GUEST. ANGIE, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ABLE TO 00:00:18.28\00:00:23.32 JOIN US FOR THE FIRST HOUR. LET ME JUST READ THIS TITLE TO 00:00:23.32\00:00:26.79 YOU. WITH TITLES. 00:00:26.79\00:00:31.76 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD ON. IT HAS TO DO WITH BUILDING THE 00:00:31.76\00:00:34.96 MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP. WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT 00:00:34.96\00:00:37.30 TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS. BUT PASTOR AGAIN JUST GIVE US A 00:00:37.30\00:00:41.07 QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT WE COVERED IN THE FIRST HOUR. 00:00:41.07\00:00:43.54 WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO AND YOU HAVE SOME GREAT PICTURES. 00:00:43.54\00:00:52.85 I TOLD YOU THAT I HAVE ONE HERE. WE'RE ASKD A QUESTION. 00:00:52.85\00:01:10.87 CALL US AT 618-627-4651. THE CALL CENTER IS OPEN TONIGHT. 00:01:10.87\00:01:14.94 618-627-4651 WE WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED. 00:01:14.94\00:01:22.58 WE'RE GOING TO SEND A SPECIAL GIFT TO THE COUPLE WHO HAS BEEN 00:01:22.58\00:01:26.82 MARRIED THE LONG US OR E-MAIL US AT LIVE@3ABN.TV. 00:01:26.82\00:01:32.22 WONDERFUL A TIME HERE TONIGHT, BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE A SERIOUS 00:01:32.22\00:01:36.16 QUESTION REGARDING A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE THAT YOU'RE 00:01:36.16\00:01:40.30 ENCOUNTERING RIGHT NOW. OR YOU HAVE A MATTER FOR SPECIAL 00:01:40.30\00:01:43.93 PRAYER. >> WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THOSE 00:01:43.93\00:01:49.04 QUESTIONS WE HAVE AN OUTLINE THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH, 00:01:49.04\00:01:52.44 BUT WE WANT TO GET TO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. 00:01:52.44\00:01:56.81 THE CALL CENTER OR THE E-MAIL. >> ARE YOU GOING TO TELL US? 00:01:56.81\00:02:01.25 >> YES, YES. >> I HONESTLY DIDN'T LOSE IT ON 00:02:01.25\00:02:08.46 PURPOSE. RIGHT. 00:02:08.46\00:02:13.09 OH, GOOD. >> CELEBRATING THEIR 00:02:13.09\00:02:22.44 68TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY BY NEXT WEEK. 00:02:22.44\00:02:28.48 SO FOR 68 YEARS NEXT WEEK. >> THAT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. 00:02:28.48\00:02:38.95 >> THEY HAVE 12 CHILDREN, A DOZEN CHILDREN. 00:02:38.95\00:02:43.06 >> ABRAHAM AND SARA? >> IT DOESN'T GIVE THE NAME 00:02:43.06\00:02:46.16 HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISSING IT, BUT THEY'RE FROM 00:02:46.16\00:02:49.86 MISSOURI. SO PASTOR, A SUMMARY REALLY 00:02:49.86\00:02:56.10 QUICK AND THEN CONTINUATION. >> MARRIAGE IS A DIVINE 00:02:56.10\00:03:00.71 RELATIONSHIP IN HUMAN VESSELS AND MARRIAGE IS: 00:03:00.71\00:03:04.31 >> THE REFLECTION OF DIVINE LIVE FLU HUMAN VESSEL STRESS--THROUGH HUMAN 00:03:04.31\00:03:12.25 VESSEL AS SOON AS AND IT'S THROUGH ESTEEM. 00:03:12.25\00:03:17.13 FIRST HOUR. WE WANT TO SHOW A COUPLE OF 00:03:17.13\00:03:20.03 PICTURES. >> OH, GOOD. 00:03:20.03\00:03:42.55 >> THIS IS PICTURES MUCH US THROUGH THE YEARS. 00:03:42.55\00:03:45.35 HE WROTE A SONG CALLED "DESTINED TO BE ONE" AND THAT JUST TOUCHES 00:03:45.35\00:03:51.23 MY HEART. >> AND THEN A CD "NEVER ALONE," 00:03:51.23\00:03:56.50 THAT'S ON " "DESTINED TO BE ONE." THIS IS MY WIFE AND I. 00:03:56.50\00:04:03.41 THIS ISN'T TOO LONG AGO. THIS IS IN NEW YORK. 00:04:03.41\00:04:06.27 WE WERE INVITED THERE LAST YEAR. >> IT LOOKS LIKE A STUDIO 00:04:06.27\00:04:22.39 PICTURE. >> YOU'RE DOING A SEMINAR. 00:04:22.39\00:04:25.93 >> I WAS THERE TO SPEAK TO THE OAKWOOD ALUMNI. 00:04:25.93\00:04:29.83 BUT THIS IS SPECIAL FOR US. >> LET'S LOOK AT THAT. 00:04:29.83\00:04:44.95 >> ON THE RIGHT WHEN WE CELEBRATED OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY. 00:04:44.95\00:04:49.92 >> A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE. >> I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT PICTURE 00:04:49.92\00:04:52.85 IS 10 YEARS AGO. >> NOW MARRIED 35 NOW. 00:04:52.85\00:04:57.56 >> 35 YEARS. LOT, AND EVERY DAY WE HAVE 00:04:57.56\00:05:02.20 LAUGH. >> OR SOMEBODY ELSE. 00:05:02.20\00:05:05.23 YEAH. WE STUDY RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING 00:05:05.23\00:05:09.94 THROUGH-- AND KINGS. 00:05:09.94\00:05:14.78 >> AS WELL AS THE BIBLE. BUT WE STUDY TOGETHER. 00:05:14.78\00:05:17.21 IT'S SO IMPORTANT. >> THAT'S POWERFUL. 00:05:17.21\00:05:27.99 SO SHE GETS UP EARLIER THAN I DO. 00:05:27.99\00:05:32.03 DO MY CLOUDY EYES TO READ A DEVOTION WITH HER AND PRAY 00:05:32.03\00:05:35.33 BEFORE SHE RUNS OUT THE DOOR. AND THEN THE EVENING IS WHEN 00:05:35.33\00:05:38.57 WE-- WE HAVE A LAMP OVER OUR BED. 00:05:38.57\00:05:44.41 JUST NICE AND BRIGHT. AND WE READ THE BIBLE TOGETHER. 00:05:44.41\00:05:48.08 AND THEN SHE CARRIES ME THROUGH PROPHETS AND KINGS TOGETHER. 00:05:48.08\00:05:51.21 WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR BIBLE TOGETHER FOR THE SECOND TIME. 00:05:51.21\00:05:54.08 I NEVER FORGOT WHEN WE--WE WERE IN PARADISE, CALIFORNIA, WHEN WE 00:05:54.08\00:05:58.32 WERE READING THE CHAPTER WHERE JOSEPH-- 00:05:58.32\00:06:03.46 >> OH, WHERE HE DIES. >> I LOOKED OVER TO ANGIE, AND I 00:06:03.46\00:06:08.36 SAID ARE YOU OKY? SHE SAID--I WANT TO MEET JOSEPH. 00:06:08.36\00:06:13.54 >> AAH. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT MAKES 00:06:13.54\00:06:27.22 A MARRIAGE STRONG. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NOT 00:06:27.22\00:06:30.75 GOSSIPPING ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE OR THEIR FALSES WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 00:06:30.75\00:06:34.59 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER KEYS TO MAKE A MARRIAGE STRONG? 00:06:34.59\00:06:37.79 >> WELL, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE. 00:06:37.79\00:06:40.26 >> TO EACH OTHER. >> NOT TO ANYBODY ELSE. 00:06:40.26\00:06:54.04 >> SOMETIMES WE'LL GO TO RESTAURANTS AND THEY'RE JUST 00:06:54.04\00:06:56.78 SITTING THERE ON THEIR PHONE. DON'T THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY 00:06:56.78\00:07:02.18 TO EACH OTHER? >> SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE 00:07:02.18\00:07:08.36 AND THEIR HUSBAND AND WIFE. AND THEY LOOK UP FOR THEIR FOOD 00:07:08.36\00:07:13.16 AND THEN BACK TO THEIR DEVICES. THERE ARE KEYS TO COMMUNICATE. 00:07:13.16\00:07:16.36 WE'VE LEARNED BECAUSE IN THE NINE YEARS OF DATING, ANGIE AND 00:07:16.36\00:07:21.10 I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, WE WERE VERY YOUNG AND SELFISH. 00:07:21.10\00:07:24.47 >> VERY SELFISH. >> IT WAS ALL ABOUT ME, WHAT I 00:07:24.47\00:07:28.08 WANTED. >> OH, YEAH. 00:07:28.08\00:07:34.68 ARGUMENT? >> OH-- BELIEVE IT? 00:07:34.68\00:07:39.02 >> WE'RE PERFECTLY I AM PERFECT. I WON SOME TEDDY BEAR. 00:07:39.02\00:07:49.66 I SHE SAID, I WANT THEM ALL. I SAID, NO. 00:07:49.66\00:07:56.17 I WAS SO ANGRY. HAD AN UMBRELLA AND I THREW IT 00:07:56.17\00:08:00.58 IN THE WATERFALL. >> A BIG FOUNTAIN. 00:08:00.58\00:08:03.85 >> IN NEW YORK AND AFTER I THREW IT IN THERE, I REALIZED I WANTED 00:08:03.85\00:08:08.22 IT, BUT THE WATERFALL WAS TOO DEEP TO GET IT. 00:08:08.22\00:08:14.76 >> I LOST MY BEAUTIFUL GOLF UMBRELLA WHEN THEY FIRST CAME 00:08:14.76\00:08:18.06 OUT. BOW AND ARROW. 