER SHE GOES TO 00:11:48.73\00:11:52.06 WORK, THE RULES STILL APPLY. 00:11:52.06\00:11:56.66 I WISH YOU'D GO IN THERE AND COOK SOMETHING. 00:11:56.66\00:12:09.13 SOMEBODY NEEDS TO VACUUM. 00:12:09.13\00:12:13.33 SOMEBODY OUGHT TO DO THE LAUNDRY. 00:12:13.33\00:12:16.50 WELL, IF YOU'RE WORKING AND SHE'S WORKING, THE 00:12:16.50\00:12:19.63 SOMEBODY MAY BE YOU. 00:12:19.63\00:12:27.00 I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. 00:12:27.00\00:12:28.10 MY WIFE HAD A JOB, WELL, SHE'S HAD A FEW JOBS WHERE SHE MADE 00:12:28.10\00:12:30.93 WAY MORE MONEY THAN I DID. 00:12:30.93\00:12:33.70 YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME. 00:12:33.70\00:12:39.26 WHEN SHE BROUGHT THE BIG OL' CHECK HOME, I PUT A 00:12:39.26\00:12:41.46 SMILE ON HER FACE. 00:12:41.46\00:12:42.60 (MAKES NOISE). 00:12:44.36\00:12:50.30 EVERY NOW AND THEN I'D EVEN GO IN THE KITCHEN AND 00:12:50.30\00:12:51.96 GET ME A BUNCH OF TIMERS AND A BUNCH OF RECIPES AND 00:12:51.96\00:12:54.43 AT LEAST LET HER KNOW I WAS TRYING TO COOK SOMETHING. 00:12:54.43\00:12:56.96 COME ON IN, GIRL. 00:12:56.96\00:12:59.43 SHE MAY HAVE HAD TO PUT SOMETHING IN IT TO MAKE IT 00:12:59.43\00:13:01.43 RIGHT, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO LET HER KNOW IS HONEY, WHEN 00:13:01.43\00:13:04.36 YOU PLUNK THAT BIG CHECK DOWN AND IT GOES BONG--I'M A MAN 00:13:04.36\00:13:10.20 WORKING TO MAKE IT GOOD FOR YOU. 00:13:10.20\00:13:12.60 (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) SO, HERE'S WHAT 00:13:12.60\00:13:17.16 YOU'VE GOT TO DO. 00:13:17.16\00:13:18.26 YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE DO YOU HAVE A TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE OR 00:13:18.26\00:13:20.16 A NONTRADITIONAL MARRIAGE. 00:13:20.16\00:13:21.50 IF IT'S TRADITIONAL, AND SHE STAYS HOME, THEN YOU GOT A 00:13:21.50\00:13:23.73 RIGHT TO GO ON IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, YOU KNOW. 00:13:23.73\00:13:32.30 IF YOU'RE PAYING THE BILLS, IF YOU ARE THE ONLY BREAD WINNER, 00:13:32.30\00:13:38.10 THEN YOU WILL FIND IN THIS CHAPTER WHERE IT SAYS, SISTER, 00:13:38.10\00:13:41.56 DON'T BE HOME, YOU KNOW, DIALING UP THOSE SHOWS. 00:13:41.56\00:13:48.30 MAN LEAVES HOME, YOU'VE GOT ROLLERS--DO THEY 00:13:48.30\00:13:50.30 STILL WEAR ROLLERS ? 00:13:50.30\00:13:51.90 I THINK THEY DO. 00:13:51.90\00:13:53.90 I SAW A LADY THE OTHER DAY. 00:13:53.90\00:13:56.66 AND THEN WHEN HE COMES BACK, YOU HAVEN'T MOVED. 00:13:56.66\00:14:00.20 NOTHING IN THE HOUSE HAS MOVED. 00:14:00.20\00:14:03.46 YOU KNOW. 00:14:03.46\00:14:04.50 GO ON IN THERE. 00:14:04.50\00:14:05.36 I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING LEFT OVER. 00:14:05.36\00:14:08.03 THAT'S NOT THE DEAL. 00:14:08.03\00:14:09.76 BUT IF BOTH OF YOU ARE WORKING, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO SHARE 00:14:09.76\00:14:12.16 THE RESPONSIBILITIES. 00:14:12.16\00:14:13.06 DOES THAT SOUND OKAY TO YOU ? 00:14:13.06\00:14:16.26 LOOK AT FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 3. 00:14:16.26\00:14:18.93 FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 3. 00:14:18.93\00:14:20.96 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PRACTICAL THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN 00:14:20.96\00:14:25.26 IN A MARRIAGE TO MAKE IT BETTER. 