{"id":300023,"date":"2019-01-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/the-enemy-of-your-marriage\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T22:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:41:14","slug":"the-enemy-of-your-marriage","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-enemy-of-your-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Enemy of Your Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Muehlhoff exposes the real enemy of your marriage&#8211;Satan. 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Muehlhoff reminds couples that their marriage is taking place on a spiritual battlefield, and evil forces have husbands and wives in their crosshairs.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2019-01-17.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Without really realizing it, there are ways you and your spouse are likely giving the enemy, Satan, access to your marriage. Have you thought about that? Here\u2019s author and speaker Tim Muehlhoff.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> If you\u2019re a Christian couple and you just feel like, \u201cWe\u2019re in a funk. We\u2019re stuck. I\u2019m angry. I can\u2019t let go of this.\u201d What would the apostle Paul say? If you\u2019re not dealing with your anger before the sun goes down, you\u2019ve just created a foothold. And <em>foothold<\/em> can be translated in the Greek: <em>opportunity. <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo what happens is: if we let this bitterness go \/ these arguments go, then eventually we\u2019re giving Satan footholds. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, January 17<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We don\u2019t want to be doing anything as couples to give the enemy access to our marriage, do we? Let\u2019s talk about how we can keep that from happening. Our guest today is Tim Muehlhoff. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We have a doctor with us today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I know.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>He wants our listeners to know he\u2019s a doctor. [Laughter] Not a physician but he has a doctorate.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Not a physician.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I knew when I came in here this was going to be a dangerous place to go today. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Tim Muehlhoff joins us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Doctor Tim Muehlhoff. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No, it\u2019s Timmy. We\u2019re going to call him \u201cTimmy\u201d through the entire broadcast. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Doctor Timmy!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He is a professor of communication at Biola University where my grandson, my oldest grandson\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> --is matriculating. Is that right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He is going to go to school.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, use that big word. Call it <em>matriculating<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He\u2019s going to go to college at Biola. You know what? It\u2019s going to be interesting for Samuel--\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> --because Russellville, Arkansas is a long way from La Mirada, California.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> It is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No doubt about it. Tim and his wife Noreen have been married since 1990, which Tim didn\u2019t know until a few minutes ago when Tim researched it. They have three children and they speak at our Weekend to Remember<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways and have done so for 22 years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> We used to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct. You\u2019ve just been terminated. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Once this gets out.\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Just been terminated. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So people who sign up for the special offer that\u2019s going on this week\u2014the save 50 percent off the Weekend to Remember getaway, you may or may not see Tim and his wife, Noreen, at one of our getaways. We\u2019re going to be in almost 60 cities this spring. This week or next week if folks sigh up for a getaway, they can save 50 percent off the regular registration fee.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just want to get that in here so that listeners know. You can find out more about the getaway\u2014where it\u2019s going to be happening in a city near where you live at and register online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-Today to register. Again, do it this week or next week so you can save 50 percent off the regular registration fees. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSorry for interrupting. Please continue with your introduction of our guest today, Doctor Muehlhoff. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He has written a book called <em>Defending Your Marriage<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I knew when I came in\u2014I knew what verse in the Bible that your Bible was going to be open to as we sat down to talk about this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s one of the things we talk about at the Weekend to Remember. It\u2019s what people take away and it\u2019s a statement, \u201cMy mate is not my enemy.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Um-hmm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> There is an enemy of your marriage and you\u2019re not married to her.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You had a fresh awareness of this when you and Noreen were leaving to speak at a Weekend to Remember, and it was all crumbling around you at the time, right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Well, we used to joke about it. Kids would always get sick. Something would break in the house last minute. We can\u2019t fix it, so what are we going to do? We\u2019re just going to have to just tape this thing and hope that it lasts all weekend. Noreen and I would start to not feel well physically and we\u2019d have this argument. Like out of nowhere we\u2019d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tdisagree with each other about something petty or something from the past, and we\u2019re like, \u201cHoly cow! What\u2019s going on?