“I Want Kids. My Husband Doesn’t”

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

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🗓️ 29 July 2016

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Pastor John advises a married couple who disagree on whether or not to have kids.

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0:00.0	A female listener who wishes to remain anonymous writes in to say this,
0:09.9	Pastor John and Tony, thank you for the blessings you provide through Desiring God and
0:14.7	APJ.
0:16.1	My husband and I have been happily married for ten years.
0:20.4	When we were married, I knew he did not desire children, but for the past couple of years,
0:24.9	my desire for children has grown significantly.
0:28.8	Many friends have prayed for us and we have prayed together, but we continue to strongly
0:32.8	disagree.
0:34.4	His lack of desire, my growing desire for the blessing of children.
0:39.5	He is a strong spiritual leader of our home and seeks joy in Jesus daily.
0:43.7	Pastor John, do you have any biblical or experiential advice for us in resolving this difficult situation?
0:49.3	Yeah, well, go get your husband or just email him the app or the program because I'm going
0:57.8	to talk to him and I know his heart can change because my heart changed.
1:02.3	We had four kids.
1:03.3	I wanted four kids.
1:04.3	I loved them and we were done.
1:06.2	I thought, then a long comes, a long comes the adoption possibility of telling that
1:11.7	age 50 and I thought, oh my goodness, I'm too old.
1:15.6	This will never work and God did a great work in my heart and so here are ten reasons.
1:22.7	I'll try to go quick, ten reasons that a man, a husband, should want to be father.
1:29.7	Number one, God created man with this mandate, Genesis 1, 28.
1:35.8	God bless them.
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