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(Clapping)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 [Studio] And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Thanks for joining us on the Monday edition.\u00a0 That was quite a night.\u00a0 To be there, with those couples, on the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise,<\/em> as they recited their vows\u2014it was just a special way to spend Valentine\u2019s week.\u00a0 In fact, I was just thinking about this.\u00a0 If I were to ask you how you spent Valentine\u2019s Day five years ago\u2014that would be what\u20142007\u2014\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><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>It was a romantic setting\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re making this up.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014the sun was going down.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You don\u2019t know.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I had a fresh piece of salmon cooked for Barbara.\u00a0 I served her. I washed her feet.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m asking what you really did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Then, I woke up from my dream.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, what you really did\u2014not what you were imagining.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Now, if I asked you what you did Valentine\u2019s Day last month?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Worked my tail off!\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0\u00a0 I was there with Barbara, and we were on a cruise ship with 2,000 folks\u2014guests\u2014who were a part of the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise<\/em>.\u00a0 Barbara and I were speaking.\u00a0 We were greeting people.\u00a0 We were in various meetings, and it was not a romantic getaway for us.\u00a0 Was it one for you, Bob?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, since I was working, as well, and since Mary Ann wasn\u2019t along on the cruise\u2014no, it wasn\u2019t a romantic getaway; but you know what it was?\u00a0 It was a great week\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s a grand-slam event.\u00a0 I mean, Monday through Friday morning\u2014just a great getaway for couples.\u00a0 Nothing we do throughout the year gets the kind of response we get from the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise\u2014<\/em>in terms of life change, in terms of people expressing appreciation, in terms of people talking about what it did for their marriage, their family, their lives, their mission, their vision for life.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a spiritual wheel alignment for a couple\u2014except it\u2019s on the high seas.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 This was the second year, in a row, that we have hosted this cruise; and both times it has sold out.\u00a0 We\u2019ve had the entire boat to ourselves.\u00a0 We\u2019re on our way to another sellout for 2013.\u00a0 In fact\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014already there\u2019s a groundswell of folks signing up to be on the cruise; and I asked our team if we could do something special for our radio listeners, who might want to go along with us.\u00a0 They said, \u201cWe do have a special offer that we can make for two weeks to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you want to go online at FamilyLifeToday.com, the details are available there\u2014the special offer we\u2019re making this week and next week only\u2014the two weeks it\u2019s available.\u00a0 We hope that a lot of listeners will join us on the cruise in 2013.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bob and I have mistakenly referred to this cruise as being on the high seas.\u00a0 I said that; and then, Bob said there was a swell\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 No, I said we had a swell time\u2014is all I said.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, it was a groundswell is what you said; but you just need to know that the ocean at this time of year and all the years we\u2019ve been doing cruises\u2014and we\u2019ve done several\u2014not always the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise<\/em>\u2014has been rather <em>flat<\/em> and really calm.\u00a0 So, for those folks who maybe get a little queasy about the ocean and seasickness, it really is a great time of year to go as a couple and to get four or five days together alone.\u00a0 <br><br><strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Because it\u2019s Valentine\u2019s week, we talk about themes of love, and romance, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014intimacy, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014try to bring to bear what the Bible has to say about this.\u00a0 In fact, this year, Gary Thomas, who wrote the book, <em>Sacred Marriage<\/em>, was onboard the ship.