00:08:18.06\00:08:22.36 I CARRIED IT AROUND LIKE IT WAS A SHEATH SO THAT WHEN IT RAINED 00:08:22.36\00:08:27.24 I WOULD PULL IT OUT. AND THEN I THREW IT IN A 00:08:27.24\00:08:31.34 FOUNTAIN AT TIMES SQUARE. >> HOW DID YOU FEEL WITH 00:08:31.34\00:08:36.88 DIFFERENCES OF OPINION? >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE 00:08:36.88\00:08:40.12 LEARNED AND WE'RE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS, 00:08:40.12\00:08:43.89 BUT WE LEARNED THAT YOU EITHER WIN TOGETHER. 00:08:43.89\00:08:50.56 >> I DON'T WIN AN ARGUMENT AND SHE LOSES AN ARGUMENT. 00:08:50.56\00:08:56.50 WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM. >> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS US 00:08:56.50\00:09:04.97 TREMENDOUSLY. SEEN BASEBALL BEFORE. 00:09:04.97\00:09:10.21 AND PEOPLE, GETTING HITS OFF OF HIM OR THE CATCHER WALKS UP TO 00:09:10.21\00:09:13.82 THE PITCHER. HE DOESN'T GET ANGRY. 00:09:13.82\00:09:17.49 ARE YOU OKAY? ARE YOU TIRED? 00:09:17.49\00:09:19.75 WELL, LET'S BRING IN ANOTHER GUY. 00:09:19.75\00:09:24.96 TOGETHER AND THEY LOSE TOGETHER. I HAD A SEMINAR CALLED HOW TO 00:09:24.96\00:09:29.16 FIGHT FAIR. BUT WE WANT TO TAK ABOUT SOME 00:09:29.16\00:09:33.23 OF THE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEYS THAT 00:09:33.23\00:09:36.67 WE BROUGHT OUT. AS SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 00:09:36.67\00:09:39.77 WAYS TO LISTEN. MY WIFE AND I ARE TOGETHER. 00:09:39.77\00:09:43.61 WAYS TO LISTEN. LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES. 00:09:43.61\00:09:49.55 >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> HONEY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:09:49.55\00:09:53.59 YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. 00:09:53.59\00:09:57.86 >> LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES. WHAT DO YOU TELL ME WHEN I'M NOT 00:09:57.86\00:10:00.80 LOOKING AT YOU. >> I SAY JOHN, LOOK AT ME. 00:10:00.80\00:10:03.53 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE DOING SOMETHING. 00:10:03.53\00:10:10.91 >> AND I FEEL LIKE HE'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION. 00:10:10.91\00:10:15.41 >> RIGHT. WHEN WE'RE TALKING. 00:10:15.41\00:10:18.98 THEN HE'LL LOOK AT ME AND I WILL SAY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT EACH 00:10:18.98\00:10:22.95 OTHER. DO YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING? 00:10:22.95\00:10:31.69 THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? >> I LOOK IN HER EYES. 00:10:31.69\00:10:38.87 >> IT MELTS MY HEART WHEN I KNOW HE'S LISTENING. 00:10:38.87\00:10:42.20 HE'S NOT DOING OTHER THINGS. HE'S LISTENING TO ME. 00:10:42.20\00:10:46.78 >> LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES. MAKE CONTACT WITH YOUR SPOUSE. 00:10:46.78\00:10:50.61 >> THE EYES ARE THE AVENUE TO THE SOUL. 00:10:50.61\00:10:54.18 THAT WE CANNOT LOOK AT EACH OTHER. 00:10:54.18\00:10:58.89 YOU'RE LOOKING OVER HERE OR LOOKING OVER THERE, SOMETHING IS 00:10:58.89\00:11:03.02 WRONG. SOUL. 00:11:03.02\00:11:08.76 WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE, EVE WHEN SHE SAID THAT, I NOTICED HER 00:11:08.76\00:11:12.73 EYES WOULD TEAR UP. I COULD LOOK IN HER EYES AND I 00:11:12.73\00:11:16.17 COULD TELL THAT SHE WAS NOT SPEAKING JUST WITH HER MOUTH BUT 00:11:16.17\00:11:19.07 HER HEART. EYE CONTACT. 00:11:19.07\00:11:22.74 IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAD TO LEARN. 00:11:22.74\00:11:28.68 100 MPH. >> BUT WHEN I'M TALKING I LEARN 00:11:28.68\00:11:35.89 TO TURN IT OFF AND LISTEN. THE OTHER THING IS TO LISTEN 00:11:35.89\00:11:40.43 WITH YOUR MOUTH. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:11:40.43\00:11:43.43 >> TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. >> DON'T INTERRUPT. 00:11:43.43\00:11:51.14 INTERRUPTION ON CRITICAL THINGS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. 00:11:51.14\00:11:54.28 BUT WE NEED TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATION AND SLIGHT 00:11:54.28\00:12:00.28 CONVERSATION. CONVERSATION, THE BIGGEST THING, 00:12:00.28\00:12:04.72 THE BIGGEST ACHILLES HEELS FOR COUPLES, THEY LISTEN LONG ENOUGH 00:12:04.72\00:12:11.19 AND THEN WAIT FOR AN OPEN SPOT TO SAY BUT OR HOWEVER, BUT 00:12:11.19\00:12:16.33 THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU MEANT. THE TRAINING TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH 00:12:16.33\00:12:21.20 SHUT WHILE YOUR SPOUSE IS POURING HER HEART OUT OR I'M 00:12:21.20\00:12:26.11 POURING MY HEART OUT, AND MAKES THAT EYE CONTACT. 00:12:26.11\00:12:29.68 YOU'RE REMEMBERING. IS BEING SAID IS STARTING TO BE 00:12:29.68\00:12:38.75 STORED. OR BELITTLE IT. 00:12:38.75\00:12:47.46 LISTEN WITH YOUR MOUTH, HOW? >> KEEP IT SHUT. 00:12:47.46\00:12:50.60 >> KEEP IT SHUT. >> MM-HMM. 00:12:50.60\00:12:56.24 THAT TAKES TASKS. >> SOMETIMES WOMEN JUST WANT TO 00:12:56.24\00:12:59.24 TALK, TALK, TALK, REALLY. I KNOW A LOT OF WOMEN. 00:12:59.24\00:13:02.44 THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE THEIR POINT. 00:13:02.44\00:13:06.25 SHUT SOMETIMES. LISTEN. 00:13:06.25\00:13:11.22 >> LISTEN WITH YOUR NECK. >> OH, OKAY. 00:13:11.22\00:13:13.29 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES. 00:13:13.29\00:13:16.59 LISTEN WITH YOUR MOUTH. LISTEN WITH YOUR NECK. 00:13:16.59\00:13:20.33 >> KEEP YOUR NECK STILL. SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE-- 00:13:20.33\00:13:23.90 >> THE NECK IS WANDERING. >> OH, YEAH, WHATEVER. 00:13:23.90\00:13:34.81 >> DISINTERESTED, I DON'T WANT PLEASE TAKE A LONG WALK ON A 00:13:34.81\00:13:40.05 SHORT PIER, THAT SORT OF THING. IT'S CALLED NON-VERBAL 00:13:40.05\00:13:46.32 COMMUNICATION. LISTEN WITH YOUR NECK. 00:13:46.32\00:13:59.37 EYES ARE MOVING, MOUTH IS SHUT. YOU'RE ENGAGED. 00:13:59.37\00:14:03.57 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR NECK, WITH 00:14:03.57\00:14:09.88 YOUR EYES, AND WITH YOUR MOUTH. WE SHARE THIS, AND I WANT TO 00:14:09.88\00:14:16.08 SHARE MY WIFE'S ONLY THING. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF LISTENERS 00:14:16.08\00:14:19.62 AND THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COMMUNICATORS. 00:14:19.62\00:14:26.06 COMMUNICATION THROUGH OUR SPOUSE'S EYES. 00:14:26.06\00:14:32.00 >> ECOCENTRIC. LISTENING THROUGH OUR EYES. 00:14:32.00\00:14:35.14 EMPATHETIC. I FEEL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 00:14:35.14\00:14:39.31 >> YES. BUT YOU DON'T SEE MY PART. 00:14:39.31\00:14:44.78 YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. 00:14:44.78\00:14:53.19 TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK GOOD, THE EGOCENTRIC 00:14:53.19\00:14:57.16 COMMUNICATOR. DEFENDING RATHER THAN MENDING. 00:14:57.16\00:15:03.30 >> YES, THAT'S GOOD. >> A BIG DIFFERENCE. 00:15:03.30\00:15:05.43 BIG DIFFERENCE. >> LISTEN WITH YOUR HANDS. 00:15:05.43\00:15:11.97 >> HOW DO YOU DO THAT? >> KEEP YOUR HANDS STILL. 00:15:11.97\00:15:17.95 >> OKAY. >> ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE BORED. 