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Tyler
Red Rocks Church.
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Sean
What's happening, Tyler? We're starting to make a habit out of this, aren't we? Yes, sir. Tyler, tell us about that song we just sang. Come on. Promised Land. The new record is out right now.
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Tyler
Let's go.
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Sean
Where do we get it? Wherever you stream music. Thank y' all so much. Thank you all so much. We write these songs for you all to take home Monday through Friday. I love you. You're a good man. Can we give it up for the band at every loc. If you're just joining with us today? We like to say this all the time. We're just a bunch of messed up, imperfect people. But we love to get together like this and pursue a perfect God. And so. So what that means for you, if you're visiting at one of our locations or online somewhere around the world, what that means for you is if you feel broken and messed up and imperfect, it means you found the right spot in this place. You're gonna be loved and welcomed and valued. You' already been prayed for. Welcome home. Welcome to Red Rocks Church. Are you guys fired up? High five. Somebody have a seat. Let's get this party going. We are starting a brand new teaching series today. Guys, we need a. We need one of those drum rolls. On your knees. Ready? Drum roll. Drum roll on your knees. And the title of the new series is
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Tyler
Summer Lovin.
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Sean
Say to your neighbor, tell me more. Tell me more. Say to your other neighbor, tell me more, tell me more. I tell you this church. This series is for everybody. Whether you are single, dating, married, single and love being single and plan on staying that way. Single and want to be dating, dating and want to be married, married and some days want to be single. Whatever. Parents, grandparents, friends just got put in the friend zone. Like whatever. Just trying to recover from a relationship with someone who refuses to text you back, whatever the case may be. Church. This series is for every single one of us. Red Rocks Church. Can you put your hands together for week one of Summer Lovin'?
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Sammy
What did you spend your summer doing, Sammy?
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Sean
Come on, Dougie, tell us about the girl. You don't wanna hear about the girls. All right, all right. I met a servant in church.
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Tyler
Oh.
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Sammy
I volunteered in the kids men at our church. You spent your whole summer volunteering at the church just for the Lord. Okay. I also did it to meet a boy, which I did. Oh, that is so on brand. Oh, he's a real man of God.
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Sean
It's so easy to meet chicks serving in church. It's like holding up a picture of you and a fish on Instagram.
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Sammy
Let me guess. He's also got a Bible verse in his Instagram bio.
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Sean
Is he a fish? What are you, Jonah? Who's Jonah?
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Sammy
He's a little rough around the edges, but God chose me to change him.
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Sean
You're already changing. I knew this was gonna happen to you. He's not gonna change me.
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Sammy
I don't know if that's.
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Sean
That's very difficult. Tell us, Dougie. Did you make all of her prayers come true? Yeah. Did you lay hands when you prayed? What are you doing taking communion together now, Dougie? She more Mary Magdalene or Mother Mary? All right, I'll tell ya. Come on, Doug.
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Tyler
Summer loving having a blast Summer loving happened so fast I met a girl while serving our church Met a boy wearing Bedrock spurs Summer days been drifting away hey. Reading my copy of Single today We know, we know, we know, we know Tell me more, tell me more what's been doing this chick? Tell me more, tell me more does he give you the H? Tell me more does the Bible say how far we can go? Tell me more Is he emotionally available? Tell me more, tell me more Courageous out of love Tell me more Because God told me that he is the
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Sammy
one
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Tyler
Tell me more Credit score. It might be a red flag Tell me more, tell me more did he follow you back? Tell me more she could change me from assault to a call Tell me more Is he more than six feet tall?
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Sean
No, he's not.
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Tyler
I think she likes me.
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Sean
I guess I could ask her.
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Tyler
This could be happy ever after Summer loving, talking relationship, A new season.
