Mike Signorelli - What Men Really Want In Marriage (It's Not What You Think)

January 6, 2026 | 48:25

Pastor Mike Signorelli brings bold, Bible-based teaching to help believers walk faithfully in today’s often compromised world

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| Mike Signorelli - What Men Really Want In Marriage (It's Not What You Think) | January 6, 2026

How many people claim
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To get saved, but their cravings never change.
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You can scroll on your phone
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For four hours, but you can't spend four minutes in prayer.
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Something's gotta change because you say,
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If it was about me, i would keep scrolling.
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But it's about this density, so let me eat the scroll.
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Come on, somebody.
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Oh, oh. hey.
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So i'm back again with my lovely wife, julie.
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Say hello. hello.
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This is what men really want.
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And what women really want.
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Part two.
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And we're going to talk today about what men really want
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Is physical touch and
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Appreciation. okay.
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What women really want is words
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Of affirmation and.
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Hugs.
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I don't remember affection.
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah.
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So we're going to make a distinction
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Between physical touch and affection.
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And then appreciation and words of affirmation.
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Okay. so we're going to break this down.
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By the way
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If you're new i want you to hit
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The subscribe button and watch this entire series
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Because we've got a playlist with all four parts okay.
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And my wife and i have been married for almost 20 years.
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We're going to come up on 20.
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We're coming up to our 20th, coming up very soon.
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We've been together for 23 years to 22 years now.
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We were only together for two years before we got married.
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Yeah. two years.
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We were trying to jumpstart this thing.
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And then we've got an 18 year old daughter,
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And we have a ten year old, and we have a dog i hate. yeah.
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Okay. so four star.
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Yeah.
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You're joining us from new york city,
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And let's just jump right in.
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We're not going to hold back.
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You also need to know this.
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We are not scripting this.
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We are.
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As you can tell, there are no notes.
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And the reason why there are no notes
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Is because we wanted to be authentic,
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And we wanted to teach with our lives.
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And to be honest with you,
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I wanted to get the raw, unfiltered, like what i'm saying.
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Because if you prepare it, my phone is dead.
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I couldn't even i couldn't even grab a note if i tried,
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You wouldn't even let me grab my
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Notes or anything.
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Yeah, because i wanted i.
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I don't even have a prompter. there's nothing.
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You guys don't need another christian couple.
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Just saying stuff
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That sounds good, because a lot of these people,
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They're real good with their words.
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You know what i mean?
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They got the word play and they're dropping all these one line.
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What you need to do is like, okay,
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Your wife yells at your wife at each other.
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There's been times where we've been at marriage conferences
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And we're looking up front.
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We're like, my people hate each other.
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So i decided for me, for this
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And listen, i just felt like the value
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Would be what men really want and what women really want.
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So let's break it down.
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Okay, so men want physical touch
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And they want, like, you know, affirmation.
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Right. so all men.
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Well like what's let's talk about it.
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Let's talk about that
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Because i feel like i would say when we first got married
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In our 20s, i would be like, yeah, you're right.
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That's that's what they want.
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But now i'm in my 40s
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And i counseled so many women and i just,
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I feel like it's different in that in that other season.
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So maybe you could enlighten me.
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I don't know, maybe it's just a coincidence.
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Marriages go through seasons, you know what i mean?
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And i think that, like, sometimes
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Let me just empathize with all the men right now.
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Yeah.
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Because because this is the podcast that i haven't heard.
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Like the honest, real, you know what i'm saying?
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Yeah.
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Well, like, right now, nobody's coming to save us.
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If you're a man right now, nobody's going to write you
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A check.
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Nobody's going to buy you a house.
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No, nobody's going to do it for you.
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And by the way, you know, america, i'm speaking on behalf
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Of the americans.
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But, i mean, my canadian brothers are going through the same thing.
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My european brothers are experiencing the same thing.
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It's hard to be a man, right?
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You can't just get a job and, you know, provide
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For your wife to be a stay at home mom and all that.
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Like that is not the norm anymore.
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You just go back. one generation.
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My dad, you know, he worked at, like he worked at mcdonald's
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When he was a your mom worked at a castle, so said it i know.
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Exactly.
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Shout out all my white.
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If you know what white castle is.
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Let me know your order in the comment section right now.
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But mcdonald's is where my dad worked as a teenager.
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He graduated high school and got a job at a steel mill
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In northwest indiana.
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And this was in the 80s.
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And guess what?
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He made enough money to buy a house, buy
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A new car, and my mom was a stay at home mom.
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This was, of course, before they got divorced.
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But in one generation later, his son.
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We are the generation of the side hustles.
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Three jobs, you know what i mean?
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Like and and so what?
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The reason why i say that is because what a man really wants
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And what a man can do and what a man can have is different.
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So like, yeah, in an ideal world, i would work one eight hour shift
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And i would work five days a week and i would make enough money
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For a house, a car, and a stay at home wife.
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And even to pay for college like that was the 80s.
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And we've in the last 40 years in this nation
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And many nations of the world, it's like you could work
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Three jobs and still not even come close.
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And so a lot of men, their physical desires, are
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Connected to the reality of like, i'm fighting for my life.
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Tired. i'm. yeah, i'm emotionally tired.
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I'm mentally tired right now.
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Men are are, i don't know how to say this,
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So it doesn't trigger the algorithm,
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But there's a lot of men on the brink of giving up forever.
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I'll put it like that.
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Yeah, and so that's why
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I think a lot of men retreat to the convenience of pornography.
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The convenience of whatever, because,
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You know, it's it has become so difficult.
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So why do i say that?
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You know, i'm starting this on a heavy.
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No, no, no, no, i think this is good.
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Honestly, i'm sick of the christian podcast is like,
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All you got to do is have sex with your husband,
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And you're going to be fine.
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It's like, yeah, but it's it's really complicated.
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It's not that simple.
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So i think this is actually really freeing for a lot of women
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Who listen to the same podcast that we all listen to,
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And they're like, that's not my reality, you know what i mean?
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Like, i'm living something different
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Than what these christian books are telling me.
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Yeah, at least that's what i can say for what i am in touch with.
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Yeah.
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Right now, testosterone levels among men are incredibly low.
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And a lot of it is environmental as well.
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And a lot of it is like socioeconomic.
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So dudes are just struggling.
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And that could affect that dynamic.
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You know, like who man is well-rested versus who?
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A man is completely exhausted. yeah.
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And so i think like if you were to work together in a marriage,
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You know, maybe it's like go to the root.
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So in other words, like, how can i create an environment of rest?
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How can i create an environment of recharging?
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How can i reduce or eliminate other responsibilities
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Because i know they're working so hard?
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You know,
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Now, if you're a dude
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And you're not out there grinding and you're not out there working,
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You've got a whole nother problem. yeah.
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And we know that that doesn't fit the profile for all men.
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Like there are some men who were like, oh, i'm fine, man.
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I'm never in the comments like, okay, good for you. great.
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We're proud.
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I just wanted to bring up the fact that there's this whole other
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Group of men
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That when they listen to that stuff, they need to hear, like,
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And it's like, i want to be a man after god's own heart.
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I want a godly marriage.
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I want that part of my life to be fulfilled.
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But it's complicated, you know, abuse and all those things.
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I remember we tried the let's do it every day challenge.
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How long did that last?
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Day three.
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We were like over it. no it wasn't.
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No. maybe it was deep.
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I don't i don't know, i think it was been a while,
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But we at one time we were like, let's just, you know what?
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We're going to do it every single day.
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And i remember we got to a point where
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We're just like, dude, this is exhausting.
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Everyone's tired.
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No one's into this.
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No, i mean, we got pretty far into the challenge, i think.