00:15:17.95\00:15:25.95 GET IT OVER WITH. >> HURRY UP. 00:15:25.95\00:15:31.06 >> EXACTLY. HANDS. 00:15:31.06\00:15:38.13 COMMUNICATION IS AN ENTIRE THING. 00:15:38.13\00:15:42.84 COMMUNICATION. SPOKE TONIGHT, DID YOU NOTICE 00:15:42.84\00:15:48.11 HOW HE WAS FIDGETING WITH HIS HANDS. 00:15:48.11\00:15:54.85 PERSON WAS SAYING. HE WAS TOTALLY HE'S INTERESTED. 00:15:54.85\00:15:59.05 BUT WHEN--HE WAS TOTALLY DISINTERESTED. 00:15:59.05\00:16:07.60 FOCUSED. IN. 00:16:07.60\00:16:16.34 >> MM-HMM. IT SAYS TO HER. 00:16:16.34\00:16:19.67 >> I HAVE HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION. 00:16:19.67\00:16:25.25 YOUR WIFE COULD SHINE IF YOU GIVE HER YOUR UNDIVIDED 00:16:25.25\00:16:33.36 ATTENTION. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:16:33.36\00:16:39.19 GREATEST GIFTS THAT GREG HAS GIVEN TO ME. 00:16:39.19\00:16:41.96 HE'S A FABULOUS LISTENER. >> OH. 00:16:41.96\00:16:46.20 DO THAT. MARRIED AND HE'LL ALWAYS SAY, 00:16:46.20\00:16:51.57 JILLY, WHEN I'M DONE, HE'LL SAY, JILLY, NOW IS THIS THE TIME THAT 00:16:51.57\00:16:56.38 I JUST WAT YOU JUST WANT ME TO HOLD YOU? 00:16:56.38\00:17:02.38 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ADVICE OR SOLUTIONS? 00:17:02.38\00:17:06.25 BECAUSE YOU KNOW MEN ARE SOLUTION-FOCUSED. 00:17:06.25\00:17:10.39 HE'LL THINK I NEED TO FIX THIS, I NEED TO HELP HER. 00:17:10.39\00:17:13.96 SO HE'LL SAY IS THIS A TIME TO HOLD YOU OR GIVE YO SOMETHING 00:17:13.96\00:17:17.60 BACK? >> AMEN. 00:17:17.60\00:17:21.97 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. WHEN GO TO YOUR HUSBAND, AND YOU 00:17:21.97\00:17:27.94 FEEL SO EMPTY, YOU SAY TO HIM, MY LOVE CUP IS EMPTY. 00:17:27.94\00:17:33.15 I'VE DONE THAT. I'LL SAY MY LOVE CUP IS EMPTY 00:17:33.15\00:17:37.92 AND I NEED A HUG AND HE'LL GIVE ME A HUG AND THEN I'LL GO BACK 00:17:37.92\00:17:44.39 TO COOKING. >> WE DO THAT. 00:17:44.39\00:17:47.50 TO FIND A WAY TO SLOW THIS CLOCK DOWN- 00:17:47.50\00:17:55.24 >> OH, YES. >> OH? 00:17:55.24\00:17:58.47 >> LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. [ CHUCKLING ] 00:17:58.47\00:18:06.31 ARE YOU DONE DOING THIS ALREADY? A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT. 00:18:06.31\00:18:12.59 THEY DON'T LISTEN WITH YOUR BACK. 00:18:12.59\00:18:16.79 EYES, MOUTH SHUT, POSITION, NECK, SITTING STRAIGHT UP. 00:18:16.79\00:18:20.90 THEY'RE REALLY LISTENING TO ME. THE OTHER ONE, LISTEN WITH YOUR 00:18:20.90\00:18:27.47 FEET. LISTEN FOR FEELINGS AND FACTS. 00:18:27.47\00:18:44.19 I HAD TO LEARN THAT FEELING REALLY DO MATTER. 00:18:44.19\00:18:57.53 MEN WOULD SAY, MY WIFE PLAYS ON ME THROUGH HER FEELINGS. 00:18:57.53\00:19:01.80 THROUGH THE YEARS THAT MADE ME THINK OF FEELINGS DIFFERENTLY. 00:19:01.80\00:19:05.34 BUT I HAD TO SAY WAIT A MINUTE. FEELINGS DO REALLY MATTER. 00:19:05.34\00:19:09.14 WIVES WILL COMMUNICATE THEIR FEELINGS EMOTIONALLY. 00:19:09.14\00:19:12.38 AND NOT ALL WOMEN WHO COMMUNICATE EMOTIONALLY ARE 00:19:12.38\00:19:15.95 TRYING TO MANIPULATE. THEY'LL SAY, YEAH, YOU'RE CRYING 00:19:15.95\00:19:21.46 BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GET ME TO DO SOMETHING. 00:19:21.46\00:19:26.39 IT SHUTS YOUR SPOUSE DOWN. I LEARNED THAT. 00:19:26.39\00:19:30.27 >> YES, YOU HAVE. >> AND I LOVE YOU, TOO. 00:19:30.27\00:19:38.51 >> SHOULD WE DO A FEW QUESTIONS? >> THIS ONE SAYS IS IT OKAY TO 00:19:38.51\00:19:43.55 MARRY MY EX-WIFE AFTER 40 YEARS? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK? 00:19:43.55\00:19:46.01 >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT THEY WERE DIVORCED FOR 20 00:19:46.01\00:19:51.89 YEARS. >> WOW. 00:19:51.89\00:19:55.26 THE CHILDREN. SHE NEVER MARRIED. 00:19:55.26\00:20:00.13 HE NEVER MARRIED--REMARRIED. AND THEY GOT BACK TOGETHER AFTER 00:20:00.13\00:20:05.50 20 YEARS. NOW. 00:20:05.50\00:20:09.64 AND SO IT'S OKAY TO GET BACK WITH YOUR SPOUSE. 00:20:09.64\00:20:15.31 >> MM-HMM. >> A LONG TIME. 00:20:15.31\00:20:19.25 >> I WAS LISTENING TO A COMEDIAN NOT TOO LONG AGO. 00:20:19.25\00:20:22.12 HE WAS SAYING, THIS IS FUNNY. HE SAID WHEN YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED 00:20:22.12\00:20:26.25 FOR THAT LONG, HE SAID YOU BOTH HAVE TRAINED EACH OTHER SO WELL 00:20:26.25\00:20:30.26 NOBODY ELSE WANTS YOU. THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO EACH 00:20:30.26\00:20:35.10 OTHER. THIS SENSE. 00:20:35.10\00:20:41.14 I FINISH HER SENTENCES. SHE FINISHES MINE. 00:20:41.14\00:20:45.37 NOW I A THOUGHT COMES TO MY MIND AND SHE MENTIONS IT. 00:20:45.37\00:20:52.55 >> THAT HAPPENS OFTEN. WE'RE ON THE SAME TRACK. 00:20:52.55\00:20:55.92 >> I'VE TESTED THIS. I'LL BE THINKING OR VERBALIZING 00:20:55.92\00:20:59.79 SOMETHING AND I'LL WONDER IF SHE'S THINKING THE SAME THING. 00:20:59.79\00:21:02.99 SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO ASK HER. 00:21:02.99\00:21:05.63 SHE'LL COME OUT WITH THE SAME THING. 00:21:05.63\00:21:10.93 TO ASK THIS QUESTION, AND THEN HE'LL ASK IT. 00:21:10.93\00:21:14.07 >> THAT HAPPENED TO US EARLIER. >> YOU GUYS ARE MOVNG IN THE 00:21:14.07\00:21:16.74 RIGHT DIRECTION. WHEN I SOMETIMES HESITATE A 00:21:16.74\00:21:23.01 THOUGHT, SHE'LL SAY IT, LIKE A MINUTE LATER. 00:21:23.01\00:21:28.68 >> SURE. HOW LONG MUST ONE DATE BEFORE 00:21:28.68\00:21:34.39 GETTING MARRIED? YEARS TO KNOW SOMEONE WELL. 00:21:34.39\00:21:38.66 THEN AGAIN SOME JUST DATE FOR SIX MONTHS AND MARRY AND IT 00:21:38.66\00:21:41.83 WORKS OUT BY GOD'S GRACE. ONE COULD DATE FOR YEARS AND 00:21:41.83\00:21:45.40 STILL DON'T GET TO KNOW THEIR PARTNER UNTIL THEY MARRY AND 00:21:45.40\00:21:49.50 LIVE TOGETHER, AND THEN YOU SEE SOME UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR 00:21:49.50\00:21:55.81 REVEALED AND YOU THINK YOU MADE A MISTAKE. 00:21:55.81\00:21:59.35 YOU BE SURE THAT YOU'RE MARRYING THE ONE THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN FOR 00:21:59.35\00:22:03.05 YOU. FARING THE ONE GOD HAS FOR YOU. 00:22:03.05\00:22:07.72 I THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS TOPIC, BEING REA AND USING YOUR 00:22:07.72\00:22:12.53 RELATIONSHIP TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE AND MERCY. 00:22:12.53\00:22:15.86 IT'S REALLY NEEDED. >> I'M GOING TO HAVE THIS QUOTE 00:22:15.86\00:22:23.30 READ AFTER I SAY THIS. MARRIAGE IS NOT A MISTAKE. 00:22:23.30\00:22:26.84 BUT MARRIAGE WITHOUT GOD'S GUIDANCE IS A TERRIBLE MAKE. 00:22:26.84\00:22:31.55 FIRST, GOD SAYS DON'T MARRY A NON-BELIEVER. 00:22:31.55\00:22:38.22 MY WIFE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE UNBELIEVER THING WHICH 00:22:38.22\00:22:41.79 IS VERY INSIGHT FORTUNATELYFUL WHICH THE LORD GAVE TO HER AND 00:22:41.79\00:22:49.13 NOT TO ME. >> YOU CAN BE IN THE SAME PLACE BUT STILL DIVIDED. 00:22:49.13\00:22:53.97 LORD. YOU LOVE THE LORD YOUR SPOUSE 00:22:53.97\00:22:58.81 WILL LOVE YOU OR EACH OTHER, BUT IT HAS TO BE MUTUAL. 00:22:58.81\00:23:02.84 YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE LORD IN ORDER TO REALLY HAVE A SOLID 00:23:02.84\00:23:06.45 RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE GOD IS, WHAT, LOVE. 00:23:06.45\00:23:10.55 HE IS LOVE. BUT THIS IS FROM A MINISTRY OF 00:23:10.55\00:23:13.72 HEALING, AND IT'S REALLY SHORT. PAGE 360. 