Participants: Arthur Nowlin & Kim Logan-Nowlin, Michael & Alana Randall
Series Code: MIW
Program Code: MIW000063A
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00:31 Hi, I'm Dr. Kim Logan-Nowlin. And I'm Arthur Nowlin.
00:35 And welcome to making it work. 00:38 Oh, Arthur, I got a scripture for you. 00:39 Okay, come up with. 00:41 You ready? Yeah. 00:42 "He who finds a wife, 00:44 finds a good and receives favor from the Lord." 00:49 Proverbs 8:22. Wow. That's fantastic. 00:52 He that finds the good wife. 00:54 I'm still looking for that favor. 00:57 Well, you got the good wife? I got the good wife. 00:59 You remember how we met? You know, well... 01:01 Yeah, I can remember that. 01:03 I'm going to the part in the bank 01:04 where after I met you, you didn't recognize me. 01:07 And I was so embarrassed, I ran out. 01:10 You were running all over the place. 01:11 When I ran out of the bank 01:13 'cause you didn't know who I was. 01:14 You didn't remember me. That one is terrible. 01:16 Why? Is that understandable? I shook you up. 01:18 You did. 01:19 But at the end I gotcha. I gotcha. 01:23 What do you mean you got me? 01:24 You married me. Oh. 01:27 You remember you were there. Can we count that as being got. 01:31 Okay. 01:33 Arthur, I'm glad you are a happy man. 01:35 Yeah. 01:36 Well, you know, taking the next step I guess. 01:39 And Michael and Alana, what a beautiful couple. 01:44 Yes. 01:45 And I look forward to the interview. 01:47 I'll definitely. 01:48 But you know Alana was a major witness to him, 01:51 when she met him and encourage him 01:54 and he accepted the Sabbath message. 01:56 Absolutely. You know what a blessing. 01:59 She is a fourth generation of Seventh-day Adventist 02:03 pastors in our family. 02:04 But she took a stand for what was right 02:07 and did not compromise on her standards. 02:10 And Michael accepted Jesus Christ. 02:12 It should be really interesting 02:14 just listening to them and how they met. 02:18 And some of the particulars and challenges 02:20 that they face as being young people 02:23 in this society today. 02:25 Because there are so many things 02:27 that you can compromise on but they did not. 02:30 And you have to be strong. 02:31 The young ladies today, let me tell you something, 02:34 you don't have to compromise to have a young man 02:36 to be attracted to you. 02:38 If you walk with the right type 02:39 of skills and attributes of God 02:41 and the same thing goes to our young men, 02:43 you don't have to compromise. 02:45 God will give you that right person 02:47 and bless your ministry together. 02:50 So I'm excited, hope you're excited. 02:52 And let's now join Michael and Alana. 02:55 And looking at how they're making it work 02:58 in their relationship. 03:02 Hi, Michael Randall and Alana Baxter. 03:05 Finally, we finally have come together with making it work. 03:09 How you guys doing? We're doing good. 03:11 We're doing wonderful. Yeah, you look good. 03:13 You look great. 03:14 Well, congratulations you are engaged to be married. 03:18 Absolutely. 03:19 And we guys are so happy for you. 03:21 Soon too, I mean, it's not a long thing right now. 03:23 But we don't want to talk about when 03:26 because we haven't really set a date yet. 03:28 So we're going to leave that open. 03:29 Oh, that's pretty close to date, Kim. 03:31 But we don't want to say the date not yet, all right. 03:34 I know we're not... I didn't mention date. 03:36 I said soon. 03:38 How did you get to date anyway? 03:39 You know, you all think am I getting married really. 03:41 No. 03:43 Well, Michael, 03:44 you were not born or raised in this church, 03:46 in the Seventh-day Adventist church. 03:48 Tell us your story? 03:49 So when I met my bride to be, I was definitely searching, 03:55 definitely looking for more biblically based 03:59 Christian practices. 04:01 And so I was raised 04:03 going to community church of God, 04:04 you know, pretty much the separation of my parents... 04:09 definitely broke me away from the church 04:10 for a number of years. 