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Yeah, i think we did. i'm remembering more and more.
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Yeah, yeah,
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But but my point is like
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Finding the frequency, the duration,
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The type, the all that stuff matters, matters.
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You know, sexuality is incredibly complex.
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So there's some times where, like, a good man, i believe, wants to
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Like, cause his wife
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To, you know, try to like word this in such a way.
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I'm like, keep the video, please.
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It's the moderators are listening.
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If the youtube money, i start laughing like i'm 12
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And one's their wife to experience
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Enjoyment.
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See, this is why we didn't script it.
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Because this hit.
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But again, i'm gonna make a point here.
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I want to make a point that sometimes
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The counterbalance to that is you get the camera.
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Yeah.
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You just got like
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The counterbalance to it is
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If you think that it's going to be a big production,
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Then that might even be exhausting.
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And i'm sure and the pressure of it
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To where you're like, man, like because i,
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Because i want to do a good job,
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Which means that i am ensuring that you are enjoying it,
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Which i, i will.
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I don't know if you want to see your eyebrows.
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I don't know if you want to help me here, but i,
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Typically do a pretty good job.
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Yeah,
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A-plus.
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But then sometimes there needs to be this.
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Hey, you know what?
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I'm going to as your wife, it's going to be selfless.
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Yeah, so that you don't have to, in your mind, think.
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Okay, i've got to allocate all this time, energy and effort
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Because when you're like a sicilian male,
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You know, you're like, i'm romantic.
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I'm, you know, this is going to be full passion and like, you know.
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Yeah, the full.
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So like but again, so what i'm saying is sometimes
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There's not anything wrong with your intimacy.
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There's something wrong with the type.
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The, the frequency of it.
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You know, it's like and so you adding that variety
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Of being like hey you know what mike does one physical touch
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But he doesn't want to have to go through the whole menu.
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Yeah. yeah.
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Because right now there's a lot going on.
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So like we're and we've done that
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In different seasons or even different weeks.
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Yeah.
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Like one week is the full menu.
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Another week is only one thing from the menu.
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Another week's theory okay.
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So i'm using menu.
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So weird.
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Well because i wanted to introduce a level of complexity
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That i'm so glad i know because that's what i feel like
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We need in the kingdom, right now, is that
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This menu is not in the description.
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We're putting a menu in the description.
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You know what it's like.
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It is so complex.
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I mean, you think about a lot of trauma, especially from childhood.
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And i'm sure a lot of people can relate.
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It doesn't surface until sometimes you're in your 40s
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Or you you just get the courage to talk about it till late.
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At least.
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This is from, you know, people who i've discussed it with,
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Like very few people have dealt with that in real time.
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If you're near
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One of our campuses,
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I want to give you a personal invitation to check out v1 church.
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There's no way
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I can describe the atmosphere of revival in the experience.
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If you've never driven up or driven in, you know,
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Let me just tell you it's a powerful atmosphere
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And a bunch of people who really love the lord
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And want to get to know you.
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So let us know when you're coming and i'll see you at v1 church.
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They're usually dealing with it much later.
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So it's like all of that could play a factor work finances.
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We're in a i'm here because i don't have that.
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Is it my. so sorry.
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Yeah i want to understand what you're saying is
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There's people who have experienced trauma. yes.
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That's their intimacy. right.
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But they never address the trauma.
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Right. okay.
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I just want to make sure i understand what i said, that
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Maybe i was stuck on menus.
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Well, of all the wounds that i've incurred in life,
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Thankfully, that's not one of them right for me.
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So i want to make sure i understand. right.
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So you're just saying, yeah,
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There are some people that you might think
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That your spouse doesn't want physical ties.
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Yeah, i'm talking to more.
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In fact, it's just the trauma.
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There's a wound there that needs to be addressed.
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You're taking it personally. okay.
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And then what was that thing you said after that?
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So it's like,
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So you're saying
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There's that, stage of life.
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What do they call it?
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Perimenopausal. yeah.
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And a pause. yeah.
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You know there's different seasons
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And phases of life pre-pregnancy.
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Yeah. i was just gonna say emptiness.
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I mean there's so many different
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Seasons that we go through.
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And so i guess my question
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For you, if it's okay to take it here is how
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What does that look like.
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What what can we do as women
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When men are going through all those different seasons?
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How can you encourage women to stay
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Encouraged? you know?
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Yeah, i mean, i think that
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I'm going to say something
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That you probably won't hear on these christian podcasts is,
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You know, sometimes the best lead up to it.
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Physical in many is trying not to get triggered on the the
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What is actually, you know, non-sexual physical touch.
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So like in public, you know, showing
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Showing affection in public, holding hands, those,
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Those silent gestures of, you know, the way that a woman
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Holds a man treats a man, caresses a man, flirts with the man.
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Like, you know, people, i think oftentimes just try to portray men
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As animals.
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Like one example like, oh, dude, they just want to go in the room
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And just, you know, they're complete animals.
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There's not.
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The truth is, and this is why there's such a phenomenon
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Happening.
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And like the work life is, there's so much tension,
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You know, good tension.
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But it's it's unrighteous because they're not married.
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But like,
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There's this woman on the job and, you know, you're it's like,
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You know, the flirtation and the small touches
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And it's all adding up and that's part of it.
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And so i think that for men, it's what's weird is oftentimes
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You get married
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And all of the things that created the physical tension
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That you were like, oh, i can't wait to do this.
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All those things are removed.
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And ironically, none of those things were sexual.
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And so it's like a lot of times, guys.
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And right now there's i'm telling you, there's
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Thousands of guys watching this right now
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Being like, bro is telling our playbook.
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Like they're watching me right now.
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I mean, like he's literally telling them, you know, i mean,
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You know, i don't know if he should even be explain,
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But it's like, i'm telling you the secret to a man is
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It's like, you know, we like women who are flirtatious, women
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Who are, like, jovial and happy and like, because what happens is
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Before you marry, like before you marry a woman, the
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That's what they're doing around you, like,
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Or a woman who is interested in you.
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Her voice gets higher.
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Yeah. she's bubbly.
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She like she's laughing. she's shy a little bit.
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She's hiding her face. she's like, yeah,
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You know, there's ways women, that women act.
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Yeah.
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And so, like, they touch their hair like.
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But you know there's all
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These things and men instinctively pick up on it.
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Yeah. oh i think she likes me.
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You know like
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I think she's digging me in like there's all that
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And that produces like sexual tension
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And you want to and it actually it activates a man to be a hunter.
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Like i want to pursue her more because she's giving me some clues
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That i think she might be interested in me.
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And there's that game.
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And then ironically,
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What happens in marriage is that whole thing gets deleted.
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And a lot of it's because the woman doesn't feel
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Those feelings anymore.
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Like, and some of that's good,
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You know,
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Because like when you're dating, you feel like all those tingling,
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You know, the women butterflies in my stomach.
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And i'm so nervous around him, like, you can't live in that,
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In that feeling, but you should live in that activity.
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Yeah.
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So it's like it's like you don't feel
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The butterflies like you used to all the time,
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Because that's kind of weird, you know what i mean?
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Like, it's nerve wracking, you know?
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You know, like when you're like, oh, i so i feel like that.
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Oh, okay. when you come home like, hey.
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Yeah. no, but that's rekindled.
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It's work.
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You know, it's like we've worked at that and i'm
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So glad you brought that up, because that's a conversation
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That we've talked about a lot in our own marriage.
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Like you'll all say things like, oh, i wish you would do this.
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Remember how we used to hug when we were dating or go,
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I don't know,
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Little things like, like you said, like non-consensual
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Touching, right.
