The 3 Words With The Potential To Change Your Life With Pastor Mark Battterson
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
How can just three words help strengthen your emotional, spiritual and mental health? Not only that, but Pastor Mark Batterson says they can shift the tide and change everything. Please, Sorry, Thanks is the name of Pastor Mark Batterson's new book, and he is here today with Dr. Kim, sharing why it's worth devoting an entire book to three of the first words many of us were taught growing up! Don't miss this powerful episode.
Episode highlights include:
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Practices to better position ourselves to hear God's voice over the world's noise
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The psychology of please, the science of sorry, and the theology of thanks
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The antidote to bitterness, and the lasting impacts of unconfessed bitterness
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
RESOURCES
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For some guidance to try Mark's idea of asking great questions, try our 52 Questions For Your Family Table. These are designed to help you ask great questions and engage in interesting conversation!
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will love Mark's new book Please, Sorry, Thanks!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. |
| 0:13.4 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:21.8 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:27.7 | Welcome to today's Office of Marriage Podcast. |
| 0:29.9 | I am so excited that Mark Batterson is our guest today. |
| 0:33.2 | Mark is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:36.8 | He is a doctor of ministry degree from Regent University. |
| 0:40.0 | He is a New York Times best-selling author in his newest book. |
| 0:43.6 | Please, sorry, thanks. |
| 0:45.0 | The three words that change everything is now out. |
| 0:47.8 | Mark and his wife Laura live on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:49.8 | They have three adult children. |
| 0:51.3 | You are going to love this interview. |
| 0:53.5 | Let's go to the studio right now. |
| 0:55.4 | Well, Mark, what a joy to have you with us today on the podcast. Thanks so much for spending time, |
| 0:59.8 | and it's good to finally meet you. Well, it's a joy and privilege. Can't wait. Okay, that's great. |
| 1:06.5 | Well, let's kind of get into it. Obviously, the new book. And so in there, you say that the best predictor of |
| 1:12.0 | success in life, in love and in leadership is the proficiency, sorry, of please, sorry, and thanks. |
| 1:19.3 | That's a strong claim, but I totally agree. But let's talk about why that is true and how you got to that. |
| 1:25.0 | Yeah. Well, in my experience, nothing opens doors like please, |
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