00:23:13.72\00:23:17.83 IT SAYS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES PERPLEXITIES AND 00:23:17.83\00:23:24.53 DISCOURAGEMENTS, THOUGH DIFFICULTIES, PERPLEXITIES MAY 00:23:24.53\00:23:29.44 ARISE, LET NEITHER HUSBAND NOR WIFE HARBOR THE THOUGHT THAT 00:23:29.44\00:23:32.71 THEIR UNION IS A MISTAKE OR A DISAPPOINTMENT. 00:23:32.71\00:23:39.01 POSSIBLE TO BE TO EACH OTHER. CONTINUE THE EARLY ATTENTIONS IN 00:23:39.01\00:23:46.52 EVERY WAY, ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER IN FIGHTING THE BATTLES OF LIFE. 00:23:46.52\00:23:51.99 STUDY TO ADVANCE THE HAPPINESS OF EACH OTHER. 00:23:51.99\00:23:56.63 MEN MARRIAGE, INSTEAD OF BEING THE END OF LOVE WILL BE AS IT IS 00:23:56.63\00:24:01.34 WORTH THE VERY BEGINNING OF LOVE. 00:24:01.34\00:24:05.17 >> AMEN. BECAUSE IF YOU LIVED JUST--IF 00:24:05.17\00:24:08.98 YOUR MARRIAGE IS JUST TO MAKE YOU SATISFIED, THAT'S ONE SIDED. 00:24:08.98\00:24:12.55 >> THAT'S TRUE. HAPPY. 00:24:12.55\00:24:18.12 ME HAPPY AND WE DISCOVERED THAT WE'RE HAPPY. 00:24:18.12\00:24:22.02 WE DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING STILL, BUT WE STILL 00:24:22.02\00:24:25.96 UNDERSTAND--THIS IS A DANGEROUS PHRASE, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GUYS 00:24:25.96\00:24:30.07 USE IT. HAPPY WIVES, HAPPY LIFE. 00:24:30.07\00:24:34.44 IF THE WIFE IS HAPPY EVERYBODY IS HAPPY. 00:24:34.44\00:24:37.17 THAT'S A DANGEROUS PHRASE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE GIVE UP 00:24:37.17\00:24:40.84 INDIVIDUALITY BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON BECOMES ANGRY IF THEY 00:24:40.84\00:24:44.61 DON'T GET THEIR WAY. IF YOU SAY UNHEAVY WIFE, UNHAPPY 00:24:44.61\00:24:49.48 LIFE, THAT'S AN UNBALANCED RELATIONSHIP. 00:24:49.48\00:24:56.26 LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION. IT DEPENDS ON HOW OLD YOU ARE. 00:24:56.26\00:24:59.69 >> THAT'S TRUE. >> THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. 00:24:59.69\00:25:03.16 IF YOU'RE 16, YOU CAN DO WHAT WE DID, DATE FOR NINE YEARS. 00:25:03.16\00:25:08.47 ESPECIALLY IN THIS GENERATION BECAUSE TODAY THIS IS VERY 00:25:08.47\00:25:12.41 CORRUPT GENERATION. ISSUES THAT YOU COULD BE SETTING 00:25:12.41\00:25:16.41 YOURSELF UP FOR SO MANY DANGEROUS PLACES THAT YOU 00:25:16.41\00:25:19.61 SHOULDN'T GO. PERSON YOU HAVE MET IS THE 00:25:19.61\00:25:23.89 PERSON YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, GET GODLY COUNSEL. 00:25:23.89\00:25:29.69 LET THE BIBLE BE YOUR GUIDE, AND DON'T PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITY 00:25:29.69\00:25:33.36 THAT'S RESERVED FOR MARRIAGE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:25:33.36\00:25:37.13 DON'T LIVE TOGETHER EITHER. >> DON'T LIVE TOGETHER. 00:25:37.13\00:25:39.30 SOMEONE ONCE SAID TO ME, HOW DO I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK 00:25:39.30\00:25:43.30 IF WE DON'T LIVE TOGETHER? WELL, THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU 00:25:43.30\00:25:48.34 WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED. YOU WON'T BE TUMBLING BECAUSE 00:25:48.34\00:25:51.41 HE'LL POUR BLESSINGS IN TO THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU WON'T FIND 00:25:51.41\00:25:56.22 IF YOU'RE LIVING TOGETHER. IF YOU'RE OLDER, YOU'RE 50, YOUR 00:25:56.22\00:26:01.32 SPOUSE HAS PASSED AWAY. WE KNOW SOMEONE WHO MARRIED 00:26:01.32\00:26:04.43 RECENTLY, HOW LONG DID THEY KNOW EACH OTHER? 00:26:04.43\00:26:09.20 BUT THEY'RE OLDER PEOPLE. >> SURE. 00:26:09.20\00:26:14.27 YEARS BECAUSE ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE DEAD. 00:26:14.27\00:26:16.84 LET'S BE RESPECTFUL ABOUT IT. >> YES. 00:26:16.84\00:26:21.34 IN YOUR 30s, DON'T RUSH. BUT DO GET COUNSELING 00:26:21.34\00:26:26.38 BEFOREHAND. NEEDS COUNSELING BEFOREHAND IS 00:26:26.38\00:26:30.82 YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT A MARRIAGE IS MADE OF, AND SOMETIMES 00:26:30.82\00:26:36.09 MARRIAGE REQUIRES SOMETHING AND THERE ARE SO MANY COMPONENTS TO 00:26:36.09\00:26:41.83 MARRIAGE THAT UNLESS YOU SEE IN A MARRIAGE COUNSELING HOW YOU 00:26:41.83\00:26:45.27 DEAL WITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION. YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS MONEY, 00:26:45.27\00:26:49.44 CHILDREN, PARENTING, THE ROLE OF THE HUSBAND, THE ROLE OF THE 00:26:49.44\00:26:52.94 WIFE, WHAT KIND OF PERSON--ARE YOU CONNECTED, DISCONNECTED, 00:26:52.94\00:26:56.58 OVERLY CONNECTED. DID YOU COME FROM A FAMILY WHERE 00:26:56.58\00:26:59.75 EVERYBODY MADE THE DECISION OR ONE PERSON MADE THE DECISION FOR 00:26:59.75\00:27:04.25 EVERYONE. SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MESH AND 00:27:04.25\00:27:08.06 THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE IF YOU'RE READY FOR MARRIAGE. 00:27:08.06\00:27:11.53 YOU'RE READY FOR MARRIAGE, THEN COURT WITH MARRIAGE IN MIND. 00:27:11.53\00:27:15.70 OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKED FOR ME. 00:27:15.70\00:27:21.27 FIRST HOUR SAID THAT I WAS DATING HER TOO LONG. 00:27:21.27\00:27:23.47 HE GAVE ME AN ULTIMATUM. HE SAID HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING 00:27:23.47\00:27:28.24 TO DATE HER? ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY HER? 00:27:28.24\00:27:32.65 YES, WHEN? >> WE'RE GETTING A LOT. 00:27:32.65\00:27:37.92 >> THERE IS A LITTLE TEASE. THERE IS ONE WHO HAS BEEN 00:27:37.92\00:27:41.89 MARRIED FO 68 YEARS. >> THIS IS FROM INDIANA. 00:27:41.89\00:27:49.86 THIS IS AFTER TALKING ABOUT EPHESIANS 5, THIS IS FROM 00:27:49.86\00:27:53.64 EPHESIANS 6, NOT RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO MARRIAGE BUT IT 00:27:53.64\00:27:57.37 IS TO FAMILY. IF YOU HAVE MEMBERS IN YOUR 00:27:57.37\00:28:00.44 FAMILY, PARENTS SPECIFICALLY, AND THERE IS ADDICTION, ABUSE OR 00:28:00.44\00:28:05.68 NEGLECT OF THE CHILDREN, DO THE PARENTS. 00:28:05.68\00:28:12.89 PARENTS IN THE LORD. WHEN A PARENT IS LEADING YOU 00:28:12.89\00:28:17.06 DOWN A PATH THAT IS UNGODLY, THE BIBLE DOESN'T REQUIRE 00:28:17.06\00:28:21.13 YOU--ESPECIALLY NOW I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE OF AGE. 00:28:21.13\00:28:27.47 SOMETIMES A MINOR CANNOT DISAGREE WITH A PARTICIPANT, AND 00:28:27.47\00:28:30.54 THAT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION. WHEN A CHILD IS SUBJECT TO AN 00:28:30.54\00:28:33.98 ABUSIVE HOME, THE FATHER IS A DRINKER, DRUG ABUSER OR THERE IS 00:28:33.98\00:28:38.15 ARGUMENT IN THE HOUSES IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO SAY TING 00:28:38.15\00:28:42.62 A 11-YEAR-OLD OR 12-YEAR-OLD DISOBEY YOUR PARENTS BECAUSE 00:28:42.62\00:28:46.35 THEY MAY END UP WITHOUT A HOME. BUT IF YOU'RE IN AN ABUSIVE 00:28:46.35\00:28:50.86 RELATIONSHIP, PHYSICAL ABUSE. WE LISTEN LIVE IN A DAY AND 00:28:50.86\00:28:56.80 AGE--SO MUCH IS GOING ON IN MY MIND LIKE AN EXPLOSION. 00:28:56.80\00:28:59.90 SOMETIMES CHILDREN WILL SAY JUST TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, MY DAD 00:28:59.90\00:29:02.84 IS ABUSING ME AND IT'S FALSE. >> AS A WAY TO GET OUT. 00:29:02.84\00:29:07.24 AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU COLD DESTROY YOUR FAMILY. 