00:14:25.26\00:14:27.03 FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 3, AND WE'RE GOING TO 00:14:27.03\00:14:29.13 START WITH VERSE 8. 00:14:29.13\00:14:30.26 THIS IS A TEXT THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT APPLY TO 00:14:30.26\00:14:32.06 MARRIAGE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE IT FITS. 00:14:32.06\00:14:35.90 FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 3, STARTING WITH VERSE 8. 00:14:36.66\00:14:38.50 FINALLY, BE ALL OF ONE MIND, HAVING COMPASSION 00:14:38.50\00:14:43.26 ONE OF ANOTHER. 00:14:43.26\00:14:45.46 LOVE AS BRETHREN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT 00:14:45.46\00:14:48.90 MARRIED, BUT LOVE AS BRETHREN. 00:14:48.90\00:14:51.16 BE PITIFUL AND COURTEOUS, NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL, OR 00:14:51.16\00:14:55.63 RAILING FOR RAILING, BUT CONTRARY-WISE, BLESSING, 00:14:55.63\00:15:00.26 KNOWING THAT YOU ARE THERE UNTO CALL THAT YOU SHOULD 00:15:00.26\00:15:02.86 INHERIT THE BLESSING. 00:15:02.86\00:15:04.50 FOR HE THAT WILL LOVE LIFE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, LET HIM REFRAIN 00:15:05.43\00:15:12.20 HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS THAT THEY SPEAK NO GUILE. 00:15:12.20\00:15:17.03 LET HIM ESCHEW EVIL AND DO GOOD. 00:15:17.03\00:15:19.60 LET HIM SEEK PEACE AND ENSUE IT, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE 00:15:19.60\00:15:25.36 OVER THE RIGHTEOUS AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN ONTO THEIR PRAYERS. 00:15:25.36\00:15:29.06 BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THEM THAT DO EVIL. 00:15:29.06\00:15:33.40 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT WHEN YOU SHUT THE DOORS OF YOUR 00:15:33.40\00:15:36.50 HOUSE, GOD IS STILL LOOKING. 00:15:36.50\00:15:41.43 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPLIT PERSONALITIES 00:15:41.43\00:15:43.46 IN THEIR MARRIAGES. 00:15:43.46\00:15:45.70 WHEN THEY'RE OUT, THEY'RE, OH, HONEY, HOW ARE YOU ? 00:15:45.70\00:15:48.43 COME DEAR, THIS IS MY WIFE. 00:15:48.43\00:15:52.20 YES, HONEY. 00:15:52.20\00:15:53.40 YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN THEY GET INSIDE. . . 00:15:53.40\00:16:00.46 . . .SEE YOU TOMORROW. 00:16:00.46\00:16:01.70 TAKE OUT THE TRASH. 00:16:01.70\00:16:03.96 DID YOU PAY THE BILLS. 00:16:03.96\00:16:05.90 YOU TURN INTO MAINTENENCE CONVERSATION. 00:16:05.90\00:16:08.86 BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT FAKE YOU'RE PUTTING ON 00:16:08.86\00:16:11.13 OUTSIDE, YOU NEED TO BE BETTER INSIDE THE HOUSE WHEN NOBODY'S 00:16:11.13\00:16:14.56 LOOKING THAN WHEN SOMEBODY IS LOOKING, BECAUSE THE EYES OF 00:16:14.56\00:16:18.96 GOD ARE ON YOU. 00:16:18.96\00:16:21.40 SO YOU GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. 00:16:21.40\00:16:24.16 YOU OUGHT TO, EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 4, AND VERSE 26. 00:16:24.16\00:16:27.20 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU OUGHT TO END EACH DAY WITHOUT THE 00:16:27.20\00:16:32.50 SUN GOING DOWN ON YOUR WRATH. 