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The Real Marriage Podcast

You'll Never Hurt Me Again

The Real Marriage Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.7919 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We take vows on our wedding day but there are also vows we make to ourselves before we get married that come from the enemy. These inner vows take the place of God in that area of our life and can cause explosions in our marriage when those lines are crossed. Mark & Grace talking about breaking the demonic strongholds that come from inner vows. You’re already in a war. It’s time to fight. In this Season, Win Your Marriage War as Mark and Grace equip you with tools to fight the real enemy. TEXT MOREGRACE to 31996 to go deeper into every episode this season and the book with Grace's Win Your War Study Guide. Take what you’ve heard and start putting it to practical use with questions for personal reflection and discussions for you and your spouse. Faithful Counseling is a solution for people seeking traditional mental health counseling who would prefer hearing from the perspective of a Christian. It’s not a crisis line, it’s not self-help, it is professional counseling done securely online. You can schedule weekly video or phone sessions so it works around your already busy schedule. Plus, it’s more affordable than traditional offline counseling and financial aid is available. Get 10% off your first month as a listener of the Real Marriage podcast. Go to getfaithful.com/realmarriage and join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional. Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're setting your marriage up for failure because you're actually living out of fear of what could happen instead of trusting the Lord to be in charge of your marriage and direct each day.

0:12.4

And so you're basically taking control out of God's hands and saying, it's okay, God, you don't have to worry about this.

0:17.4

I've got this in case it goes sideways.

0:19.3

The inner vow takes the place of

0:21.5

God. You know that you've got an inner vow when your spouse says or does something that triggers you.

0:27.5

You get way more emotional, maybe angry or hurt. Defensive. Volume goes up and you hit the crazy

0:34.0

button. I mean, all of a sudden now the clown car comes out of the tent. I mean,

0:37.9

it's zero to a hundred. I mean, now we're getting the ancestors involved. Your mother, your grandmother,

0:42.8

you're like your father. I mean, now we're doing genealogy and archaeology and you're like,

0:47.4

wow, that's, that went crazy fast. Well, howdy y'all? This is the real marriage podcast with Mark

0:53.8

and Grace Driscoll. Our story is not perfect. Our marriage is not perfect, but thankfully our God is perfect.

1:02.7

All right, babe. Honestly, are you ready? Yes. I'm not. Okay, so you're going to have to carry this one. All the burden is on you.

1:10.4

We're talking about spiritual warfare in marriage.

1:13.5

It's not just the husband, the wife, and the Lord.

1:15.9

It's also the enemy of the husband, the wife, and the Lord.

1:19.5

And today what we're going to talk about is inner vows.

1:22.2

So let's start.

1:23.4

Do you remember exchanging boughs on our wedding?

1:29.3

We're 21 years of age.

1:31.8

Do you remember standing on the altar and your dad was one of the officiants of our wedding?

1:37.3

Yeah, I cried.

1:38.8

Oh, I know because you're marrying me.

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