\u00a0 He gave a message on sexuality in marriage.\u00a0 In fact, we are going to hear a portion of that before today\u2019s program is over\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Not a stodgy message at all\u2014\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>\u00a0 No.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>\u2014very, very tastefully done but, nonetheless, forthright.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Voddie Baucham joined us and spoke onboard this ship as well; and some friends of ours, Jim and Carol Shores, who have a drama group that\u2019s called <em>Acts of Renewal\u00ae<\/em>\u2014they did a couple of dramatic pieces that were <em>very<\/em> well done.\u00a0 In fact, the first night on board the ship, they took us right into the middle of a support group.\u00a0 This is a support group for the romantically challenged.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong><em>Acts of Renewal<\/em><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> [Recorded skit]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joan:<\/strong>\u00a0 For those of you, who have just joined us, welcome to our support group for the romantically challenged.\u00a0 Yes, we just all want to have romance come back into our marriages; so, please, please, feel free to share.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Man:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 Joan and I are moderating this, but we\u2019re learning along with you.\u00a0 We figure we could all use some encouragement as we figure this out ourselves.\u00a0 Would anybody else\u2014Yes!\u00a0 Doreen.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Doreen:<\/strong>\u00a0 Hi.\u00a0 My name is Doreen; and I, too, am romantically challenged.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Man:<\/strong>\u00a0 Hello, Doreen.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Doreen:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, hello.\u00a0 Well, this week, I was reading a magazine of romantic tips in the checkout line.\u00a0 So, yesterday, I met my husband at the door, wrapped in nothing but a shower curtain.\u00a0 I had a whole bouquet of roses in my hair\u2014sort of twined all in there with knitting yarn and bobby pins.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, they\u2019ve been in a vase for a few days.\u00a0 So, they were getting a little stinky, but Lloyd has an olfactory problem.\u00a0 He can\u2019t smell since I made him that ammonia cake a few years ago.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhere was I?\u00a0 Oh, the shower curtain!\u00a0 Well, I heard him coming.\u00a0 I ran to the door.\u00a0 I threw it open.\u00a0 I said, \u201cHi!\u201d\u00a0 Well, dog gone it if he just didn\u2019t take off, running across the yard.\u00a0 A neighbor had to tackle him behind the dog pen.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, my daughter says, \u201cIt\u2019s probably because of the fact that it was a clear shower curtain\u2014that might have just sent him into post-traumatic shock.\u201d\u00a0 I just don\u2019t seem to be able to get it right!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Man:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, perhaps, the element of surprise might have been too much for him.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Doreen:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Well, maybe.\u00a0 I just wish with all these \u201cHow To\u2019s\u201d they\u2019d give you a couple of \u201cHow Come\u2019s\u201d\u2014like how come these tips sound good on paper; but then, they don\u2019t really do the trick?\u00a0 I just want us to be all lovey-dovey again.\u00a0 Oh, dear, I think that\u2019s all I\u2019m going to share for this week, but that\u2019s good to get that off my chest.\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Zane:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, my name is Zane.\u00a0 I\u2019m like romantically challenged.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Doreen:<\/strong>\u00a0 Hi, Zane.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Zane:<\/strong>\u00a0 Hey.\u00a0 The other night my wife and I\u2014I\u2019ve got to take this\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Speaking on cell phone] Dude, no way!\u00a0 Awesome!\u00a0 Fifth edition\u2014awesome!\u00a0 I\u2019ll see you online!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, my wife was all like, \u201cOh, gahh!\u201d\u00a0 I was like all, \u201cNo, way!\u201d\u00a0 She was all like, \u201cHuh-uh!\u201d\u00a0 Then, she was like, \u201cSorry!\u201d but she didn\u2019t mean it.\u00a0 What do you think we should do?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDudes!\u00a0 I just defeated Onox!\u00a0 Ho; awesome!\u00a0 C\u2019mon celebrate with me.\u00a0 Do the dance!\u00a0 Woo-hoo.\u00a0 Dude, you\u2019re just like my wife.\u00a0 She never celebrates with me.\u00a0 She just stares at me; and I\u2019m like, \u201cI have never been to this level before.