00:16:32.50\00:16:34.80 I'M GOING TO GET TO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WILL 00:16:34.80\00:16:37.30 KIND OF CONNECT WITH THIS. 00:16:37.30\00:16:39.83 BUT IF YOU WANT TO STAY MARRIED A LONG TIME, 00:16:40.70\00:16:42.56 DON'T LET STUFF BUILD UP. 00:16:42.56\00:16:46.50 HANDLE IT WHILE IT'S SMALL. 00:16:46.50\00:16:49.23 THERE ARE NO TWO PEOPLE WHO FIT PERFECTLY. 00:16:49.23\00:16:52.46 SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY HAD A HABIT THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS OKAY. 00:16:52.46\00:16:57.03 BUT WHEN YOU GET IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, I DON'T 00:16:57.86\00:17:00.40 CARE IF YOU WERE REARED NEXT-DOOR TO EACH OTHER, THERE 00:17:00.40\00:17:03.16 ARE THINGS THAT YOUR FAMILY DID AND THINGS THAT YOUR 00:17:03.16\00:17:05.96 FAMILY DID THAT DON'T MATCH. 00:17:05.96\00:17:08.36 SO, YOU MAY BE SITTING THERE AND, YOU KNOW, IT GETS A 00:17:08.36\00:17:10.43 LITTLE QUIET WHEN YOU FIRST GET TO THE REAL MARRIAGE. 00:17:10.43\00:17:13.83 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT AHH. 00:17:13.83\00:17:18.46 EVERYBODY CAN DEAL WITH THAT. 00:17:18.46\00:17:19.60 THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW ON TELEVISION. 00:17:19.60\00:17:23.90 AND THEN IT KINDS OF GETS TO, HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING ? 00:17:23.90\00:17:28.96 AND THEN (MAKES SLURPING NOISE) YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO 00:17:28.96\00:17:35.23 FIGURE OUT, HOW COULD YA MISS THAT WHEN YOU ALL 00:17:35.23\00:17:37.90 WERE DATING EACH OTHER ? 00:17:37.90\00:17:41.46 DID YOU ALWAYS MAKE THAT SOUND ? 00:17:41.46\00:17:49.30 SHE SAID, WELL, YOU'VE GOT A NERVE TO TALK. 00:17:49.30\00:17:51.43 YOU DROP CLOTHES ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE EVERY 00:17:51.43\00:17:53.86 DAY WHEN YOU COME HOME. 00:17:53.86\00:17:55.00 AND IF YOU KEEP ON LETTING LITTLE STUFF GO BY LIKE 00:17:55.00\00:17:57.40 THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO HANDLE IT PROACTIVELY. 00:17:57.40\00:18:01.33 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, NO MATTER WHAT GOES ON, DON'T LET THE 00:18:01.33\00:18:04.23 SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR WRATH. 00:18:04.23\00:18:06.40 IN FACT, PROVERBS 15 AND VERSE 1 SAYS, THAT A SOFT 00:18:06.40\00:18:10.70 ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. 00:18:10.70\00:18:12.63 I'M GETTING READY TO GIVE YOU A RULE THAT IS NOT IN THE BIBLE 00:18:12.63\00:18:16.23 BUT I CAN ALMOST QUALIFY IT AS AN EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT. 00:18:16.23\00:18:21.26 THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK. 00:18:21.26\00:18:30.43 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT WORDS. 00:18:30.43\00:18:33.10 YOU BELIEVE THAT LITTLE STUFF YOU HEARD WHEN YOU 00:18:33.10\00:18:35.36 WERE A KID, STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES, BUT 00:18:35.36\00:18:38.26 WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME ? 00:18:38.26\00:18:41.16 THE REASON WHY YOU NEED TO THINK, IN FACT, SOMETIMES 00:18:41.16\00:18:43.36 YOU NEED TO JUST SHUT UP. 00:18:43.36\00:18:48.50 PRAY. 00:18:48.50\00:18:50.80 BECAUSE ONCE WORDS GET OUT THERE, YOU CAN'T PULL THEM BACK. 00:18:50.80\00:18:56.93 AND YOU WANT YOUR SPOUSE TO FORGIVE AND FORGET. 