Husbands, Love Your Wives: The Ultimate Blueprint
Ephesians 5:25 serves as the ultimate guide to selfless love in marriage, and today, we're diving right into that juicy topic! We're Jeff and Teresa Fields, and we're super excited to explore how husbands can love their wives just like Christ loved the church—yup, that's some serious love! We’ll chat about what that looks like in real life, how it can transform your relationship, and why it’s all about giving rather than getting. Think of it as a roadmap to building a stronger, deeper connection with your spouse. So buckle up, because we’re about to sprinkle some wisdom and share some laughs along the way!
Ephesians 5:25 serves as a powerful blueprint for selfless love in marriage, and in this episode, we dive into what that really means. Jeff and Teresa unpack the challenge laid out for husbands to love their wives just like Christ loved the church. This isn’t your ordinary love advice; it’s about creating a deep emotional intimacy that transforms relationships. They discuss how selfless love isn’t just a nice idea but a practical way to build a strong, enduring marriage. As they share personal experiences from their own 33 years of marriage, it becomes clear that this principle isn’t just theoretical but a lived reality that enriches both partners. The conversation is filled with insights on how acts of kindness, understanding, and mutual respect can create a loving environment where both partners thrive. So grab your favorite drink, settle in, and get ready to be inspired to cultivate a love that reflects Christ’s selflessness in your own marriage!
Takeaways:
- Ephesians 5:25 shows husbands how to love their wives selflessly, just like Jesus did for the church.
- Selfless love is all about putting your partner's needs first and ensuring they feel cherished and secure.
- Emotional intimacy relies on trust, respect, and openly sharing feelings without fear of judgment or rejection.
- Every small act of kindness in marriage builds a stronger bond and nurtures love over time.
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Transcript
Welcome to the Inspiring Marriages Podcast.
Speaker A:We are Jeff and Teresa Fields and we are thrilled to have you with us today.
Speaker B:As we are beginning our study of emotional intimacy, we will explore a profound biblical passage that offers timeless wisdom on selfless love in marriage.
Speaker B:Ephesians 5:25.
Speaker A:This scripture challenges husbands to love their wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Speaker B:We'll unpack the meaning of this verse and its practical implications for modern marriages.
Speaker A:The incredible music that you heard in our intro is the brilliant work our very own son, Joseph Taylor Fields.
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Speaker A:Reverend as Brother Jerry Savelle would say, God is a champion of making winners in life.
Speaker A:In the same way, marriage is a testament to God's commitment to to making winners in life.
Speaker A:We believe that through love, unity and unwavering faith, we are empowered to overcome challenges and achieve greatness together.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:With God as our guiding force, we strive to create a partnership that thrives on mutual respect, understanding and and an unbreakable bond.
Speaker A:Our journey together is a celebration of God's divine purpose, making us stronger and more victorious each passing day.
Speaker A:We are working on this definition of marriage.
Speaker A:Marriage is a man and a woman, spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and physically intimate.
Speaker A:Working together in a shared life to help each other realize their visions and dreams.
Speaker A:Walking with God to fulfill their callings and goals.
Speaker A:Our definition of intimacy is Into Me.
Speaker A:See, this is a profound connection built on trust and mutual respect.
Speaker A:Where the deepest thoughts and emotions are shared openly without hesitation or fear of judgment.
Speaker A:It's a space where vulnerability is met with understanding and true closeness flourishes Spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and physically.
Speaker A:There are four main areas of intimacy.
Speaker A:Spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical.
Speaker A:So today we're starting a brand new series on emotional intimacy.
Speaker A:We have spent time exploring spiritual Intimacy and intellectual intimacy.
Speaker A:And as we have said all along, these are not four different worlds.
Speaker A:They interact and enrich each other.
Speaker B:Yes, that is so good.
Speaker B:And they always help each other.
Speaker B:You know, when you work in one area, it's going to influence the other areas of intimacy.
Speaker B:So this is just amazing.