\u00a0 They have zombie aliens that can read your mind.\u201d\u00a0 No lie.\u00a0 So, anyway, that\u2019s my story.\u00a0 Thanks.\u00a0 Bye.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Man:<\/strong>\u00a0 Those are some great questions, and we are in luck because our extra special help for the romantically challenged has just entered the room.\u00a0 That\u2019s right, folks.\u00a0 We get to hear it straight from the hip, from the answer man extraordinaire, the <em>Love Boat <\/em>maestro, the Doctor of Love, Mr. Bob Lepine.\u00a0\u00a0 Wooo!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 [Studio]\u00a0 You know, there\u2019s something about those drama pieces that just kind of capture\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s where we all live.\u00a0 They have a fun time.\u00a0 Jim and Carol are really the best at bringing it down home; but we also had some entertainers who were with us, Bob.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 We had some great musicians who came along on the cruise.\u00a0 Paul Overstreet was with us\u2014the Annie Moses Band, Sanctus Real, Michael O\u2019Brien\u2014and on Valentine\u2019s night, Matthew West was onboard and had a chance to do a few songs for everybody.\u00a0 In fact, he did something that I don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever done in any concert ever before\u2014little song he created on the fly\u2014that I thought we ought to share with our listeners.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> [Previously recorded] Hey, it\u2019s great to be here.\u00a0 Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, all of you crazy, Christian love-birds.\u00a0 (Piano playing in background)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is special.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I thought there was smoke.\u00a0 I was like, \u201cMan, somebody\u2019s making out during the motions\u201d\u2014wouldn\u2019t be the first time\u2014actually, it would.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy name is Matthew West.\u00a0 That\u2019s Court, and that\u2019s Jeff.\u00a0 They are half of my band, and we\u2019re honored to be a part of this cruise.\u00a0 The other half\u2014they\u2019re not here.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Man:<\/strong> [Previously recorded] They are out with their wives.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> [Previously recorded] They are with their wives tonight.\u00a0 We are in the dog house, but we did it for you!\u00a0 (Clapping)\u00a0 Because of that delayed applause, it didn\u2019t feel quite worth it to be here.\u00a0 I\u2019m just kidding.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, man, it is Valentine\u2019s Day, and we\u2019re on a boat.\u00a0 That means there\u2019s going to be a whole lot of baby-making going on tonight.\u00a0 Did I just say that out loud?\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Christians can make babies, too; right?\u00a0 So, you mind if I play you some baby-making music?\u00a0 (Cheering)\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere were only like four people that were\u2014there were like three\u2014actually, it was like three.\u00a0 It was an odd number, which is weird.\u00a0 You know, one of the spouses is going, \u201cNo, we are not having another baby.\u00a0 We\u2019re 75 years old.\u201d\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 What?\u00a0 What?\u00a0 I\u2019m going to sing now.\u00a0 This is some baby-making music, but I made it Christian for you.\u00a0 So, hit it, Court.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Court:<\/strong> [Previously recorded] One, two, three.\u00a0 (Guitar strumming)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> [Previously recorded] You\u2019ve heard of wedding songs.\u00a0 This is a honeymoon song for the love cruise.\u00a0 Goes like this:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(Singing)\u00a0 I\u2019ve been really trying, Baby, to get with you for so long.\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 And if you feel the way that I do, Baby, then, just come on, come on, come on.\u00a0 Let\u2019s have a Bible study.\u00a0 Let\u2019s spend some time in prayer\u2014\u2018cause this is a Christian cruise\u2014let\u2019s go to a seminar.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to get real hot when we read the Psalms.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay, that\u2019s all I got.\u00a0 Thank you so much.\u00a0 (Clapping)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(Singing)\u00a0 Baby, you know I love you.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was just kidding.\u00a0 Are we having fun yet?\u00a0 If my wife was here, she\u2019d be rolling her eyes so badly right now.\u00a0 Then, she\u2019d leave and go get dessert.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 [Studio] I noticed more than a few people going to get dessert on the cruise.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 I did that on occasion myself.