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut to be honest, I\u2019ve been a Christian since age thirteen. I never connected the dots until I got to a FamilyLife Marriage Conference and Noreen and I are sitting there for the speaker meeting. It\u2019s the one with the planner and doing the tech run through. We watch people stop at every empty seat and I asked the planner. I said, \u201cHey, what are they doing?\u201d He said, \u201cOh, we\u2019re praying for the people that will be in those seats against spiritual forces. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI almost laughed. I said, \u201cReally!\u201d He goes, \u201cYes, we take this very seriously. We think Satan is opposed to couples learning about God \/ about God\u2019s plan for marriage.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs we\u2019re walking back to our hotel room after the meeting, I said to Noreen, \u201cWell, if Satan is opposed to people attending the conference, do you think he is opposed to people speaking at the conference?\u201d That was one of those aha moments, but we didn\u2019t do much with it after that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we lived with this inconsistency that, \u201cOf course I believe the Bible.\u201d Twenty-five percent of everything Jesus said had to do with spiritual battle \/ spiritual opposition. Every New Testament writer mentions spiritual battle. If you were to ask us, \u201cTim, do you believe that\u2019s true?\u201d I\u2019d say, \u201cOh, absolutely, I believe that\u2019s true.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut it did not change our lives or marriage at all until I read a book by a theologian about spiritual battle and had a very interesting experience we can talk about that I finally said, \u201cI need to get Biblical.\u201d Not read more into the Bible than what\u2019s there, but at least acknowledge what\u2019s in the Bible. It\u2019s shocking how much is in the Bible about spiritual battle. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>In fact, the Bible begins with God creating male and female and then He has a little story about how the first institution He created was attacked by the devil of hell.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim: <\/strong>Yes, exactly! Already we hit our first roadblock.This is where I think couples just \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tshake their heads and say, \u201cI just don\u2019t have the mental band width to go into this. Because here you have paradise. Adam and Eve and suddenly you have a serpent representing Satan. Already your kids ask really hard questions and you think, \u201cI don\u2019t get this. Why in the world: one-would God create Satan and, two-why would He allow him access to Adam and Eve? This makes no sense what so ever.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere aren\u2019t easy answers to that question, so I think couples just say, \u201cI don\u2019t even want to think about this so we\u2019re just going to move on to other parts of our marriage because I don\u2019t have quick answers to that.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPart of the book, honestly, was just a little bit of a tutorial on, \u201cWho is Satan, where did he come from, why would God allow it, and not even just allow it, but why would He create Satan?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThroughout the book,<em> Defending Your Marriage<\/em>, I have this homage to a man named Peter Craft who is a great Christian apologist who often has a reader interrupt him in the\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tbook and ask questions. So throughout the book I asked every question that I had using this reader to do it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the first questions the reader has is, \u201cOkay, just stop right there. Why would God create Satan? And if there was a rebellion in heaven, why would He kick Satan out of heaven and send him to planet earth where Adam and Eve were caught off guard by this serpent? That just doesn\u2019t seem fair. It doesn\u2019t make sense, so let\u2019s move on to something else.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And do you have an answer for those questions in the book?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> No, but yes. If you go to Ezekiel--if you go to Isaiah, they give you the background of Satan. Satan wasn\u2019t created Satan. He was created as \u201cthe bright, morning star\u201d is how Isaiah describes him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> An angel called Lucifer, right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Yes, but he was positive. He was a cherubim. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> So he worked with God. That was part of his responsibility. But he had free will. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod wasn\u2019t going to make angels follow Him. He wasn\u2019t going to make even the Bright and Morning Star follow Him, so He gave Satan free will. When the Bright Morning Star rebels, he leads a rebellion against God. Of course, he fails. He\u2019s now banished and he becomes Satan. Satan means <em>adversary<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen he gets to planet earth, God does allow him access to Adam and Eve, because He wants Adam and Eve to have the freedom to follow Him or not follow Him. But if God is the only voice for Adam and Eve and there\u2019s no alternative, it would be like you being in my classroom at Biola and I say to you, \u201cYou can leave anytime you want to, but every door and window is locked.\u201d You\u2019d be like, \u201cThank you for giving me the choice. I can\u2019t exercise it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor Adam and Eve, they\u2019re given the choice whether to listen to God\u2019s voice or to the serpent\u2019s voice; but understand the serpent, it says in Genesis, was crafty. In Hebrew, <em>crafty<\/em> means subtle. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s not that Satan, the serpent, walks right up to Adam and Eve and says, \u201cHey, rebel against God. God\u2019s lying to you.