00:29:07.24\00:29:10.81 SOME FAMILIES WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM A FALSE ACCUSATION. 00:29:10.81\00:29:14.52 THE COURTS WILL STEP IN, SNATCH YOU OUT, AND YOU MAY SAY I'M 00:29:14.52\00:29:20.22 KIDDING. HIS REPUTATION IS DESTROYED. 00:29:20.22\00:29:24.73 BUT IF YOU'RE IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION, LET SOMEONE KNOW. 00:29:24.73\00:29:31.00 TELL A FAMILY MEMBER, A TEACHER PASTOR, BUT DON'T JUST TELL ALL 00:29:31.00\00:29:35.80 YOUR FRIENDS, BUT GET THE ATTENTION OF SOMEONE WHO CAN 00:29:35.80\00:29:38.67 HELP YOU. DID I ANSWER THAT? 00:29:38.67\00:29:41.38 >> YES, DID YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:29:41.38\00:29:45.05 >> OKAY, YES SO THIS ONE HERE, AND I THINK YOU HAVE ONE THAT IS 00:29:45.05\00:29:48.32 LONGER THAN THIS ONE BEING MARRIED, I'M JUST GOING TO READ 00:29:48.32\00:29:52.02 THIS. IT'S TAKEN BY ONE OF OUR CSRs 00:29:52.02\00:29:56.56 AT THE CALL CENTER. THEIR NAMES ARE AVADEL AND DAVID 00:29:56.56\00:30:01.43 DAVIDSON. OF MARRIAGE. 00:30:01.43\00:30:10.34 [CLAPPING] THEY NEVER LET THE DAY PASS 00:30:10.34\00:30:13.94 WITHOUT SAYING THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. 00:30:13.94\00:30:19.11 REPEATEDLY TO EACH OTHER. THEY NEVER GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT 00:30:19.11\00:30:23.05 SAYING IT. THEY'RE BOTH 90 YEARS OLD NOW. 00:30:23.05\00:30:27.39 THEY WERE ONLY 21 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. 00:30:27.39\00:30:30.29 WHAT A BLESSING. >> AMEN. 00:30:30.29\00:30:37.90 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, TOO. WE HAVE A NUMBER HERE THAT ARE 00:30:37.90\00:30:41.27 LESS THAN 70, BUT BEFORE WE END THE PROGRAM I THINK IT WOULD BE 00:30:41.27\00:30:44.97 GREAT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE 54 YEARS, 51, 00:30:44.97\00:30:48.41 WE'LL MENTION YOUR NAME AS WELL. >> ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL. 00:30:48.41\00:30:51.85 >> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. MY WIFE AND I HAVE TAKEN ON A 00:30:51.85\00:30:55.92 YEAR AGO. TURN THE LIGHT OFF AND WE HUG TO 00:30:55.92\00:31:00.89 FALL ASLEEP, I SAY GOOD NIGHT, HONEY, GOOD NIGHT, SWEETHEART, I 00:31:00.89\00:31:06.70 LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, TOO. YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:31:06.70\00:31:10.53 ANYBODY. AND IT'S THE REALITY OF LIFE. 00:31:10.53\00:31:13.47 >> THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS WELL. I LOVE YOU. 00:31:13.47\00:31:16.47 BEAUTIFUL. THINK. 00:31:16.47\00:31:22.18 TIME FOR THE GIFT OF GLORY DVD. WHEN WILL IT BE READY? 00:31:22.18\00:31:26.28 >> OH, THAT'S FANTASTIC. >> DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR 00:31:26.28\00:31:30.12 THAT? OF AUGUST OR FIRST PAR OF 00:31:30.12\00:31:34.19 SEPTEMBER TO HAVE IT HERE. WE ARE ALMOST THERE. 00:31:34.19\00:31:38.36 >> WE'RE ADDING BONUS FEATURES, THE "GIVE IT HIM GLORY" 00:31:38.36\00:31:49.44 CONCERT. WE'RE GIVING BACK STORIES TO THE SONGS BEING 00:31:49.44\00:31:54.41 WRITTEN. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. GOOD QUESTION. 00:31:54.41\00:31:59.11 ON THREE ANGELS MESSAGES ARE AVAILABLE TONIGHT. 00:31:59.11\00:32:02.72 WELL. COMMENTS AND REQUIRES REGARDING 00:32:02.72\00:32:08.96 MARRIAGE OR SHARING HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED. 00:32:08.96\00:32:14.76 IT'S $25 SUGGESTED DONATION. FILL FREE TO DO THAT. 00:32:14.76\00:32:18.87 618-627-4651. OR YOU CAN ALWAYS E-MAIL US 00:32:18.87\00:32:24.87 LIVE@3ABN.TV. >> THIS IS REALLY NEAT HERE. 00:32:24.87\00:32:28.54 THIS IS FROM BRIAN, AND HE'S IN WASHINGTON, BASICALLY SAYS 15 00:32:28.54\00:32:34.42 YEARS MARRIED, 4 CHILDREN, I'M 40 YEARS OLD, AND I'M LDS MORE 00:32:34.42\00:32:40.26 MONDAY, BUT I I LOVE YOUR CHURCH, AND YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT 00:32:40.26\00:32:45.89 SUNDAY BEING WRONG. >> WHAT? 00:32:45.89\00:32:49.73 CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL. >> WOW. 00:32:49.73\00:32:53.70 >> RAISED IN THE TRUTH OF THE GOD'S WORD AND ADMONITION OF THE 00:32:53.70\00:32:59.67 LORD. YEARS. 00:32:59.67\00:33:14.42 >> MARRIED 78 YEARS. >> ALMOST 80 YEARS--WOW. 00:33:14.42\00:33:17.26 THAT'S AMAZING. >> LET'S SEE HERE, . 00:33:17.26\00:33:23.10 >> LET ME SAYING IS HERE. >> PLEASE DO. 00:33:23.10\00:33:27.20 COVER. BUT SPENDING--DURING CONFLICT, 00:33:27.20\00:33:34.14 WAYS TO KEEP RELATIONSHIPS GOING. 00:33:34.14\00:33:39.01 >> YOU KNOW, WAYS TO KEEP RELATIONSHIPS GROWING. 00:33:39.01\00:33:43.69 SPEND QUANTITY AND QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. 00:33:43.69\00:33:48.39 >> YEAH, WE TRAVEL TOGETHER. >> YOU HEAR ABOUT QUANTITY TIME, 00:33:48.39\00:33:53.60 BUT YOU USED ANOTHER WORD, TOO, QUALITY. 00:33:53.60\00:34:00.17 HERE AT ABN. IF YOU THINK IT'S NOT BUSY, THEN 00:34:00.17\00:34:03.77 COME TO THE WEEK. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE GOING 00:34:03.77\00:34:06.37 ON UNTIL WE TAKE ALL OUR HATS OFF. 00:34:06.37\00:34:11.18 TOGETHER. YEARS AGO. 00:34:11.18\00:34:17.82 WITH ME. I SAID I WOULD RATHER TAKE THE 00:34:17.82\00:34:22.36 FINANCIAL IMPACT THAN RELATIONAL IMPACT. 00:34:22.36\00:34:26.83 WORLD. PAY FOR YOUR WIFE TO COME, WHAT 00:34:26.83\00:34:33.23 IS SHE GOING TO DO? >> I NEED SOMEONE TO KEEP ME 00:34:33.23\00:34:37.41 SANE. ROOM, AT THE CONVENTION WHEN WE 00:34:37.41\00:34:44.41 DID A SERIES ONCE--I FORGOT--I CAN'T REMEMBER THE COUNTRY, BUT 00:34:44.41\00:34:49.82 WE DID IT ON RELATIONSHIP. THE PEOPLE SAID IT WASN'T WHAT 00:34:49.82\00:34:54.19 YOU SAID THAT IMPRESSED US. I LOVED HOW YOU LOOKED AT YOUR 00:34:54.19\00:34:59.73 WIFE. I LOOKED AT YOUR SPOUSE TO SEE 00:34:59.73\00:35:05.03 IF WHAT YOU SAID REALLY MATTERS. >> I WANT TO ADD TO THAT. 00:35:05.03\00:35:08.70 I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 00:35:08.70\00:35:11.14 WAYS OF A RELATIONSHIP GROWING IN A MARRIAGE AND YOUR SPOUSE 00:35:11.14\00:35:14.31 COMING ALONG WITH YOU, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 00:35:14.31\00:35:19.91 COME TO YOU AND SAID PASTOR, I NEED YOU TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 00:35:19.91\00:35:24.39 AND THEN YOU CAN SAY, ANGIE COME OVER HERE. 00:35:24.39\00:35:28.32 HUSBAND IS NOT GOING TO RUN OFF OVER HERE. 00:35:28.32\00:35:32.96 BUT ANGIE, COME OVER HERE. THIS YOUNG LADY HAS SOMETHING 00:35:32.96\00:35:36.03 SHE NEEDS TO SHARE. THAT'S IMPORTANT AND IT HELPS 00:35:36.03\00:35:39.17 THE FIDELITY ASPECT, TOO. >> LET ME INCLUDE THAT. 00:35:39.17\00:35:44.97 THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF MAINTAINING FIDELITY. 00:35:44.97\00:35:49.01 AND WHEN YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SAFETY POINTS BECAUSE YES, 00:35:49.01\00:35:58.75 WE'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD. PEOPLE WILL COME, THEY'RE 00:35:58.75\00:36:02.46 TRYING, AND GET THEY GET TO CRYING, AND WHAT DO I DO? 00:36:02.46\00:36:09.43 MY MARRIAGE IS--DON'T SPEND QUANTITY PRIVATE TIME WITH 00:36:09.43\00:36:14.57 ANOTHER PERSON OTHER THAN YOUR SPOUSE. 