Uninvited Guests - Putting God First in Your Marriage

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

There is no shortage of great podcasts, popular books, and helpful resources to help you strengthen your marriage. But in this program, Chip explains that there’s one simple discipline that, if you commit to it, you will transform your relationship. Listen in to learn what this fundamental habit is and the steps you can follow to make it a daily priority in your life.

Introduction:

God’s original design:

Marriage was created as a sacred stewardship to reflect the unity and love of the Trinity.

Satan’s agenda:

To destroy or pervert marriage by telling lies that make it self-centered

Foundational Marriage Truths

Foundational truth #1:

In my own strength, I am INCAPABLE of being the husband of wife God calls me to be. Therefore, my first priority for a successful marriage is my own vibrant DAILY walk with God. By His Word and His Spirit in community with fellow believers God will give me ALL I need to become a loving and godly husband or wife.

Key verses:

2 Peter 1:3-4
Galatians 2:20

The BIO Acronym:

B: Before God Daily
I: In community
O: On mission

Foundational truth #2:

I will CHOOSE to love my mate by God’s power and grace in all circumstances. Love is giving another person what they NEED the most, when they DESERVE it the least, at great PERSONAL COST.

Key verse:

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

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0:00.0	There are tons of helpful books, podcasts, and resources out there to help strengthen your
0:06.7	connection with your spouse.
0:08.7	But what if I told you there's a single practice, one simple discipline that can absolutely
0:13.8	transform your marriage?
0:16.0	Interested?
0:17.0	Well, stay with us as we identify this habit and help make it a priority in your relationship.
0:22.0	I'm Dave Drury, and you're listening to Living on the Edge.
0:25.0	The mission of this daily program is to intentionally disciple Christians through the insightful Bible teaching of Chip Ingram.
0:31.6	In this program, he'll pick up where we left off in our series, Uninvited Guests,
0:36.2	recognizing and resisting the attacks on your family.
0:39.6	In the first part of this new teaching, Chip exposed the harmful lies that are threatening many
0:44.0	marriages and shared what you can do to safeguard your relationship. Today, he's pivoting to
0:49.6	unpack the truths that are the building blocks of a God-honoring marriage. Well, Chip has a lot to get to, so grab your Bible and notes as we settle in for his insightful
0:59.0	talk.
1:00.0	One day, God had a great idea.
1:03.0	And after he had made everything and made man, he said, I've got a great idea.
1:08.0	It's not good for a human being to be alone. And so he made a sacred
1:13.3	stewardship. He wanted us humans, made in his image to get to experience in some way what the
1:20.7	father, the son, and the Holy Spirit experience all the time. Unity, oneness, a love for one another, no competition, a love that's pure, that's
1:31.5	aligned. Jesus would say later that I'm the bridegroom and the church is the bride, and marriage
1:38.1	is going to be that picture. And what Satan has done is he's taking that sacred stewardship
1:43.3	that we've been given,
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