\u201d It just wouldn\u2019t have worked, right? A frontal attack can easily be repelled. I almost have my black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu. We know that a straight attack on a person just isn\u2019t going to work. You\u2019re going to see it a mile away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSatan very craftily tempts these two people. Eventually Adam and Eve\u2014what\u2019s interesting about the text, it\u2019s very clear that Adam was with Eve. Many theologians believe they were there, but Satan was able to psychologically distance the two from each other\u2014not physically, but psychologically. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSatan is allowed to wreak havoc on Adam and Eve. They make a free choice to sin. Now our marriages are grafted into this context because planet earth, as the Bible says, \u201cThe whole world lies in the power of the evil one.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve heard you say this, Dennis, before that, \u201cOur marriages exist, not on a romantic balcony but on a battlefield.\u201d I think for a lot of couples, they need to hear that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think they do. In fact, I was just getting ready to say that sentence, but I\u2019m glad you did, because couples that are listening to us right now, \u201cYour marriage is taking place on a spiritual battlefield.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA lot of couples are in a\u00a0 foxhole and they\u2019re standing up duking it out with each other, verbally, emotionally, maybe even some physically, when they need to realize they have a common enemy and it\u2019s not the person who is in that foxhole. It is the devil. He is an adversary. He is a liar, and he will whisper in your ear, \u201cYour spouse is your enemy. You\u2019re married to your enemy.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, <em>MS Magazine<\/em> a number of years ago had an article where Gloria Steinem said, \u201cMarriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy.\u201d The reality is marriage as God designed it intended two people to turn away from the deceiver and turn toward \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod and not listen to the lies--that he is so cunning, as you said, so powerful that we can be deceived and we can turn on our spouse. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think a lot of people going to our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>, Bob, they walk into that conference thinking it\u2019s going to be this sweet, hand-holding, romantic weekend, and it is. It does have all of that, but it\u2019s an eye-opening experience to say, \u201cHey, you\u2019re in the crosshairs of someone who wants to destroy your marriage, your children and your children\u2019s children and your legacy for generations to come.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Here\u2019s the problem, Dennis, is it\u2019s not obvious. It\u2019s not obvious you\u2019re in the crosshairs. Go back to <em>Genesis<\/em>, \u201cThe serpent was more crafty, subtle than any of the other beasts of the field.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I did this book, <em>Defending Your Marriage<\/em>, I did surveys with people. I said, \u201cAre you a Christian couple?\u201d They said, \u201cYes.\u201d I said, \u201cHave you ever experienced spiritual battle?\u201d The overwhelming response was, \u201cNo.\u201d Then I asked them, \u201cWell, would you \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tdescribe spiritual battle? What do you think it looks like?\u201d This is where the power of Hollywood really does come in. People were thinking of dramatic things.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They were thinking of <em>The Exorcist<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Oh, absolutely, or \u201cI see dead people,\u201d right? \u201cThe air gets cold and you can see you breath.\u201d That is one of Satan\u2019s greatest disguises is he operates behind the scenes. Remember the book, <em>The Art of War<\/em>, by Sun Tzu,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> --a great military strategist? He said, \u201cThe number one thing to do to win a battle is control the terrain.\u201d If you get the high ground you\u2019re obviously better. If you have to dam up a river, dam up a river. You can cut down trees. You control the terrain. You force the other army to fight on your terrain. That\u2019s what I think Satan has been very subtly doing in our world, is controlling the terrain that your marriage exists in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe fact that we\u2019re incredibly busy people. We\u2019re so busy that we don\u2019t have time for our marriages. The fact that we\u2019re having family affairs. For the best of reasons, the kids \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tare the number one priority. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOnce you say to a couple, \u201cThat\u2019s what <em>I<\/em> mean by a spiritual battle.\u201d Then they go, \u201cOh, well, yes, I just never attributed it to Satan.\u201d And I think Satan\u2019s going, \u201cAwesome!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And the terrain that he goes after is that of the heart. It\u2019s why Jesus, when asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s the greatest commandment?,\u201d He said, \u201cYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.\u201d The reality is if the enemy can get some of that terrain by lying to you, get you distracted, get you believing what he\u2019s saying\u2014in fact the <em>Bible<\/em> begins in Genesis with the enemy saying, \u201cHas God said?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s a big issue today. Everybody\u2019s questioning this book the <em>Bible<\/em>, the best-selling book in history. \u201cHas God said? Did He really say that?\u201d The reality is God has spoken. That means this book is absolutely essential if couples are not only going to stay married, but experience God\u2019s best in marriage.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> But in that forty-year history of the Gallop Poll, we\u2019ve reached a new low in the United States. Only 24 percent of Americans believe that the Bible is God\u2019s literal word.