00:18:56.93\00:19:00.43 BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED, NINE YEARS LATER, YOU'LL BE IN 00:19:00.43\00:19:02.96 AN ARGUMENT. . . 00:19:02.96\00:19:06.86 I REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID. 00:19:06.86\00:19:10.60 SO TRY TO LET AS FEW NEGATIVE WORDS GET OUT THERE AS POSSIBLE. 00:19:10.60\00:19:14.96 GUARD YOUR TONGUE. 00:19:14.96\00:19:16.50 THAT'S SOME GOOD ADVICE. 00:19:16.50\00:19:17.80 TRUST ME. 00:19:17.80\00:19:19.33 THEN, LET ME RUN DOWN A FEW THINGS. 00:19:19.33\00:19:21.76 YOU OUGHT TO INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO ACHIEVE. 00:19:21.76\00:19:27.46 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 00:19:27.46\00:19:31.03 ANYTHING THAT A SPOUSE BECOMES, IS AFFECTED BY THEIR PARTNER. 00:19:31.03\00:19:42.63 YOU GET THE WRONG PARTNER, AND YOU KNOW, YOU COME IN WITH 00:19:42.63\00:19:45.56 YOUR IDEA, HEY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO GO 00:19:45.56\00:19:47.93 AND I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME COURSES, BECAUSE I'M THINKING 00:19:47.93\00:19:51.16 I'VE GOT A LITTLE SKILL. 00:19:51.16\00:19:53.06 YEAH, WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO IS STAY ON THAT JOB YOU GOT. 00:19:53.06\00:20:01.06 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW YOU ALL DREAMS. 00:20:01.06\00:20:05.36 I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING A CHECK. 00:20:05.36\00:20:12.33 SO, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID ? 00:20:12.33\00:20:14.43 YOU JUST KILLED A DREAM. 00:20:14.43\00:20:17.03 WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND SAY, YEAH. 00:20:17.03\00:20:19.33 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 00:20:19.33\00:20:20.53 YOU SEE THAT LITTLE LADY I'M MARRIED TO THERE, THAT'S 00:20:20.53\00:20:22.76 A POWERFUL LITTLE WOMAN. 00:20:22.76\00:20:25.00 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I THINK I CAN'T DO STUFF AND SHE'LL 00:20:25.00\00:20:28.43 START TALKING HER STUFF. 00:20:28.43\00:20:30.93 I START FEELING MYSELF GROW. 00:20:30.93\00:20:40.23 YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING I'VE GOT AN IDEA. 00:20:40.23\00:20:42.10 SHE'LL SAY, YEAH, DO THAT. 00:20:42.10\00:20:43.90 YOU KNOW, SHE MAY ASK ME, NOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FINANCE IT? 00:20:43.90\00:20:45.96 THAT'S OKAY. 00:20:45.96\00:20:48.30 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO INSPIRE THE BEST IN EACH OTHER. 00:20:48.30\00:20:52.16 AND, UNLESS YOU FIND OUT THAT SOMEBODY DOES INSPIRE THE BEST 00:20:52.16\00:20:57.96 IN YOU, DON'T MARRY THEM. 00:20:57.96\00:21:02.16 BY THE TIME THEY GET THROUGH PUSHING YOU DOWN AND DOWN 00:21:02.16\00:21:05.70 AND DOWN, AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO GET EXCITED 00:21:05.70\00:21:07.83 ABOUT PUSHING YOU DOWN. 00:21:07.83\00:21:08.93 YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE IN YOU. 00:21:08.93\00:21:11.53 YOU OUGHT TO INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO DO MORE THINGS. 00:21:11.53\00:21:13.53 YOU OUGHT TO SHARE INTERESTS. 00:21:13.53\00:21:16.10 MARRIAGE IS LIKE A LADDER. 00:21:16.10\00:21:19.86 THE TWO VERTICAL PIECES MUST HAVE CONNECTING RUNGS. 