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Sean
Welcome to Red Rocks Church, a youth group for adults. If you are visiting with us, that'll be a dividing line right there, won't it? You're either in or out. And you already know you don't even have to stick around for two weeks. We just believe we can get real serious about pursuing Jesus and have a whole bunch of fun at the same time. And we believe that God meant when he said. When he said, return to me the joy of my salvation. And so that's what we're gonna do in this. We're gonna have a lot of fun, but we're also gonna get real serious about pursuing Jesus and getting into God's word. Amen. All right, let's pray. God, I thank you that you are with us right now. Yes, God. We're gonna. We're gonna try to have fun in this series, and I pray that you would help us do that. But God, as you know, way more than us, we start talking about relationships. And for some people that's a great topic. And for some people, it's a real triggering topic. And it comes with a lot of pain and a lot of heartache. And so, God, I pray that you would speak to every single one of us. I pray that you would encourage us, build our faith, remind us that you're with us, that you love us, and that you have a plan. We love you, God. We thank you. We ask you to speak to us today in Jesus name. And everybody said amen. All right, who's taking notes? Eh, decent. All right, if you're taking notes, get ready. Here we go. What if I told you there was one verse that could change every single marriage? Do you want to know that verse? There's one verse now, I'm telling you, there's a lot. In fact, I encourage you to read the whole thing. But today I want to look at one verse. If you're taking notes. This is the title of today's talk. The one verse that will change your marriage. And I'm talking about a marriage that you have right now. A marriage that you may hope to be a part of someday. Maybe you're parenting someone who wants to get married someday. You're friends with someone who wants to get married one day. You yourself want to get married one day. I can't tell you how many times I hear in counseling appointments with people who are on the verge of not making it as a couple. And they say things like this all the time. They say, oh, oh my, I wish I would have known that 10 years ago. That's not going to be your story. Red Rocks Church, Amen. Let's talk about it now. So that's not your story in 10 years. One verse that can change every single marriage. Current marriage, future marriages. Here it is. Ephesians 5:21. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. By lack of applause, I can see you weren't all that taken back by that verse. And I get it. Cause A, it starts with submit. And who wants to talk about that? Nobody was driving to church today going, I hope they talk about submitting. Nobody. All right, so. But I want to get this verse like in our spirits today. So I'm going to ask you to say it with me. And here's the cadence. We're going to go submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ready? Here we go. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Alright, again. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. All right. Say it with your eyes. Closed. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. One more time. Eyes closed. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. You can leave here today saying, I memorize the Bible today. One verse, two parts. Let's look at the first part, or if you're Taking Notes, Part 1. Submit to one another. That word submit in the Greek is means to place or rank oneself under another, right? So when I say submit, when we read submit, anytime we talk about that today, here's what I want you to think. When I say the word submit, or you hear or read the word submit, I want you to think, serve, surrender, sacrifice. Submit is so. And this is. You read the rest of this passage. It's very clear. God is talking to a man and a wife about their marriage. And he says, here's my plan for your marriage. It's a one man, one woman marriage where both are equal in Christ, but out of their own free will, both choose to mutually submit to the other. The wife says, no, no, no. I want to submit to you. I want you to win. And the husband goes, no, no, no. I want to submit to you. I want you to win. I want your will, your desires. And the wife goes, no, no, no. I want your will, your desire. That's God's plan for our marriage. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. So think about that. Serve. Surrender. Sacrifice. And I say that because Jesus not only told us how to love each other, but then he showed us. All right, so watch this. John 13:34. A new command. I give you. Love one another. How? How should we love our wives? How should we love our husbands? Love one another as I have loved you. Well, how did. How did he love us? He served and he surrendered and he sacrificed, didn't he? Some of you may know this already, some of you may not. Matthew 26 tells us about the night that Jesus was about to be arrested and he was about to be taken to the whipping post and beaten nearly to death. And then he would be punched and kicked and spit on and mocked and thorns would be shoved into his head and he would be taken to the top of a hill and railroad track like spikes would be driven through his wrists and his feet and he would be executed in the most excruciating form of execution known to man called crucifixion. And see, the Bible says that he was fully man and fully God. So the fully God part of him knows what he's about to walk into. The fully man part of him is absolutely overwhelmed, as we would Be. And so he goes to the garden, overwhelmed, Bible says, sweating like drops of blood, and says to his friends, would you pray with me? Here it is. Then he said to them, my soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here, keep watch with me. And going a little farther. Here it is. He fell with his face to the ground and he prayed, father, please, I'm begging you. Picture Jesus face down, sweating drops of blood, overwhelmed to the point of death. Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Is there any other way, God? Can we do this any other way? Can you make this not happen? Can you get me out of this situation? And then he prays the boldest prayer we can pray. Submission, isn't it yet? Not as I will, but as you will. And Jesus shows us. He says, see, I came to serve. He said, I didn't come to be served. I came to serve and to give my life as a ransom. He said, I came to submit my will and to sacrifice my life. And he says, so that's how I want you to love each other. You love each other how I loved you. You go to each other and you serve and you surrender and you sacrifice your will. That's how you're going to find the marriage that you actually crave. Now, the interesting thing about that is, and you guys know this, most of our marriages don't actually look like that. Like the amount of claps that have taken place since we read the word submit is at an all time low. Because what we know is, is I know the Bible says that, but if you were to come to my house, it doesn't actually look like that. Single people, most of the marriages you've seen probably don't look like that. In fact, most of our marriages on autopilot look less like mutual submission and more like tug of war. Whitney and Tyler, would you guys come up? I've asked Whitney and Tyler to come up and I want you to get a visual of what we're talking about. This amazing couple. Obviously, Whitney is definitely the better half of this couple. I love you, Tyler, but it's just true. It's true. You out punted your coverage, let's be honest. So although the Bible says our marriage is supposed to look like mutual submission, oftentimes the truth is it looks more like tug of war, doesn't it? And it's things like, I want to watch what I want to watch. No, I want to watch what I want to watch. I want to watch how to lose a guy in 10 days. That's an old movie. I want to watch Die Hard. That's an older movie. I want some action. I want some romance. I want action. You could use some romance. And then it starts to get even more serious. And it's where we want to eat and where we want to go and where we're going to vacation. And I want my way. No, I want my way. I want my desire. I want my desire. You know, I thought marriage was going to be like. I thought a husband was supposed to. No, I thought a wife was supposed to. Well, I'll tell you what. It's going to be 74 degrees in our bedroom tonight. I don't want 74 degrees. I want 68 degrees. I'm going to be freezing. Well, I'm going to be hot. And I can't. You cover up. I can't take my skin off. I'm going to be. Come on. Somebody knows. There's some marriages that have gotten real tense around a thermostat. I want to go to my family's for Thanksgiving. No, I want to go to my family's for Thanksgiving. We went to your families last year. Yeah, but I told you last time we went to your families that your mom and I told you I'd never go back there. And we're not going back. Don't you talk about my mom. Your mom? Don't you talk about my. You're acting like your mom. Don't say that, Tyler. I want my way. I want my way. I want my way. I want my way. And God comes along and he goes, guys, guys, guys. What if you did it my way? And instead of tug of war and trying to get what you want all the time, what if you met in the middle and handed your spouse the rope? This is what it's supposed to look like. We meet in the middle as a husband and wife, equal in Christ. And they meet in the middle and they say, no, no, it's not about what I want. It's about what you want. No, baby, it's not about what I want. It's about what you want. I don't want. Not what I desire. What do you desire? Now I know if you're a real pessimist, like I am. You look at this and you go, well, then how are they ever going to make a decision? They'll make a decision. And here's the thing. I don't know what temperature they'll land on, and I don't know whose house they'll end up at for Thanksgiving, but look how close they Are see that when you meet in the middle, they'll figure out the details. But God's plan for our marriage is not tug of war and always trying to get what we want. And I wish my wife would. And I wish my husband would. No, it's God. How can I surrender? How can I submit? And how can I sacrifice for my staff, for my staff, for my spouse. I'll sacrifice for you, too. Both of you. For my spouse. I need to start praying that prayer. Apparently, Tyler got real excited over that. Guys, can we give it up for Tyler and Whitney? He needs to get off stage. Love you guys. Thank you. Now, let's get real practical, because most of you probably don't have a tug of war rope in your living room. So how do I do this when I go home? Let me. Let me give you two questions to ask. Go ahead and put those