Speaker B:We're such complex beings, and especially in a marriage, husband and wife are not alike.
Speaker B:So that even increases the complexity and the variables even more where wow, you know, your emotional needs are not the same as my emotional needs.
Speaker A:That's right.
Speaker B:So we're going to be finding out all about that.
Speaker A:Yes, emotional intimacy is based on trust and respect.
Speaker A:But today we're going to begin on Ephesians 5:25, which is, we'll see as a blueprint for selfless love in marriage.
Speaker A:So let's start looking at Ephesians 5:25.
Speaker A:We begin with the new King James Version.
Speaker A:Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her.
Speaker A:Now, we saw last week, we talked about selfless love.
Speaker A:Agape.
Speaker A:And this is the same word in this verse as was Colossians 3:14.
Speaker A:Husbands, selflessly love your wives, just as Christ also selflessly loved the church and gave himself for her.
Speaker B:Wow, that is so powerful.
Speaker B:In the Amplified Bible, this verse says, husbands, love your wives.
Speaker B:Seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love.
Speaker B:There it is.
Speaker B:Just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Speaker A:Let's think about that for just a little bit.
Speaker A:So Paul was writing this and he said, husbands, love your wives.
Speaker A:And this is any else.
Speaker A:So the amplified kind of goes into the Greek and kind of expands on it, amplifies it.
Speaker A:Seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love.
Speaker A:So, Theresa, talk to me as a viewpoint of a wife, what it does it.
Speaker A:What does it do for a wife for her husband to seek her highest good and surround her?
Speaker B:Wow.
Speaker A:Envelop her with caring, unselfish love.
Speaker B:Wow.
Speaker B:That's hard to say in just a few words, but, you know, just from my experience with you, you know, when I knew that you were doing something for my good or thinking of me ahead of yourself, it really made me feel deeply loved and cherished.
Speaker B:You know, it's.
Speaker B:That's something that husbands can do for their wives is cherish their wife.
Speaker B:And that's not just like, yeah, I love you, or I'll do some few nice things for you.
Speaker B:It's like you feel like this person really has given me love.
Speaker B:Like no one Else except God himself.
Speaker B:You know, God loved us first so we can love one another the way God has loved us.
Speaker B:And for a wife, that is just so much security.
Speaker B:It gives you so much peace.
Speaker B:Just like I don't have to wonder if my husband loves me or if he's going to keep on loving me down the road.
Speaker B:You know, if you've sought for my highest good and you've surrounded me with this caring, unselfish love, it really makes me feel protected and safe and secure.
Speaker B:And you know, that's.
Speaker B:That goes so far with a woman.
Speaker B:I mean, that's one of our biggest needs, right?
Speaker B:Security is one of our main wives biggest needs.
Speaker B:Yes, yes.
Speaker A:So that goes even above converse, deep and open communication.
Speaker A:It is security because, you know, a.
Speaker B:Husband takes the place of the father.
Speaker B:And being the protector of a young woman when she gets married, the father is not her protector anymore.
Speaker B:The husband is.
Speaker B:And you think about that.
Speaker B:If a husband acts like someone you can trust to take care of you, to protect you, not that you always need caring for you, you can do things yourself, but when the chips are down, you know, and you know, husband is going to say, hey, leave my woman alone, or you know, back off, devil.
Speaker B:You're not, you're not doing this to my wife or you know, just standing up for her or making sure that she is safe and cared for and her needs are met.
Speaker B:That's, that's so powerful.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:A wife really needs to know that.
Speaker A:Talk about security.
Speaker A:She really needs to know that her husband's love for her is not based on circumstances or situational.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:If you do this for me, then I'll.
Speaker A:I'll love you.
Speaker A:It's not, it's not like that at all.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker A:So it is.
Speaker A:Husbands, you need to let your wife know or do what you need to do so that she feels that you are seeking her highest good and that she is surrounded, just like she would be surrounded by air.
Speaker A:Surrounded by a caring, unselfish love.
Speaker B:Wow.
Speaker A:And that will really speak life into your bride.
