Hey everyone, it's so great to have you with us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

We are going to continue our very encouraging series today called Life's Healing Choices.

And in these lessons, Rick Warren will guide us through a deep biblical exploration of how to overcome the hurts, hang-ups, and habits that really hold us back.

So get ready for some practical insights and powerful truths that can lead to lasting change and freedom in your life.

And now Pastor Rick with the final part of a message called What Destroyes Relationships and What Builds Them.

Now, the Bible tells us, and even history and personal experience tells us, that opposites attract.

Opposites attract. And then when they get married, opposites attack.

What fascinates you, now irritates you.

This happens all the time.

You see, when you are single and you look out there and you see somebody that's not like you, that is fascinating.

You know, like a person who's kind of quiet, says, look at that person, how boisterous, how loud,

how full of life and vivacious they are,

and you find it attractive because it's not like you.

And so then, you know, you get in a relationship

or you get married, and then after about a year,

you're going, do you have to be loud all the time?

And it starts getting on your nerves.

It starts irritating you.

And as I said, you attract, and then you attack.

I mean, if you have been married at any point in your life,

how many of you had unrealistic expectations in your marriage?

Can I see your hands?

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