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Like rubbing, you know, playing with my hair or stuff like that.
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And then you've
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Also brought up like, hey, i really like when you
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Are engaged with what i'm talking about
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And you're talking back to me and it's like,
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You think those things are on autopilot in marriage, but
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You actually just go on autopilot
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And you stop, like you just start existing.
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And a lot of it's survival, you know?
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I mean, it doesn't come from like, me waking up in the morning
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And think,
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How can i make him
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Feel insignificant by not laughing at his jokes and not,
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You know, engaging, flirting or whatever?
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A lot of it's like, i have this to do list.
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I have to get this done.
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I have to take these things, you know, off of his plate,
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Or we got to make dinner or whatever,
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You know, like we start burdening with responsibility.
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But i think the cool thing
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About dating is you never have to find the time to do that.
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It just comes out of you.
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And so i think in marriage, you have to find the time to do that.
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Like it's it does change.
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Yeah. i don't know. is that. yeah.
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Because when you're dating you prioritize, right.
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I remember that
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I drove 400 miles in one day to take you to red lobster.
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Yes, you did, and i was a college student.
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I lived 200 miles away, and i drove four hours.
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Took you to a restaurant, feijoo, cheddar bay
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Biscuits, which shout out, we miss you, red lobster.
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Yeah.
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And then i drove 200 miles back and like, you know.
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But it's funny because you can get married
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And not be willing to drive 20 miles.
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It's so true.
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So it's like and i think that that's part of it.
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And so that's all physical touch.
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I think that women
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Also there's a tenderness that they want from a man,
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You know, to feel like a firmness and correct me if i'm wrong.
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So i want to ask you about that.
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But like, you know, there's a lot of times where
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Especially now, you literally just want or need a hug from me.
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Oh, at least twice a day.
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Yeah.
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But i think, like, at least you deal with your own fears.
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Yeah, you deal with your own insecurities.
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Matter of fact, sometimes it breaks my heart
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Thinking about the women who can't get those hugs.
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You know, single women
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Who, like, just feel that desire but don't have it.
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Yeah, i suppose that in this season
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That's god's way of saying, like, learn how to let me embrace you,
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Because man is fallible
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And, you know, flawed, and i'm never going to be enough.
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But i also think that going back
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To the genesis three account of creation,
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Like imagine when i imagine when adam held eve,
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He was holding an extension of his side,
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And when eve held adam, she was holding her origins.
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Like literally this.
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I'm going back to where i came from.
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Yeah.
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If you think about the mystery of oneness in marriage,
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When eve hugged adam, she was reconnecting her flesh
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To the flesh she was made from like,
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It was like a puzzle piece being put together.
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And so i do think that for as much as we need
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A relationship with god,
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The one thing i want to emphasize is that god had a relationship
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With adam. adam had a relationship with god.
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And it was it was still not enough to satiate
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His longing and his loneliness and god created companion.
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So i think for, you know, for you,
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You have a relationship with god, but you still need a husband.
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Yeah, i have a relationship with god.
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I still need a wife.
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So, you know, you need a hug probably twice a day at least.
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Yeah.
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I mean, yeah, there's times where you just need me to, rub you.
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Yeah. tickle you?
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Yeah.
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Like if you play with my hair.
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And what is that like?
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Because there's a lot of women watching right now,
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But there's a lot of men
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That i'm speaking to who, you know,
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They might be thinking about the menu,
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But they're not thinking about.
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Yeah.
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Like those, those things as well. yeah.
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I think there's,
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If i were to unload on you every thought i had in a day,
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Like you couldn't handle it, there's no way.
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And so i think sometimes,
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Like when you do, like when you're hugging
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Or when you're, you know, like, if you like, play with my hair
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Or put your hand on my leg or something like that,
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There's some, at least for me.
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And i don't even know.
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I don't even know how biblical it is.
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I mean, i hope it is, but like emotionally,
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When we're, like engaging
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Physically, like in those non sensual touching,
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I feel like a lot of that tension
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That i have and in the day fears, like you said, insecurity.
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Not good enough.
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My, my i can't keep my house clean enough.
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I can't my feeling with my kids i'm feeling with my job.
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Like you know, these are just thoughts. women.
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I don't know if men have these, but like, all day long and women.
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You can comfort me in the comments if i'm not telling it.
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Right.
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But it's like sometimes when we engage like that,
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A hug, it makes me feel like you're going to be okay.
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You're doing it.
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It's like we're communicating without communicating.
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It's comfort without you having to comfort me or saying anything.
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And it's kind of just like, i can't even process these,
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These thoughts out loud because it's just too it's just too much.
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At the end of the day, it's like when we come together
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And connect in that way, it like does something for it.
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Like encourages my heart.
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You know, i don't know if that puts like language behind it.
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Does that make sense?
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Well, i think a lot of times men think we're so logical
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That we just think, oh,
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I need to logically say something to convince my wife.
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Okay, so like you're fixing a if this if this is good.
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Men love to fix things.
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I know my husband when i'm like, no, no, no, just listen.
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Yeah, i have a solution for all he's like sweating, like sweating.
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Try the list that says i have.
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It's all figured out. yes, he has always.
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But when you hug me, you're fixing something
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In me.
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Like you are fixing something.
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Yeah, it's something only you can fix.
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It's only in the context of our marriage relationship.
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In our marriage covenant.
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And it's like you're fixing a problem
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That you don't even know exists.
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In my heart, that's how i feel.
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Yeah, and that's powerful.
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And i think that that a lot of men need to learn.
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And if you're watching right now and i want to speak to the men
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That you know, for as much as you are a good communicator
00:24:01.303 --> 00:24:05.040
And you're logical, it's actually something that's
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Going to seem counterintuitive and illogical,
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That's going to work the best, which is a physical embrace,
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Because it that produces in and of itself safety.
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Yes, and i do.
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I tell you all the time, i we're really good.
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I mean, you guys for 20 years
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And of making a ton of mistakes and we're getting a lot better.
00:24:24.426 --> 00:24:28.163
So i don't want you to feel like we're light years ahead of you.
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We're probably not.
00:24:32.167 --> 00:24:33.435
We're probably only a few steps ahead.
00:24:33.435 --> 00:24:35.270
But i will say that's something we've gotten really,
00:24:35.270 --> 00:24:38.573
We've gotten better at is just constantly verbalizing
00:24:39.641 --> 00:24:42.277
Like, hey, when you do that, that really helps me.
00:24:42.277 --> 00:24:46.781
That really encourages me or, you know, yeah.
00:24:46.781 --> 00:24:49.951
And that i agree.
00:24:49.951 --> 00:24:51.653
And i think a lot of arguments can be solved by giving your wife
00:24:51.653 --> 00:24:55.457
A snack.
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And by hugging her.
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Yeah.
00:24:59.561 --> 00:25:00.962
Which to me sounds like how you care for a puppy.
00:25:00.962 --> 00:25:03.031
You know what i mean.
00:25:03.532 --> 00:25:04.966
It's like the same, it's literally the same prescription
00:25:04.966 --> 00:25:07.002
Like and give them a treat and scratch them you know.
00:25:07.002 --> 00:25:10.839
Yeah.
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But like it's funny
00:25:11.873 --> 00:25:13.308
Because women's brains are wired differently than men.
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And you are thinking a lot of complex thoughts.
00:25:16.912 --> 00:25:18.046
All day.
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And there's something about,
00:25:19.147 --> 00:25:20.849
You know, there's that phenomenon where women's brains can, like,
00:25:20.849 --> 00:25:23.919
Almost turn off in the presence of the right man.
