October 31, 2024 • 19 mins
Can the hustle and bustle of everyday life blur the lines of love and faith in your relationships? Join me, Monique Simmons, as I unravel this crucial question. Life's chaos can easily make us forget the love and accomplishments we've nurtured. By revisiting shared memories and cherishing the vows we've made, we can anchor ourselves in the present and strengthen our relationships. In this episode, we explore how vital it is to pause and appreciate these moments, allowing them to serve as beautiful reminders of what truly matters.
As we embark on an exciting new season, let's also remember the promises and character of God and our partners, which are foundational in maintaining healthy relationships. Life's challenges can sometimes cloud our perception, but recalling the positive deeds and intentions of those we hold dear can shift our mindset and bring clarity. Marital vows, much like God's covenant with us, serve as steadfast anchors during tough times. As we look forward, I hope this discussion offers insights and encouragement for a season filled with love and faith. Don't forget to connect with me on Facebook at Demo with Mo and send your thoughts to Demowithmo@gmail.com. Here's to a great day and an even greater season ahead!
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
what's up, guys?
Welcome to demo with mo.
I'm your host, monique simmons.
We'll be discussing dating,engaged and married objectives
from a young christian'sperspective.
Are you guys ready?
Let's dive in.
Hey, what's up, guys?
Welcome to a new episode ofDemo with Mo.
(00:29):
I am your host, monique Simmons.
If you are new and this is yourfirst time listening, welcome.
If you have been rocking withme for a while, or from the very
beginning, welcome back.
We have been on break fromseason seven and I'm excited to
be jumping back into a newseason and I am so glad to have
(00:52):
you guys joining me.
We're going to jump right intoit.
Today we're going to bediscussing sometimes you need to
be reminded.
I don't know about you, butsometimes I need to be reminded.
Sometimes you can get blinded oroverwhelmed or distracted by
(01:16):
the things of this world, bylife, by the storms, and you
need to be reminded.
My husband and I are therapists.
She does this thing and shedoesn't have to do it often,
every once in a while, andthat's the thing about a
reminder.
You don't need a reminder often.
Everybody varies.
Some people need it more oftenthan others, and that's
(01:38):
perfectly okay.
I need it maybe every blue moon, but again, everybody varies
and it depending on what you'refacing in your life, what's
going on at the moment, whatseason of life you're in.
Maybe you have little kids athome, maybe you have a new
position on your job, maybeyou're taking care of elderly
(02:02):
parents.
Depending on what season oflife you're in, what you have
currently going on, the remindermay be different for you, the
amount of times you need to bereminded.
But she does this thing where,every once in a while, she will
remind us of who we are, ourlove story, where we come from,
(02:25):
what we've invested, what we'vebuilt together.
And it's our story.
Don't get me wrong.
This is my husband and I's lovestory.
This is our relationship, thisis our family.
We know what we've builttogether.
And just a little context and alittle background.
For those of you who may be new, this may be your first time
(02:45):
here with Demo, with Mo, andagain, welcome.
Thank you so much for joiningme here.
I'm so glad to have you herewith me.
My husband and I we've beendating since our senior year in
high school.
We've been friends since wewere sophomores in high school,
so we have a lot of investmenthere.
We've been rocking for a longlong time.
(03:07):
We have three beautifulchildren.
We got married at the young ageof 21.
So we've been together for along time.
Now we're both 35 years old, sowe have a lot of investment
here.
So sometimes every once in awhile, depending on what we have
going on, depending where weare in our relationship,
(03:28):
depending on what season of lifewe're in, she'll bring up.
You know, you guys have beentogether since high school.
You guys are high schoolsweethearts.
You have three lovely children.
You guys have built yourcareers up together.
You guys have been rooting forone another.
You guys have this, you havethat.
(03:49):
You have friendships, you havefamily.
You have guys have supportedeach other like no one else.
You guys have been therethrough the good, through the
bad.
You started from ground zeroand built everything that you
have now, and you guys have beenthere when you accepted Christ
and all of these beautifulthings I'm talking about.
