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Eternal Marriage Mindset: Living Today for the Streets of Gold

We get so caught up in the now—our needs, our feelings, our expectations—that we forget: this isn’t forever.

And when it comes to your marriage, your mindset matters more than you know. What if the goal isn’t just earthly happiness… but eternal impact?

Let’s shift our gaze from the temporary to the eternal—from trying to fix our spouse to faithfully loving them like Jesus.

Because your marriage assignment? It impacts eternity.

A Marriage Mindset That Reaches for Heaven

If marriage is your god, you’ll do it your way.

You’ll chase validation, push for change, demand your rights, and stew in resentment when your spouse doesn’t meet your expectations.

But if God is your God, and marriage is your assignment, you’ll do it His way.

You’ll put your spouse before your ministry, before your work, before the kids. You’ll think about loving them the way they receive love. You care about peace, patience, kindness, and self-control in your marriage. You value reconciliation and you stop praying, “God, fix my spouse so I feel better,” and start praying, “God, draw them closer to You.”

It’s a radical shift in your marriage mindset. And it changes everything.

Eternal Marriage Mindset: Your Assignment Is Bigger Than You Think

Think about this: your spouse isn’t just your husband or wife. They’re your brother or sister in Christ.

One day, they will stand before Jesus just like you will. What if your daily choices helped them be more ready for that moment?

That’s the eternal marriage mindset. It’s not about temporary comfort—it’s about eternal glory. You’re not just trying to survive your marriage. You’re trying to love your spouse all the way to the streets of gold!

And, by God’s grace, you’ll be dancing there together one day.

You only get one marriage with this person.
One chance to love them well.
One life to serve them, selflessly.

And if that service brings them closer to Jesus? It’s worth every ounce of sacrifice.

Streets of Gold and a Big Ol’ Mansion Next Door

But all joking aside, imagining heaven should stir our hearts. Because eternity is real. And that means what you do in this short vapor of a life matters.

If you need help fixing your gaze upward, here’s a powerful recommendation: Wild Near-Death Experiences: Proof of Heaven | John Burke | Ep:365 from the Blurry Creatures podcast.

John is a former pastor, engineer, and researcher who has explored over 1,000 verified near-death experiences—and the common themes are stunning. Even from those with no faith background, many report seeing a being of love, a city of light, a life review… all pointing to the reality of heaven. His ministry, Imagine Heaven, invites us to live today in light of eternity. And wow—is it motivating.

When we meditate on the realness of what’s ahead, our marriage takes on deeper purpose. It becomes a divine assignment with eternal weight.

It’s Not About Them, It’s About You: Taking Ownership in Your Marriage

Here’s the hard truth: You will stand before God alone.
You won’t be able to say, “But my husband didn’t…” or “But my wife never…”

This journey isn’t about controlling your spouse—it’s about surrendering your own heart.

If your marriage is struggling, start by asking:

• Am I doing this God’s way?

• Am I praying for their character, not just my comfort?

• Am I serving them with an eternal mindset—or demanding love on my terms?

The shift starts in you.

Final Thoughts: Marriage Is Temporary. Your Influence Isn’t.

Heaven is coming.

And when you get there—your mansion sparkling, the streets of gold beneath your feet—will your spouse be dancing beside you?

Will your love have drawn them closer to Jesus?
Will your sacrifices have sown eternal seeds?

Friend, your influence matters. Every word, every action, every reaction has a chance to draw them closer to Jesus.

So soften your heart. Adjust your mindset. And do marriage well—not for earthly gain, but for eternal glory.

We are rooting for you!

Blessings,

The Delight Your Marriage Team

PS – Want help living this out? We would love to walk alongside you. Start with a free Clarity Call and talk with someone who’s been there, seen God work, and is ready to cheer you on.

PPS – Have you seen the impact of this work in your life and wish more people knew about it? We are launching our In-Person Training program globally in January 2026. For more information on bringing this program to your church (or small group or work or wherever you meet!), please check out our website.

