What’s your best advice for newlyweds?
Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2019
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Pastor J.D. shares his advice for newlyweds and we share an important podcast update you won’t want to miss.
A glimpse inside this episode:
Be as committed to counseling after your marriage as you were before.
- And note, there’s nothing wrong with counseling! Like going to the doctor. You don’t just do that before you die
Enjoy the other as a gift from God but don’t let them replace God:
- C.S. Lewis: like a ray of sunshine
- But don’t let them take the place of God! (What I’d write on their forehead with a Sharpie)
- Lonely, insecure single people become lonely, insecure married people.
But realize that one of God’s primary purposes is not to make you happy but to make you holy
Regarding honeymoon night and sex, be prepared and lower your expectations. Be patient with sex.
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This Episode’s Sponsor: One of the greatest predictors of a disciple’s spiritual growth is regular Bible reading. That’s why LifeWay created the Daily Discipleship Guide. To download four free sessions of the Daily Discipleship Guide, visit BibleStudiesforLife.com/DDG.
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| 0:00.0 | Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network. |
| 0:06.4 | Hey, this is J.D. |
| 0:07.4 | And before we jump into the Ask Me Anything question for today, I want to tell you, |
| 0:10.3 | that one of the greatest predictors I've heard of whether a disciple actually goes on and grows spiritually is whether or not they read the Bible every day. |
| 0:17.6 | It's one of the reasons that the first thing I do, literally, the first thing I do every day after getting a cup of coffee is just sit down to read God's word, have him speak to me |
| 0:24.6 | and me talk back to him in prayer. It's also why Lifeway created something called the Daily |
| 0:29.6 | Discipleship Guide. It's a new resource in the Bible Studies for Life family, and it contains |
| 0:34.5 | content for a weekly group Bible study. But it also includes five daily |
| 0:38.5 | devotions, and that's what makes this unique, to reinforce what was learned in that group |
| 0:42.7 | meeting. So not only is it good for a group or a Sunday school class, but it'll actually, |
| 0:46.5 | it'll form the substance, the content of your daily Bible reading. It would be a great place |
| 0:50.9 | to start, especially if you don't have a daily time with God. And the daily commitment to reading God's Word is going to end up leading into a habit |
| 0:57.8 | that will form the basis for an effective and productive discipleship. |
| 1:02.2 | You can get four free sessions of this, daily discipleship guide, four free ones just to see what it's like. |
| 1:07.2 | You can go to Bible Studies for Life.com slash DDG. That's Bible Studies for Life.com slash DDG. |
| 1:11.1 | That's Bible Studies for Life.com |
| 1:13.1 | slash DDG. |
| 1:14.6 | And now I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:16.1 | Ask me anything. |
| 1:35.3 | Thank you. Welcome to Ask Me Anything with Pastor J.D. |
| 1:37.3 | Honest questions, quick answers. |
| 1:38.8 | I'm your host, Todd Unzicker. |
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