(04:10):
Sometimes she sells it in such away it's like it's not even my
story and sometimes because thelife that you're currently in,
the life that you're living, theday-to-day hustle and grind and
the season that you'recurrently in the life that
you're living, the day-to-dayhustle and grind and the season
that you're in and you'reworking hard and you're taking
(04:32):
care of your kids and you'repaying bills and you're going
through certain storms and youhave life.
Life is life.
You get caught up in all of theexternal things that are
happening in life.
Life is life.
You know you get caught up inall of the external things that
are happening in life, just theday-to-day things, and sometimes
you can get so caught up inthose things, just life
(04:56):
happening People getting sick,you're helping others, you're
doing ministry work and so manythings that so many people are
facing in the world.
So many people are in need.
The storms are like literalstorms, like the weather right
now, the climate, the politicalviews.
(05:17):
It's so many things that arehappening in our society right
now.
Life is happening for so manypeople and I'm trying to hit on
so many points because I knowwhat may be happening for me,
what may be happening for myfriends, what may be happening
for my church family, what maybe happening for you.
(05:38):
It may vary from one to theother and I don't want to feel
like I'm leaving you out becauseI missed your scenario or your
circumstance, but I just wantyou to know, for so many people,
life is happening and for somany of us, for so many of you,
sometimes we have to be reminded, just like for my therapist
(06:01):
having to remind my husband andI Sometimes you need to be
reminded what is right herebeside you, what is right here
in front of you, even though inthe midst of life happening
around you, you have this righthere, this beautiful thing, this
beautiful investment, thisbeautiful partner, this
(06:25):
beautiful spouse, this beautifulfamily, this beautiful thing
that you've built, thisbeautiful thing that you have
available to you, that is yours,that you love, that loves you
back.
And sometimes you can forgetbecause of life and you have to
be reminded, and then you beginto hear these things and you
(06:48):
like this is mine, this is whatI've done, this is what I've
worked for, this is what I'veinvested in blood, sweat and
tears.
This is what God has given tome, this is what God has blessed
me with, this is what God hasblessed me with, this is what
God has sustained and this iswhat God has done for me.
And you have to be reminded ofthat.
(07:09):
And if you're not careful, ifwe're not careful, we can easily
forget.
So let's talk about it.
Not only do we need to bereminded when it comes to our
partner and our spouses, becausethat's what this podcast is
about, but this podcast is arelationship, marriage, dating
(07:31):
podcast, but it's from aChristian perspective, so
sometimes we need to be remindedalso when it comes to our
relationship with God.
One we need to remember God'scharacter and who he is, and not
(07:53):
only God, but our partner orour spouse's character and who
they are as well.
We have to be reminded of this.
Sometimes, when life gets heavy, when the storms are raging,
when the noise is loud, we getdistracted.
We can't see the forest for thetrees and we forget the
(08:16):
character of God.
We forget the character of ourpartners.
We forget the character of God.
We forget the character of ourpartners.
We forget the character of ourspouses.
We forget that they're not ourenemies.
They mean us good.
They're good people.
They love us.
God is just, he is righteous,he is without sin, he is holy.
(08:47):
He only means us good.
That is who God is.
Now partners, on the other hand,you know they're flawed
individuals, they're sinful, butthey also mean us good, and I
mean this in a if, especially if, you're married to a believer,
a Christian partner if we'remarried to people in the
perspective of if we're inhealthy relationships.
(09:08):
I'm not talking about abusivepartners, I'm not talking about
people who are physically,mentally, emotionally abusive to
you.
I'm not talking about in thosecircumstances.
So when you hear me speaking ofthis, I'm talking about healthy
relationship.
So in that aspect, I mean yourpartner loves you.
(09:29):
Because sometimes, when thingsare rocky, when we're in a
negative space, when we're in ahard season of our relationships
, we can feel like our partnersare our enemies, our
relationships.
We can feel like our partnersare our enemies.
And if we can get in the rightmindset and the right
perspective, we can remember apartner is not my enemy, they
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don't want to bring harm to me.
