He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain, which he cannot lose.

That is a quote by Jim Elliott, who was an American missionary, who died at a very young age,

and he was killed by the people that he was trying to minister to.

But he wrote that quote saying, basically, it is wise of us to give up that which we cannot keep, which is our lives, like our mortal lives, to gain, which is eternity, that which we cannot lose.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And that's the whole calibrating statement in the reality of this series, right?

Is that there is an outside authority, an outside, what I'm looking for, it's something

so much bigger than just this life that we live in light of.

And we don't just live for this life.

We are not citizens of this world.

We're citizens of the kingdom of heaven as Christians.

But do we live our lives like that's the true reality?

When Christ says, whoever wants to gain their life will lose it,

whoever loses their life will gain it.

Do we take those words seriously?

And is he calling us to lose our lives in ways in marriage, in our family life, in how we orient our priorities? And that's the big question that we're hoping to answer, which we have spent three episodes going over that. We talked about first things, last things. And we've talked about how to have unity as a couple today. The focus of this episode is actually putting what we've learned into practice through our habits,

through our rhythms, and namely through our family vision and mission statement.

So it's going to be a full episode and we'll see you on the other side.

Welcome to the fierce marriage podcast where we believe that marriage takes a fierce tenacity

that never gives up and refuses to give in.

Here we'll share openly and honestly about all things marriage.

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