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And there's a lot of viral videos where women are like,
00:25:28.356 --> 00:25:30.158
When my husband is driving, i have no idea where we're going,
00:25:30.158 --> 00:25:33.828
How we're getting there, i don't care. airport.
00:25:33.828 --> 00:25:36.431
Airport can't help. yeah, yeah.
00:25:36.431 --> 00:25:38.400
It's because it's like the the presence of a strong man
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Will make a strong woman feel like she's able to actually stop.
00:25:43.872 --> 00:25:47.776
And i think that that's one of the biggest compliments
00:25:48.877 --> 00:25:51.046
Is a silent or quiet wife.
00:25:51.046 --> 00:25:54.182
In the presence of a
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Man is almost an indicator of how much they trust you.
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Yeah.
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And so it's like i've learned that over the years as well.
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Like,
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You know,
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The fact that you don't know, you don't care is the evidence
00:26:03.858 --> 00:26:05.860
That you trust that i've got it locked down right now.
00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:09.764
On the other hand, what i've learned is that
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And i'm going to really step into enemy territory.
00:26:12.968 --> 00:26:14.970
Okay.
00:26:14.970 --> 00:26:16.538
And i wonder if, by the way, if you haven't subscribed yet,
00:26:16.538 --> 00:26:19.407
You need to hit the subscribe button
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And you need to watch all four of these episodes,
00:26:21.376 --> 00:26:23.545
And you need to heal your marriage.
00:26:23.545 --> 00:26:24.879
And god divinely sent this podcast to you.
00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:27.382
So go ahead and just slide your thumb over
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And hit the subscribe button
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And watch it animate and join this thing.
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But let me just say, i, i'm going into enemy territory.
00:26:35.457 --> 00:26:39.628
I don't know what you're going to say.
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Hey, i realized that women compete
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With other women, even in their own mind.
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We do like we do.
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You do it on accident.
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Oh, i'm not going to see what you said today,
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But you literally, you'll say a saving, like,
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Oh my god, i said, our house is clean.
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You know, so-and-so wouldn't do this. no.
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And you said you do. you got to.
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I said like, pull the makeup close.
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So, you know, i'm not adding.
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I'm just saying, like, men have their own style.
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You ain't tell no lay men have their own problems.
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And i'm going to out, man.
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I'm doing it.
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But what i've observed is that i get into the nitty gritty.
00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:21.936
Not just you, but all women.
00:27:21.936 --> 00:27:23.271
No, no,
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But i want to give context
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Because i don't want to make it about cleaning.
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This was not about cleaning.
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I get into nitty gritty like church work.
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Like i will go outside and like shovel be dirty, like lift things,
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Move things like i just i've always been like that.
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And so today
00:27:40.555 --> 00:27:42.057
I had to get in like this gritty area, dig out this book.
00:27:42.057 --> 00:27:46.294
Like, you know, i was finding something for you
00:27:46.294 --> 00:27:48.496
That you needed for, you know, your, your ministry.
00:27:48.496 --> 00:27:51.966
And i came upstairs and i dropped the book and i said,
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Other women could never and i, you know,
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I was just like you basically said,
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Pastor so-and-so, you know, they're.
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Got him.
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But the thing was, what you were doing was
00:28:05.914 --> 00:28:08.249
You were comparing and you were saying,
00:28:08.249 --> 00:28:09.918
I know, and it's almost like like a woman doesn't necessarily
00:28:09.918 --> 00:28:13.988
Have a problem with their house being dirty sometimes.
00:28:13.988 --> 00:28:16.491
But if you find out another woman is clean,
00:28:16.491 --> 00:28:19.194
If i come over in your house dirty, i literally don't care.
00:28:19.194 --> 00:28:22.030
Just so that's.
00:28:22.030 --> 00:28:23.331
Yes, that's what i'm trying to say. like.
00:28:23.331 --> 00:28:25.066
But i don't want you to come over to mine and it be dirty.
00:28:25.066 --> 00:28:27.402
Yeah.
00:28:27.402 --> 00:28:28.837
So there's like this kind of comparison thing, like.
00:28:28.837 --> 00:28:30.405
Right, right.
00:28:30.405 --> 00:28:31.773
You got your hair done, but my roots are showing.
00:28:31.773 --> 00:28:34.476
Then, like, i get an appointment to make
00:28:35.343 --> 00:28:36.444
An appointment, i got to give it right.
00:28:36.444 --> 00:28:38.179
And i think that's why louis vuitton is exploding right now.
00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:41.182
Because louis vuitton as a brand, it gives.
00:28:41.182 --> 00:28:44.185
We all want in there. yeah, it's like a status.
00:28:44.185 --> 00:28:46.554
It's like a hey, you know, like, look,
00:28:46.554 --> 00:28:48.556
I got something going for myself
00:28:48.556 --> 00:28:50.391
To like, you know, and it's related to the social hierarchy
00:28:50.391 --> 00:28:54.429
And it's related to the feeling of, like,
00:28:55.296 --> 00:28:56.564
How do i measure up against other women?
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Do i work more, you know, or do i work less?
00:28:58.233 --> 00:29:01.603
You know, do i have more grays or less grays?
00:29:02.537 --> 00:29:03.972
Do i weigh more or do i weigh less? and women. what?
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And i'm coming.
00:29:06.875 --> 00:29:07.976
I'm making a point. so stay with me.
00:29:07.976 --> 00:29:09.878
Because, you know, i'm a encouraging preacher.
00:29:09.878 --> 00:29:12.046
I end with encouragement, even if we got to do some surgery.
00:29:12.046 --> 00:29:15.850
But the comparison is what it could cause some anxiety.
00:29:16.951 --> 00:29:20.722
The comparison could.
00:29:21.222 --> 00:29:22.557
It could cause even feelings of inadequacy.
00:29:22.557 --> 00:29:25.293
Yeah. because you're.
00:29:25.293 --> 00:29:27.061
How do i step up, stack up against these other women, right.
00:29:27.061 --> 00:29:30.064
Yeah.
00:29:30.298 --> 00:29:31.566
But the encouraging thing is, is that,
00:29:31.566 --> 00:29:33.668
If you can get to the point where you're like, you know what,
00:29:34.936 --> 00:29:37.005
God, this is my journey with my husband,
00:29:37.005 --> 00:29:40.642
My marriage, my relationship, my children, my house.
00:29:41.676 --> 00:29:45.013
And they're it's not even comparable.
00:29:45.780 --> 00:29:46.815
It's like a thumb print.
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Your thumb print is the only one.
00:29:48.082 --> 00:29:50.018
There's 7 billion people.
00:29:50.018 --> 00:29:51.786
One thumbprint.
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There's, you know, whatever.
00:29:53.188 --> 00:29:54.789
There's millions of marriages, but there's only one of yours.
00:29:54.789 --> 00:29:58.426
That configuration.
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And i therefore i'm not going to compare it to anybody else.
00:29:59.994 --> 00:30:03.331
Then you could say, who am i measuring against myself.
00:30:04.432 --> 00:30:07.268
Right. and like, so what does that mean?
00:30:08.102 --> 00:30:09.938
Sometimes the house is going to be dirty because this is my house.
00:30:09.938 --> 00:30:12.774
And and the decision we made was to sleep instead of clean.
00:30:12.774 --> 00:30:17.412
And that's okay.
00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:19.147
Now, if it's always dirty, that's a problem.
00:30:19.147 --> 00:30:20.515
But or hey, you know what?
00:30:20.515 --> 00:30:22.483
I'll get my hair done when i get my hair done,
00:30:22.483 --> 00:30:25.019
Or i'll let the grays out because i'm going to rock the grays.
00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:28.523
And that's the look i want to go for.
00:30:28.523 --> 00:30:30.158
I'm not that's not just telling you, but like more power to you.
