If we know that the Holy Spirit isn't going to come out, we just try and avoid, try not to bump

the person, upset them, frustrate them.

Walking on eggshells.

Yeah, it's like they're a grenade with a pinhole and you're like, I know if we have

anything happen, I'm not going to get the fruit of the spirit.

And as a result, I'm managing that relationship, not really enjoying that relationship.

Howdy, folks, welcome back to the Real Marriage podcast this season. We are talking about

relationships. We all have many different relationships in our lives and none more important

than our relationship with Christ and our spouse. But are there other relationships in your life that are hurting your most

important ones? That's what we're talking about today. All righty. Well, Mark and Grace here.

Welcome to Real Relationships. It's a series of talks that we're going to do on general relationships.

They tell us, the experts, that the average person interacts with

between 500 and 2,000 and 1⁄2,000 people a year. If you're in ministry, a Walmart greeter,

probably a lot more. If you're in a city that has a bad mayor, you probably have not

seen another person for a very long time. But they tell us that we spend

40% of our time with the same five people. And so in this series, we're going to talk about

relationships in general. But it starts with your relationship with the Lord, your spouse,

your kids, extended family, friends, church family.

And the longer you're married, true or false, the more relationships you pick up.

Yes, for sure.

And so all of a sudden, you've got one another, and you come with your friends,

and then you've got your extended family, and then you have kids, and then they got friends,

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