How Can We Prioritize Our Marriage over Work and Kids?

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Marriages die from neglect but grow with God-centered time and attention. Pastor John gives six ways to feed your marriage the time it needs.

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0:00.0	Happy Friday, everyone, and happy birthday to you, Pastor John, and happy birthday to the
0:10.3	Aspastor John podcast today, the podcast turned six.
0:14.4	And Pastor John turns 73, milestones everywhere.
0:19.1	And today we're turning our attention to marriage.
0:21.6	We've been talking about Bible questions up until this point in the new year.
0:25.6	We transition now and turn our attention to marriage to question from a listener named
0:30.0	Emily that comes into us.
0:31.8	She writes this, hello, Pastor John, my husband, and I have been married for almost seven
0:35.7	years.
0:36.9	And we have small children.
0:38.4	We both love the Lord and have recently become convicted by how our marriage has fallen
0:42.6	in our priorities, losing out to work, keeping up with the details of life, and trying to
0:47.5	muddle through parenting.
0:49.4	In the spirit of New Year's resolutions, could you give us some practical advice and wisdom
0:53.3	on how to keep our marriage, the number one earthly relationship, and restore it to
0:58.6	its due place of prominence in our lives?
1:01.9	Forgive me, Emily, if I make things a little more complicated.
1:06.4	I love the question, how do you restore marriage to its due place of prominence in our lives?
1:15.8	I'm not quite as happy with the question.
1:20.0	How do we keep our marriage the number one earthly?
1:25.2	And I know it's earthly relationships.
1:27.5	She's not competing with God here.
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