00:30:30.158 --> 00:30:33.761
Right.
00:30:33.995 --> 00:30:35.563
But the encouragement is and i think the like the encouragement
00:30:35.563 --> 00:30:37.632
Is if you'll embrace who god has called your family to be,
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And stop comparing your family against another family.
00:30:43.471 --> 00:30:45.640
Yeah.
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Because that creates this artificial goal
00:30:46.875 --> 00:30:49.611
Where it's like, don't try to be the signals
00:30:50.545 --> 00:30:52.480
Because our life doesn't make sense for your life, right?
00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:55.817
Hey, mike. signa rally here in the studio.
00:30:56.718 --> 00:30:58.152
We're getting ready to jump back into the sermon,
00:30:58.152 --> 00:31:00.588
But just very briefly, i wanted to let you know
00:31:00.588 --> 00:31:03.591
That i have a resource called the breakers mobile app,
00:31:03.591 --> 00:31:07.562
And i have so many courses there that teach you
00:31:08.496 --> 00:31:10.832
Supernatural ministry
00:31:10.832 --> 00:31:12.600
And how you can unlock the gifts that god has given you.
00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:15.603
I want you to download the mobile app and join
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A global community of people learning the narrow way,
00:31:18.506 --> 00:31:22.377
People learning how to operate in the fullness of what
00:31:22.377 --> 00:31:25.780
God has for them, and the gifts of the spirit.
00:31:26.714 --> 00:31:28.283
It's called the breakers of mobile app.
00:31:28.283 --> 00:31:30.451
It's actually entirely free and you can download it now
00:31:30.451 --> 00:31:34.122
On your device. i will see you there.
00:31:34.122 --> 00:31:40.028
And our
00:31:40.261 --> 00:31:41.796
Marriage may not like the way we do life and the rhythms
00:31:41.796 --> 00:31:43.898
And how we what's special to us may not be special to you.
00:31:43.898 --> 00:31:49.170
You know,
00:31:49.470 --> 00:31:51.039
Like staying in is a better date night for us than going out.
00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:53.808
But sometimes we go out sometimes.
00:31:54.575 --> 00:31:55.944
Yeah, but like when we when you ask, like,
00:31:55.944 --> 00:31:58.379
Do you want to go out or stay in, what do i always say.
00:31:58.379 --> 00:32:00.548
Yeah. well, we are on the lower east side of manhattan.
00:32:00.548 --> 00:32:03.384
The last time we went on a date.
00:32:03.384 --> 00:32:05.420
Yeah.
00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.587
I mean, this is the stupid millennial.
00:32:06.587 --> 00:32:08.556
Last day where we went out was the last one.
00:32:08.556 --> 00:32:10.825
And the funny thing was we i said, you know what?
00:32:10.825 --> 00:32:13.895
We love mexican food.
00:32:13.895 --> 00:32:15.730
And so we looked up.
00:32:15.730 --> 00:32:17.065
I looked up a place in the lower
00:32:17.065 --> 00:32:18.566
East side of manhattan because we live in queens.
00:32:18.566 --> 00:32:20.969
And it was like, i want to have the best mexican in my life.
00:32:20.969 --> 00:32:25.139
So this place was five star rated.
00:32:25.907 --> 00:32:28.176
Every every single review of this place is amazing
00:32:28.176 --> 00:32:31.079
Is the best ever. we get these.
00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:33.081
They they they put on, they put down on my plate boiled chicken.
00:32:33.081 --> 00:32:37.919
We've determined that review is like here's what happened.
00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:41.155
And they pour this sauce over.
00:32:41.155 --> 00:32:42.490
It was the worst food i've ever in my life.
00:32:42.490 --> 00:32:45.126
And then i, i found out in line that all those reviews were
00:32:45.126 --> 00:32:48.463
A joke.
00:32:48.463 --> 00:32:49.764
And that place is so bad that all the hipsters
00:32:49.764 --> 00:32:52.533
And the young people reviewed it five stars and did that as a like.
00:32:52.533 --> 00:32:56.170
They trolling, they're trolling you.
00:32:56.170 --> 00:32:58.339
So it was the worst day we've ever
00:32:58.339 --> 00:33:00.375
I mean, the worst food we've ever had on a day.
00:33:00.375 --> 00:33:02.777
Then we go walking down the street,
00:33:02.777 --> 00:33:04.345
There's that guy butt naked.
00:33:04.345 --> 00:33:05.947
He was facedown naked around. yeah.
00:33:05.947 --> 00:33:08.182
He was okay. don't worry. we checked on him.
00:33:08.182 --> 00:33:12.387
And i thought, this is why i ordered doordash.
00:33:13.287 --> 00:33:16.557
This is why.
00:33:16.891 --> 00:33:18.459
But the thing is that for us, that's the season we're in.
00:33:18.459 --> 00:33:21.729
Yeah, that's the what we're doing.
00:33:22.497 --> 00:33:23.297
We work super hard.
00:33:23.297 --> 00:33:24.465
We're tired at the end of the week,
00:33:24.465 --> 00:33:25.733
Like we're out and about running around.
00:33:25.733 --> 00:33:27.702
And so by the time friday, it's like we're ready to be home.
00:33:27.702 --> 00:33:30.405
Yeah.
00:33:30.405 --> 00:33:31.973
And what i wanted to say to everybody watching right now is
00:33:31.973 --> 00:33:35.009
This is why words of affirmation are so important,
00:33:35.977 --> 00:33:38.579
Because your spouse already feels like they're failing.
00:33:39.714 --> 00:33:41.783
And when you're critical, you're only contributing
00:33:42.817 --> 00:33:45.053
To the voice of criticism that's inside of their own mind.
00:33:45.053 --> 00:33:49.023
So you're basically you're collaborating with the accuser
00:33:50.158 --> 00:33:52.627
Instead of actually breaking them out of the accusation.
00:33:53.761 --> 00:33:56.197
And so, like women, you already feel like,
00:33:57.098 --> 00:33:58.733
How do i stack up against the other women, you know,
00:33:58.733 --> 00:34:02.070
How is my body versus their body, right.
00:34:02.937 --> 00:34:04.338
Reverse their hair, my nail versus their nail? yeah.
00:34:04.338 --> 00:34:06.340
We're listening to the as women,
00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:08.509
We're listening to the demonic chatter all day long.
00:34:08.509 --> 00:34:11.345
Now, of course, we try to cast on every thought.
00:34:11.345 --> 00:34:14.182
We try to silence that.
00:34:14.182 --> 00:34:15.550
But the reality is, is if you're a man watching,
00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:19.220
There is a plan against your wife from the enemy
00:34:20.188 --> 00:34:23.825
To destroy her, to destroy how she feels about herself, destroy
00:34:25.026 --> 00:34:27.862
Her marriage, destroy her sexuality, destroy her confidence,
00:34:27.862 --> 00:34:32.366
Destroy her motherhood.
00:34:32.867 --> 00:34:34.068
So like, don't partner with that.
00:34:34.068 --> 00:34:36.404
If there is a genuine concern, try giving words
00:34:36.404 --> 00:34:40.374
Of affirmation in the area that she is killing it.
00:34:40.374 --> 00:34:44.712
Or maybe try
00:34:44.712 --> 00:34:46.247
Encouraging her in the areas where she wants to kill it.
00:34:46.247 --> 00:34:49.117
Like for example, if she's struggling with her weight,
00:34:49.117 --> 00:34:52.353
You don't have
00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.921
To like, don't buy her workout clothes.
00:34:53.921 --> 00:34:56.724
Like maybe just be like, hey,
00:34:56.724 --> 00:34:59.760
You know, i, you know, oh no, no,
00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:02.597
I want to go on record because they're like, he did what?