Yeah, we may be in a bad spotright now, but they mean me good
, they love me, they care aboutme, me and that can shift our
perspective, that can shift ourmindset and we can tackle the
issue at hand.
We can tackle the problem athand.
We can fix that when weremember our partner or our
(10:16):
spouse's character, who they are, and look at the problem at
hand.
Jeremiah 32 and 27 says I am theLord, the God of all mankind.
Is anything too hard for me.
Isaiah 40 and 25 says to whomwill you compare me or who is my
(10:41):
equal, says the Holy One.
Two we have to remember what hehas done for us, and that comes
to God and that comes to ourpartner or our spouses.
We have to remember what theyhave done for us.
(11:04):
Again, in the midst of hardtimes we can forget.
Sometimes, when things are hard, it's so easy to see the bad,
it's so easy to only see thenegative.
But we have to intentionallyand purposefully look for the
good, look for the positive, andwhen it's hard to see that in
(11:26):
the moment, we can look back atthe past and remember the good,
remember the good things they'vedone for us in the past, look
back at the history, look backat the timeline, all the good
things they've done for me up tothis point, all of the positive
things they've done for me upto this point, all of the
positive things they've done forme up to this point.
What has God done for you?
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And I know God has done manythings for you because, again,
that is his character, that iswho he is, and you can go back
and look at the history and seeall the things that he's done
for you.
You can just go back and look,and I don't even have to know
personally what he's done foryou.
I can just go back and look,and I don't even have to know
personally what he's done foryou.
I just know who God is.
He can't help but to be goodbecause he is good.
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You can put that on the shirt.
He can't help but to be goodbecause that's who he is.
Psalm 77, verses 11 through 12,says I will remember the deeds
of the Lord.
Yes, I will remember yourmiracles of long ago.
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I will consider all your worksand meditate on all your mighty
deeds.
Psalms 103 and 2 says yes, Iwill bless the Lord and not
forget the glorious things hedoes for me.
And number three, last but notleast remember what he has
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promised.
Remember what God has promisedyou and also especially I'm
saying your partner and yourspouse.
But remember what your spousehas promised you, because when
it comes to your spouse, when wesaid I do, we made vows to one
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another.
That's a covenant agreement,just like God has made a
covenant agreement with us.
When we said I do.
You know, people like to saymarriage is just a piece of
paper when it comes to God, goddoes not view marriage as a
piece of paper.
It's so much bigger, it's somuch deeper than that.
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It's a covenant agreement, thesame covenant agreement that God
made with us.
So it's so much bigger thanthat, but that's another subject
for another day.
But remember what God haspromised us and remember the
promises that we made to ourspouses.
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When we said I do.
When we made that covenantagreement with one another, we
said for better or for worse,through sickness and in health,
richer or poor, these arepromises.
You know we like to repeat thosevows from one to another, but
when things get hard, are youremembering what we promised to
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one another?
Are you holding on to that?
Because that's a promise,that's a vow, that's a company.
It should mean something to you, it should mean something to
your spouse.
So when things get hard, youhave to remember that my spouse
made this promise to me.
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So, even when you feelotherwise, you feel like they
may believe you.
You may feel like things areshaky right now.
You may feel like it's unknown.
You may feel like things are upin the air right now.
No, my spouse promised me this.
I made this promise to myspouse.
I vowed this.
I'm standing on this.
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I'm standing 10 toes down inthis and I'm not talking about
an abusive situation.
I'm not talking about whenthere's an habitual cheater.
I'm not talking about in thosecases.
I'm talking about these arethings that you guys are having
issues and disagreements about.
That you guys can work through.
Having issues and disagreementsabout that you guys can work
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through, even if you need to geta third party involved, a
mediator.
Do the work, do the work.
We're just in a generation nowwhere we give up so easily.
But we made vows.
We made vows before God.
We made vows, we made promises.
So remember that Because, again, sometimes we need to be
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reminded and sometimes you needto be reminded.
I made a promise, I made acovenant agreement before God.
I can't just walk away fromthis.