04:12 And so when I met my fiance, 04:15 I definitely was still searching 04:17 and she helped me along the way, 04:19 gave me some reading material, did Bible studies with me, 04:23 and introduced me to the pastor who baptized me, 04:27 Pastor Joseph Reeves 04:29 who is in my wedding and a lifelong friend. 04:34 And so I was just introduced to the gospel very lovingly. 04:38 But I was also still, I was challenged. 04:40 And I like that challenge, you know. 04:43 And I guess the rest is history, 04:44 I have been baptized for a year now. 04:46 And I can't say I've ever been happier. 04:50 You enjoying your journey? Absolutely. 04:53 Alana, I've known you for a long time 04:56 through our families, God's hands of praise. 04:58 You know, what is it that you saw in Michael 05:03 just that you knew that God had called you 05:06 to be a vessel in his life? 05:07 Well, after I met him, and we became friends. 05:12 I realized one that he was searching, 05:14 I remember a conversation we had 05:16 and I asked him, you know, are you open 05:19 and he said, "Yes, I'm open." 05:20 And after that I knew, okay. 05:22 You know, the Lord is trying to use me 05:25 to be a witness and I mean so much more now. 05:29 But I gave him Desire of Ages, 05:31 other Spirit of Prophecy books. 05:33 And then we actually went to vespers, 05:36 a young adult vespers in Detroit. 05:38 And I felt like that's really when the spark happened. 05:42 That's when I saw a spark. 05:44 And his eye was very attentive and interested. 05:47 Look at them, let we say how Michael looking at her anyway. 05:49 Absolutely. 05:51 He's just all in. He has not... 05:53 Just how you look at me. 05:55 Listen, the whole time Alana was talking, he was like. 06:00 When was the last time you did? 06:02 I do it every day. Oh! 06:07 That's beautiful. That's beautiful. 06:09 So what's been some of the challenges in dating 06:12 that you have faced thus far? 06:14 Well, I'll let you. 06:16 I mean, well, I guess just I mean in the short we live in, 06:21 we are part of the generation of youth, 06:24 right now who are anti-marriage, 06:27 anti-relationship in a lot of respects. 06:29 And so that just in and of itself 06:31 is a challenge by itself, 06:34 you know, just going against the grain 06:37 and doing what we feel is biblically sound 06:40 as Christians to join union and get married. 06:45 And so, you know, explaining things like 06:49 not living with each other before marriage 06:51 and not having premarital sex and things like that 06:55 is just not mainstream, 06:56 not even in the church on these days and so. 07:00 I guess that's all encompassing of the challenges 07:04 that we deal where there can be a myriad of things. 07:06 But, you know, it's just, 07:08 we just live in a generation of people of young adults 07:12 who are just anti-marriage. 07:15 And that in and of itself like I say presents our challenges. 07:19 So how does that impact 07:25 the people that you deal with, 07:27 you know, some of those people that still anti-marriage 07:30 and probably just wondering especially you, 07:33 you know, being in the church, 07:36 in Seventh-day Adventist faithful for a year. 07:40 Then they're looking at you, they say, 07:41 "Man, what happened to you?" 07:43 Yeah, I mean it's a wonderful witnessing tool. 07:46 There's some wonderful opportunity 07:49 to encourage people who may be, 07:52 you know, may need to be reinvigorated 07:55 on the idea of marriage. 07:56 And just in a relationship, a committed relationship 08:00 with another individual or with God, 08:04 you know, seeing our relationship 08:06 I'm pretty sure it has re-cultivated 08:10 relationships in my whole family is... 08:12 Really our relationship 08:13 has brought my family closer together, you know. 08:17 Our engagement party and when I proposed to her, 08:19 my whole family was there. 08:21 And so I think that seeing a young couple like us 08:26 and knowing what we were dealing with 08:28 but still choosing to serve God correctly, 08:31 I believe this is a huge witnessing tool. 08:33 How old are you, Michael? I'm 27. 