00:35:02.597 --> 00:35:04.832
They're going to. you're going to start some gossip.
00:35:04.832 --> 00:35:07.268
He didn't buy me a treadmill.
00:35:07.268 --> 00:35:08.736
He did not buy me workout clothes.
00:35:08.736 --> 00:35:10.338
But if he did, i would cry.
00:35:10.338 --> 00:35:14.142
Like i would not be encouraged by that, you know?
00:35:15.143 --> 00:35:17.245
So you really have to ask the holy spirit.
00:35:17.245 --> 00:35:18.980
And this is why i think the holy spirit is
00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:22.316
That is a part of that threefold cord, right?
00:35:23.251 --> 00:35:25.686
Yeah.
00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.188
And a threefold cord is not easily broken.
00:35:27.188 --> 00:35:30.358
There is a husband, a wife, and the holy spirit
00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:34.395
And the holy spirit will literally tell me or help me,
00:35:35.496 --> 00:35:39.534
Like when i do want to be disrespectful,
00:35:40.368 --> 00:35:42.103
When i do think like, okay, he's had a stressful day,
00:35:42.103 --> 00:35:45.439
But i know he needs something, what does he need?
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:48.476
He may not even know what he needs.
00:35:48.476 --> 00:35:50.478
Sometimes the holy spirit will be like, just celebrate.
00:35:50.478 --> 00:35:53.814
Yeah, or just go to bed and leave him alone.
00:35:53.814 --> 00:35:57.652
Sometimes that's the strategy.
00:35:58.286 --> 00:35:59.887
But i always ask the holy spirit,
00:35:59.887 --> 00:36:03.357
And i think, like for your wife, asking the holy spirit,
00:36:04.458 --> 00:36:06.561
Show me how i can encourage my wife today.
00:36:07.461 --> 00:36:10.731
I can't tell you how many times you've prayed that prayer,
00:36:11.866 --> 00:36:14.502
And you've come home and been like, hey,
00:36:15.369 --> 00:36:18.005
I did this thing, or you shot me this text.
00:36:18.873 --> 00:36:21.542
And i would respond with, oh my gosh, i just prayed about that.
00:36:21.542 --> 00:36:26.681
You know, like, i don't know if you can think of a couple
00:36:27.815 --> 00:36:29.350
If there's been many times, many times i've just said, lord,
00:36:29.350 --> 00:36:31.652
You know, give me an encouragement for my wife.
00:36:31.652 --> 00:36:34.956
Yeah.
00:36:35.189 --> 00:36:36.490
And it's funny because there's a lot of men
00:36:36.490 --> 00:36:38.159
That are in these, like, weird codependent men's groups
00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:41.929
Where, you know, they encourage each other all day.
00:36:42.997 --> 00:36:44.865
Yeah.
00:36:44.865 --> 00:36:45.566
And they don't
00:36:45.566 --> 00:36:47.068
They don't extend the same encouragement to their own wife.
00:36:47.068 --> 00:36:48.402
Oh, brother, we're in this together, brother.
00:36:48.402 --> 00:36:51.806
Well, your brother is not going to sleep with you tonight.
00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:54.008
At least he shouldn't.
00:36:54.008 --> 00:36:55.376
Yeah, like you said, your wife, you're literally.
00:36:55.376 --> 00:36:57.612
You're literally.
00:36:57.612 --> 00:36:59.113
The bible says wash your wife with the word
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Washer with the word you talked about
00:37:02.583 --> 00:37:04.685
The thoughts that run through your mind all day.
00:37:04.685 --> 00:37:06.687
That needs to be washed with the word right.
00:37:06.687 --> 00:37:09.690
And so you've got men who are washing each other
00:37:09.690 --> 00:37:12.793
With the word and group chats
00:37:12.793 --> 00:37:14.895
That don't wash their own wife with the word.
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It's a problem.
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And i'll tell you why.
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Because boys know how to be brothers,
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But men know how to be fathers.
00:37:23.904 --> 00:37:25.473
And when
00:37:25.473 --> 00:37:26.440
A father is ruling their home,
00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.742
They're the king of their own castle.
00:37:27.742 --> 00:37:29.710
And they have to say,
00:37:29.710 --> 00:37:31.545
Under my leadership in this place, people are going to be safe.
00:37:31.545 --> 00:37:34.482
They're going to feel loved.
00:37:35.082 --> 00:37:36.050
They're going to feel cherished.
00:37:36.050 --> 00:37:37.418
They're going to feel valued.
00:37:37.418 --> 00:37:39.453
They're going to be challenged at times, right.
00:37:39.453 --> 00:37:42.089
But they're also going to know that nobody has their back more.
00:37:42.089 --> 00:37:46.060
Nobody loves them more than i do.
00:37:46.060 --> 00:37:48.296
And here in the signal valley home, i'm the king of the castle.
00:37:48.296 --> 00:37:52.166
And that's not but but when i say that
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That's not the top position.
00:37:55.236 --> 00:37:56.737
That's the bottom position, right?
00:37:56.737 --> 00:37:58.406
That's me saying i'm at the lowest position.
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I'm the one pushing everybody else up every the.
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Let the greatest among you be the servant.
00:38:03.344 --> 00:38:05.680
So it's like i'm encouraging, right?
00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:07.782
Like i should be the lead encourager.
00:38:07.782 --> 00:38:10.418
I'm, i'm the one that says, hey you know what.
00:38:10.418 --> 00:38:12.987
You know you guys all are tired but i'll go an extra mile.
00:38:12.987 --> 00:38:16.490
Yeah. you know you guys are exhausted.
00:38:17.291 --> 00:38:18.426
And how many times does that happen.
00:38:18.426 --> 00:38:19.360
Oh so many
00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.928
I mean i can't tell you how many times like a few weeks ago,
00:38:20.928 --> 00:38:24.765
You know, one of our kids was sick with a fever,
00:38:24.765 --> 00:38:26.867
And i'm one of those parents, like,
00:38:26.867 --> 00:38:28.469
I cannot sleep when they have a fever
00:38:28.469 --> 00:38:31.272
Because, i don't know, i just it's my instinct.
00:38:31.272 --> 00:38:34.709
It won't let me.
00:38:34.709 --> 00:38:35.976
And i had been up three nights in a row
00:38:35.976 --> 00:38:37.445
With a sick kid with a fever, not sleeping, and,
00:38:37.445 --> 00:38:41.749
You came
00:38:42.016 --> 00:38:43.517
In, and it makes me cry because you had a really long week
00:38:43.517 --> 00:38:46.854
And a really hard week,
00:38:46.854 --> 00:38:48.656
And you came in and it was like closing in on sunday, too.
00:38:48.656 --> 00:38:51.792
So this is like coming into the weekend
00:38:51.792 --> 00:38:53.527
Where you need to be, like your strongest and you're like,
00:38:53.527 --> 00:38:56.564
Babe, i'm going to, i'm going to take care of this.
00:38:56.564 --> 00:39:00.468
You're going to sleep, you're going to shut your door,
00:39:00.468 --> 00:39:03.304
You're going to go to bed and i got this.
00:39:03.304 --> 00:39:05.473
I'll wake you up if i need you.
00:39:05.473 --> 00:39:07.408
And i had the best sleep of my life.
00:39:07.408 --> 00:39:09.810
It was so great. and you just handled it.
00:39:09.810 --> 00:39:11.979
And you checked on her.
00:39:11.979 --> 00:39:13.848
You took her time.
00:39:13.848 --> 00:39:15.182
You did all the things that i would have done.
00:39:15.182 --> 00:39:17.151
And i know you were tired, but you served us in that way.