Every time my feelings get hurt, every time I'm upset, every
time something don't go my way.
I made a promise Hebrews 13 and5.
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Never will I leave you, neverwill I forsake you.
That's what God promised you.
Sometimes you need to bereminded of that.
No matter what God says, nomatter what God don't have no
stipulations on you.
That's good news.
I don't know about you, butthat is good news.
God says never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.
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That means he'll never turn hisback on you.
He'll never turn his back onyou.
He'll never walk away.
Nothing so bad you can do tomake him walk away or turn from
you, to abandon you For somebodythat, if you've ever been
abandoned, if you've ever beenwalked out on, if you've ever
been left, and for you to havesomebody say I'll never do that
(16:56):
to you, I'll never do that toyou.
There's nothing in this worldthat will ever make me do that
to you.
That's good news.
That's good news.
Romans 8 and 28 says and we knowthat God causes everything to
work together for the good ofthose who love God and are
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called according to his purpose,for them Meaning whatever you
go through, good or bad, eventhe most terrible things, god is
going to use it for your good.
I'm going to take it all.
Nothing will go to waste,nothing will be in vain.
All those things that hurt you,all those things that were
meant for evil, all thoseterrible things, bad things, the
(17:42):
good things, the beautifulthings.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good.
Those who love me, those arecalled according to my purpose.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good.
That's how much I love you.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good, for your
good.
That's how much I love you.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good, for your
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benefit, and sometimes you needto be reminded of that, when
you're going through hard times,when you're going through
difficult times and you'rewondering God, why, why this,
how long?
What for what's the purpose?
And God said it's working out.
All of it's working out foryour good.
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All of it has a purpose, all ofit has a plan.
I'm going to take all of these.
You don't understand right now,you don't know right now, but I
have a plan for all of it.
All of it's working togetherfor your good.
You don't understand, you don'tknow, but I love you so much.
It's all working together foryour good.
It's all working together foryour good.
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Because I love you just thatmuch, I'm going to use it all.
I won't waste any of it.
None of it will be in vain.
It's all working together foryour good, and sometimes you
need to be reminded of that.
I hope this episode helped youtoday and as we kick off season
eight.
This is just a snippet of whatthis season is going to be like.
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I hope you guys are lookingforward to it.
I hope you're looking forwardto it, but, as always, remember
I love you, but God loves you somuch more, so much more.
You guys have a great day.
Bye, I hope you guys haveenjoyed.
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what's up, guys?
Welcome to demo with mo.
I'm your host, monique simmons.
We'll be discussing dating,engaged and married objectives
from a young christian'sperspective.
Are you guys ready?
Let's dive in.
Hey, what's up, guys?
Welcome to a new episode ofDemo with Mo.
(00:29):
I am your host, monique Simmons.
If you are new and this is yourfirst time listening, welcome.
If you have been rocking withme for a while, or from the very
beginning, welcome back.
We have been on break fromseason seven and I'm excited to
be jumping back into a newseason and I am so glad to have
(00:52):
you guys joining me.
We're going to jump right intoit.
Today we're going to bediscussing sometimes you need to
be reminded.
I don't know about you, butsometimes I need to be reminded.
Sometimes you can get blinded oroverwhelmed or distracted by
(01:16):
the things of this world, bylife, by the storms, and you
need to be reminded.
My husband and I are therapists.
She does this thing and shedoesn't have to do it often,
every once in a while, andthat's the thing about a
reminder.
You don't need a reminder often.
Everybody varies.
Some people need it more oftenthan others, and that's
(01:38):
perfectly okay.
I need it maybe every blue moon, but again, everybody varies
and it depending on what you'refacing in your life, what's
going on at the moment, whatseason of life you're in.
Maybe you have little kids athome, maybe you have a new
position on your job, maybeyou're taking care of elderly
(02:02):
parents.
Depending on what season oflife you're in, what you have
currently going on, the remindermay be different for you, the
amount of times you need to bereminded.
But she does this thing where,every once in a while, she will
remind us of who we are, ourlove story, where we come from,
(02:25):
what we've invested, what we'vebuilt together.