\u00a0 The rest of American\u2019s tend to believe it\u2019s a bunch of fables \/ stories \/ moral tales written by men. It\u2019s really not God\u2019s voice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSatan has gradually been able to get people to think, \u201cThat Bible, that just isn\u2019t God speaking--those are just stories.\u201d By the way, <em>GQ Magazine <\/em>just came out about a half a year ago and said that of the 21 classics that you just don\u2019t need to read anymore because their just wildly overrated, the Bible is number 12. You just don\u2019t need to read it. It\u2019s sexist. It\u2019s outdated. It\u2019s crazy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, Satan, if he directly attacks the Bible or directly attacks the church, our defenses go up immediately. If I\u2019m sparring with another person in my Kung Fu school, and he goes, \u201cGuess what, I\u2019m going to hit you with a right hook.\u201d I\u2019m going to be like, \u201cOkay, great, I\u2019m going to defend that.\u201d We have this whole saying in Kung Fu, \u201cI\u2019m going to do \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthree fakes and then I\u2019m going to hit you with what I really want to hit you with.\u201d Because the higher the belt, you just can\u2019t get through their defenses. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think Satan is looking at us saying, \u201cIf I attack you head on, it\u2019s going to push up your defenses, so I need to come around the side.\u201d We know that from military historians that the only time you do a frontal charge is when you have overwhelming force. Almost everybody tries to flank. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs couples, we need to sit down and say, \u201cHow is Satan setting us up for the big fall? What minor victories is he winning that\u2019s going to set us up for this big fall?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA key part of the book eventually is, \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to ask the question, \u2018Alright, is this just a normal argument?\u2019\u201d Did a pipe just happen to burst as Noreen and I literally were leaving for a FamilyLIfe Marriage Conference? I mean seriously, Noreen\u2019s going to put away one thing. She opens up the bottom and water\u2019s just coming out from beneath our sink, and we\u2019ve got to leave to get to LAX. One of the kids has a fever and you\u2019re like, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThis is unbelievable!\u201d Or an argument happens. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need to step back and say, \u201cNow is this Satan or is this just that pipes burst, kids do get sick all the time, and couples have arguments?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Is it coincidental with this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Is it coincidental. Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what I think the problem is Bob. I think the American church, we automatically lead with. \u201cI think this is coincidence. I do not want to over read into this, Satan attacking my pipes. I mean, come on. Satan\u2019s got to have better things to do than go after my pipes.\u201d That is not shared by the universal church. If you go to other parts of the world, they lead with the spiritual. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWith Cru, I went on a relief project in Kenya. We were showing <em>The Jesus Film<\/em> and doing relief work. Every single time we left our camp, Simon Zeramakenga grabbed us and said, \u201cI need to pray against spiritual forces, because you\u2019re doing God\u2019s work.\u201d He \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tled with, \u201cYou\u2019re going to encounter spiritual forces.\u201d The American church says, \u201cYou know. I just find this really hard to believe that Satan\u2019s going after the Muehlhoff family. That just seems crazy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Which is exactly what a crafty, subtle demon would want you to do, right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Exactly! We need to be Biblical. Again, I don\u2019t want to over react. Of course I quote C.S. Lewis. Probably one of Lewis\u2019s famous quotes is that, \u201cYou can either attribute everything to Satan or nothing to Satan.\u201d I think the American church today, we\u2019re in great danger of not attributing anything to Satan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was telling people the new book I\u2019m working on spiritual battle. They were like, \u201cOkay, Tim, don\u2019t come on. Let\u2019s not get crazy about this. Don\u2019t go off the deep end.\u201d I think we\u2019re a mile away from the deep end as the American church. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think you\u2019re right. As you were talking, I was thinking about a classic argument Barbara and I had right before the microphones went on at the <em>Weekend to<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Remember<\/em> standing in front of 1,300 people in Atlanta two years ago. I mean we were having an argument, and it was just like, \u201cCan you believe this?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In the ballroom?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I was standing. The microphones are not on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You were on the platform? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know, people, if they would have looked at us, they would have seen us smiling. That was all a fake job, because we\u2019re having an argument or disagreement. I don\u2019t remember what about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Maybe it\u2019s about something I wanted Barbara to say as we introduced the message. Guess what the message was on-- \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> [Laughter] What?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> --conflict. [Laughter] I think those things are a reality. Let\u2019s take a step back and make this applicable for a couple who are listening to us today. Where should they start? Should they do an inventory of where they continue to be mugged as a couple and have their worst arguments? I think so. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> I think so. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Step back and look. Where\u2019s it happening, what are the circumstances, and what led up to it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> One I think is a philosophical stepping back. Then is a very practical stepping back. We need to have some kind of criteria of what generally Satan has used over the centuries to get at people. But here\u2019s the philosophical step back, \u201cIs it more dangerous to underestimate or overestimate an enemy?\u201d I would say to American Christian couples, \u201cWhen in doubt, assume it\u2019s spiritual battle. When in doubt assume that spiritual battle is at play rather than assuming, \u2018Oh, come on, this pipe can\u2019t be a form of spiritual battle.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, this is our propensity as Americans to be embarrassed by spiritual battle and the idea of Satan. I want to say to couples listening, \u201cIf you\u2019re a Christian couple and you just feel like, \u2018We\u2019re in a funk. We\u2019re stuck. I\u2019m angry. I can\u2019t let go of this.\u2019 What would the apostle Paul say? If you\u2019re not dealing with your anger before the sun goes down, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tyou\u2019ve just created a foothold, and foothold can be translated in the Greek: <em>opportunity<\/em>.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat happens is we let this bitterness go \/ these arguments go and eventually we\u2019re giving Satan footholds. I want to go against some of my friends who say, \u201cI just don\u2019t want to over react to this spiritual battle thing.\u201d I\u2019m saying, \u201cWhere are you getting that from\u2014Hollywood or from the church?\u201d Because the church\u2014this was at the forefront of how they reacted.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019ve seen churches where there\u2019s a devil in every post nasal drip--\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> --and whatever you\u2019ve got going on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We do understand there\u2019s kind of this, \u201cWe don\u2019t want to become these people who are assigning everything to demonic forces and denying human responsibility\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tim:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> --in the process. I thnk that\u2019s the overcompensation. But to your point which I think is spot on, in those times when Mary Ann and I have been in conflict, and all of a sudden it dawns on me, \u201cOh, wait, I know who wants us to be in conflict.\u201d It\u2019s almost like a switch gets flipped and I go from being angry with her, to going, \u201cI know who the real \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tenemy is here.\u201d If we can be allied against that we can win this easily. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I would encourage every couple listening to us to pull out their Bible, turn to Ephesians chapter six beginning in verse 10, all the way through verse 20, and just read that as a couple and say, \u201cOkay, so our struggle is not against flesh and blood. It is against spiritual forces of darkness. How do we do battle? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis passage of scripture, Ephesians 6:10-20, will talk about putting on armor. One of the most powerful points of, I think, preparing for spiritual battle is prayer--praying together as a couple. I would encourage it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe word Gefallen in is <em>praise, <\/em>isgiving thanks to God, going to Him as a couple even in the midst of the conflict and saying, \u201cGod, thank you for this challenge we\u2019re \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tfacing with this child \/ this differing opinion that we have as a couple. We praise you for that. Come in our midst and create peace and allow me to love my wife\u201d--and if you\u2019re a wife and you\u2019re praying, \u201callow me to love my husband.\u201d At that point, those words will fell the prince of darkness.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> To get some right thinking \/ to recalibrate how you think about your marriage, we\u2019d encourage you to spend a weekend with us this spring at one of our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaways. Just take two and a half days to get off the highway and to focus together on each other and on you marriage and how it can be all that God intends for it to be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re going to be hosting about 60 of these events in cities all across the country this spring. You can find out where a getaway is going to be happening in a city near where \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tyou live when you go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call if you have any questions, 1-800-FL-Today. If you register for the getaway this week or next week, you can save 50 percent off the regular registration fee. That way you can save some money on your time together as a couple. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, find out more and register online at FamilyLifeToday.com or register by phone and we\u2019ll answer any questions that you have. Call 1-800-FL-Today, and plan to join us this spring at a <em>Weekend to <\/em><em>Remember<\/em> marriage getaway.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd if you\u2019d like a copy of Tim Muehlhoff\u2019s book, <em>Defending Your Marriage: the Reality of Spiritual Battle<\/em>, we\u2019ve got copies of the book in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>resource center. You can order it from us online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-Today to order. Again, the book is called <em>Defending Your Marriage<\/em>. This would be a great book, by the way, for couples to go through with other couples. Do this in a small group setting and talk about ways in which our marriages are under attack these days.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOrder the book, <em>Defending Our Marriage<\/em>, online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u2018TODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTomorrow we want to talk about the subtlety with which the enemy influences our marriage relationships. Our guest, Tim Muehlhoff, will continue with us tomorrow. Hope you can be here as well. <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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