00:21:19.86\00:21:26.56 IF YOU HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON, I ALMOST SAID IF YOU HAVE NOTHING 00:21:26.56\00:21:30.70 IN COMMON BUT SENSUALITY. 00:21:30.70\00:21:34.00 BUT IF YOU HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON, THERE WILL COME A TIME 00:21:34.00\00:21:36.70 WHEN YOU'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ? 00:21:36.70\00:21:40.53 BUT YOU OUGHT TO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN COMMON. 00:21:40.53\00:21:43.43 YOU OUGHT TO LEARN TO LIKE THE THINGS THAT INTEREST 00:21:43.43\00:21:47.83 YOUR SPOUSE. 00:21:47.83\00:21:49.50 WHEN MY WIFE AND I GOT MARRIED, I COULD CARE 00:21:49.50\00:21:51.53 LESS ABOUT FURNITURE. 00:21:51.53\00:21:53.60 THE FAMILY WHERE I GREW UP, WE DID NOT HAVE DISCRETIONARY 00:21:53.60\00:21:56.16 INCOME TO WORRY ABOUT STYLES OF FURNITURE. 00:21:56.16\00:22:02.16 WE THOUGHT A CHAIR WAS STILL A CHAIR. 00:22:02.16\00:22:08.06 BUT MY WIFE HAD STUDIED THESE THINGS AND SO I 00:22:08.06\00:22:10.70 MUST TELL YOU THAT AT FIRST IT WAS A LITTLE AWKWARD. 00:22:10.70\00:22:13.90 BUT WHAT KIND OF CHAIR IS THAT ? 00:22:13.90\00:22:16.33 THAT'S A MEDITERRANEAN--AH. 00:22:16.33\00:22:24.80 ALL RIGHT, I CAN SEE THAT. 00:22:24.80\00:22:30.56 I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT CARS, EVEN WHEN I COULDN'T BUY THEM. 00:22:30.56\00:22:33.40 SO SHE'D GO OUT AND LOOK AT CARS. 00:22:33.40\00:22:34.96 I COULD SEE SHE DIDN'T PARTICULARY LIKE CARS, BUT YEAH. 00:22:34.96\00:22:37.86 YOU'VE GOT TO SHARE THINGS. 00:22:37.86\00:22:40.33 AND THE MORE THINGS YOU SHARE, THE TIGHTER YOUR TWO 00:22:40.33\00:22:44.60 VERTICAL PIECES BECOME, AND IT WELDS YOU TOGETHER. 00:22:44.60\00:22:52.06 IF ALL THE THINGS YOU LIKE ARE WITH THE GIRLS, OR IF ALL 00:22:52.06\00:22:56.50 YOUR THINGS THAT YOU LIKE ARE WITH THE BOYS, YOU'RE GOING TO 00:22:56.50\00:23:00.16 GROW CLOSER TO THE GIRLS AND THE BOYS THAN TO EACH OTHER, 00:23:00.16\00:23:04.03 AND TROUBLE WILL FOLLOW. 00:23:04.03\00:23:07.03 I SHOULD HAVE CHARGED TONIGHT. 00:23:07.03\00:23:08.26 I KNEW IT. 00:23:08.26\00:23:11.50 REMEMBER SPECIAL DAYS. 00:23:11.50\00:23:15.00 GENTLEMEN, LET'S BE REAL. 00:23:15.00\00:23:19.96 THERE ARE SOME DAYS YOU OUGHT TO PUT IN YOUR PALM PILOT, YOUR 00:23:19.96\00:23:26.73 ORGANIZER, YOUR ROLODEX, WRITE THEM ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND 00:23:26.73\00:23:33.30 STICK THEM IN YOUR CLOSET. 00:23:33.30\00:23:35.76 BUT THERE ARE DAYS YOU CAN'T LET PASS. 00:23:35.76\00:23:39.16 ALL RIGHT ? 00:23:39.16\00:23:40.06 YOU LET AN ANNIVERSARY GO BY. 00:23:40.06\00:23:43.96 SHE WON'T COME STRAIGHT AT YOU. 00:23:43.96\00:23:50.26 I GUESS TODAY IS JUST A REGULAR DAY, HUH ? 00:23:50.26\00:23:57.13 IF YOU'VE GOT A BAD MEMORY, WRITE THEM DOWN. 00:23:57.13\00:23:59.33 PUT THEM IN A BOOK YOU ALWAYS LOOK IN. 00:23:59.33\00:24:01.36 AND LADIES, YOU OUGHT NOT MAKE IT A ONE-WAY AFFAIR. 00:24:01.36\00:24:05.83 THE MAN IN YOUR LIFE DESERVES TO HAVE SPECIAL 00:24:05.83\00:24:08.06 DAYS RECOGNIZED, TOO. 00:24:08.06\00:24:11.13 IN FACT, YOU OUGHT TO MAKE EVERY DAY SPECIAL. 00:24:11.13\00:24:15.60 THE THINGS YOU USED TO DO WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO WIN EACH 00:24:15.60\00:24:20.00 OTHER AND IMPRESS EACH OTHER. 