Speaker A:It will really bring out the best in her and really allow her to be the wife that she really was designed to be by God.
Speaker A:And really, it lets her be open and it's, it's like a flower.
Speaker A:It just lets lesser blossom and let her open and just be exactly who she was created to be and designed to be.
Speaker A:Now the Phillips translation says, but remember, this means that the husband must give his wife the same sort of love that Christ gave to the church when he sacrificed himself for her.
Speaker A:Christ gave himself to make her holy, having cleansed her through the baptism of His Word.
Speaker A:To make her an altogether glorious church in his eyes.
Speaker B:Wow.
Speaker A:She is to be free from spots and wrinkles or any other disfigurement.
Speaker A:A church holy and perfect.
Speaker B:Mm.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:We don't come to the Lord without spots or blemish or any wrinkles or anything.
Speaker B:But because of how he loves us and cares for us and cleanses us with His Word, we become that glorious bride.
Speaker B:And so a wife can become more and more beautified, like you said, and more of what's on the inside of her that God has put in there can come out.
Speaker B:And she.
Speaker B:She does.
Speaker B:She loses the insecurities.
Speaker B:She loses the.
Speaker B:The.
Speaker B:The shame or the fears, you know, that she might have had as a child or as a teenager, a young adult.
Speaker B:And just love is so powerful to work out those imperfections.
Speaker B:So, you know, husbands, if you think, how in the world am I going to, you know, come out with all this kind of love?
Speaker B:You have to draw from the love of God you humanly.
Speaker B:We don't have that kind of love.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:As so good, Teresa, in my own ability and my own talent, I don't have that.
Speaker A:I don't.
Speaker A:I just can't do it.
Speaker A:But because God loved me first out of.
Speaker A:From that well of.
Speaker A:Of life that those living waters are that spring forth out of my inner being, I can shower that love upon you.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:And give you the type of love that you need and so that you can be secure.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:I'm not going to be fickle.
Speaker A:I'm not going to change my mind.
Speaker A:You are my bride.
Speaker A:I love you with my every breath.
Speaker A:You are the apple my eye.
Speaker A:You are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life.
Speaker A:And I can't believe that I have been so blessed to have you as my bride.
Speaker B:Oh, that's so sweet.
Speaker B:He really means it.
Speaker B:And he does live this every day.
Speaker B:He really does.
Speaker B:I sense it and I know it even without him saying it.
Speaker B:So it's.
Speaker B:It is.
Speaker B:It is going to bless your wife.
Speaker B:It is going to minister to her heart, and it's going to make your marriage so rich.
Speaker B:So this is really an interesting version from the Message Bible.
Speaker B:Now we're kind of going past verse 25 when we read these other translations, but it's so important because it gives you that full meaning of, how did Christmas Christ loved the church?
Speaker B:What did he do?
Speaker B:So in the message, it says, husbands go all out in your Love for your wives exactly as Christ did for the church.
Speaker B:A love marked by giving, not getting.
Speaker B:Christ's love makes the church whole.
Speaker B:So of course a husband's love can make a wife whole.
Speaker B:His words evoke her beauty.
Speaker B:Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her.
Speaker B:Dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness.
Speaker B:And that is how husbands ought to love their wives.
Speaker B:They're really doing themselves a favor since they're already one in marriage.
Speaker B:So the husband blesses the wife and ministers to the wife.
Speaker B:This way, he is also blessed.
Speaker B:The entire marriage is blessed because of this.
Speaker A:That step back.
Speaker A:The message translation said Christ's love makes the church whole.
Speaker A:And that's certainly true.
Speaker A:Let's apply this to marriage.
Speaker A:Because Paul said we're to apply this to marriage.
Speaker A:Yes, there are.
Speaker A:Everyone has gone through something.
Speaker A:Everyone has.
Speaker A:Has gone through something.
Speaker A:But is a husband, he can love his bride with a love of God and just bring a healing to her heart, minister the love of God to her heart and just make her whole.