PPPS – Here is a quote from a recent graduate:
“The biggest area I have grown is in my relationship with the Lord.  I have a deeper walk and appreciate struggles as they point me to Jesus.  Our marriage has grown as well.  We are deeper in love and we are heading to our finish lines of life, united as a couple.”

Transcript:

Belah Rose  00:01

Belah, welcome to the delight your marriage podcast. You’re joining me, Belah rose, as I dive deep into the beauty, power and truths about intimacy. Learn not only the practicals, but the heart behind what making love is all about. Delight your marriage.

Belah Rose  00:20

Hi there. This is Belah. I am grateful that we are chatting today. Thank you so much for spending the time.

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I am prayerful that this conversation draws you closer to Jesus, you know, and it’s God’s kindness that leads us to repentance. It’s like we are the child dancing around in the field, and God calls us over. Says, Here, I want you a little closer. I want you to know me a little more. I want you to gain deeper insight, and the only way we can get there is through repentance, to recognize that, okay, we’ve been distracted. We’ve been doing it the wrong way. We we have been off a little bit. And so my hope is that you would have that heart, that maybe God has something here for you, and maybe it really matters. Maybe it matters more than you think it does. Maybe it is going to surprise you. Surprise you at how much it matters in the long term, when you are in eternity and you’re looking back and you’re saying, there was a moment there that I repented for the way my heart was, and that’s my prayer, because the word of God is living and active, and it can Change us on the inside if we let it so so we’ve got stuff to dig into. Let’s do it.