up, if you would. How can I be a better spouse? And when do you feel most loved? Let me explain these real quick. My wife does this all the time. And honestly, I gotta tell you this. Timing is everything. With this first one. I dare you husbands to find the right time and ask your wife how you could be a better husband. I dare you wives to find the right time and ask your husbands how you could be a better wife. But timing is everything. Jill came up to me recently, and I'm watching the playoffs, and she's like, how can I be a better wife? I'm like, no, no, please, not now. Cause I know what she wants. She wants me to ask it back. Now, here's the thing. When you ask that question, you cannot expect your spouse to ask it back. Here's why not. Not then. Cause, see, you've prepared your heart. You've made sure. I'm not hungry, I'm not tired, I'm not angry. My heart's in a good place. I can take a little feedback without taking it personal. You've prepared yourself, they haven't. So you can't expect them to ask you right away. See what I'm saying? That question will change your marriage. Second one is this. And it's, what do I do that makes you feel the most loved? My counselor and friend, the one and only Dr. Harv Powers, who, by the way, will be with us on Father's Day weekend. So don't you dare miss Father's Day weekend, because he's gonna be in the house and you're gonna absolutely love that. Jill and I were doing some counseling with him and his wife, and they said. They said, you know, Sometimes, Sean, you're trying to show Jill that you love her, but she's not. She's not getting that message. And sometimes, Jill, you're trying to show Sean that you love him, and he's not getting that message. So they gave us some homework. They said, here's your homework. Harv looked at me and said, sean, I want you to go make a list. And here's the question. Go ahead and put it up. I feel most loved by you when you blank. And he said, make a list. I feel most loved by you when you say this, when you do this, when we do this, when we go here. And he said, make a list. And he said, take your time. Take, like, a week, pray over this list. What are the things that my wife does that make me feel really loved? And I made a list. And then Jill took a week, the same thing. What are the things that Sean does that makes me feel really loved? And we made a list, and then we set up date night. And we just sat down at date night and handed each other the lists. And then I took it and put it in my phone. And now every time I want to serve and sacrifice and surrender, I don't have to guess what to do. I know, because I've asked her, what do I do that makes you feel the most loved? I'm telling you, church, this could change a marriage right there. That'll actually give us some handles so that we can go serve and surrender and sacrifice for our spouse. Now can we be honest? It's pretty easy to talk about this in church. It's a lot harder to do. Right? It's a lot harder to do. And I was thinking about it this week. I was like, how does my wife. You guys know my wife? Okay. How does my wife look at me and go, I'm gonna submit to him. Cause you think I'm screwed up. She knows everything. She knows all the ways I'm broken. How can she look at me and say, I want to submit to him? And I know that you think she's perfect, and she's probably the closest one to perfect out of all of us, but I promise you, she's not. And there are times when I'll look. I'll have to look at my wife and go, God, that's. It's gonna be hard for me to submit right now. It's gonna be hard for me to serve or to sacrifice or to surrender. And some of you are going, bro, you don't know my husband. Have you seen this meathead? You don't know my wife. You don't understand what you're saying. You don't know what you're asking. How are we supposed to submit as broken people? I mean, think about this. We're already broken. And a marriage is just getting two broken people together under one roof. Now we got all kinds of problems. How are we supposed to submit to one another? And it's the second part of the verse. It's part two out of reverence for Christ. See, this is, I submit to my spouse because I am revering Christ, but it's also because I'm revering Christ. It actually gives me the ability to submit to my spouse, to love her the way Jesus wants me to love her. To love your husband the way Jesus wants you to serve and to sacrifice and to surrender. And I can only do those things when it's coming out of a place of my reverence for Christ. That word reverence in the Greek is this phobos. Reverence, respect, and a sense of awe. When I look at God and I say, I want to honor you. I want to respect you. I'm in awe of you, God. I'm saying, I want to give you my life. I want to pursue him, I want to trust him, I want to obey him, right? If I am in awe of God, the only response is, I give you my everything. I'll pursue you with everything I got. I'll trust you to the best of my ability. I'll obey you to the best of my ability. That's how we revere, respect, honor, and keep him in awe. That's what it looks like. We are pursuing Christ. So, okay, this is. This is. I'm going a little journey here, so stay with me. Jesus talks about what happens when we decide to pursue him. He says this, John 15:5. He says, I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. That whole passage, go read this one on your own. This. This whole passage is about us pursuing. And he talks about obeying him. When you pursue me and obey me, he says, the result is your life starts to bear fruit. You start to experience fruit in your life. Now, if you've been around the Bible for a while, you understand what he's talking about. If you're new, you're like, I don't know if it's that great of a payoff. Not really looking for fruit right now. What's the fruit? Galatians 5:22. The fruit of the Spirit. Tell me these things won't Change a marriage, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, self control, or faithfulness. Jesus said, when you pursue me, when you revere me and you pursue me and you obey me, the fruit of the Spirit starts to become part of your life. And the aspects of the fruit of the Spirit is what we just read. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, self control, or faithfulness. We could talk about every aspect that we're just given right there of the fruits of the Spirit for the rest of the year, but for just today, let's just look at the first one. The fruit of the Spirit is love, right? Okay, so stay with me. I pursue Jesus. I get the fruit of the Spirit. The first aspect we're told of of the fruit of the Spirit that I get is the ability to love more like he loves. How's he love? We've already talked about it. He surrenders and he submits and he sacrifices. So the more I pursue Jesus, the more I get the fruit of the Spirit, the more I'm able to love. The more I can look at my spouse and serve and surrender and sacrifice. The more I pursue Jesus, the better spouse I can be. Okay, let's peel it back. One more layer. Let's go one layer deeper. What does the Bible say that that love will look like when I pursue God, get the fruit of the spirit, start to be able to love my spouse the way the fruit of. The way that Jesus loves us? Here's what it looks like. First Corinthians 13, the most famous wedding passage of all time, love. Here it is. When you pursue me and you get the fruit of the Spirit, you can love differently. And here's what it starts to look like. Love is patient. Love is kind. It doesn't envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. Think about this. Think about how this would change a marriage. If I'm pursuing God and I start to get the fruit of the Spirit and I start to be able to love my spouse like this verse is talking about this definition of love. And all of a sudden I'm less proud. That's gonna change my marriage. Because when I'm less proud because of what the Holy Spirit is doing in my life now I can do things like I can actually go to my spouse and repent. I'm telling you, some of you, your marriage would be absolutely changed if this week you would say, God, take away my pride. Help me take down these walls. Help me to go to my wife number one, repent of the things that we already know happened. God, give me the humility. To own what has happened. But James says, take it a step further. Church James says, confess your sins one to another and pray for each other that you would be healed. What if you went to your spouse this week and you said, I'm just. I'm trying to let the fruit of the spirit work in me. And God help me to love the way you want me to love. And part of that is you take down my pride, Help me to go confess some sin that my spouse might not even know I'm struggling with or at the level I'm struggling with it at, and then pray together so that there could be healing in your marriage. I'm telling you, somebody that'll change a marriage, It does not dishonor others. It is not self seeking the love I'm able to start giving my spouse. It's not easily angered. Can you imagine if we didn't get mad at each other so fast? It keeps no record of wrongs. Oh, my gosh. Talk about changing a marriage. Come on. I pursue God. I get the fruit of the spirit. One of the aspects of the fruit of the spirit is I get to love my spouse more like he loves me. Me. And all of a sudden, the fruit of the spirit working through me because I'm trying to get closer to God allows me to hold on to less records of wrongs. Now I can start to forgive my spouse like I said I did and stop weaponizing what happened three years ago and continuing to use that for leverage and actually say I'm erasing that record of wrong because he's given me the ability and I can actually forgive my spouse. Think about that. I pursue God. He takes down my pride. I can repent. He takes away my. My desire to hold on to grudges, and I can forgive. He takes down my pride, and I can look at my spouse and go, you know what? You're right. Let's go get some counseling. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, it always trusts, it always hopes. It always perseveres. Love never fails. I start to pursue God. I get the fruit of the spirit. I get to start loving my wife more like Christ loves me. And something goes off inside of me that goes, I won't give up on this marriage. I won't give up on this. Love never fails. No matter what this world can throw at us, no matter what tragedy we go through, no matter how high it gets or how low it gets, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. He's given Me, the ability to do that because I got serious about pursuing him. How do we submit and surrender and sacrifice for our spouse out of our reverence for Christ. You see what I'm saying, Tyler? They're not getting it. Tyler, would you come on back up? Tyler and Whitney, would you come on back up? They're not getting it. No, they're not getting