08:35 And how old are you, Alana? I'm 25. 08:36 You're 25. 08:37 Now what do you do for a living? 08:39 Well, I work in a public health. 08:42 I work at a county based public health office 08:46 who offers health coverage to undocumented immigrants. 08:53 Wow. And, Alana? 08:56 So I actually work as a pharmacy technician. 09:00 I'm also still in school. 09:01 So, you know, I'm just trying to figure out 09:04 where the Lord's going to lead me. 09:05 But I'm definitely interested in helping, 09:08 I so wanted to be a spokesperson 09:10 for healthy lifestyle. 09:13 Well, that's interesting both in the health field. 09:15 So do you both want children? 09:18 Absolutely. Yeah. 09:20 Now, Alana, you come from a good family. 09:22 I do. Well, just going like that. 09:23 What's wrong? Yeah. 09:24 It just amazes me sometime, you know, you're asking, 09:28 you know, beautiful young couple 09:30 do they want children. 09:32 Yes. 09:33 Well, I would think they would want children. 09:35 We have children. Happy, so why would you. 09:37 Okay, let's move on. 09:40 You want children? Yeah. 09:42 You know why? Tell me why? 09:45 We've always love children. 09:46 And I feel like I could be a very nurturing mother 09:50 and so I want the opportunity 09:52 to be able to grow children in Christ. 09:55 So I don't know we've talked about it 09:58 and adoption is still also an option 10:01 because I want to be able to raise children 10:04 that haven't had the best chance in life. 10:07 So I don't know as a nurturer I definitely want children. 10:12 I do come from a big family so. 10:14 I do as well. How many siblings? 10:17 I have four sisters and one brother. 10:18 Wow. 10:20 Yes, six of us all together, so definitely... 10:22 Where are you, in the middle? 10:23 I'm in the middle. I'm in the middle, yeah. 10:27 So I thought that, didn't you all think 10:28 that was a good question about the children? 10:30 Do you want children! You know, I just say it well. 10:34 Let me ask you another question. 10:35 Who... cooking, chores, responsibility, 10:38 you know, we have found that the three causes of divorce 10:42 which we are not looking at 10:44 but we need to put on the table, 10:45 communication, finances 10:48 and responsibilities within the household. 10:50 So, Michael, can you cook? 10:53 Okay. So what? 10:56 No, you didn't start that with okay. 10:58 Okay. 10:59 I got to put a disclaimer out there. 11:03 We are actually vegans. 11:06 And my fiance is a much better vegan cook than I am. 11:10 My mother is from South Carolina. 11:11 Since I was raised a Southern cookie, 11:14 so this is completely against the grain for myself. 11:20 I mean I do have to say though. 11:21 So when I met Michael, he was such a great cook. 11:25 And the thing is like he can throw stuff together, 11:28 you know, and so I'm trying to encourage him now 11:31 that we've adopted this vegan lifestyle 11:33 to just experiment more 11:34 because I know that he can cook, 11:36 I enjoy tasting his food 11:38 but he's a little bit more nervous 11:39 when it comes to this... 11:41 But it's fun, we were learning together. 11:42 Yeah. You like rice? 11:44 I do like rice and beans. Okay. 11:46 So rice and beans. 11:48 Poor man's diet so. 11:50 And part of Carolina background certainly. 11:52 Absolutely Yeah. 11:54 I've seen you. 11:55 Let me tell you story on Thanksgiving? 11:57 No, you don't have to tell. What I did on Thanksgiving? 11:59 I cooked everything you possibly have 12:02 on Thanksgiving dinner. 12:03 He sat at the head of the table. 12:06 He looked at the table 12:07 and he said "Where is the rice?" 12:11 I mean, you're talking about 12, 13, 14, fabulous dishes. 12:16 Where's the rice? 12:17 And I think I learned early on my second or third year 12:19 I don't know if I made it that far. 12:22 For every meal we have to have rice. 12:25 Every meal. Every other meal. 12:29 So okay, is he like rice, all right. 