Marriage as Ministry

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🗓️ 9 February 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Tom and JoAnn Doyle have been married almost 38 years, and God has used their marriage to draw others to Christ in the United States and even in the Middle East. Listen in as they share how they’ve seen God use their marriage. They’ll tell you what Muslims see as different about a Christian marriage and how they have worked to balance God’s call to ministry and marriage in order to be successful at both. Tom and JoAnn will also share some real-life examples of how they’ve dealt with conflict, and give specific advice for different stages of your marriage. As we approach Valentine’s Day next week, spend a half hour thinking about marriage as ministry, and pray that God will use your marriage to bring others to Christ.

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0:00.0	When a wife thinks her husband is about to make a bad decision, how can she share her wisdom and still respect him to lead their family?
0:11.4	When Tom and Joanne Doyle were about to buy their first house, Tom's heart was set on a fixer-upper.
0:18.0	Joanne expressed her deep concerns to Tom about the wisdom of taking on this project, but he disagreed.
0:27.0	Tom was no, no, no, no, and that's when I thought, okay, Lord, you have made him the head of our home.
0:31.9	So now I'm going to my knees and I've already told him
0:35.0	what I think and so now I need to go to you because you're over him and if this is
0:39.1	from you you'll make it all work out but if this is not from you, Lord, stop it, change his heart, do something.
0:45.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:48.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:52.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:54.4	Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today
0:59.5	in the lives of his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton's,
1:03.6	we hear their inspiring stories
1:05.4	and learn how we can help.
1:07.0	Right now, on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:10.5	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton and I'm in the
1:14.9	studio today with Tom and Joanne Doyle. They work with E3 partners reaching Muslims,
1:21.8	reaching others across the Middle East with the gospel message.
1:25.2	Tom is also the author of a book called Standing in the Fire, which I would encourage you to get a copy of and
1:31.5	read. You know, next week is Valentine's Day and it's, you know, we kind of celebrate love and romance and all those things.
1:39.6	So we're going to do something today on Voice to the Martyrs radio that we have never done before.
1:45.2	I want to talk to you, Tom, and Joanne about marriage and ministry and how you balance them.
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