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How Do I Love My Unbelieving Spouse?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

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

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The key to persevering in a discouraging marriage is hope and faith from God’s word that he can overcome the divide.

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0:00.0

Easter Sunday is a glorious day to celebrate the victory of Christ.

0:08.8

It's my favorite day of the year, and then Monday arrives, and we again face all the struggles

0:14.7

of our fallen and unresurrected world.

0:18.4

And this includes the struggles that are very close to home, the struggles that are even

0:22.9

inside of our homes.

0:25.3

One man, a husband and a father write to him to ask of this.

0:29.3

Mr. John, I am a Christian, my wife is not.

0:32.6

When we met and married in medical school nine years ago, I held firmly to atheism and

0:37.0

relativism.

0:38.0

She was Buddhist.

0:39.6

Five years ago, God opened the eyes of my heart to see, experience, and know the truth

0:43.4

of Jesus Christ.

0:45.6

Like Nebuchadnezzar, God brought me low, and from those depths, I arose in awe and praise.

0:51.8

However, these last several years have been challenging for my marriage, despite sharing

0:56.6

two young sons together, my wife and I are spiritually at odds.

1:00.6

Despite my attempts to explain, she does not understand my faith in Christ, nor my time

1:04.4

spent in Bible reading and prayer.

1:06.9

My time at church on Sundays is often viewed as a distraction from our family life.

1:12.3

I love my wife immensely.

1:14.0

I love our experience of each other, caring for our sons.

1:17.4

I believe those joys are pointers to an experience of God's joy.

1:21.3

She does not.

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