12:31 What about house chores? 12:34 You know, are you afraid to do dishes and, 12:36 you know, do laundry, change the sheets? 12:39 Absolutely not. 12:40 I was raised in the house, we didn't have a dishwasher. 12:43 We asked my mom to buy dishwasher. 12:45 She said, "Why? I have five." 12:48 And so definitely I actually do not use my dishwasher. 12:52 It's just the way I was, you know, the way I came up. 12:54 Yeah, me too. 12:55 I know I have one I don't even use it. 12:57 I don't like it. 12:58 You know, it just the way I came up definitely. 13:01 I'm a big, you know, mess it up you clean it up. 13:03 So and I think that working together 13:06 keeping a household together, 13:09 you know, is something that we're probably 13:10 definitely going to do. 13:12 So spreading the chores around 13:13 is something that we're just going to... 13:14 I have to do. 13:16 See how quietly he go, "I have to do." 13:19 Okay. I like that. 13:20 You know, being involved in community, 13:22 you know, both of you are, 13:24 you know, how do you proceed that 13:27 you will continue to have that desire, 13:30 you know, working with immigrants is profound. 13:33 You know, and being a caregiver 13:36 and wanting to give back to children 13:39 who are underprivileged and, 13:41 you know, to me that sounds great, you know. 13:44 But I see a lot of young couples today 13:47 they're focused on the economy. 13:50 They're focused on obtaining things, you know. 13:54 And you seem a little bit different in that. 13:57 You know, we all recognize that finances are important, 14:01 it's definitely important. 14:03 But that when the first thing, 14:05 you know, success means something else to you, 14:08 I sense that. 14:09 Can you expound on it? Definitely. 14:11 Well, we're both involved in the young adult ministry 14:15 called Bridge. 14:17 I'm actually the leader of Bridge and so. 14:20 A young adult ministry in south region, Michigan here 14:22 who is out of the Michigan Conference, 14:23 who seeks to connect the young, young adults 14:27 all around the area. 14:28 And Alana is actually the head of music there. 14:30 And so that's my most important endeavor right now. 14:35 I actually quit my second job to do that more full time 14:39 because I believe 14:40 that if there's not a community on base 14:42 and if it's not service, then you're doing yourself 14:46 and the community at large a disservice. 14:48 And so whatever I do, 14:51 that's the number one focal point, 14:54 the number one goal 14:55 is to spread the gospel to community service and so. 15:00 And I made that my career. 15:02 I've made that my career choice. 15:04 And I've made that my choice of ministry 15:07 because that's what I believe 15:09 is the most important. 15:11 So absolutely it's all going to have to run in unison. 15:15 And I feel like you have to stay connected with God 15:17 though to be able to stay focused on 15:20 why you want to help people and do things like that. 15:22 I guess for me, 15:24 you know, I constantly struggle specially in school, 15:26 you know, am I going to make money 15:28 or am I going to do something that I enjoy, 15:29 or am I going to do something 15:31 that God wants me to do, you know. 15:32 And you have to stay focused on God and then stay, 15:35 you know, constantly reading something that's inspiring or, 15:38 you know, a story of somebody helping somebody 15:40 in order to stay focused on that 15:42 because we get so many distractions 15:44 in this world where it's like, 15:45 oh, my goodness our car broke down, 15:46 so I would need another car, 15:48 you know, all these different things and so. 15:49 I think that's really important. 15:51 Excellent. Excellent, yeah. 15:53 It's just beautiful. 15:55 It's just so refreshing to see young people not just, 15:59 you know, committed to love the relationship 16:02 but to the Lord. 16:04 And I think that the power of prayer, 16:06 do you all pray together now? 16:07 Absolutely. We do, not as much as I hope. 16:10 I mean, it's harder though 16:11 because we live in two separate places so. 16:14 But we do when we're around each other, 16:16 we pray together. 