Speaker A:Where maybe someone or something in the past has damaged her and scarred her.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker A:But you, as you minister the love of God to her, you really applying a healing balm, God's balm to her and to make her whole.
Speaker A:And you know, places that.
Speaker A:In her heart that have been damaged, where maybe someone was unkind or did something bad or sinned against, betrayed or sinned against your bride.
Speaker A:But you can minister to and to those hurts and minister the love of God to her, and it really just bring a healing to.
Speaker A:To her heart.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And you know, ultimately all healing comes from God.
Speaker A:But as a hus.
Speaker A:As the husband is representing God in a way to dis.
Speaker A:Minister to those past hurts.
Speaker A:What do you think about that?
Speaker B:Yes, exactly.
Speaker B:We've talked about this in some of our early episodes that there was healing for both of us in our marriage.
Speaker B:But yeah, the hurts of our past, you don't realize how much it's still in there until you know, someone loves you.
Speaker B:And it's like, oh, that hurt is gone.
Speaker B:That.
Speaker B:That distress is gone.
Speaker B:That unforgiveness is gone.
Speaker B:I can let go of that whole thing that hurt me or that person that hurt me or that situation where you know, just the wrong.
Speaker B:The wrong things happen and you just, you can let it all go because that healing bomb is so powerful.
Speaker B:And you know, God is in the midst of your marriage.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:He wants to work between you and with you.
Speaker B:And if we do things according to the Word, he is going to be operating in that Right.
Speaker B:His power is going to be available to make so much more healing and transformation happen in your lives than you could do.
Speaker B:Just, you know, one plus one equals two.
Speaker B:But the two of us together with God in the midst, you know, everything is multiplied.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:That is so good.
Speaker A:The voice translations puts it this way.
Speaker A:Husbands, you must love your wives so deeply, purely and sacrificially that we can only understand it when we compare it to the love the Anointed One has for his bride to church.
Speaker A:We know he gave himself up completely to make her his own, washing her clean of all impurity with water and the powerful presence of His Word.
Speaker B:Wow, that is so good.
Speaker B:I love that.
Speaker B:Loving your wife so deeply, purely and sacrificially, that is so good.
Speaker B:And that can only be compared to how Jesus, the Anointed One, has loved his bride and he still loves his bride.
Speaker B:He's still healing the church and lifting her up and, and bringing about what's best for her when we are allowing him to do that.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:So, husbands, your wife's.
Speaker A:When you're.
Speaker A:When you love your wife, the only love that she can compare that to is the love of Jesus.
Speaker A:Because when you love her deeply, purely and sacrificially, it's.
Speaker A:It can only be compared to the love that Jesus.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:That he is.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:Shed upon us the selfless love.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:And it makes me think when I see these words deeply, purely and sacrificially, like there are no underlying motives here.
Speaker B:Like, what's this going to do for me?
Speaker B:Or, you know, I hope this, you know, ends up going in my go.
Speaker B:Going in my favor, you know, eventually, like, I'll win an argument or, you know, get what I want eventually.
Speaker B:There's nothing like that included here.
Speaker B:And deeply, purely and sacrificially.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:The only motive is blessing your bride, making your bride all that she's been created to be.
Speaker B:Like Jeff said, helping her blossom, helping her reach her highest potential and really know what real love is.
Speaker B:You know, there are people who get married who've never experienced real, genuine love.
Speaker B:They've only had fleeting love or, you know, romantic love or selfish love coming from another person.
Speaker B:So this is awesome.
Speaker B:When you get in that marriage covenant, God is ready for you to learn what real love is like, you know, and experience that personally.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Just like last week, we talked about the four types of Greek worship love commonly used in the Bible.
Speaker A:One was brother, brotherly love for Leo Vallejo.
Speaker A:The other one was like, like affection Family affection.
Speaker A:There was romantic love, and then there's this selfless love.
Speaker B:Selfless love.
Speaker A:And so.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:So in a marriage, I mean, should have all.
Speaker A:All four.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:But.