00:36:14.57\00:36:21.84 >> OH, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? 00:36:21.84\00:36:29.72 THEN THE KNICKS THING YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT MISINTERPRET THAT. 00:36:29.72\00:36:33.79 SO THE PRINCIPLES OF FIDELITY THAT WE SURROUND OUR 00:36:33.79\00:36:37.33 RELATIONSHIP, POINT NUMBER TWO. >> DON'T GET INVOLVED IN OTHER 00:36:37.33\00:36:41.33 PEOPLE'S PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT THEIR SPOUSE. 00:36:41.33\00:37:02.18 >> IF YOU'RE FEELING SORRY FOR THE PERSON AND YOU ATTACH TO 00:37:02.18\00:37:05.12 THEM EMOTIONALLY, YOU'RE BEING DRAWN IN. 00:37:05.12\00:37:09.49 LEADS TO AN AFFAR, AND THEN IT'S WHAT HAPPENED? 00:37:09.49\00:37:13.56 JUST FROM LISTENING AND YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. 00:37:13.56\00:37:16.46 >> I LIKE THE POINT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT EMOTION. 00:37:16.46\00:37:19.57 EMOTIONAL, I BELIEVE THERE IS MUCH MORE THAN A SEXUAL OR 00:37:19.57\00:37:22.74 GETTING INVOLVED SEXUALLY IN AN AFFAIR. 00:37:22.74\00:37:26.88 AFFAIRS YOU CAN HAVE WITH SOMEONE. 00:37:26.88\00:37:30.25 EMOTIONALLY YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE AND NOT REALIZE IT, 00:37:30.25\00:37:33.25 AND YOU'RE BECOMING UNFAITHFUL TO YOUR SPOUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU 00:37:33.25\00:37:36.35 MAY NOT BE INVOLVED SEXUALLY. >> EMOTIONS STARTED. 00:37:36.35\00:37:41.59 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THERE IS A SONG FEELINGS CAN 00:37:41.59\00:37:48.56 OFTEN BE BETRAYED BY EMOTION. THE OTHER ONE WE PUT IN, 00:37:48.56\00:37:55.80 RECOGNIZE FEELINGS WHEN THEY BEGIN TO ARISE. 00:37:55.80\00:37:59.67 COMMUNICATION BRINGS OUT A FEELING OF EMPATHY--I HAD A LADY 00:37:59.67\00:38:05.65 ONCE SAY TO ME, I WISH MY HUSBAND WAS JUST LIKE YOU. 00:38:05.65\00:38:10.25 BUT NOW SHE WAS WAY OLDER LADY. AND THIS ONE LADY AT OUR CHURCH, 00:38:10.25\00:38:14.76 SHE WAS WAY OLDER, SHE ONCE TOLD MY WIFE AT FELLOWSHIP LUNCH. 00:38:14.76\00:38:18.69 >> SHE SAID IF I WAS YOUNGER I WOULD GIVE YOU A RUN FOR YOUR 00:38:18.69\00:38:22.90 HUSBAND. >> YEAH, LATE 70s. 00:38:22.90\00:38:31.44 >> BUT SHE VOICED IT. WHEN YOU MEET PEOPLE THAT YOU 00:38:31.44\00:38:34.14 DON'T KNOW, EVEN LIMIT THE KIND OF TOUCHY-FEELY KIND OF THING. 00:38:34.14\00:38:39.61 PEOPLE MAY SAY, THEY WANT TO HUG YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY 00:38:39.61\00:38:43.79 ARE, THEY WANT TO KISS YOU ON THE CHEEK--I'M A VERY 00:38:43.79\00:38:47.69 AFFECTIONATE PERSON, IN NEW YORK WE--BUT WE'RE LEARNING TO SHAKE 00:38:47.69\00:38:53.43 A HAND AND NOT TO ASSUME. I WAS AT A CAMP MEETING AND A 00:38:53.43\00:38:58.93 LADY SAID, I'M NOT A HANDSHAKER, JUST GIVE ME A HUG. 00:38:58.93\00:39:02.97 SHE WAS AN OLDER WOMAN, BUT LIMIT THOSE AND UNDERSTAND THE 00:39:02.97\00:39:06.27 PLACE WHERE THEY SHOULD ARRIVE AND SHOULD NOT ARISE. 00:39:06.27\00:39:11.41 NUMBER FOUR. ANYONE OTHER THAN YOUR SPOUSE. 00:39:11.41\00:39:16.65 >> THAT'S GOOD. LINES. 00:39:16.65\00:39:20.36 >> SAME LINES. >> BE OPEN WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT 00:39:20.36\00:39:26.63 UNDUE ATTENTION FROM OTHERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. 00:39:26.63\00:39:31.73 I WAS AWAY, AND THIS IS VERY GOOD. 00:39:31.73\00:39:36.10 EVERYWHERE. I WAS WITH PASTOR FINLEY, AND 00:39:36.10\00:39:42.54 WAITING AT THE AIRPORT FOR SOMEBODY TO PICK ME UP. 00:39:42.54\00:39:45.25 THERE WAS A LADY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PICK HER UP. 00:39:45.25\00:39:48.65 SHE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT HOTEL ARE YOU STAYING AT? 00:39:48.65\00:39:56.19 SHE SAID IF MY RIDE COMES FIRST, DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE A RIDE? 00:39:56.19\00:40:01.16 I SAID NO, I'LL WAIT. TO MY SHOCK TWO DAYS LATER I GET 00:40:01.16\00:40:06.57 A PHONE CALL. BUT IT'S THIS WOMAN CALLING ME. 00:40:06.57\00:40:11.31 I SAID HELLO? WHO IS THIS? 00:40:11.31\00:40:13.44 DO YOU REMEMBER, WE MET IN THE AIRPORT. 00:40:13.44\00:40:18.15 I VISIT THIS AREA SO OFTEN, THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY HOTELS 00:40:18.15\00:40:23.25 LIKE THAT. WELL, CAN WE TALK? 00:40:23.25\00:40:27.12 I'M LEAVING--NO, NO, WE CAN'T. NO. 00:40:27.12\00:40:34.66 YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED. 00:40:34.66\00:40:38.20 >> IMMEDIATELY. FOR NOW ON YOU'RE GOING 00:40:38.20\00:40:42.80 EVERYWHERE WITH ME. >> HE ALWAYS TELLS ME WHENEVER 00:40:42.80\00:40:45.21 THAT HAPPENS. >> THAT'S CALLED OPENNESS AND 00:40:45.21\00:40:49.84 TRANSPARENCY IN THE MARRIAGE. IF THERE IS ANY OUTSIDE FORCE, 00:40:49.84\00:40:55.68 IT'S BETTER TO BE OPEN. >> AND COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, 00:40:55.68\00:40:59.22 COMMUNICATE. FROM THIS SURPRISE CALL, YOU 00:40:59.22\00:41:05.43 CALL YOUR WIFE. YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT 00:41:05.43\00:41:07.83 HAPPENED. THE YEARS RECALIBRATED THROUGH 00:41:07.83\00:41:14.87 THE YEARS. THIS IS KIND OF FUNNY. 00:41:14.87\00:41:20.34 MY WIFE HAS A PERSONALITY THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO TALK TO HER. 00:41:20.34\00:41:24.05 AND SHE'S SUCH A LISTENER THAT GUYS LIKE TO TALK TO HER. 00:41:24.05\00:41:27.82 BUT SHE KNOWS HER BOUNDARIES. SHE KNOWS HER PERIMETERS. 00:41:27.82\00:41:34.49 THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR A MARRIAGE TO BE SUCCESSFUL OVER THE YEARS. 00:41:34.49\00:41:36.86 >> OH, YES. >> AND THIS CLOCK HAS GONE SO 00:41:36.86\00:41:41.00 FAST, JILL AND GREG. THIS IS SOMETHING ABOUT--DID 00:41:41.00\00:41:47.74 WE--OH, DID WE TALK ABOUT--WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HOW TO KEEP 00:41:47.74\00:41:51.57 OUR RELATIONSHIP GROWING. TRAVELING. 00:41:51.57\00:41:58.38 KEEPING OUR RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS, TOO. 00:41:58.38\00:42:02.35 >> TRAVEL TOGETHER, VACATION TOGETHER. 00:42:02.35\00:42:06.35 DURING THE WEEK FOR EACH OTHER. A DATE NIGHT. 00:42:06.35\00:42:10.13 AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE THAT HERE, DATE NIGHT. 00:42:10.13\00:42:12.96 IT'S USUALLY THURSDAYS. >> YOU'RE DATING HERE ON THE SET 00:42:12.96\00:42:16.80 HERE ON LIVE TV. >> OUR DATE IS LIVE TV. 00:42:16.80\00:42:20.74 >> PASTOR JOHN AND ANGIE, THEY'RE ON DATE NIGHT. 00:42:20.74\00:42:25.61 >> THIS IS DATE NIGHT. >> OR SUNDAYS. 00:42:25.61\00:42:32.68 >> YOU HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE. >> AND YOU DO THE SAME, DON'T 00:42:32.68\00:42:35.85 YOU. OUR SCHEDULES, LIKE PASTOR JOHN 00:42:35.85\00:42:41.39 MENTIONED, YOU HAVE TO BE BUT IT'S GOOD. 00:42:41.39\00:42:47.20 PUT MY CELL PHONE ASIDE, AND I DON'T ANSWER, I DONT DO E-MAILS 00:42:47.20\00:42:51.43 OR TEXT. JUST "US" TIME. 00:42:51.43\00:42:56.10 AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE PUT IT AWAY FROM US. 00:42:56.10\00:42:59.64 IF YOU HEAR IT YOUR PHONE AND YOUR BODY IS SAYING ANSWER IT. 00:42:59.64\00:43:06.08 AND IT SEEMS LIKE ITS GETTING LOUDER, BUT IT'S NOT. 00:43:06.08\00:43:09.72 WE JUST SHUT IT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT EASY AND TOUGH 00:43:09.72\00:43:13.56 ISSUES. TOUGH ISSUES IS SOMETIMES THE 00:43:13.56\00:43:18.99 HARDEST. THIS? 00:43:18.99\00:43:25.27 EVEN AS HARD AS IT IS TO TALK ABOUT, WE DO IT, DON'T WE. 00:43:25.27\00:43:29.57 >> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND WE BURY IT IN EACH 00:43:29.57\00:43:33.51 OTHER'S HEART. AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW WHAT 00:43:33.51\00:43:44.85 WE ARE WE TALKED ABOUT. 