00:39:17.151 --> 00:39:20.888
Yeah. and you got to do.
00:39:21.389 --> 00:39:22.223
There's many,
00:39:22.223 --> 00:39:23.724
Many stories of that i did that was just recently as a man,
00:39:23.724 --> 00:39:26.260
You know, it's like it's just part of it.
00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:28.429
And that's what you chose to do.
00:39:28.429 --> 00:39:31.265
And so it's like words of affirmation are,
00:39:31.265 --> 00:39:33.868
You know, encouragements because i think for me
00:39:33.868 --> 00:39:38.038
And i struggle with this because i, you know, it's
00:39:38.038 --> 00:39:40.274
Not that i'm critical, but i'm very, very like precision.
00:39:40.274 --> 00:39:44.445
I know how to, you know, do things.
00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:46.514
So i'm like, i see it.
00:39:46.514 --> 00:39:47.882
I'm like, okay, because i treat myself that way,
00:39:47.882 --> 00:39:50.351
You know what i mean? like, i need to do.
00:39:50.351 --> 00:39:52.019
You don't like people fluffing you up?
00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.687
No, i like just shoot it to me.
00:39:53.687 --> 00:39:56.957
Like, don't give me any flowers on me.
00:39:57.758 --> 00:39:58.592
Yeah.
00:39:58.592 --> 00:39:59.460
The most,
00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.895
Like, personal trainer who comes over to the house
00:40:00.895 --> 00:40:03.364
Now to help me with, you know, because i'm,
00:40:03.364 --> 00:40:05.366
I had a lot of injuries, like, physically.
00:40:05.366 --> 00:40:07.201
So i was, like, having a hard time
00:40:07.201 --> 00:40:09.370
Working out because i had a shoulder injury.
00:40:09.370 --> 00:40:11.038
A knee injury back on.
00:40:11.038 --> 00:40:12.473
Yeah. back. you know, just injuries.
00:40:12.473 --> 00:40:14.442
So like this guy comes over and it's he there is no compassion.
00:40:14.442 --> 00:40:19.647
No. it's like hey do this.
00:40:20.214 --> 00:40:21.549
You're doing it wrong.
00:40:21.549 --> 00:40:22.716
But but for me i fire up
00:40:22.716 --> 00:40:25.219
But sometimes when you treat your wife like the drill sergeant,
00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:28.889
She doesn't get inspired by that.
00:40:29.623 --> 00:40:31.058
She actually gets uninspired and she shuts down.
00:40:31.058 --> 00:40:33.427
Yeah, i've had to remind you a couple times.
00:40:33.427 --> 00:40:35.429
Like, hey, we're all girls in this.
00:40:35.429 --> 00:40:38.766
Like, mike doesn't have, like, feminine,
00:40:39.633 --> 00:40:43.337
Like inner, like, there's nothing feminine about you.
00:40:44.438 --> 00:40:47.441
Like, you're not soft around the edges.
00:40:47.441 --> 00:40:49.777
Like, even when you like, like tickle.
00:40:49.777 --> 00:40:52.079
Like it hurts. like it doesn't even.
00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:54.114
It's like you're, like, rough, you know?
00:40:54.114 --> 00:40:57.451
And so you're rough in your communication.
00:40:58.352 --> 00:41:00.254
And i'll have to remind you, like, hey, we're all like
00:41:00.254 --> 00:41:04.492
Little girls. i'm here.
00:41:04.992 --> 00:41:07.027
Like,
00:41:07.261 --> 00:41:08.596
You're talking to us like we're navy seals.
00:41:08.596 --> 00:41:10.931
We're just looking at you like to my.
00:41:10.931 --> 00:41:14.435
That's funny.
00:41:14.435 --> 00:41:15.636
And you, i, i, i love how having girls,
00:41:15.636 --> 00:41:19.440
You know, we don't we don't have boys has like soften to you.
00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:23.644
And so, it's been really fun to watch that over the years.
00:41:24.812 --> 00:41:27.781
And now as they're older, they like the tougher
00:41:27.781 --> 00:41:30.818
Especially our little is really responds to like
00:41:30.818 --> 00:41:34.288
Tougher like communicate like she likes it and she kind of
00:41:35.456 --> 00:41:38.259
Gives it back and it's like really cute.
00:41:39.126 --> 00:41:41.395
So i don't know. yeah.
00:41:41.395 --> 00:41:42.730
I mean i think like what we learn from this one.
00:41:42.730 --> 00:41:45.232
Yeah.
00:41:45.232 --> 00:41:46.700
Is that when, when it, when we say that a man desires
00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:49.370
Physical touch, what does that mean?
00:41:49.370 --> 00:41:51.205
We delved into all the complexities of it
00:41:51.205 --> 00:41:53.474
When we talked about like a woman needs physical touch.
00:41:53.474 --> 00:41:56.043
Like we talked about how that's connected
00:41:56.043 --> 00:41:58.145
To your mind psychologically and, you know, kind of like how.
00:41:58.145 --> 00:42:02.149
And then we talked about
00:42:02.650 --> 00:42:04.051
Communication verbally and how we serve each other,
00:42:04.051 --> 00:42:07.121
You know, with affirmation, like you're someone where
00:42:08.222 --> 00:42:09.823
If i start, like encouraging you and affirming you and pumping
00:42:09.823 --> 00:42:12.826
You up, it'll make you want to work out more.
00:42:12.826 --> 00:42:15.062
Oh my gosh, what if i start talking to you the other way?
00:42:15.062 --> 00:42:18.399
I'm like, i will, i'll just go ahead and 40 pounds.
00:42:19.433 --> 00:42:22.002
Yeah.
00:42:22.236 --> 00:42:23.571
Don't care will gain 40 pounds despite you.
00:42:23.571 --> 00:42:27.441
So it's like i used to think like yeah man
00:42:28.342 --> 00:42:30.110
I'm just going to tell her straight to your face girl.
00:42:30.110 --> 00:42:32.846
You got it.
00:42:32.846 --> 00:42:33.514
And she's like,
00:42:33.514 --> 00:42:35.049
Oh yeah, yeah i'm on my way to dunkin donuts right now.
00:42:35.049 --> 00:42:37.217
And you're eating a revenge donut and you're like, keep talking.
00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:41.188
Because i keep eating.
00:42:41.188 --> 00:42:42.189
You keep talking, i keep eating
00:42:42.189 --> 00:42:45.459
Well.
00:42:45.693 --> 00:42:47.094
But i've learned that encouragement works for you.
00:42:47.094 --> 00:42:49.263
And and you know what's funny?
00:42:49.263 --> 00:42:50.631
And i'm going to end on this.
00:42:50.631 --> 00:42:52.967
You know, the lowest form of prophecy in the new testament,
00:42:52.967 --> 00:42:57.538
If you read the scriptures, is exhort
00:42:58.372 --> 00:43:00.374
And encourage.
00:43:00.374 --> 00:43:03.677
I was okay, like, let's go to the wide angle.
00:43:04.645 --> 00:43:06.113
I'm holding my hand.
00:43:06.113 --> 00:43:07.748
Tell you what, julie's like.
00:43:07.748 --> 00:43:09.550
You're doing something weird.
00:43:09.550 --> 00:43:11.318
It just looks so
00:43:11.318 --> 00:43:13.153
Wrong if i go like this.
00:43:13.654 --> 00:43:14.722
Yeah, i'm holding my legs up.
00:43:14.722 --> 00:43:16.423
People have, like, a whole theory about that.
00:43:16.423 --> 00:43:18.892
I don't know, like, what's a theory?
00:43:18.892 --> 00:43:20.995
Probably some new age thing. and.