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Well, you can get a lot of dessert on the cruise, but you get more than that.\u00a0 Listen to this comment from the cruise this year.\u00a0 This came from someone who attended it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe cruise definitely brought my husband and me closer to each other and closer to God.\u00a0 The speakers were all wonderful, and the application projects helped us better connect and learn more about each other.\u00a0 My husband prayed out loud for us at dinner one night, and it was the first time I have ever heard him pray in ten years that we\u2019ve been together.\u00a0 The money we spent on this cruise was worth every penny because it was an investment in our marriage that has <em>huge returns<\/em>.\u00a0 See you next year.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 We have over 41 percent of the staterooms that are already sold because of folks like this who said they are coming back.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Since I knew there was some momentum toward next year, I went to our team and said, \u201cWe want our listeners to be able to come along, and we don\u2019t want the cruise to sell out too soon before they get a chance to sign up.\u201d\u00a0 For the next couple of weeks, our team has put together a special offer for <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners.\u00a0 The details of that offer can be found online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you want to check it out, find out who\u2019s going to be joining us on the cruise next year.\u00a0 Anthony Evans is going to be with us, and Sara Groves is going to be along.\u00a0 Voddie Baucham is coming back, as well.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got a number of folks who are lined up for the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise<\/em> of Valentine\u2019s week of 2013.\u00a0 Go to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information.\u00a0 You\u2019ll have a chance to hear from some outstanding speakers onboard the cruise who will come along to talk about marriage.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis year, Gary Thomas was one of our speakers.\u00a0 He\u2019s the author of the book, <em>Sacred Marriage<\/em>, and he shared a story on Valentine\u2019s night\u2014in fact, his message, Valentine\u2019s night, was about intimacy.\u00a0 He talked about the fact that he had been on a cruise before\u2014he and his wife\u2014but they had had their children with them, and they\u2019d all been sharing a stateroom.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 This year, when he came back, he\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014did not bring the children.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014didn\u2019t have any children.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 As he shared the story, he mentioned that, after a few days onboard the ship, he was looking for just a little alone time with his wife.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Gary:<\/strong>\u00a0 [Recorded message]\u00a0 The first cruise that my wife and I were on was given to us by my parents.\u00a0 It was a multi-family vacation.\u00a0 They decided to splurge.\u00a0 They took everybody on this Caribbean cruise.\u00a0 So, I had all my siblings, and all the kids, and grandkids, and whatnot.\u00a0 We shared an interior cabin with my two daughters.\u00a0 I have a son, but he was with his cousins in a different cabin.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of you know, if you\u2019ve been on one of these cruises with your kids, they just lower a thing; and you\u2019re sleeping about 18 inches from your kids.\u00a0 Our kids were a little too old for us to pretend that, \u201cThey are just sleeping through this,\u201d or, \u201c\u2014wouldn\u2019t know what\u2019s going on.\u201d\u00a0 So, it was a rather frustrating week because we wanted to act like a married couple, at least one time on this boat; and we wouldn\u2019t have that opportunity.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was\u2014the last day of the cruise\u2014I had watched my brother\u2019s and sister\u2019s kids and given them time alone.\u00a0 Nobody had reciprocated.\u00a0 It\u2019s the last full day of the cruise; right?\u00a0 We were just thinking, \u201cThis is crazy;\u201d but there was one restaurant our kids had really been wanting to go to.\u00a0 It was called Johnny Rockets.\u00a0 It had hot dogs, and hamburgers, and milkshakes, and whatnot.\u00a0 It was the only restaurant on the boat that had a line.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLisa and I saw our opportunity.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Now, remember, the girls had key cards; right?\u00a0 You can\u2019t really lock them out.\u00a0 They\u2019ve got the key cards.\u00a0 So, I had to put the fear of their father in them.\u00a0 We got in line.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said, \u201cNow, kids, your mother and father have an errand to run.