00:43:44.85\00:43:48.62 >> AND SOMETIMES YOU PRAY ON HOW TO APPROACH IT. 00:43:48.62\00:43:51.13 YOU DON'T WANT TO PRAY--WE'VE LEARNED THAT OKAY, WE ENTER THIS 00:43:51.13\00:43:56.73 TOPIC, WE'RE GOING TO EITHER LOSE TOGETHER OR WIN TOGETHER IF 00:43:56.73\00:44:00.80 WE HANDLE IT CORRECTLY IF WE TALK ABOUT TOUGH ISSUES. 00:44:00.80\00:44:05.31 WE DON'T ALLOW OTHERS TO STEAL OUR TIME. 00:44:05.31\00:44:10.45 BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL INSIST ON YOUR TIME. 00:44:10.45\00:44:13.15 BUT IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, AS A PASTOR-- 00:44:13.15\00:44:17.52 >> WE DON'T HAVE OFFICE HOURS. YOU CAN CALL ME ANY TIME THERE 00:44:17.52\00:44:20.12 IS AN EMERGENCY. BUT THERE IS A LADY THAT WE USED USED TO 00:44:20.12\00:44:26.96 CALL AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING TO SHARE BIBLE TEXT WITH ME. 00:44:26.96\00:44:30.80 I WOULD SAY IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 00:44:30.80\00:44:35.97 MAYBE LATER BECAUSE AT THAT TIME OF THE MORNING I'M JUST TURNING 00:44:35.97\00:44:41.98 OVER. AS A PASTOR, AN I'VE HEARD 00:44:41.98\00:44:46.58 PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS. YOU HEARD OF THE PASTOR'S KIDS. 00:44:46.58\00:44:51.25 THAT'S THE KEY ISSUE. NOW WE DON'T HAVE CHILDREN. 00:44:51.25\00:44:54.19 WHAT DO WE HAVE? >> SHEEP. 00:44:54.19\00:44:59.03 >> THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE TIME ASPECT, AND I KNOW THE ANSWER TO 00:44:59.03\00:45:02.93 THIS, BUT PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG, DO YOU PUT GOD OR YOUR WIFE 00:45:02.93\00:45:11.81 FIRST IN YOUR LIFE. I KNOW THE ANSWER. 00:45:11.81\00:45:15.64 >> GOD--THE MINISTER ASKED ME THIS MANY YEARS AGO. 00:45:15.64\00:45:21.52 HE SAID, SIT DOWN, YOUNG MAN, BEFORE I GOT MY FIRST CHURCH IN 00:45:21.52\00:45:25.42 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WOULD SAY YOUNG MAN, TELL ME 00:45:25.42\00:45:28.86 THE ORDER OF YOUR LIFE IN THESE FIVE CATEGORIES. 00:45:28.86\00:45:32.46 I SAID GOD FIRST, MY WIFE NEXT AND THE CHURCH AFTER THAT. 00:45:32.46\00:45:35.76 >> YES. BECAUSE I CAME TO THE CHURCH 00:45:35.76\00:45:40.10 WITH MY WIFE. I'M LEAVING THE CHURCH WITH MY 00:45:40.10\00:45:43.61 WIFE. MORNING IS COMING AND SHE'S IN 00:45:43.61\00:45:50.31 THE HOSPITAL? I'LL BE IN THE HOSPITAL BY HER 00:45:50.31\00:45:54.65 SIDE. WIFE HAS BEEN THERE OH WITH ME. 00:45:54.65\00:46:00.66 I WANT TO BE THERE FOR HER. >> SO MEANS TIMES YOU HEAR FROM 00:46:00.66\00:46:11.80 PASTORS. >> THE CHURCH BEFORE THE WIFE. 00:46:11.80\00:46:14.44 >> AND THE CHILDREN? >> THE CHILDREN DOWN THERE. 00:46:14.44\00:46:17.01 >> THE CHILDREN WILL SAY HE SPENDS SO MUCH TIME FOR THE 00:46:17.01\00:46:19.14 CHURCH BUT NOT WITH US. >> ANY MORE? 00:46:19.14\00:46:28.12 >> WE SHOULD HAVE A PRAYER BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT. 00:46:28.12\00:46:30.29 WE HAVE 11 MINUTES LEFT. >> WE'LL JUST DO RAPID FIRE. 00:46:30.29\00:46:36.26 ROBERT AND DAISY, MARRIED 72 YEARS. 00:46:36.26\00:46:40.36 MARLEAU AND SHIRLEY MARRIED 54 YEARS LAST MONTH. 00:46:40.36\00:46:44.03 THEY'RE FROM MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON. 00:46:44.03\00:46:46.84 AND. >> HONEY, WE'RE WAY BEHIND. 00:46:46.84\00:46:50.57 >> RICHARD AND DEBBY MARRIED 46 YEARS, AND SHE SAID, I ALWAYS 00:46:50.57\00:46:55.44 PRAYED THAT I WOULD FIND A HUSBAND WHO WAS RELIGIOUS. 00:46:55.44\00:46:58.88 MY HUSBAND WAS THE ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS. 00:46:58.88\00:47:05.19 TODAY, AND TODAY IS HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY. 00:47:05.19\00:47:11.39 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FROM 3ABN AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. 00:47:11.39\00:47:17.00 NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE A GIFT TO THE PERSON MARRIED THE 00:47:17.00\00:47:21.20 LONGEST. >> HIRE IS A COUPLE MARRIED 51 00:47:21.20\00:47:37.92 YEARS. FROM EUROPE, 36 YEARS THEY'VE 00:47:37.92\00:47:46.49 BEEN MARRIED AND GOD HAS BLESSED US. 00:47:46.49\00:47:51.87 EUROPE. THEY'RE HERE IN THE STATES. 00:47:51.87\00:47:55.80 46 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 00:47:55.80\00:47:58.27 PRAY THE LORD. WHAT A TESTAMENT. 00:47:58.27\00:48:00.34 >> I HAVE A QUESTION HERE. IT SAYS YOU SAID NOT TO TELL 00:48:00.34\00:48:04.51 OTHERS ABOUT TROUBLE IN A MARRIAGE. 00:48:04.51\00:48:08.85 UNFAITHFUL? FAMILY, FRIENDS OR A PASTOR? 00:48:08.85\00:48:13.32 >> START WITH YOUR PASTOR AND A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR. 00:48:13.32\00:48:19.49 IN, FAMILY--FAMILY IS ALWAYS BIASED. 00:48:19.49\00:48:27.10 BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU RESOLVE THE ISSUE, YOU KNOW WHAT 00:48:27.10\00:48:30.47 HAPPENS? GIVE, YOU PUT ON THE SHOULDER OF 00:48:30.47\00:48:35.11 INDIVIDUALS SOMETHING THAT COUNSEL OR PASTOR OR SOMEONE WHO 00:48:35.11\00:48:39.55 CAN LEAD YOU BACK TO THAT PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND 00:48:39.55\00:48:43.08 RECONCILIATION, THEN YOUR FAMILY MEMBER WOULDN'T BE FOREVER 00:48:43.08\00:48:47.02 SAYING, THAT YOU DAMAGED MY SON OR YOU DAMAGED MY SISTER. 00:48:47.02\00:48:53.90 THEY WOULD NOT REMEMBER THAT ON YOU FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 00:48:53.90\00:48:57.27 THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE PILLOW SITUATION. 00:48:57.27\00:49:01.44 THINGS THEY CAN'T RESOLVE. NOW IF YOU ARE IN AN ABUSIVE 00:49:01.44\00:49:06.78 RELATIONSHIP. THAT'S DIFFERENT ALL TOGETHER. 00:49:06.78\00:49:10.51 PHYSICAL ABUSE, CALL MOM, DAD, BROTHER, SISTER, COUSIN, IF IT 00:49:10.51\00:49:15.88 IS ABUSIVE, BUT DON'T MAKE THE FIRST PERIMETER FAMILY. 00:49:15.88\00:49:20.52 GO TO SOMEBODY THAT IS PROFESSIONAL, SOMEONE WHO CAN 00:49:20.52\00:49:23.12 HELP YOU. THAT WAS AN AMAZING--THOSE ARE 00:49:23.12\00:49:26.76 THINGS THAT AS A COACH I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO THAT. 00:49:26.76\00:49:32.83 GOD'S GRACE IF THEY DECIDE TO WORK THROUGH IT, THEY GET IT ALL 00:49:32.83\00:49:36.24 FIXED, BUT FOREVER YOU'LL GO TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, YEAH, 00:49:36.24\00:49:39.64 CHEATER'S COMING OVER TODAY. AND YOU'LL SAY, THAT WAS FIVE 00:49:39.64\00:49:43.51 YEAR AGO. WE'RE TOGETHER. 00:49:43.51\00:49:46.61 YEAH, BUT I REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID TO MY DAUGHTER. 00:49:46.61\00:49:49.15 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT FORGET. 00:49:49.15\00:49:53.86 THAT YOU PLANTED THAT WILL ROOT AND GROW AND THEY'LL NEVER NOT 00:49:53.86\00:49:57.56 HAVE A PLANT. IS NOT GOING TO BE SWEET. 00:49:57.56\00:50:01.90 IT WILL BE SOUR. >> START WITH YOUR PASTOR OR 00:50:01.90\00:50:05.07 MARRIAGE COUNSELOR. THIS ONE, THEY WANT TO BE 00:50:05.07\00:50:08.00 ANONYMOUS, AND LOOKING FOR GOD'S WILL AND WISDOM. 