Belah Rose  02:19

So let’s start by talking about something wonderful. First of all, my mansion is going to be awesome. That’s right, I am ready for the prettiest, coolest, most beautiful, I don’t know, maybe it’s going to be huge. I am looking forward to decorating that thing and buying all the stuff that my heart could ever desire while I’m dancing on streets of gold. And I would also like a let’s see a waterfront view to the sea of sea of glass. And I don’t know the thing about diamonds, there’s going to be diamonds all over the place. I’m thrilled. Let’s do that. Let’s have that kind of mansion. I was around one not too long ago, and I just remember thinking as I’m I was waiting for my kids to come out of this thing, and so I was just observing this gorgeous, gorgeous place. And I was like, you know, I think mine’s going to be bigger. It’s going to be even cooler, more grand, more beautiful. I’m telling you what heaven’s going to be amazing. It is going to be amazing. Not only that, but we’re going to be able to fly, and I’m confident we will be able to eat as much ice cream as possible, like as as well as possible. I mean, I guess it’s infinite. I’m just, I’m assuming here, but I love how CS Lewis talks about the heart has has longings that cannot be satisfied at this in this world, we have longings that make that cannot be satisfied here. And so, just like we have longings for food and that can be satiated, we have longings for something to drink and that can be satiated. But if we have a longing for for depth of love and connection and all sorts of things and things that are cool and comforts and beauty. And we have longings for this, and yet it cannot be satisfied. So there must be more that we were made for. Oh, man, okay, so I’m gonna recommend this podcast episode that I’ll have in the show notes, and it’s from a podcast that’s called blurry creatures. And I haven’t heard a ton of those episodes, so I can’t recommend the whole podcast necessarily, but the ones I have heard, it’s pretty cool. So the blue. Creatures thesis, I guess, of the of the podcast is that we have questions that are hard to answer, so for example, ghosts or Bigfoot or these things that are hard to grapple with as Christians, and these guys are exploring those topics from a biblical worldview, and yet grappling with the tension that a lot of times we as Christians can just close the book on and yet, listen, we’ve got kids that are watching us, and if we are going to just close the book on things that interest them and things that they are curious about, they’re going to go find out about that on their own, whether it’s witchcraft or the occult or mediums or all these things. They’re going to find out about it on their own, and then they’re going to be discipled, quote, unquote, by the world, and hopefully they’ll come back to Jesus by the end of it. So why don’t we expose them to some of those things ahead of time, and let them know there are going to be questions that cannot be answered on this side of eternity unless God gives you some level of Revelation, and he might. But we are going to have those questions, and let’s introduce them to those those questions before they’re out of reach of our influence. Anyway, that’s my opinion of the topics that are explored there. Not that I necessarily agree with all of their the things that they have come to, but I also don’t know enough about it. And point is, I think it’s a cool topic to explore, and let me specifically recommend this particular episode that I’ll have linked in the show notes. But it’s interviewing a gentleman named John Burke, and he is a researcher and previous pastor and previous engineer who interviewed over 1000 I believe it’s interviewed, or read the interviews of over 1000 and verified them all, over 1000 near death experiences. And near death experiences are essentially people who died, who had an experience with the other world, the eternal and came back. So they are verified dead. So whether they have zero pulse or flatlined that means that they are no longer with us, and their spirit left their body, and they had some adventure, and then they came back to tell about it. So it is fascinating to talk, or to listen to him discuss these many, many commonalities with all these near death experiencers. Some of them were Hindu or Muslim or blind, and they all had experiences that were reminiscent of biblical scripture, a city of light, a being of pure love, a life review where every moment of your life is reviewed with God, God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Triune God. And a lot of times, these are people that are not believers, and yet they have an experience that fully aligns with scripture, and then even the horrible experiences with hell. And it’s really fascinating to hear what he’s come to and he was an engineer and a skeptic. He was agnostic when he happened upon these near death experiences. So it is, it is fascinating, and I just encourage you to listen to it with a heart that is interested in discovering something because it’s pretty powerful. So I spoke at a church last week, and it was one of the churches that I if you’ve been listening to the podcast, you know that we’re doing a pilot of our in person training, which is based on the flagship programs that we’ve been doing with men and women over the years and have seen wonderful, wonderful transformations. It’s not easy work, so people who sign up have got to dig in and do some work over these 12 weeks. But I will tell you, it’s amazing to actually meet them in person. What God has done in a marriage that’s ultimately saved that would have not 12 weeks ago, or however many weeks they’re in. And so I have heard more awesome results since that training, since speaking at that church, and it’s been so fantastic. But one insight came while I was. Preparing for the talk that was really powerful to me. And this morning, I was thinking of somebody that I wanted to text this insight, and I realized there were several other pieces that would be woven into this insight. And I thought, okay, I should just do a podcast and later send it to them and say I was thinking of you when I recorded this. But here’s the insight about that I that I believe God dropped in my heart before that talk, and it was if marriage is your God, you’ll do it your way. If marriage is your God, you’ll do it your way. You’ll throw everything you can at it. You’ll try your way. You’ll push and pull and manipulate and accuse and be dejected and bitter and unforgiveness and lord it over their head. I deserve better. You’ll hang on to to that. I I deserve better than this. You’ll hang on to that. You’ll do it your way. But if God is your God, and marriage is your assignment, you’ll do marriage God’s way. You’ll do it with the right heart, with tenderness, kindness. It doesn’t mean that hard things won’t need to be said and sometimes even a boundary needs to be put up, but