\u00a0 If you get up toward the front of the line and we\u2019re not back, we don\u2019t want you to come and get us because you might go down the staircase; we\u2019ll go up that staircase.\u00a0 We\u2019ll miss each other.\u00a0 We\u2019re really hungry; right?\u00a0 We want to make sure we eat.\u00a0 I just want to make it clear.\u00a0 You will not leave this line until your mother and father are back.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cOkay, Dad, we\u2019ve got it.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cIf you get up to the front of the line and we\u2019re not back, go ahead and sit down.\u00a0 It\u2019s okay.\u00a0 They\u2019ll serve you.\u00a0 It\u2019s fine.\u00a0 You\u2019re old enough for that.\u00a0 Again, you don\u2019t want to come find us because we might miss each other, and we\u2019ll never get to eat.\u00a0 I want to make it clear: You\u2019re not leaving here, right, until we\u2019re back.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cYes, Dad, we got it!\u201d\u00a0 \u201cGood.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cNow, if you finish your meal and we\u2019re not back, I\u2019ll buy you the sundaes.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 I\u2019ll buy you the milk\u2014I will buy you <em>this boat<\/em> if you just promise me you\u2019re going to be here\u201d\u2014\u201cDad, Dad, we got it.\u00a0 We got it.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt is so easy to let life, in every stage, crowd out making this a priority; but one of the best ways to look at it is\u2014I think Juli Slattery talks about this, and I think it\u2019s a brilliant analogy.\u00a0 She describes sex as a <em>Lego\u00ae<\/em> set instead of a <em>Tonka<\/em>\u00ae truck.\u00a0 You know, a <em>Tonka<\/em> truck comes on Christmas morning.\u00a0 It\u2019s put together.\u00a0 You take it out of the box.\u00a0 You\u2019re playing with it.\u00a0 You\u2019re moving around.\u00a0 Sexual relationships are a <em>Lego<\/em> set.\u00a0 You are building it.\u00a0 Then, you get bored, and you\u2019ve got to tear it apart; and you rebuild it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEvery season of married life\u2014when the kids are babies and all the challenge there\u2014the challenge of pregnancy, the challenge of toddlers, the challenge of teens who stay up later than you and share a wall\u2014every stage of marriage represents a new challenge\u2014but when we understand God\u2019s creational purpose for sexuality, when we understand how He blesses it to keep our families together, to preserve our families\u2019 homes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAfter infatuation, He\u2019s now created us, men, with vulnerability so that, when we\u2019re together with our wives, our affections are renewed like they never have been before.\u00a0 It\u2019s a brilliant plan, and that\u2019s what God is calling us to.\u00a0 Men, I would just say that one of the ways we could look at this is sort of like the sexual relationship.\u00a0 As a pastor, I call it the \u201ccanary in the mind\u201d\u2014when it dies, it often represents that something else has gone wrong because, particularly with our wives, it has everything to do with what\u2019s happening <em>outside<\/em> of the bedroom.\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know men; and let me speak to your wives, on your behalf.\u00a0 It is so intimidating to a guy to be this vulnerable to our wives that God created us with a need that only you can meet in a biblical way\u2014that only you can meet in a healthy way.\u00a0 We hate it.\u00a0 It\u2019s humiliating; and you can use it against us, or you can use it to preserve your kids\u2019 home to love the husband that God has given you.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, we can use it to have the healthy lives and to affirm our wives that they are the standard of beauty in our lives, that we become focused on them.\u00a0 If we ever go outside our marriage for any sexual desire, of any kind, at that point, that\u2019s where sin, that\u2019s where destruction, that\u2019s where relationships die.\u00a0 That\u2019s exhausting.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the thing.\u00a0 As a guy, I\u2019m saying to you, \u201cLet\u2019s fix it.\u201d\u00a0 In humility, let\u2019s go to our wives, and let\u2019s listen.\u00a0 \u201cWhere am I wrong?\u00a0 Do I have a critical spirit?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWasn\u2019t that long ago a guy in my office, who is a pastor, came in.\u00a0 He\u2019s a CEO-type of guy.\u00a0 He heads up a business, and he knows how to fix a business.\u00a0 If they lose market share, he knows what to do.\u00a0 If they have to cut costs, he knows what to do.\u00a0 If they have to renegotiate a lease, he does it; and he admitted\u2014I got him to admit it\u2014he gave up on his marriage in the first year because it was too hard.