16:18 And definitely, you know, we're going to be implementing 16:19 daily devotionals together when we wake up 16:23 and when we're going to sleep just to make sure 16:24 that we're both connected daily. 16:27 Do you text each other throughout the day? 16:29 Oh, absolutely. We do. 16:30 I call him sometimes. She's the only person I text. 16:34 You seem to be a young person, you do not like texting. 16:37 I do not like texting. 16:38 I'm very, I like old school ways of communicating. 16:42 And to me I don't feel like it's old school, 16:44 I feel like it's more effective. 16:45 You know, a phone call is much more effective 16:47 than a text message because you don't know 16:49 the tone through a text message. 16:51 You can't re-tone and so... That's it. That's it. 16:54 She can text me something and I can think 16:56 that she is completely, she is mad at me 16:58 or she might be upset. 16:59 But she call and she's like happy. 17:01 Usually, I feel that way about your text messages 17:04 that I always read it, to me it's like 17:05 "Oh, I hate text messages." Yes. Yes. 17:08 I had a student who did a paper in my class 17:11 and when I read it, I said, "Are you serious"? 17:13 I called him to my desk 17:15 and I didn't want to embarrass him. 17:16 I said, "Could you go back and un-text this paper? 17:19 Read the whole paper but then he said, 17:21 "Oh, Dr. Nowlin, I'm so sorry. 17:23 I know API. I know what to do." 17:25 I said, "I'm gonna give you 24 hours 17:27 to bring this paper back. 17:29 And bring it to my other class the next day all in texting." 17:34 The you, Y-O-U, the letter U. 17:37 I was like what is this. 17:39 So guess I've really approached to him in voice, 17:42 you know, I'm here with the person, 17:44 tell me that you love me... 17:45 You need some help. Well, I never do. 17:48 Wait a minute, can I ask you the question? 17:50 Can I ask the question? Listen. 17:51 Let me ask the question. 17:53 Remember five years ago, I don't know how long 17:56 you would call the answer machine and say, 17:58 "I just called to say I love you." 18:02 It wasn't five years ago. Well, how long ago was it? 18:04 It was 20 years ago. Oh, my Lord. 18:08 I just want to encourage you. 18:11 All right keep Jesus with you, all right. 18:13 You got to need Him 18:14 when you have day by day struggle. 18:17 You know, but you can make it work. 18:19 You can make it work because he is able. 18:22 But you got to be on the same page. 18:24 That's one of the things I was thinking about, 18:26 you know, as you both were talking here. 18:28 Do you feel that you're equally yoked? 18:31 So this has been a question 18:34 throughout our whole relationship, 18:35 especially for me growing up in the church 18:38 and being a multi generational Adventist, 18:42 that's been a huge concern. 18:43 And so, now I can say that yes, I do believe we are. 18:47 In the beginning of our relationship 18:48 we weren't clearly, he wasn't Adventist and I was. 18:52 But at the time a lot of people don't know 18:54 I was praying for my husband at the time. 18:58 And I met him. 19:01 And it was strange because it was like, okay, 19:04 you know when God send you something 19:06 that is not right, 19:10 you know, all these different things going through my head, 19:13 and then lot of advice from family. 19:16 But at the same time I had to remind myself 19:19 that I prayed about it. 19:23 That's right. 19:24 And so I, you know, we're here now. 19:28 And it's just, it's been a long question 19:32 and a long time coming, but yes, now we're... 19:34 And definitely it's important to remember that 19:37 there's other things other than being 19:39 a different religion or a different denomination 19:43 that can possibly make you unequally yoked. 