And it's our story.
Don't get me wrong.
This is my husband and I's lovestory.
This is our relationship, thisis our family.
We know what we've builttogether.
And just a little context and alittle background.
For those of you who may be new, this may be your first time
(02:45):
here with Demo, with Mo, andagain, welcome.
Thank you so much for joiningme here.
I'm so glad to have you herewith me.
My husband and I we've beendating since our senior year in
high school.
We've been friends since wewere sophomores in high school,
so we have a lot of investmenthere.
We've been rocking for a longlong time.
(03:07):
We have three beautifulchildren.
We got married at the young ageof 21.
So we've been together for along time.
Now we're both 35 years old, sowe have a lot of investment
here.
So sometimes every once in awhile, depending on what we have
going on, depending where weare in our relationship,
(03:28):
depending on what season of lifewe're in, she'll bring up.
You know, you guys have beentogether since high school.
You guys are high schoolsweethearts.
You have three lovely children.
You guys have built yourcareers up together.
You guys have been rooting forone another.
You guys have this, you havethat.
(03:49):
You have friendships, you havefamily.
You have guys have supportedeach other like no one else.
You guys have been therethrough the good, through the
bad.
You started from ground zeroand built everything that you
have now, and you guys have beenthere when you accepted Christ
and all of these beautifulthings I'm talking about.
(04:10):
Sometimes she sells it in such away it's like it's not even my
story and sometimes because thelife that you're currently in,
the life that you're living, theday-to-day hustle and grind and
the season that you'recurrently in the life that
you're living, the day-to-dayhustle and grind and the season
that you're in and you'reworking hard and you're taking
(04:32):
care of your kids and you'repaying bills and you're going
through certain storms and youhave life.
Life is life.
You get caught up in all of theexternal things that are
happening in life.
Life is life.
You know you get caught up inall of the external things that
are happening in life, just theday-to-day things, and sometimes
you can get so caught up inthose things, just life
(04:56):
happening People getting sick,you're helping others, you're
doing ministry work and so manythings that so many people are
facing in the world.
So many people are in need.
The storms are like literalstorms, like the weather right
now, the climate, the politicalviews.
(05:17):
It's so many things that arehappening in our society right
now.
Life is happening for so manypeople and I'm trying to hit on
so many points because I knowwhat may be happening for me,
what may be happening for myfriends, what may be happening
for my church family, what maybe happening for you.
(05:38):
It may vary from one to theother and I don't want to feel
like I'm leaving you out becauseI missed your scenario or your
circumstance, but I just wantyou to know, for so many people,
life is happening and for somany of us, for so many of you,
sometimes we have to be reminded, just like for my therapist
(06:01):
having to remind my husband andI Sometimes you need to be
reminded what is right herebeside you, what is right here
in front of you, even though inthe midst of life happening
around you, you have this righthere, this beautiful thing, this
beautiful investment, thisbeautiful partner, this
(06:25):
beautiful spouse, this beautifulfamily, this beautiful thing
that you've built, thisbeautiful thing that you have
available to you, that is yours,that you love, that loves you
back.
And sometimes you can forgetbecause of life and you have to
be reminded, and then you beginto hear these things and you
(06:48):
like this is mine, this is whatI've done, this is what I've
worked for, this is what I'veinvested in blood, sweat and
tears.
This is what God has given tome, this is what God has blessed
me with, this is what God hasblessed me with, this is what
God has sustained and this iswhat God has done for me.
And you have to be reminded ofthat.
(07:09):
And if you're not careful, ifwe're not careful, we can easily
forget.
So let's talk about it.
Not only do we need to bereminded when it comes to our
partner and our spouses, becausethat's what this podcast is
about, but this podcast is arelationship, marriage, dating
(07:31):
podcast, but it's from aChristian perspective, so
sometimes we need to be remindedalso when it comes to our
relationship with God.
One we need to remember God'scharacter and who he is, and not
(07:53):
only God, but our partner orour spouse's character and who
they are as well.
We have to be reminded of this.