Speaker A:But is a bride really, really needs to feel that her husband loves her selflessly?
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:Deeply, purely and sacrificially.
Speaker A:I like that.
Speaker A:Deeply, purely and sacrificially.
Speaker A:I love that.
Speaker B:That is beautiful.
Speaker A:That's so good.
Speaker B:So we have a quote from Bob Goff that says, every act of selfless love is a declaration of faith.
Speaker A:That is.
Speaker A:Wow.
Speaker B:It's powerful.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Every act of selfish love is an act, is a declaration of faith.
Speaker A:Well, that's.
Speaker A:That is.
Speaker A:That is true.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:It is true.
Speaker A:I can only.
Speaker A:I.
Speaker A:I can only love Teresa to the extent that I know of God's love for me, really.
Speaker A:But because he has loved me, then I can love Teresa.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:Deeply pure, purely and sacrificially.
Speaker A:I love that.
Speaker A:Guys, we don't compare ourselves to.
Speaker A:To our neighbors or our brothers or the guy down the street, or, well, I love my wife more than that guy does, or I'm doing better than my dad did, or my brothers did or.
Speaker A:Or not as well as my dad did or not as well as my brothers did.
Speaker A:You can't compare yourself to a different person.
Speaker A:You can't even compare yourself to a spouse.
Speaker A:To your spouse, oh, I love her more than she loves me.
Speaker A:I do more for her than she does for me, or I do more for him than he does for me.
Speaker A:There's no comparison from other people because Jesus is our ultimate example of selfless love.
Speaker A:So we don't compare ourselves to anybody else.
Speaker A:Jesus is the measuring stick with which we compare ourselves to get again.
Speaker B:Yes, absolutely.
Speaker A:Paul said, you must selflessly love your wives.
Speaker A:Just as Christ loved the church, he gave us the measuring stick.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:So Jesus gave us the blueprint of selfless love.
Speaker A:So we.
Speaker A:We're looking at Ephesians 5:25, which is a blueprint for selfless love in marriage.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:And you can even look that up in other translations.
Speaker B:Read Ephesians 5 and all those marriage verses, and you'll.
Speaker B:You'll just see.
Speaker B:It's, it's.
Speaker B:You can't exhaust the meanings and the richness of this verse and this passage because we're.
Speaker B:We're not going to get it all at once.
Speaker B:This is something we're going to grow in.
Speaker B:In our married life.
Speaker B:We're going to get better and better at doing this.
Speaker B:Husband and wife, you know, loving each other Selflessly.
Speaker B:That's so, so important.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:We can spend the rest of our lives, Ephesians 5, 25, and not get to the end of it.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:But we want to look at the blueprint of selfless love and we have to look at the love of Christ.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:We have to look at the model that Jesus Christ, Jesus the anointed one and his anointing, that blueprint that he left us.
Speaker A:And we're just going to really just touch on these today and dive into these in detail coming weeks.
Speaker B:It's going to take some episodes.
Speaker A:Jesus showed us selfless love by forgiving.
Speaker A: Luke: Speaker A:Jesus, as he was being crucified, they were taking his garments and they were gambling for his garments.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:And they were also, I mean, he was being crucified, nailed.
Speaker A:After he was tortured and beaten and scourged.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Suffered the humiliating death or torture of crucifixion.
Speaker A:Jesus said, father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Speaker A:And then they cast lots to divide his garments.
Speaker A:So he was.
Speaker A:So that was really the ultimate, ultimate act of selfless love to even ask the Father to forgive those who were crucifying him.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:Those who betrayed him, those who mistreated him, who.
Speaker B:Yes, he was forgiving them all falsely accused him.
Speaker B:Right, right.
Speaker A:Father, forgive them.
Speaker A:They don't know what they're doing.
Speaker B:Mm, exactly.
Speaker B:That is so amazing.
Speaker B:And the next part of the blueprint he gave us is humility.
Speaker B:So I was just teaching on this the other day for our teaching ministry and John 13, just the beautiful chapter of Jesus washing his disciples feet.