19:46 I think that we've dealt 19:48 with a lot of different challenges, 19:49 premarital sex and not living with each other, 19:52 change in our diet, making our diet more clean, 19:55 making our lifestyles more clean, 19:57 our choices in how we work, how we communicate, 20:00 how we live, those are things that are going to sustain you 20:04 because, of course, you can proclaim a religion, 20:06 and get baptized, 20:08 and go to church every Sabbath day. 20:10 The things that you have to live with day to day 20:12 is what's going to sustain a relationship 20:14 not even a marriage, but a friendship 20:17 or relationship between a daughter 20:20 and a mother or any relationship. 20:23 The decision that you made together 20:25 and how you choose to move forward 20:27 is what's going to sustain you and, 20:29 you know the definition of yoke is being together 20:32 and moving in synergy. 20:34 And so making those decisions 20:40 is what made us... 20:42 Is what got us where we are today that is there for. 20:45 I want to add too as a tool to do a personal inventory 20:50 of your relationship even starting now 20:53 and as you become man and wife, 20:55 just weekly how we doing. 20:58 Don't wait until that problem gets out of hand. 21:01 Address it immediately. And don't... 21:03 I know you're getting premarital counseling. 21:05 Are you having premarital counseling? 21:07 So we actually, well, so, we actually, 21:10 we did financial counseling. 21:11 We just graduated financial thesis 21:13 from university which was great. 21:15 And that was a huge tool for us. 21:17 But we're working on the other part. 21:22 The other part. Yeah. 21:23 All right, 'cause it's important. 21:24 We're there for counseling right now. 21:26 Right. Come on. There you go. 21:28 Come on, Kim Logan Communication Counseling. 21:30 It's really been a pleasure, 21:32 you know, talking to the both of you. 21:34 I mean, it's inspiring. 21:35 It's inspiring to me because I see young people, 21:39 you know, what a desire to do the right thing. 21:42 And to be, I guess leaders and not followers. 21:47 And that's really important. 21:49 So you really need to hold on to each other 21:54 and encourage each other. 21:56 And when the communication is wavering, 22:00 that's when the prayer steps in 22:02 to help you get through those difficult times. 22:04 Definitely. 22:06 You know, in your closing words about 30 seconds. 22:08 What can you say to other young people of your age 22:11 to just continue to make it last and hold on, 22:13 you know, make it work, 22:15 continue to make it work and hold on? 22:17 Well, I just want to say, 22:19 it's important to keep God as the center 22:20 and stay focused on that because it's very easy 22:22 if you indulge in different media, 22:24 if you indulge in, 22:25 you know, certain music and things like that, 22:27 it's very, very hard to stay focused on... 22:30 Let's stay on the right track. 22:32 Stay away from premarital sex, stay away from living together, 22:34 stay away from drugs and alcohol 22:36 and unhealthy lifestyles, 22:37 you have to keep God as the center. 22:39 Amen. Amen. 22:40 Picture yourself in 30 years, where do you want to be, 22:43 how do you want to look, 22:44 what kind of life do you want to have, 22:47 and probably that's going to take, 22:49 making a decision like this when you're young. 22:51 Well listen, Michael and Alana, 22:53 thank you so much for being with us on making it work. 22:56 God bless you. And congratulations, all right. 22:59 Thank you. Thank you. 23:03 Arthur, it's so good to see young people today, 23:06 maintaining their standards. 23:08 I want to share a scripture. 23:09 And it says in Isaiah 59:19, 23:13 "When the enemy comes in like a flood, 23:17 the Spirit of the Lord 23:18 will lift up a standard against him." 23:21 You don't have to lower your standards to be with a person. 23:25 And when God gives you the red flags, get out, 23:27 get out of that situation. 23:29 But Michael and Alana stood to test of time and said, 23:33 we're going to do this right. 