A Relationship that Lasts: Our Story: Bryan & Stephanie Carter
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Long-lasting relationships don't happen by accident. Bryan Carter, author of Made to Last, is joined by his wife Stephanie as they share their own story—and how it's helped them build a stronger forever.
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Connect with Bryan and Stephanie Carter and find their book at http://www.bryancarter.org/ or on Instagram at @mrbryanlcarter and @mrsstephcarter
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| 0:00.0 | You got 30 seconds. I didn't prep you for this. You have no idea what I'm going to ask you. Okay, but a single girl comes up to you |
| 0:06.7 | Says I'm getting married. I want to have the best marriage ever tell me what I need to do in 30 seconds |
| 0:10.5 | Go. I'd just say one thing. You need to be you can't say what don't like say Jesus |
| 0:16.4 | No, I'm going to say that you have to base it on the rock of Jesus or it's going to be really hard and even with Jesus it can still be hard |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Family Life Today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. You can find us at familylifeToday.com or on the Family Life app. This is Family Life Today |
| 1:00.5 | We've got Brian Carter and his wife Stephanie in the studio day. Is this your first time ever in Family Life Today? Maybe 10, 15 years ago. Welcome back to Family Life Today. Thank you so much. Which means the last time you were on was Little Rock. It was. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you know you had Dennis and Bob who don't look anything as good as he is. But a lot of people may not know is you are on the Family Life board. How many years? |
| 1:27.0 | That'd be 5 years now. 5 years. Man, it's been an honor to serve but I've been connected to Family Life for probably 20 years. Really? How'd you get connected? |
| 1:34.6 | I met Dennis in 2002 at a mentoring conference. It was a Crawford, the Ritz at organized it. He had invited young past young preachers and what happened out of the conference was every person there got a mentor and so it just so happened. |
| 1:52.6 | just so happened, there was a lot of gentlemen there, |
| 1:55.6 | but I was fortunate enough to get Dennis |
| 1:57.5 | as my mentor for two years. |
| 1:59.4 | And so it was Brian LaRitz, myself, |
| 2:01.8 | and a couple of the guys, every month we talked on the phone. |
| 2:04.4 | And it was a mentoring call. |
| 2:06.2 | And then once a year we had a gathering together. |
| 2:08.6 | And so it was a joy to talk to Dennis once a month. |
| 2:11.3 | Had you and Stephanie been married yet? |
| 2:13.4 | We were. |
| 2:14.4 | 2002, so we had just had our first baby. |
| 2:17.1 | Oh, so it's perfect, tiny, |
| 2:19.2 | perfect. |
| 2:20.2 | Dennis Rainey to come into the action. |
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