Belah Rose  11:42

it’s with a heart of reconciling, or it’s a heart of helping your spouse grow closer to Jesus. It may mean male leadership, but it’s not with harshness, and it’s not with selfish ambition. The end, all be all is so that your spouse can become more like Jesus. And that’s truly your heart, that’s truly your motivation, that’s truly a prayer request. I invite you to stop praying about marriage, and I may have said this in the last episode, but the idea is, when I pray for my marriage. What I’m actually praying for is that my spouse will treat me better. But if I’m praying for my spouse’s relationship with God, that’s different when I’m praying for their character, when I’m praying for God to meet them and them to gain a revelation of the love of God and the way that he sees them and the plan he asked for their life, and the way my spouse interacts with our children, and the way he invites them to be more like Christ and have a better character and do good for others. That’s a different way of praying, and it means that I am no longer the center of my prayers. It is not selfish ambition that I’m pursuing. It is God’s desire for them that I’m pursuing in prayer, that I’m pursuing with my thoughts, and that’s the aim. If earthly happiness is your God and marriage is your vehicle, then you’ll do marriage your way. And that’s what I see often. That’s what I see often, is that people are dejected and downcast about their marriage because earthly happiness is what they’re looking to. They’re looking for earthly happiness. But if you’re looking to dance on streets of gold, and you’re looking for your highest human assignment, your husband or your wife, to be dancing up there with you, your brother in Christ, your sister in Christ, then you are going to approach marriage differently. You’re going to approach marriage as an assignment, as I have a task, day in and day out, to love this Christian, this this brother in Christ, this sister in Christ, well. And what does it mean to love them well, to love them that as they receive love, biblically, a wife is to respect, admire and wholehearted intimacy with her husband. And for a husband, it’s to make her safe, to feel known, to feel holy heartedly cherished. So you may listen to that list, and you may say, Yeah, my wife isn’t doing that for me. Yeah, my husband isn’t doing that for me. Okay, are you doing that for your husband? Are you doing that for your wife? Let this not be about yourself. Let it not be about myself. Self, let it be about them walking before Jesus, so they can dance on streets of gold, so they get a mansion right next to yours or on the other side of town. I don’t know how it’s going to be set up, okay, but I sure want to be hanging out at least close by to my husband. Gosh, it’s gonna be so good. It’s gonna be so daggone good. Oh my gosh. So yeah, listen to that podcast episode, because the one I mentioned on the blurry creatures podcast, because I just, I just think it’s gonna start flooding your imagination with ideas of heaven. And that’s what John Burke’s ministry actually is called, imagine heaven. And he’s got a book that I’ve been listening to. It’s just so good guys, your motivation is your spouse’s closeness with Jesus. So if your motivation is selfishness, then you may put up a boundary for the sake of your self. However, if your heart is on target, you may put up the exact same boundary, but it’s full of grace and forgiveness, yet a boundary. So here’s an example. Let’s say a husband’s into porn, and a wife finds out now she could respond in rage, anger, legitimate frustration and pain and the boundary could be you sleep on the couch, or I’m leaving you right. Maybe it starts out with pain and rage, but there’s a process of healing and forgiveness, and yet the boundary still is you sleep on the couch. You must have accountability here. You must go through a healing journey so that I’m safe enough to begin our intimate relationship again. I don’t think pornography is grounds for divorce. I think it’s spiritual death. I think it’s significant. I think it should require a pause on physical intimacy until there’s safety there, so that she can give herself wholeheartedly to intimacy again, or for the first time. However, there’s a heart difference. So I was reading in John 16, and with the backdrop of thinking about Jesus, there are some really amazing scriptures that I want to share with you. So