Sometimes, when life gets heavy, when the storms are raging,
when the noise is loud, we getdistracted.
We can't see the forest for thetrees and we forget the
(08:16):
character of God.
We forget the character of ourpartners.
We forget the character of God.
We forget the character of ourpartners.
We forget the character of ourspouses.
We forget that they're not ourenemies.
They mean us good.
They're good people.
They love us.
God is just, he is righteous,he is without sin, he is holy.
(08:47):
He only means us good.
That is who God is.
Now partners, on the other hand,you know they're flawed
individuals, they're sinful, butthey also mean us good, and I
mean this in a if, especially if, you're married to a believer,
a Christian partner if we'remarried to people in the
perspective of if we're inhealthy relationships.
(09:08):
I'm not talking about abusivepartners, I'm not talking about
people who are physically,mentally, emotionally abusive to
you.
I'm not talking about in thosecircumstances.
So when you hear me speaking ofthis, I'm talking about healthy
relationship.
So in that aspect, I mean yourpartner loves you.
(09:29):
Because sometimes, when thingsare rocky, when we're in a
negative space, when we're in ahard season of our relationships
, we can feel like our partnersare our enemies, our
relationships.
We can feel like our partnersare our enemies.
And if we can get in the rightmindset and the right
perspective, we can remember apartner is not my enemy, they
(09:50):
don't want to bring harm to me.
Yeah, we may be in a bad spotright now, but they mean me good
, they love me, they care aboutme, me and that can shift our
perspective, that can shift ourmindset and we can tackle the
issue at hand.
We can tackle the problem athand.
We can fix that when weremember our partner or our
(10:16):
spouse's character, who they are, and look at the problem at
hand.
Jeremiah 32 and 27 says I am theLord, the God of all mankind.
Is anything too hard for me.
Isaiah 40 and 25 says to whomwill you compare me or who is my
(10:41):
equal, says the Holy One.
Two we have to remember what hehas done for us, and that comes
to God and that comes to ourpartner or our spouses.
We have to remember what theyhave done for us.
(11:04):
Again, in the midst of hardtimes we can forget.
Sometimes, when things are hard, it's so easy to see the bad,
it's so easy to only see thenegative.
But we have to intentionallyand purposefully look for the
good, look for the positive, andwhen it's hard to see that in
(11:26):
the moment, we can look back atthe past and remember the good,
remember the good things they'vedone for us in the past, look
back at the history, look backat the timeline, all the good
things they've done for me up tothis point, all of the positive
things they've done for me upto this point, all of the
positive things they've done forme up to this point.
What has God done for you?
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And I know God has done manythings for you because, again,
that is his character, that iswho he is, and you can go back
and look at the history and seeall the things that he's done
for you.
You can just go back and look,and I don't even have to know
personally what he's done foryou.
I can just go back and look,and I don't even have to know
personally what he's done foryou.
I just know who God is.
He can't help but to be goodbecause he is good.
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You can put that on the shirt.
He can't help but to be goodbecause that's who he is.
Psalm 77, verses 11 through 12,says I will remember the deeds
of the Lord.
Yes, I will remember yourmiracles of long ago.
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I will consider all your worksand meditate on all your mighty
deeds.
Psalms 103 and 2 says yes, Iwill bless the Lord and not
forget the glorious things hedoes for me.
And number three, last but notleast remember what he has
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promised.
Remember what God has promisedyou and also especially I'm
saying your partner and yourspouse.
But remember what your spousehas promised you, because when
it comes to your spouse, when wesaid I do, we made vows to one
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another.
That's a covenant agreement,just like God has made a
covenant agreement with us.
When we said I do.
You know, people like to saymarriage is just a piece of
paper when it comes to God, goddoes not view marriage as a
piece of paper.
It's so much bigger, it's somuch deeper than that.
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It's a covenant agreement, thesame covenant agreement that God
made with us.
So it's so much bigger thanthat, but that's another subject
for another day.
But remember what God haspromised us and remember the
promises that we made to ourspouses.
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When we said I do.