23:34 And accept Jesus Christ 23:36 and build a foundation on a rock. 23:39 Not sand but a rock. 23:41 Another scripture that, 23:43 you know, I just thought would be appropriate 23:45 is we're talking about Romans 8:28. 23:49 "And we know that to them that love God 23:52 all things work together for good, 23:55 even to them that are called according to their purpose." 24:00 So you have to understand what your purpose is. 24:03 And every one of us have a purpose, 24:05 has a purpose on this earth, 24:06 and that is to be a witness for Jesus Christ. 24:08 Absolutely. 24:10 So let's talk about some of the things 24:11 that we can help our young people 24:12 who are thinking about, they're dating 24:14 or engaged and contemplating marriage. 24:16 What are some of the things you need to think about? 24:18 Well, you know, I think Michael 24:20 talked about it really, really well. 24:23 And some of the things that he indicated is he said that, 24:26 "In spite of what was going on around him 24:30 that he and his fiance had made a decision 24:33 that they would not sleep together." 24:35 Oh, yes. 24:36 You know, I mean, so we're talking about 24:39 building character and standards 24:40 right off the bat, you know so. 24:43 And he said the most important thing that he wanted to do, 24:46 he said this was his soul mate, 24:49 this young lady was someone that he wanted to marry. 24:53 And that they felt... 24:56 It was good for them to wait until marriage. 24:59 Yes. That's it. 25:00 And it's important to wait 'cause God will honor you. 25:03 He will bless you if you wait, wait. 25:06 Micah 7:7, it says "Wait, I say, on the Lord." 25:10 And why is it so hard for people to wait 25:14 and allow God to direct their path. 25:16 And we know that emotions becoming impulsive. 25:19 I mean, those are the things that we're human, 25:22 you know, we make mistakes. 25:25 So we have to really recognize 25:27 that some situations we need to avoid, you know. 25:31 And some people we need to avoid. 25:32 Absolutely. 25:34 You know, let's talk about the lack of impulse control. 25:36 Oh, man, if, you know, you're in a situation 25:41 where things are just really overwhelming 25:45 and that's a really key point, 25:47 putting yourself in a situation 25:49 where it is overwhelming and challenging, you know. 25:53 So you may lose out, you may win 25:57 but you may lose out as well. 25:58 So why would you want to put yourself in that situation. 26:01 You'd be more comfortable to avoid those situations. 26:04 But once again we're talking about 26:07 learning how to discipline yourself. 26:10 Oh, I like that word. That's a good term. 26:12 You know, and discipline is really important 26:15 because that's the way 26:17 Jesus Christ was our role model for discipline. 26:21 And we got to be careful of the appetite, 26:23 how we feed and nourish our appetites, 26:26 what we watch, what we observe, 26:28 what we listen to 26:29 and that could cause us to make impulsive 26:31 negative decisions and we need to be careful. 26:34 And the key factor is to be in the will of God. 26:38 I like the scripture Hosea 4:6, 26:40 "My people perish because of the lack of knowledge." 26:43 We have to study, we have to stay prayerful, 26:46 we have to stay close to Christ. 26:47 I can't emphasize that enough, 26:49 I know Arthur and I have been 26:51 through a marriage with ups and downs, 26:55 we going to be honest with you, let's keep it real. 26:57 But what has given us the strength to endure 27:00 and make it last, 27:01 and make it work for ever is the fact that through prayer 27:05 we have definitely seen 27:07 God work in our marriage and in our lives. 27:09 Kim, I'm gonna add you know, I think our willingness 27:13 and our desire to overcome problems 27:15 and difficulties is really important. 27:18 So you never stop trying under any circumstances. 27:24 And I won't stop trying with you, Kim. 27:26 Well, I praise the Lord, never stop. 27:27 I'm never going to stop with Arthur. 27:29 I'm Dr. Kim Logan-Nowlin. And I'm Arthur Nowlin. 27:32 God bless. |
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