Belah Rose  18:05

in verse 27 the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God, skipping down to John 17 six. So this is Jesus praying for His disciples right before he’s about to be arrested and killed. And he knows it. He knows it. So he says, I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours. You gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you, for I gave them the words you gave me, and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I’m not praying for the world, but those you have given me for they are yours. I think that’s interesting. Jesus Himself said, I’m not praying for the world, I’m praying for those that you are you have sent me. I think that’s pretty fascinating, because Jesus could have prayed for the world, but he prayed for those he was assigned to. He prayed for the ones that God sent him, and then later on, it says, My prayer is not, and this is verse 20, my prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message. So that’s us. Yay. Jesus is praying for us too. But what I’m meaning here is that original he’s talking about, I’m not praying for the world. I’m praying for my disciples. I’m praying for my disciples. And I think that’s pretty amazing, because here’s the deal, I don’t know if I’m assigned to you. I don’t know if I’m. Assigned to my clients. I don’t know if I’m assigned to even my friends. I assume those are my neighbors. I think they’re in my assignment. I think you’re in my assignment. I think I’m supposed to serve you in the ways that I do right now. But what I know for sure, for sure, no question is I’m assigned to the man who sleeps on the other side of the bed. Period. There is no question. I am sure of it. There are too many scriptures about marriage, for me to think this one’s not important. It’s too important. And please hear me. Hear me. Listen really, like really. Listen to this one. If you don’t listen to anything else in this podcast, listen to this part. Please. Do we have an agreement there? Huh? Gonna listen to this one good. This is about you. It’s not about your spouse. Seriously, discipline your heart right now to say, I am not thinking this episode would be great if my spouse heard it. It’s too important. You will be judged by yourself. You will be there in front of Jesus by yourself. You can’t say, Well, my husband didn’t do this or Well, my wife didn’t do that. You will be there by yourself. It’s important. It says those who seek Me will find me if they seek me with all of their hearts, you have an opportunity in your little 8090, years or 20 years, we don’t know how long we have, you will find God. If you seek Him with all your heart, you will find him if you seek Him with all your heart, this is an episode that is not meant for your spouse. It’s meant for you. It’s meant for me. This scripture is for me. This scripture is for us. Let us not look in a judging way at one someone else, but to say, God, am I loving my first human assignment in such a way that when I get before you, I will say I did it your way, and yes, I held my spouse in the way that you would want me to have done it. And again, maybe there’s a level of difficult conversations that need to be had, but it’s not out of a heart of selfish ambition. The motivation is out of love for your spouse. The motivation is out of an abundance of I love my brother in Christ. I want him there with me. I love my sister in Christ. I want her there with me. It’s not about temporary, earthly happiness. See if I love and serve my husband the way he receives love, then he can do what God wants him to do in this world better. I believe my purpose as a wife is to empower him to do God’s will in this world, and so if He’s respected, admired and wholehearted intimacy, he can do it better. He can. I’ve just worked with too many men to know that men thrive when that is how they are treated in their marriages. And that’s a biblical, biblical thing. And women thrive when they feel safe and known and cherished, really, really cherished, wholeheartedly, cherished. And if you see your heart is bitter and self centered and prideful, Hey, I see it in my heart too. Shoot, I see it in my heart too. Ah, Jesus, help me. This is really beautiful. Check this out. In that same prayer, John 1715 He says, My prayer is not that you take them out of this, out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one. This is crazy. What is he talking about? Protect them? Because just a chapter earlier, he says the time is coming, and he’s This is him talking to His disciples. The time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they’re. Offering a service to God, they will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this so that when their time comes, you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, but now I’m going to Him who sent Me. So Jesus is saying you’re going to be killed. And the people that are doing it are going to think they’re doing the right thing. I mean, tragic. And yet, then a chapter later, he says, I’m praying that I’m my prayer is not that you take them out of the world that will kill them, right? But that you protect them from the evil one. In my mind, that means spiritually. It means spiritually, this, this, this life is but a vapor. It’s but a vapor. We know it. It’s scriptural, it’s there. It’s but a vapor, all the glory of man. You could have every good thing. You could have mansions here. You could have you could have the respect, the reputation. You could have everybody admiring you. And yet it’s like a flower on the field, the glory of man, flower in a field, Here today, gone tomorrow. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one. I think that’s spiritual. Lord. Would you protect my heart? Protect me from believing the lies that the enemy wants to deceive me with every single day, every single day. Then it says they are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them, I sanctify Myself that they too may be truly sanctified. What is Jesus doing by sanctify How is he sanctifying himself? He’s dying. He’s sacrificing himself. Sanctify yourself by dying to yourself, sanctify Myself by dying to myself so that I love my spouse. Well,

