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Isn\u2019t that true? [Applause] Yet, here\u2019s what the promise is\u2014that I think God is saying for us to come together\u2014it unites us.\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 Monday, September 14<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey. I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll hear a very challenging message today from Dave and Ann Wilson about the joys and the struggles of intimacy in marriage. Stay tuned.\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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/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 on the Monday edition.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Bob, I\u2019ve got a question for you: \u201cWhen is the last time you had more fun than you can imagine?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The last time I had more fun than I could imagine? I can imagine\u2014I can imagine a lot of fun\u2014so it\u2019d be hard to have more fun. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m shocked! I\u2019m shocked! Well, I want our listeners to know that, today on the broadcast, they\u2019re about to hear a couple talk about a very intimate subject.\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>Dennis:<\/strong> You\u2019re about to have more fun while learning what the Bible teaches about sex. I don\u2019t know if you should tell your kids to listen in on this or not, Bob. What do you think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I guess that depends on the age of the kids and how much they know and how much they don\u2019t know; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Dave and Ann Wilson speak at our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways. They give leadership to a church in Detroit, Michigan, that has over 15, 000 people attending. \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\tSo you got to believe he is a pretty fun guy\u2014if he can keep that many people\u2019s attention, Sunday after Sunday, in church. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis message you\u2019re about to hear occurred on the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em><sup>\u00ae <\/sup>cruise last Valentine\u2019s. I\u2019m sorry if you were hoping to join us on this year\u2019s <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise, over Valentine\u2019s, because it\u2019s sold out. It\u2019s gone\u2014they\u2019re all gone. In fact, I even had a family member call us at the last minute\u2014and he\u2019s like, \u201cUh oh!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There\u2019s a waiting list.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> There is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And there have been occasions where folks on the waiting list have been cleared to sail because something comes up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We have 2,600 people that are going to have a whole lot of fun on the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise. You\u2019ll hear, in this message, why they have a lot of fun.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previously Recorded Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Ten years ago, we were celebrating our 25<sup>th<\/sup> wedding anniversary. We wanted to do something special. \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\tI prayed to God for a miracle trip\u2014free. I\u2019m a real cheapskate\u2014I wanted something free. God answered that prayer. A couple asked us to do their wedding in Mexico; and flew us down there, for free, at an all-inclusive resort\u2014anybody done that? It\u2019s awesome; right? So, they\u2019re like\u2014you have to go to their dinner banquet. There\u2019s always dancing and music. You love that kind of stuff\u2014so we go to this dinner banquet one night\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014a theater.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014a theater\u2014sort of like this\u2014big stage \/ tables all over. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey rope us into volunteering\u2014to go backstage. We don\u2019t know what we volunteered for\u2014there are eight couples. We go backstage. Somebody mentions they think it\u2019s <em>The Newlywed Game.<\/em> We\u2019re backstage, cheating\u2014actually cheating\u2014like: \u201cWhat was our first date?\u201d\u2014all that kind of stuff\u2014because I\u2019m really competitive \/ I want to win. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe walk out on stage\u2014the curtain\u2019s closed. We\u2019re all like, \u201cDo you guys know what we\u2019re doing?\u201d Nobody knew. The curtain opens. Emcee walks out and says, \u201cTonight is dance competition night.\u201d [Applause]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I know. We\u2019re like, \u201cOh no!\u201d because we\u2019re <em>terrible<\/em> dancers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We can\u2019t dance. I love to dance, but we\u2019re not any good. \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\tBasically, he says: \u201cWe\u2019re going to play music from different cultures. You\u2019re going to dance that style, and the crowd is going to vote you off until we end up with a final winner, who wins a grand prize,\u201d\u2014alright? First dance was Caribbean or something\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It was a waltz\u2014Austrian.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Okay it was a waltz\u2014one, two, three \/ one, two, three\u2014Austrian\u2014that\u2019s what it was. See how bad we are?\u2014I don\u2019t even know. We get voted off\u2014first one, which is exactly what should\u2019ve happened\u2014we\u2019re terrible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe go to our table. As we\u2019re sitting down, the crowd that just voted us off starts booing. The emcee is like, \u201cDo you want them back?\u201d \u201cYes!\u201d He\u2019s like, \u201cYou guys are back.\u201d We are like: \u201cNope we\u2019re done. We\u2019re done.\u201d No\u2014they wanted us back\u2014we think because\u2014all they said was: \u201cWhat are your names?