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re guys\u2014we like to fix things; but so often, when we face this issue in our marriage, we let it die.\u00a0 It would be one thing to let it die, but I\u2019ve seen very few men navigate life when they live sexually-hungry.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen very few wives who feel completely fulfilled and connected with their husband when this area has died in their life.\u00a0 I\u2019m not talking about medical issues, where it\u2019s not a function of relational choices, but more of medical necessities.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs men, will we recognize, \u201cGod has created us vulnerable\u201d?\u00a0 He\u2019s given us an incredible gift; and by the way, it\u2019s not that bad a payoff when we get it to work right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 [Studio] Well, we\u2019ve been listening to just an excerpt of Gary Thomas\u2019s message from the 2012 <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise\u2014<\/em>a message he titled, \u201cSexual Saints\u201d.\u00a0 I thought he handled the subject with skill, with an appropriate candor, and yet, with some real challenge for us to embrace God\u2019s design and plan for our marriage.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bob, here\u2019s the thing about marriage.\u00a0 It works best when we do it according to God\u2019s design.\u00a0 Another guest on the cruise made this comment, at the end\u2014they said, \u201cThis cruise was used to help us realize to put God first in our marriage.\u00a0 For the first time in our lives, we prayed together, specifically about our marriage, our goals, and our commitment to Christ.\u00a0 My wife and I are closer than ever before, and we have a new interest in helping other married couples.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It was interesting to me to see how many couples were with us who were celebrating a milestone anniversary\u201410 years, or 15, or 20.\u00a0 There were some 25.\u00a0 There were a couple of 50-year anniversaries onboard the cruise.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThese are couples who have said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to mark this special occasion with a special event that is not \u2018just going on a cruise\u2019; but it\u2019s going on a cruise with a purpose\u2014where we can deepen our relationship, our commitment to one another, where we can enjoy being together and celebrate the marriage that God has given us.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just want to encourage our listeners because I know how this has worked in the past.\u00a0 This cruise will likely sell out before long, and we\u2019d like to have you be able to join us.\u00a0 In fact, our team has put together a special offer, available this week and next week, for <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click on the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise<\/em> link, you\u2019ll get the details of the special offer for the Valentine\u2019s week cruise in 2013.\u00a0 You can sign up now and join Dennis and Barbara; and me and my wife, Mary Ann; and Voddie Baucham; and Priscilla Shirer; and Sara Groves; and Anthony Evans; and\u2014we\u2019ve got a great line-up for next year.\u00a0 We\u2019d love to have you be a part of it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information about the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> marriage cruise in 2013.\u00a0 Again, if you want to take advantage of the special offer that\u2019s available this week and next week, we need to hear from you soon.\u00a0 Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information.\u00a0 There is a link there.\u00a0 You can click on the link and get all the information you need about how you can be a part of the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise<\/em> in 2013.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to hear the morning devotional that Dennis and Barbara Rainey shared with folks onboard the <em>Love Like You Mean It Cruise\u2014<\/em>a devotional where they talked about how you keep your marriage strong in the midst of tough times, when life is throwing high and inside fast balls in your direction.\u00a0 How do you stay strong, together, as a couple?\u00a0 We\u2019ll hear about that tomorrow.\u00a0 Hope you can be here for that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team.\u00a0 On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today.\u00a0 Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSong:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>The Honeymoon Song<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tArtist:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew West\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRecorded onsite:\u00a0 FamilyLife, 2012\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you.\u00a0 However, there is a cost to produce them for our website.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a 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