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that’s what this is about. You won’t living for yourself is undermining the very thing you want is a healed marriage. Living your for yourself is undermining the very thing you want a healed marriage. If marriage is your God, you will do it your way. You’ll throw everything at it. You’ll say everything that’s on your mind, you’ll accuse, you’ll push, you’ll correct, you’ll teach. You’ll be bitter, you’ll be unforgiving, you’ll do all of it your way. How’s that working out for you? How’s it going? I’ll tell you when I get in that zone, and sometimes I do, I honest. Sometimes it happens, it’s tragic, it’s sad, and I have to come back and repent and say, God, I did it again. Help me. Forgive me. Put me back on the right track, Lord. And thank you. I was talking to somebody I highly, highly respect and regard, and she was telling me that she did essentially this to her husband the other day. And, you know, I was like, you know, gives us a lot more empathy for the people we serve, doesn’t it? It’s like, yeah, the enemy can deceive us too. We might be doing this work for a long time, and yet the enemy can deceive any of us. Clinging to God, coming back, coming back again and again and again. He cares about our character more than our happiness. He cares about our holiness more than our happiness. He cares about being sanctified. And how is Jesus sanctifying himself by suffering, by literal death. And if we can die to ourselves in a relationship, our highest human assignment literally higher than our ministry, higher than our kids, higher. If we can do it there, we can do it other places. When we say, oh, it’s no big deal. I’m just sacrificing my own pleasures so that I can fulfill God’s assignment like this is only 80 years of sacrifice. Are you kidding me? I’m dancing on streets of gold and Lord willing, my. Brother in Christ, or my sister in Christ, is going to be dancing right there with me, because I loved them well. And guess what? Loving them well sometimes means difficult conversations. Sometimes it means all sorts of things God will lead you in that it. But what I believe in my work is the vast majority of what is required is sacrifice. Is loving when you don’t want to, is holding your tongue when you feel it’s unfair, is smiling even when you felt a little slighted, is giving it to God is forgiving. And I’ll tell you, the vast majority of the time, then God has a chance to work on their heart. And you’re not in the way. You’re not trying to be Holy Spirit to them, but you get out of the way, and God can convict them, and God can draw them close, and you can be the intercessor. You can be the prayer warrior for their heart. I love my husband. I’m really excited for him to meet Jesus. I will have no regrets that I pursued to love him well, instead of my own happiness. And the cool thing is, because I pursued to love him, well, I was a heck of a lot more happy. It’s amazing. Oh my gosh. You know what that sounds like? It sounds like seeking first the Kingdom of God and then all these things will be added unto you. But we got to give up. We’ve got to give up our sense of pride, our sense of fairness, our sense of deservedness. We have got to forgive first. It even says in the Bible that let me find the Scripture First Peter three, seven husbands in the same way, be considerate as you live with your wives and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. Can you imagine you might be a prayer warrior for others, and yet it’s ineffective and hindered because of the way you consider and live and treat and respect or disrespect your wife. Respect comes from the heart, by the way. Like that would be tragic, right? That would be tragic. God has a plan for us as husbands. God has a plan for us as wives. And earlier in that same chapter, it says, Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see the purity and reverence of their lives. Can you imagine, dear wife, what if that was the reputation of wives in our society, at least in Christian society, is, you know, those wives, they don’t talk back to their husbands, they don’t disrespect their husbands. Oh, they live with purity and reverence in their lives. I mean, all that comes to me in terms of an image is dignified. What a dignified woman who is poured out for Jesus and honors and respects her husband. Well,