\u201d\u2014\u201cDave and Ann.\u201d \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d\u2014\u201cMichigan,\u201d\u2014\u201cYou\u2019re off,\u201d when they heard \u201cMichigan.\u201d Maybe there were a lot of people from Michigan\u2014we don\u2019t know\u2014we got back on. Long story short, we end up on the final three. Don\u2019t ask me how\u2014they\u2019re blind or something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And now, we have to dance individually, by ourselves, on the stage with the spotlight\u2014it\u2019s so humiliating \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He says, \u201cDave and Ann from Michigan\u2014you\u2019re the first couple up.\u201d We walk up; and he goes: \u201cOkay; the last category music\u201460\u2019s music\u2014acrobatic.\u201d [Laughter]\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\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And we\u2019re like, \u201cWhat?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I look at him like, \u201cWhat do you mean \u2018acrobatic\u2019?\u201d \u201cThe more acrobatic you are, the better chance you have of winning the finals.\u201d Here\u2019s the deal\u2014now, that we\u2019re in the final three, I\u2019m all in. [Laughter] You know what I mean? It\u2019s like: \u201cI don\u2019t care if we can\u2019t dance or not. We\u2014somehow, got to the final three.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> All he heard was the prize\u2014like: \u201cWe\u2019re going to get a prize,\u201d\u2014maybe.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I knew that the prize would be another free trip, maybe\u2014that\u2019s what I figured; right? The other thing that nobody knows there, but me, when he said, \u201cacrobatic,\u201d\u2014 Ann was a gymnast her whole life. She can still do aerial flip things and one-arm pushups more than any guy I know. Literally, under my breath, I say to her\u2014I say: \u201cYou end this with a one-arm pushup, we win!\u201d You know?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Now, my competitive juices are going too. We\u2019re like: \u201cWe\u2019re doing this! We are all in!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She goes, \u201cGot it!\u201d She goes to the end of the stage, and I literally go to the other side of the stage\u2014I back up. I get out of the way because I can\u2019t dance\u2014I just do my own little [makes dance-like movements].\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And this is exactly what he did the whole time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The little Q-tip move here\u2014that\u2019s what I did \/ that\u2019s all I got! [Laughter] See\u2014that\u2019s how bad I am. \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\tBut while I\u2019m doing it, she is literally running across stage and jumping like [makes flipping noises] boom! The crowd\u2019s like [going wild]. Then she goes [makes more flipping noises]. I don\u2019t know what she\u2019s doing, but it was really cool. Boom! The crowd\u2019s like [going wild]. I\u2019m like: \u201cYou go girl\u2014Baby. Go girl! Go girl!\u201d That\u2019s all I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So we can tell that the music is coming to an end. It was pretty much like this; isn\u2019t it?\u2014the stage was about this big.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It was this size.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We\u2019re on opposite ends of the stage. We\u2019re thinking, \u201cHow are we going to end this?\u201d I look at Dave. We look at each other\u2014like: \u201cWhat are we doing?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cA grand finale, and just go\u2026\u201d [Makes more dance movements.] I make this big hula hoop. It\u2019s very clear that is\/was a hula hoop. There\u2019s no question\u2014a hula hoop. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And I\u2019m thinking: \u201cWhat does that mean? [Laughter] What does he think I\u2019m going to do with that?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So, \u201cKeep doing it!\u2014like: \u201cCome on! Come on!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t see it like that\u2014I saw it like <em>this<\/em>. [Makes dance movements.]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It was definitely <em>this.<\/em> [Makes dance movements.] [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right! I\u2019m thinking: \u201cOh! It\u2019s like that old movie, <em>Dirty Dancing.<\/em>\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No, no\u2014I was thinking\u2014\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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cShe dives into his arms, and he catches her; and we\u2019ll do a little spin.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s what <em>she<\/em> was thinking. I didn\u2019t know anything she was thinking. All I was thinking was, \u201cSea World.\u201d Remember Sea World? [Laughter] The porpoise jumps in and takes a little swim. \u201cOne-arm pushup,\u2014I\u2019ll give you something.\u201d That was all in my big plan\u2014right there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So, we look at each other and we go, \u201cGot it!\u201d I run as hard as I can because, you know, in gymnastics if you go halfway you could get hurt. So I am sprinting as fast as I can\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Mary Lou Retton, right here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014down the floor. I hit, plant, go up,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I get out of the way because I\u2019m like: \u201cI don\u2019t want to be there.\u201d [Laughter] I turn around, and I just start dancing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014I smashed to the ground. I barely catch my face from hitting the ground.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I actually never saw it\u2014I literally turned\u2014but I heard it. [Laughter] It was like, \u201cThud!\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cOh-oh.