00:50:08.00\00:50:11.67 I'LL READ SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS HERE OR SENTENCES. 00:50:11.67\00:50:14.68 I'M 49 AND HAVE DESIRE TO BE MARRIED AND TO HAVE A FAMILY 00:50:14.68\00:50:17.58 SINCE I WAS AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD. 00:50:17.58\00:50:24.72 TO GOD AS I CAN, MAYBE IT HAS SCARED ALL THE MEN OFF. 00:50:24.72\00:50:29.99 I CAME CLOSE TO MARRIAGE ONCE, BUT AFTER PRAYER, AS SWEET AS MY 00:50:29.99\00:50:35.50 FRIEND WAS AND STILL IS, HE WAS NOT THE ONE FOR ME. 00:50:35.50\00:50:38.27 WHAT SHOULD I DO? WITHOUT GOING ON DATING 00:50:38.27\00:50:49.88 WEBSITES, WHICH I HAVE, BUT I'M IN A RUSH BUT I WANT TO BE IN 00:50:49.88\00:50:56.58 GOD'S WILL. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR 00:50:56.58\00:50:58.95 ANSWER. DO? 00:50:58.95\00:51:05.93 >> AND OBVIOUSLY IT SEEMS LIKE SHE'S A FEMALE. 00:51:05.93\00:51:09.70 >> YES, IT DOES. >> THAT'S A SITUATION THAT I 00:51:09.70\00:51:14.80 MARRIAGE COUNSELOR, SOMEBODY WHO CAN DEAL WITH THE ISSUES. 00:51:14.80\00:51:18.41 TO BE SINGLE FOR 49 YEARS, THEY SAID THEY MADE A STATEMENT THAT 00:51:18.41\00:51:23.11 I WON'T EVEN QUALIFY AND SAY MAYBE THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE 00:51:23.11\00:51:26.05 SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN BE OVERLY ANALYZING THEMSELVES. 00:51:26.05\00:51:30.15 AND I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE--ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, THE 00:51:30.15\00:51:34.26 PERIMETER, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO EXACT IN WHAT THEY WANT AND 00:51:34.26\00:51:39.66 EVERYBODY WHO COMES THER WAY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 00:51:39.66\00:51:42.33 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, SOME PEOPLE WILL TAKE ANYTHING THAT 00:51:42.33\00:51:45.03 COMES THEIR WAY AND THEN DISCOVER THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT. 00:51:45.03\00:51:48.14 YOU CAN BE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT, BUT I THINK THE PHRASE SHE 00:51:48.14\00:51:51.44 MENTIONED, SOMETIMES--AND SHE DID NOT SAY THIS, BU SOMETIMES 00:51:51.44\00:51:56.14 YOU CAN BE SO HEAVENLY MINDED THAT NOT EARTHY GOOD. 00:51:56.14\00:52:00.38 BE THE PERSON YOU WANT TO ATTRACT. 00:52:00.38\00:52:04.65 GODLY. YOUR PRINCIPLES. 00:52:04.65\00:52:09.99 >> BY THE WAY YOU DRESS OR ANY OF THAT. 00:52:09.99\00:52:15.63 GO HALF DRESSED, NO, DON'T DO THAT. 00:52:15.63\00:52:20.24 IN THAT SITUATION? >> IN THAT SITUATION? 00:52:20.24\00:52:22.87 I WOULD PRAY. A LOT. 00:52:22.87\00:52:28.28 COUNSEL FROM--I WOULD READ A LOT AND PRAY A LOT FOR THE LORD TO 00:52:28.28\00:52:35.12 GUIDE ME. HE WON'T DIAPPOINT YOU. 00:52:35.12\00:52:40.09 HE WILL GUIDE YOU. HE WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY. 00:52:40.09\00:52:42.39 HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE AND HE WILL BLESS YOU AND 00:52:42.39\00:52:45.86 GUIDE YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO TO HIM. 00:52:45.86\00:52:50.27 TALKING ABOUT PRAYER? ANGIE, DO YOU HAVE A SHORT 00:52:50.27\00:52:53.23 PRAYER AND PASTOR WITH A MINUTE OR SO LEFT SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING. 00:52:53.23\00:52:58.71 >> A SHORT PRAYER RIGHT NOW. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE COME TO 00:52:58.71\00:53:01.81 YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TOPIC OF 00:53:01.81\00:53:06.65 MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIPS. WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OUT WHO 00:53:06.65\00:53:10.45 ARE SEEKING FOR THE RIGHT MATE. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU'LL GUIDE 00:53:10.45\00:53:14.52 THEM AND LEAD THEM IN EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES SO THAT 00:53:14.52\00:53:19.13 THEY CAN FIND SOMEONE. WE KNOW THAT YOU WANT US TO BE 00:53:19.13\00:53:24.67 HAPPY. ARE CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARY. 00:53:24.67\00:53:29.44 BLESS THEM, LORD. THANK THEM FOR EACH AND EVERY 00:53:29.44\00:53:32.57 ONE. THANK YOU. 00:53:32.57\00:53:39.55 TOWARDS US. IN JEEZ' NAME. 00:53:39.55\00:53:44.02 AMEN. BEAUTIFUL. 00:53:44.02\00:53:50.79 YOUR SPOUSE. >> I HAVE LEARNED MY WIFE LOVE 00:53:50.79\00:53:57.03 HUGS. HUGS. 00:53:57.03\00:54:04.24 LEARN AFFIRMATION. I APPRECIATE THAT DINNER. 00:54:04.24\00:54:10.75 OUT. I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME HOME EARLY 00:54:10.75\00:54:14.02 TODAY. HOME EARLY. 00:54:14.02\00:54:25.73 COMPLIMENT YOUR WIFE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T AFFIRM EACH 00:54:25.73\00:54:28.80 OTHER. DISTRACTED IN THE WRONG 00:54:28.80\00:54:32.77 DIRECTION. WITH EACH OTHER AND MY HUSBAND 00:54:32.77\00:54:37.31 IS SUCH A GOOD HUSBAND TO ME. HE LOVES ME. 00:54:37.31\00:54:42.48 HE DOES THINGS FOR ME. I'M COMING OUT--I'M COMING 00:54:42.48\00:54:46.41 FROM THE GROCERY STORE WITH BAGS OF GROCERIES, HE'LL RUN TO THE 00:54:46.41\00:54:50.89 DOOR AND HELP WITH THE GROCERIES GROCERIES. 00:54:50.89\00:55:01.50 WATCHING--WHAT CAN I DO? >> MERCY, THANK YOU, LORD. 00:55:01.50\00:55:05.03 MY HUSBAND PICKED UP THE WHOLE BAG BECAUSE WE HAVE A-- 00:55:05.03\00:55:13.07 >> MY WATCH FELL BETWEEN THE BED. 00:55:13.07\00:55:21.08 COULDN'T FIND IT. HE GOT A FLASHLIGHT AND LOOKED 00:55:21.08\00:55:25.92 THROUGH EVERYTHING. HE LIFTED THE BED AND SAID LOOK 00:55:25.92\00:55:30.36 UNDER THERE. AND THERE WAS MY WATCH. 00:55:30.36\00:55:35.36 >> AFFIRMATION. DON'T GO CRAZY AND SPEND 00:55:35.36\00:55:39.40 YOURSELF IN OBLIVION. ACTS OF SERVICE. 00:55:39.40\00:55:43.71 AND FINALLY SOMETHING THAT FOCUS SPOUSES NEED PHYSICAL TOUCH. 00:55:43.71\00:55:55.58 THOSE ARE THE FIVE LANGUAGES. LEARN YOUR SPOUSE'S LOVE 00:55:55.58\00:56:03.69 GOING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:56:03.69\00:56:13.60 >> OUR TWO HOURS HAVE GONE BY QUICKLY. 00:56:13.60\00:56:18.47 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH PASTOR JOHN AND ANGIE. 00:56:18.47\00:56:22.58 HEART, YOUR EXPERIENCE BUT FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 00:56:22.58\00:56:24.95 TO ME YOU BOTH ARE SEASONED. IF YOU CAN SAY THAT IN GOD'S 00:56:24.95\00:56:29.55 WORK, I MEAN THAT WITH THE MOST RESPECT, YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE 00:56:29.55\00:56:33.62 TRENCHES. WITH PEOPLE AND THE FRUIT OF 00:56:33.62\00:56:37.33 YOUR MARRIAGE AND THAT EXPERIENCE HAS COME FORTH 00:56:37.33\00:56:39.53 TONIGHT. AND WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT'S 00:56:39.53\00:56:47.04 BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING 00:56:47.04\00:56:50.41 IN AND E-MAIL LING IN WITH YOUR NEEDS. 00:56:50.41\00:56:55.58 DEPARTMENT WILL PRAY OVER YOU AND YOUR MARRIAGE IT'S. 00:56:55.58\00:56:57.81 WE HAVE THESE TWO COUPLES HERE WHO WILL BE GETTING A SPECIAL 00:56:57.81\00:57:02.95 GIFT. YEARS AND RAY AND MARGIE, THEIR 00:57:02.95\00:57:07.62 ANNIVERSARY TODAY. THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE. 00:57:07.62\00:57:10.39 KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU. 00:57:10.39\00:57:27.98