Speaker B:And to them it was a real shock because, hey, you're acting like a simple house servant.
Speaker B:What are you doing?
Speaker B:You're our master.
Speaker B:And so he went through that whole process of washing their feet and asked them, do you understand what I just did?
Speaker B:You know, I think they all probably still looked a little confused.
Speaker B:But he said in verse 15 of John 13, For I have given you an example that you should do as I have done to you.
Speaker B:So he was teaching them, you've got to be humble.
Speaker B:Even if you're the leader, you're the one who's, you know, ahead of the household or you're a teacher over children.
Speaker B:Whatever your role is, you need to walk in humility.
Speaker B:So that was a great example of Jesus humbling himself.
Speaker B:And there are so many others in the scripture too.
Speaker A: the way he served in Matthew: Speaker A:He emptied himself of his glory.
Speaker A:Yes, he emptied himself and became like a man, a man.
Speaker A:He became a man, but he didn't come and to be to be served.
Speaker A:He didn't come to sit on the throne at that time.
Speaker A:He didn't come to be see what people can do for him or pay him homage and exactly and worship him.
Speaker A:But he came to serve.
Speaker B:He did.
Speaker A:And to give his life as a ransom for me, he came to what a great example of selfless love.
Speaker B:So the fourth part of this blueprint that Jesus gave us was sacrifice.
Speaker B: in the NASB: Speaker A:So in marriage, I mean, we'll go on into this in greater detail in coming weeks.
Speaker A:But Jesus Christ sacrificed his life for us.
Speaker A:He paid a penalty for our sins.
Speaker A:He took the stripes for our healing.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:He sacrificed.
Speaker A:He gave up his glory and he sacrificed himself as an example for us.
Speaker A:So we'll talk about in detail the things for husbands and wives, a life of sacrifice for each other in the coming weeks.
Speaker A:But that's another way that Jesus demonstrated his selfless love.
Speaker A:So next week, what we're going to do, we're going to dive into these examples of how Jesus demonstrated selfless love and we're going to dive into forgiveness next week and just really give us practical examples how husbands and wives can demonstrate or enact forgiveness.
Speaker A:Live, I guess.
Speaker A:Walk in forgiveness.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Walk in forgiveness for each other.
Speaker A:So next week we'll talk more about forgiveness.
Speaker B:Yes.
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Speaker A:So in this week in development, Intimacy Friendship Builder, we're going to have you do a small act of kindness each day.
Speaker A:So just take a moment every day and just do something small for your spouse.
Speaker A:This is for the husbands and for the wives.
Speaker A:It may just be making her tea.
Speaker A:It could be cooking her an omelette.
Speaker A:It can be Making him his coffee or making his lunch.
Speaker B:Or make his lunch.
Speaker A:Making her.
Speaker A:Her supper.
Speaker A:Give her a foot rub to small acts of kindness for each other and just do something every day.
Speaker A:A note.
Speaker A:Something.
Speaker A:Yeah, something small each day that was just really an act of kindness.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Or you have young children.
Speaker B:One of you can watch the children so the other one can do something that they enjoy, like relax, take a bubble bath or, you know, I do like taking bubble baths, but you know that for a wife who's dealing with children all day or a large part of the day, it is nice if the husband says, here, I'll take care of the dishes or I'll put the kids to bed and let you just give yourself some time, you know, to pamper yourself or do something you enjoy.
Speaker B:And that, that means a lot, you know, so your wife is not just feeling like everything's a burden, you know, or everything's on my shoulders.
Speaker B:But yeah, those small acts of kindness go a long way just, just to keep building your marriage.
Speaker B:So powerful.
Speaker A:It is very powerful.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:It's amazing how these little acts of kindness really builds up a marriage and really makes a marriage strong.
Speaker A:It's really.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:You'll find you want to do it more and more.
Speaker B:I mean, like, why wasn't I doing this before?
Speaker A:So every day, just find something to do for your spouse.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:An act of kindness.
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