it. You're not getting it. God, would you help us begin to pursue you again like we used to, like we've wanted to, like we keep telling ourselves we're going to one day? What if this was the week you actually just did? And what if the best thing you could do for your marriage is start pursuing God again real seriously, and he starts to fill you with the fruit of the spirit, and it starts to change who you are from the inside out and peace and joy and kindness and goodness and self control and all of it. And it starts to affect the way you relate with your spouse. And then it starts to change your marriage. And all of a sudden, you can submit to your spouse because of your relationship with Christ. And so Whitney and Tyler, they've been playing tug of war at home and try to kiss each other through that ladder. Can you get that done? No. No, they can't. A little distance, right? And we know what that's like. They didn't intend for it to happen. You know, kids and work and life and busyness and you know what this can feel like. And all of a sudden, like, we used to be this, like, on fire, passionate couple, and all of a sudden we blinked and we feel like we're business partners or something. Like, we do real estate together, we pay mortgages, we buy houses, we raise kids. Right? We handle finances together. We're like business partners. And sometimes we're like, what can we do to rekindle that fire? What can we do to start getting close to our spouse again? And God's saying, I've just told you, start to pursue me again and watch what I'll do. And you know where this is going, a lot of you, but I want you to see it. Tyler and Whitney, they realize we've let some distance creep into our relationship, and so we gotta start pursuing God on our own. And as a couple. And so on their own, they go, you know what? I gotta start praying again. Not talking about praying, not texting people, the prayer emoji. I gotta start actually praying. Like, actually sitting and talking to God and listening and let him talk to me. Maybe put on some worship and just have a time between me And God. And they start to actually do that. And all of a sudden what they realize is, wow, I'm starting to feel closer to God. And they take a step up and then they go, you know, I used to be in the Word and I just haven't. I haven't been prioritizing it like I used to. I've gotten busy. And so both of them decide, no, I gotta start pursuing God, because the more I pursue God, the better spouse I'll be. And so I gotta start getting back into His Word. His Word. His word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path. And so both of them, they get. They start getting serious about God's Word again. They start spending time in His Word every day saying, God, speak to me about my life and help me to not just hear it, but to do it. And in doing so, they start to feel closer to God. And they take a step up and then they realize, you know, we're not supposed to pursue the plans of God by ourself. We're supposed to pursue the plans of God with the people of God. And they. So they go, we gotta get more plugged into the church that Jesus was so fired up about building. And God's Word says that not only are we supposed to not just come every now and then, we're supposed to be the church. And so they go, you know what? We're not gonna just let church attendance revolve around youth sports anymore or the playoffs anymore, or the weather anymore. We're actually going to go be the church on a consistent basis. And we're going to get plugged in, we're going to go to the welcome party, we're going to get in a group, we're going to get on a team, we're going to lock arms with some other believers who will push us closer to God. And that's what starts to happen. And they each feel closer to God and they take a step and then they realize, wait a sec, I can't say that I'm really being serious about pursuing God if I'm not trying to obey. And so both of them, they start praying that David prayer that we've talked about here recently. God, search my heart Take a look at my life. Is there anything offensive about me? Is there anything you want to say? Is there anything you've been calling me to do that I haven't done? Is there anything you've been calling me not to do that I'm still doing? And single people, you can start praying this way and you can start getting close to God now, and it'll affect your future marriage. Single people, maybe God's saying to you today, like, hey, let's take a real good look at who you've been thinking about dating. Is this person going to bring you closer to God? Are they going to compliment your calling? Single people, maybe God's saying, hey, let's talk about. Let's talk about your purity. Because that used to be important to you. And this is not to make anyone feel guilty. In fact, maybe there's somebody in here and you're like, you know what? Some things have happened that I'm not necessarily proud of. That's okay. Because his mercies are new every single morning. You can be forgiven and that can be thrown out as far as the east is from the west. And you could start fresh right now and just go, okay, God, from now on, from this point forward, I'm gonna talk to my boyfriend. I'm gonna talk to my girlfriend. Cause I'm gonna try to stay pure. I wanna obey you. Maybe I need to move out until we get married so I can do that, whatever it is. Single people, what's God telling you to do? Married people, maybe