00:43:20.995 --> 00:43:25.699
You're so silly.
00:43:26.066 --> 00:43:28.569
I just know how they. they're bored.
00:43:28.569 --> 00:43:30.404
They gotta think of something.
00:43:30.404 --> 00:43:32.406
I was trying to do it with me, like, hey,
00:43:32.406 --> 00:43:36.343
You don't don't hold your leg.
00:43:36.977 --> 00:43:39.013
That's a drama. it's not.
00:43:39.013 --> 00:43:41.415
I know, it's because, like, you got, like,
00:43:41.415 --> 00:43:43.517
I was mostly nervousness when i'm like, stop doing that.
00:43:43.517 --> 00:43:47.187
Know my wife has seen me garner like 70 million views online
00:43:48.355 --> 00:43:52.426
And unfortunately, people pick apart every single thing you do
00:43:53.594 --> 00:43:56.797
And then you attribute meaning to it.
00:43:56.797 --> 00:43:59.099
That's not right.
00:43:59.099 --> 00:44:00.634
And so you probably are trying to avoid me getting a video
00:44:00.634 --> 00:44:04.038
Coming out about how i did namaste or something on and or whatever
00:44:04.038 --> 00:44:07.641
I was, i was really just holding my leg up.
00:44:07.641 --> 00:44:10.644
I was trying to figure out, where is it going through?
00:44:10.644 --> 00:44:13.947
I was.
00:44:13.947 --> 00:44:16.250
So speaking of,
00:44:16.617 --> 00:44:19.053
Yeah, physical dead.
00:44:19.053 --> 00:44:19.887
But yeah, just to wrap
00:44:19.887 --> 00:44:23.223
And then we're going to do we have two more episodes.
00:44:24.291 --> 00:44:25.793
I know this is a been an incredible journey.
00:44:25.793 --> 00:44:27.861
And you know what?
00:44:27.861 --> 00:44:29.029
The fact that we're laughing together,
00:44:29.029 --> 00:44:30.631
Like, did you know that there would be another couple
00:44:30.631 --> 00:44:32.700
Where if the guy was like, you know, holding his leg
00:44:32.700 --> 00:44:35.969
And the woman thought it was weird,
00:44:35.969 --> 00:44:37.137
That could be a full blown argument?
00:44:37.137 --> 00:44:39.173
Yeah.
00:44:39.173 --> 00:44:40.974
I do want to say like that in and of itself was an object lesson
00:44:40.974 --> 00:44:42.743
Because i don't have any ego about me.
00:44:42.743 --> 00:44:45.245
I'm not.
00:44:45.245 --> 00:44:46.647
I don't take things personally in an offensive way.
00:44:46.647 --> 00:44:48.982
And we laughed about it.
00:44:48.982 --> 00:44:51.585
Right.
00:44:51.585 --> 00:44:53.487
You got the giggles.
00:44:53.487 --> 00:44:54.755
I got the giggles from it.
00:44:54.755 --> 00:44:55.989
Yeah. i'm sorry, but you.
00:44:55.989 --> 00:44:57.591
But you've seen the guys who blow up over the
00:44:57.591 --> 00:45:00.828
That kind of stuff. yeah.
00:45:00.828 --> 00:45:02.329
And they're just it's it's so it's like, i guess
00:45:02.329 --> 00:45:05.399
The lesson from this is you get to choose how you react.
00:45:05.399 --> 00:45:08.702
And it's always a choice.
00:45:09.269 --> 00:45:10.738
Yeah.
00:45:10.738 --> 00:45:12.106
And anger and bitterness and rage and ego and pride
00:45:12.106 --> 00:45:14.208
Makes you feel like you don't have a choice. right.
00:45:14.208 --> 00:45:17.010
But you actually it's like, yeah, whatever.
00:45:17.010 --> 00:45:18.846
I, you know. yeah.
00:45:18.846 --> 00:45:20.214
And by the way, if you are like one of those
00:45:20.214 --> 00:45:24.251
Christian marriage speakers and you talk about how you're not
00:45:25.452 --> 00:45:27.254
Supposed to blow up on your wife, but you do blow up on your wife
00:45:27.254 --> 00:45:30.557
Weekend. joe,
00:45:30.557 --> 00:45:33.060
I don't do that.
00:45:33.427 --> 00:45:35.796
No, you don't.
00:45:35.796 --> 00:45:37.431
I'm saying we can tell.
00:45:37.431 --> 00:45:39.700
Oh, yeah, we're all the time.
00:45:39.700 --> 00:45:41.769
We're like, yeah, that guy tells his wife, shut up, shut up.
00:45:41.769 --> 00:45:45.539
You shut up.
00:45:45.539 --> 00:45:48.809
I, i feel like this podcast is just for us.
00:45:49.710 --> 00:45:52.379
Yeah. have a good time. no, you know what?
00:45:52.379 --> 00:45:54.314
This is good for people, i think so.
00:45:54.314 --> 00:45:56.150
I think it's good.
00:45:56.150 --> 00:45:57.551
Yeah.
00:45:57.551 --> 00:45:58.886
In the in the what i, what i was closing on.
00:45:58.886 --> 00:46:01.121
This is why you don't get tired and i'm tired i know, i know,
00:46:02.322 --> 00:46:04.658
Know, but i love you and i'm glad you're here.
00:46:05.626 --> 00:46:06.894
But is that the words of affirmation?
00:46:06.894 --> 00:46:09.630
Are so necessary because the lowest
00:46:09.630 --> 00:46:12.266
Level of prophecy is exhortation and encouragement.
00:46:12.266 --> 00:46:15.402
And there's been many times where i've went to go encourage you.
00:46:15.402 --> 00:46:18.272
And i started
00:46:18.272 --> 00:46:20.007
And i started with encouragement, and it ended with prophecy.
00:46:20.007 --> 00:46:23.277
And i really believe that there's a lot of men
00:46:24.244 --> 00:46:25.612
That need to start trying to encourage their wives.
00:46:25.612 --> 00:46:28.148
You know, i don't know if you're ready to share that testimony.
00:46:28.148 --> 00:46:30.584
I was just thinking about that. yeah. go ahead. let's save it.
00:46:30.584 --> 00:46:32.953
You can save it.
00:46:32.953 --> 00:46:33.754
Okay. cliffhanger.
00:46:33.754 --> 00:46:34.788
Yeah. cliffhanger.
00:46:34.788 --> 00:46:35.856
Let's save it. hey, so do this.
00:46:35.856 --> 00:46:38.425
Two things.
00:46:38.425 --> 00:46:39.593
I want you to subscribe to the channel
00:46:39.593 --> 00:46:41.161
And let god just work and heal your marriage.
00:46:41.161 --> 00:46:44.298
And let us know in the comment section.
00:46:44.298 --> 00:46:46.133
What were the things that really meant the most to you?
00:46:46.133 --> 00:46:48.468
Let's talk.
00:46:48.468 --> 00:46:49.603
We're going to be in the comments.
00:46:49.603 --> 00:46:50.938
You'll be in the comments, i think in the comments.
00:46:50.938 --> 00:46:52.306
I'll try. yeah.
00:46:52.306 --> 00:46:53.807
And then here's i want you to go ahead and tap this video.
00:46:53.807 --> 00:46:58.145
This is a playlist and just binge the whole thing.
00:46:58.145 --> 00:47:00.981
I'll see you in the next one.
00:47:00.981 --> 00:47:02.616
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00:47:02.616 --> 00:47:06.153
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00:47:06.987 --> 00:47:08.622
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Mike Signorelli - What Men Really Want In Marriage (It's Not What You Think)

January 6, 2026 | 48:25

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