What is going on, everybody?

Welcome to the final day of the Stand for Your Marriage Masterclass.

Today is going to be a little bit more brief than the first six days so we can send you off well and with confidence and security and the things that you have learned this week.

We encourage you to watch the videos back

for any areas for scripture references in your notes where you wanted to go a little bit deeper

in the revelation and understanding and really uncover the heart behind not only the standing

spouse devotional, but just really our heart for marriages and what's

required for standing. Our ultimate goal with this challenge was to challenge the man-made

fictions and the worldly principles and the things that drag people away from the heart of

God concerning marriage restoration. I often tell our clients that this is the

second vow of consecration that you are making. In Proverbs 2025 says it is a trap for a man to speak a

vow of consecration and rashly say it is holy only later to consider whether or not he can fulfill

his vow. So Jesus created that

moment at the altar, or I'm sorry, God created that moment at the altar for you to come into a

vow of consecration. But even God knew that his own bride was going to defile covenant. So he sent

his son Jesus to create a path back to the restoration of covenant.

So this time, this vow of consecration, it means something a little bit more because you're making

the decision not rashly, not hastily, with the record of wrongs and with the memories that I am for my marriage in the same way

that my father is for my covenant. But we have to remember, and the Bible talks about it all

throughout the New Testament, not all counsel is godly counsel. And it comes in all forms,

right? Friends, family, counselors, therapists, all of the above, co-workers, any type of relationship.

Some of you all get a little, you know, dare I say, enmeshed, which is a worldly term with your adult children, right?

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