When we made that covenantagreement with one another, we
said for better or for worse,through sickness and in health,
richer or poor, these arepromises.
You know we like to repeat thosevows from one to another, but
when things get hard, are youremembering what we promised to
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one another?
Are you holding on to that?
Because that's a promise,that's a vow, that's a company.
It should mean something to you, it should mean something to
your spouse.
So when things get hard, youhave to remember that my spouse
made this promise to me.
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So, even when you feelotherwise, you feel like they
may believe you.
You may feel like things areshaky right now.
You may feel like it's unknown.
You may feel like things are upin the air right now.
No, my spouse promised me this.
I made this promise to myspouse.
I vowed this.
I'm standing on this.
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I'm standing 10 toes down inthis and I'm not talking about
an abusive situation.
I'm not talking about whenthere's an habitual cheater.
I'm not talking about in thosecases.
I'm talking about these arethings that you guys are having
issues and disagreements about.
That you guys can work through.
Having issues and disagreementsabout that you guys can work
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through, even if you need to geta third party involved, a
mediator.
Do the work, do the work.
We're just in a generation nowwhere we give up so easily.
But we made vows.
We made vows before God.
We made vows, we made promises.
So remember that Because, again, sometimes we need to be
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reminded and sometimes you needto be reminded.
I made a promise, I made acovenant agreement before God.
I can't just walk away fromthis.
Every time my feelings get hurt, every time I'm upset, every
time something don't go my way.
I made a promise Hebrews 13 and5.
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Never will I leave you, neverwill I forsake you.
That's what God promised you.
Sometimes you need to bereminded of that.
No matter what God says, nomatter what God don't have no
stipulations on you.
That's good news.
I don't know about you, butthat is good news.
God says never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.
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That means he'll never turn hisback on you.
He'll never turn his back onyou.
He'll never walk away.
Nothing so bad you can do tomake him walk away or turn from
you, to abandon you For somebodythat, if you've ever been
abandoned, if you've ever beenwalked out on, if you've ever
been left, and for you to havesomebody say I'll never do that
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to you, I'll never do that toyou.
There's nothing in this worldthat will ever make me do that
to you.
That's good news.
That's good news.
Romans 8 and 28 says and we knowthat God causes everything to
work together for the good ofthose who love God and are
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called according to his purpose,for them Meaning whatever you
go through, good or bad, eventhe most terrible things, god is
going to use it for your good.
I'm going to take it all.
Nothing will go to waste,nothing will be in vain.
All those things that hurt you,all those things that were
meant for evil, all thoseterrible things, bad things, the
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good things, the beautifulthings.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good.
Those who love me, those arecalled according to my purpose.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good.
That's how much I love you.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good, for your
good.
That's how much I love you.
I'm going to take all of it anduse it for your good, for your
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benefit, and sometimes you needto be reminded of that, when
you're going through hard times,when you're going through
difficult times and you'rewondering God, why, why this,
how long?
What for what's the purpose?
And God said it's working out.
All of it's working out foryour good.
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All of it has a purpose, all ofit has a plan.
I'm going to take all of these.
You don't understand right now,you don't know right now, but I
have a plan for all of it.
All of it's working togetherfor your good.
You don't understand, you don'tknow, but I love you so much.
It's all working together foryour good.
It's all working together foryour good.
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Because I love you just thatmuch, I'm going to use it all.
I won't waste any of it.
None of it will be in vain.
It's all working together foryour good, and sometimes you
need to be reminded of that.
I hope this episode helped youtoday and as we kick off season
eight.
This is just a snippet of whatthis season is going to be like.
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I hope you guys are lookingforward to it.
I hope you're looking forwardto it, but, as always, remember
I love you, but God loves you somuch more, so much more.
You guys have a great day.
Bye, I hope you guys haveenjoyed.
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Follow me on Facebook at Demowith Mo.
If you have any questions youwould like answered here live on
my podcast, email them to me atDemo with Mo at gmailcom.
Email them to me at demo withmo at gmailcom.
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That's D-E-M-O-W-I-T-H-M-O atgmailcom.
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