“We Had to Create a Second Marriage” How to Heal a Relationship After Infidelity & Addiction | Carl Lentz

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Have you saved your seats at Summit of Greatness 2024 yet?! Get them before they sell out at lewishowes.com/tickets For those familiar with Carl Lentz’s history, you know about the scandal that led to his dismissal from Hillsong Church a few years ago. If you’re wondering why I chose to feature him on an episode of The School of Greatness, I want to assure you that my goal isn’t to place him on a pedestal. Instead, I want to illuminate the very real journey of finding healing after failure and heartbreak. This conversation will be approached with care and transparency because I know many of you have faced similar challenges or are still in the process of healing from something similar. I hope you’ll join us for this important discussion.

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0:00.0	I definitely know what it's like to be cloaked in shame and almost feel like you're suffocating.
0:05.6	Shame is about what other people are thinking about you. It's external.
0:09.9	There is such things as healthy guilt where you realize I'm wrong and I feel terrible about it.
0:14.5	And it's going forward.
0:15.5	I had to really find that avenue quick because shame takes you backwards.
0:20.1	And conviction is I was wrong and this is what I'm going to do to make amends.
0:25.0	Carl Lens was once one of the most popular preachers in America.
0:28.0	Carl Lens is the celebrity pastor whose recent downfall has triggered a wave of scandals for the church.
0:34.0	Carl Lentz.
0:35.0	You know, I lied to a lot of people.
0:37.0	I've had the stomach that and will for the rest of my life.
0:39.0	People often ask, how did it get so bad?
0:42.0	Before you lie to anybody else, you lie to yourself.
0:44.2	There's a lot of people watching that have had a bad chapter,
0:46.8	maybe even a bad book.
0:49.0	Greatest news on earth at any time you can change your story. Only you control that.
0:53.4	Over half of marriages end due to infidelity.
0:56.4	When I would get close to her for the first two or three months,
0:58.8	the body would shake.
0:59.6	She would feel safe physically with you.
1:01.0	That's a horrible place to put your life. You talk about shame.
1:06.3	She just forgave me last year and I asked her to pray for me.
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