00:24:20.00\00:24:22.93 COME ON NOW. 00:24:22.93\00:24:23.63 I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER WITH YOU LONG. 00:24:23.63\00:24:25.36 I DON'T HAVE TIME. 00:24:25.36\00:24:26.33 BUT YOU REMEMBER, DON'T, WAIT A MINUTE, HONEY. 00:24:26.33\00:24:34.60 YOU IN ? 00:24:34.60\00:24:36.96 MOVE OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT. 00:24:36.96\00:24:43.10 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT ? 00:24:43.10\00:24:45.33 NOT, HEY, WHAT YOU WAITING FOR ? 00:24:45.33\00:24:52.36 AND SISTER, COME ON NOW, TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT MEAL. 00:24:52.36\00:24:55.93 EVEN WHEN YOU HAD TO GO TO YOUR MOM'S PLACE TO GET HER 00:24:55.93\00:24:59.03 TO COOK THE THINGS, WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT HOME, IT WAS YOURS. 00:24:59.03\00:25:04.96 AND YOU HAD A LITTLE CANDLE LIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND 00:25:04.96\00:25:06.96 ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 00:25:06.96\00:25:07.96 AND YOU HAD A LITTLE (MAKES NOISE) YOU KNOW ? 00:25:07.96\00:25:11.43 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP ON DOING THAT. 00:25:11.43\00:25:13.10 IF YOU KNOW THE MAN LIKES A SPECIAL KIND OF SOMETHING, 00:25:13.10\00:25:16.16 COOK IT AGAIN. 00:25:16.16\00:25:19.76 AND KIND OF LOOK LIKE YOU USED TO LOOK WHEN YOU COOKED IT. 00:25:19.76\00:25:27.76 BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE EVERY DAY SPECIAL, THE LIFE YOU 00:25:27.76\00:25:31.23 LIVE TOGETHER WILL BE A JOY. 00:25:31.23\00:25:33.56 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU. 00:25:33.56\00:25:35.56 THERE IS A GENTLEMAN IN AFRICA WHO'S LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. 00:25:35.56\00:25:38.53 I HEARD HIM EXPRESS SOMETHING AND I BORROWED IT, AND I ASKED 00:25:38.53\00:25:40.73 HIM, COULD I, AND HE SAID YES. 00:25:40.73\00:25:42.90 WE ARE TEACHING, ALL OF US MARRIED FOLKS, ARE TEACHING 00:25:42.90\00:25:48.30 A GENERATION OF CHILDREN SOMETHING THAT IS A LIE. 00:25:48.30\00:25:53.46 LET ME DEMONSTRATE IT. 00:25:53.46\00:25:56.36 YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR IN TRAFFIC. 00:25:56.36\00:25:59.56 THE RED LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU'RE BEHIND A CAR WHERE A 00:25:59.56\00:26:03.46 MAN AND A WOMAN ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT YOU CAN BARELY 00:26:03.46\00:26:08.20 TELL WHO'S DRIVING. 00:26:08.20\00:26:12.50 ARE THEY MARRIED OR SINGLE ? 00:26:12.50\00:26:16.26 YOU CAN'T MAKE UP YOUR MIND. 00:26:16.26\00:26:19.06 YOU'RE BEHIND A CAR AND THE MAN IS ON THIS DOOR. 00:26:19.06\00:26:29.10 AND THE WOMAN IS ON THIS DOOR. 00:26:29.10\00:26:31.33 MARRIED OR SINGLE ? 00:26:31.33\00:26:38.73 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE TEACHING CHILDREN. 00:26:38.73\00:26:41.93 STICK WITH ME. 00:26:41.93\00:26:42.86 THIS IS SERIOUS. 00:26:42.86\00:26:44.56 WE ARE TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN ONLY 00:26:44.56\00:26:48.43 BE HAPPY WHEN YOU SNEAK. 00:26:48.43\00:26:51.23 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S 00:26:52.20\00:26:54.66 MESSAGE FROM PROVERBS 5. 00:26:54.66\00:26:56.73 (music) 00:27:59.83\00:28:16.26