God's calling. I couldn't get this out of my heart. I know this is for somebody. There's somebody in God saying, if you would repent to your spouse it marriage, if you would drop your pride and let my spirit in there, and if you would go confess some sin to your wife, confess some sin to your husband and pray together, I'll start to heal that marriage. I'll take it to a level you never dreamed possible. What if that happened? What if you repented this week? What if you forgave this week and actually forgave? What if you made that call? Maybe God's saying, make that call and set up counseling this week, whatever it is. But these two, they asked God that question. And God was talking to both of them and they were doing their best to obey him. And. And they started feeling closer to God. And they took a step up and they started to experience everything that we've been talking about today, which is we can actually serve and sacrifice and surrender. We can submit to each other if and only if we're spending time with God, right? If we're in reverence of Christ, that's where the ability to do so comes out of. But because of our reverence of Christ, we started to get closer to God. And then we blinked. And all of a sudden we got closer to each other. And so the ability to submit is now there in a way it wasn't before, because I've been spending time with God in a way I wasn't before. And I started to get closer to God. And at the same time I was getting closer to God, we started getting closer to each other. And that's God's plan. Amen. Whitney and Tyler, it is my honor to pronounce you still husband and wife. Tyler, you're in church. Be careful. Tyler, you may kiss your bride. Can you make some noise for Tyler and Whitney? Thank you so much, guys. At every location, would you stand up on your feet? Let me pray for you. God, I thank you for every single person here today, every single person watching or listening somewhere else. Relationships are so pivotal in our lives, God, and so many of us are making huge decisions right now. And I pray for your wisdom and your guidance, your supernatural wisdom and guidance. I pray God, for those who are married right now that you would actually help them apply this verse, that this week a notable difference would be felt by their spouse, that they are trying to submit and serve and sacrifice in a way that they just haven't before. And I pray, God, that you would. That you would do something in the husband and the wife. I know there are spouses in here that go, if I got on that ladder, I'd be the only one trying to. I pray, God, for that woman or for that man. I pray that you build their faith today. Remind them that nothing is impossible with you. It might look impossible, but nothing is impossible. There's no person you can't reach, no life you can't change, no miracle you can't do. I pray you give them faith to hold on God. I pray for miraculous healing in marriages in Jesus name. I pray it would start right now. In Jesus name. I pray for some single people right now that their faith would start to go through the roof. They have been so afraid that time's ticking and you have not brought the right person into their life yet. And I pray, God, that they would just let that weight fall right off their shoulders as we worship today, as they begin to just pursue you and let you, in your perfect timing, take care of everything else. I pray you heal some marriages. I pray you heal some broken hearts of past relationships that have not gone well. I pray you do some miracles in our hearts. And I pray, God, that you would save some of us for all of eternity with everyone's eyes closed. I want to ask one question. You're here, and we're talking about what Jesus can do for our Marriage. But the truth is, you know in your heart you need to start a relationship with Jesus. Whether you're single or married. You just know. Like, wait, this is my moment. I need to ask him to forgive me of my sins. I need to take advantage of the salvation that he's offering me when he died on the cross way back then. I need my sins forgiven. I want his Holy Spirit to live in my life and I want to make sure I'm going to heaven forever. And so I want to start that relationship tonight. And you go, I'm not going to be perfect. I know that. And I don't know exactly how this is going to turn out, but I just know it. Like, this is my moment. I want to ask God to forgive me of my sins, make him Lord of my life. If that's you, raise your hand. I'm gonna say a prayer for you. Raise him up high. Hands all over. Praise God. God, I thank you. Raise them. Keep. Keep raising him. Keep raising him. I keep seeing him. God, I thank you right now for the eternal lives that are being changed. In Jesus name, I thank you that heaven is getting more crowded right now. In Jesus name, I pray God for every person who just raised their hand that as we begin to sing this song that they would begin to experience your presence in a real and authentic way. I pray you help them get plugged in, help them get connected to some people, whether it's this church or another one. Help them get connected to a church and with some people that'll help them take that next step and start to experience a whole new life as a brand new creation in Christ. Red Rocks, can we celebrate? Eternal lives were changed today. Red Rocks Church. I love you with all my heart. Come back and see us next week for Summer Lovin part two. Let's worship.