My Worst Fears

The Real Marriage Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 919 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The world right now is full of uncertainty and fear. The spirit of fear will pull your marriage apart but the Spirit of God will unite you and bring peace. Today we share some of our story and how we struggled with fear. In this episode, we talk about how fear didn't come into existence until sin came into the world. Fear is an opposite reaction to peace but perfect love casts out fear. Fear wants to take everything you have but the Spirit of God will unite you and your spouse. Go deeper and watch teachings from leading marriage experts on XO Now. With this on-demand video streaming platform from XO Marriage, you can watch the best marriage content from some of the best marriage experts on your phone, computer, or TV wherever you are. We're giving our listeners a FREE CHAPTER from Mark and Grace's book, Win Your War. All you have to do is text WINYOURWAR to 31996 and we'll send you a free chapter instantly! Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fear can make us really selfish and self-consumed because all we're doing is looking at that fear.
0:07.0	We're overcome by that fear and so everything revolves around that fear.
0:12.0	And so selfishness unfortunately is a side effect of fear if we allow ourselves to live in fear.
0:18.0	Initial response of fear isn't necessarily bad because it can
0:23.0	caution us. But if we choose to live in fear after that, then it causes us to be very selfish.
0:28.9	Well, and if you feel like I'm under attack, I'm in danger, I'm not thinking or caring about anyone
0:33.4	else. Sometimes the fear makes us very, very selfish people. And in marriage, if you're
0:37.8	married to someone who has a lot of fears, they're going to be selfish and not very concerned
0:42.2	with your well-being because they're consumed with their own fears.
0:45.7	Hi, friends. This is the Real Marriage podcast with Mark and Grace Driscoll. Our story is not perfect.
0:50.7	Our marriage is not perfect. But thankfully, our God is perfect.
0:58.5	Well, howdy? Welcome back to the Real Marriage podcast. Mark and Grace Driscoll here, and today we want to juxtapose living in fear versus living from faith. And the big idea is that
1:06.9	ultimately there are seasons in every marriage where you got some big decisions to make.
1:13.9	And sometimes it's because you're feeling a sense of God leading you.
1:17.8	And sometimes the circumstances are such that you don't have a choice.
1:22.9	Things are changing and you've got to figure out what to do.
1:25.8	But the problem is you can't see the future.
1:28.3	You don't know what's gonna happen.
1:29.6	Maybe you need to move.
1:30.6	Maybe you need to get a new job or you don't have a job and you've got to figure out a career path.
1:35.4	Maybe you're trying to decide, is this a good time for kids?
1:39.5	Lots of big decisions.
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