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your beauty should not come from outward adornment such as elaborate hairstyles and wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Rather, it should be of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. Man, Lord, would you please give me a gentle and quiet spirit? Can you please do that for me? Jesus, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. Isn’t that what we want? We want God to see us and say, Wow, that that woman’s heart, that woman’s heart, is of great worth to me. Belah, for this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughter if you do what is right and do not give way to fear, as I’ve done this work, what I know for sure is that control is based on fear. When women control and mother and tell their husbands what to do, it is based on fear. Don’t give way to fear. So dear husband, dear wife. I have work to do. I hope my comment is the one you’ll remember the most. This is for you. This is not for your spouse. This is for me. This is not for my husband. I want to dance on streets of gold. I want my mansion nice and big. I’m putting my treasures in heaven. That’s what we’re doing here. That’s what this is about. If God is my God, and marriage is my assignment, then I’m going to do it his way. All right, let’s pray. Oh Father. We love you. We love your truth. We speak directly to you because of your blood, Jesus, we get to come before the holies. Of Holies, we get to stand before Your glorious who you are in your presence, Father of lights, who deserves all praise and honor and glory, we don’t deserve it. You gave it graciously and generously, and we accept it, Lord. The truth is, when we seek you with all of our hearts, we find you. You are refining us, and you are not cheap. You are not cheap. You did you desire all you require all. Lord, I pray anyone hearing my voice would gain the joy that comes from repentance, the joy that comes from repentance of going a step closer to the King of kings, the Lord of lords, their daddy, their Abba, their father, who longs to see them walk a step closer, and that’s what repentance is. Is saying not My will, God, your will. Forgive me of the times I’ve been self centered and selfish, forgive me of the times I’ve lived for this earthly happiness, and yet you have been calling me. You have been inviting me to walk a step further closer to your heart. God, let us not honor you with our lips, but bring our heart close to you. We don’t want to be ones that honor you with our lips, but our hearts are far from you, as you say, Jesus, we want to do both. We want to honor you with our lips, and our hearts are close to you. God. Let it be true for us. Only you know our hearts. God, no one else can judge but you. Some of us are gifted at charisma, some of us are gifted at saying the right things. Let it be true. Let it be truer. Let our words be truer, God, let it be true of us, and forgive us, Lord of our pride. I oh Lord, forgive us. Help us to go forward today, and thank you because of your blood, you paid the price for our sin. You paid it. You paid the price for our sin. Thank you. Thank you that I can, I can finish this prayer and I get white robes. I’m clean, I’m forgiven. It’s over. It’s a blank slate. I don’t have the shame or guilt anymore. You took it and I thank you. Jesus, amen, dear husband, dear wife. God really likes you. He really, really likes you, and he really loves you.

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And he’s excited for eternity with You. Let’s not squander let’s not squander the little, tiny vapor that we have in this world and waste the opportunity of having big old mansions in the next why? Am I thinking about mansion so much? I don’t know, but it’s getting me excited. I’m ready for that mansion and flying and ice cream and streets of gold and dancing. All right, those are all the exciting things about heaven. All right, dear, precious, wonderful one. It’s a tall order, right? It’s a tall order. We need people to walk alongside us in this journey of doing it. God’s way. Delight. Your marriage is here to help you. By God’s grace, we get to help a lot of people we’d love to come alongside. Encourage you on the way. Root you on. Say, Go get them. Keep going. Don’t give it up. The enemy wants to deceive you, but come on, God loves you, and let’s keep doing it God’s way. And hey, here’s a little tweak that you might want to do, and here’s that training, and here’s this. And so anyway, we’ve got a big old system that we are thrilled to help you out with. Delight your marriage, comm slash CC, is your opportunity for a free conversation with somebody who’s gone through this journey themselves. God’s healed them. Put them on the track towards Jesus healed their marriage. Man so good. God is so good. Alrighty. Well, we’ll talk soon. God bless. Hey, you know once, sorry. One other thing that will be really fun is that I’ll get to meet you face to face in eternity. Okay, so maybe I’ll meet you on Zoom doing coaching sometime, or in a speaking gig or whatever. That’d be really cool. But like, what if we get to dance not what if, how about we dance together in eternity? Like, we can have, like, a big dance party, like, won’t that be fun? And you can pick some music, and I can pick some music, and I bet it’s even going to be better music than what we have here. Oh, man, all right, that’s enough. Too much talk. Go enjoy that other podcast if you get the chance, I think it’ll encourage you. All right. God bless you. Talk soon. You you.