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> The whole crowd is like [screams]. [Laughter]\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\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I turn around and she is face-planted. Guys from backstage are running out to help her. They\u2019re all looking at me like, \u201cWhat an idiot!\u201d [Laughter] It looked like I did it on purpose \/ I didn\u2019t, but that\u2019s what it looked like it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I am in so much pain; but I am laughing because I think, \u201cWe are the dumbest people on the planet.\u201d [Laughter] First of all, we\u2019re old. It\u2019s just\u2014it was terrible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what you\u2019ve got to know\u2014we won first prize! \u201cBaby, we won! Yes!\u201d [Applause] And here\u2019s the next thing you\u2019ve got to know\u2014the grand-prize\u2014not kidding\u2014<em>two free t-shirts<\/em>! [Laughter] T-shirts\u2014that\u2019s what we got.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You also need to know this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re not going to tell them\u2014don\u2019t tell them. Seriously, don\u2019t tell them!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m so bruised\u2014my arms are so bruised and swollen\u2014we go to bed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Alright\u2014I\u2019m not talking to you tonight.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It was so bad\u2014I broke both wrists. [Laughter] And we\u2019re the marriage experts! [Laughter] But honestly\u2014\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>Dave:<\/strong> You don\u2019t believe her? She really did. We went back to Michigan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t go to the hospital right away, but I knew something was wrong. Point is this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What is the point?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We\u2019re going to make a point out of this. First of all, in a marriage relationship\u2014in the great relationships and in the relationships that are struggling\u2014no matter what\u2014there\u2019s a time \/ and many times that we drop one another; don\u2019t we? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn some\u2014one way or another\u2014but I will say this\u2014that in our 35 years, Dave has dropped me more than that; and I\u2019ve dropped him many times too. But Jesus has always been there to hold us, to pick us up, and to never let us totally fall. He\u2019s always there no matter what we\u2019ve gone through.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019ll just add this\u2014for what we\u2019re talking about tonight\u2014if there\u2019s an area that you and I need to know that Christ will hold us, will catch us, will embrace us\u2014it\u2019s in the area of our sexual relationship because this area of a marriage relationship is a wonderful and beautiful thing. \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\tWe can laugh; and hopefully, we will laugh a little bit about it tonight. There\u2019s an incredible joy; but, as you even saw in the drama sketches, there\u2019s also confusion and hurt and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014struggle.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014struggle\u2014yes. We\u2019re going to try and talk honestly about both sides of that. If there was a theme for God\u2019s design for sex, it would be this\u2014we\u2019re going to challenge you to: \u201cBe all in \/ all in with God\u2019s design for sex,\u201d as we talk about it tonight. The way we package it\u2014is this way: \u201cWhat is no one telling you about sex?\u201d There are just going to be three of them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe first one is this: \u201cGod smiles when a married couple makes love.\u201d I think we just need to start here\u2014and just remind ourselves or, maybe, for the first time understand God invented sex\u2014that\u2019s a good thing. Man didn\u2019t invent this \/ God invented this\u2014when a married couple in the covenant of marriage makes love \/ has sex, that is a really, really good thing. God isn\u2019t covering His eyes. \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of us have this view of God that He hates sex, and it\u2019s dirty and wrong. If you ever heard a sermon about it at church, that\u2019s what you heard\u2014that\u2019s what I heard. In church\u2014never had a pastor say, when I was growing up\u2014that sex is a beautiful thing in the covenant of marriage. God smiles when a married couple makes love\u2014never heard that\u2014I always heard it was dirty. It was wrong if you do it: \u201cYou\u2019re going to go bald,\u201d\u2014you know?\u2014that kind of stuff; right? [Laughter] That\u2019s what I heard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the truth is\u2014[Laughter]\u2014and I\u2019m balder than anybody in this room, by the way, and getting balder; okay?\u2014whatever\u2014but the truth is\u2014I think some of us have this perspective that, even when a married couple makes love, it\u2019s like God is almost like: \u201cAh you\u2019ve got to do that again? You know, I never thought when I gave them this gift that they\u2019d do it so often,\u201d\u2014like He\u2019s covering His eyes and going, \u201cThat\u2019s disgusting.\u201d That is not who God is. I think a lot of Christians even sort of have that view because we\u2019ve been hurt \/ we\u2019ve seen the negative side of sex. There is a <em>beauty<\/em> to sex, and it is God\u2019s design for sex\u2014He invented it! \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\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And to help our marriage\u2014it solidifies it and brings security. Yet, it\u2019s so complicated too. It\u2019s exactly\u2014I thought the discussion on the drama was beautiful because of just the complicated beauty of discussing it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So, there\u2019s this beauty on God\u2019s side, first of all\u2014that He created it. He created it for what? Have you ever looked at the Word of God and said, \u201cOkay what was His design?\u201d Well, obviously, several purposes are. One\u2014reproduction\u2014I mean, obviously, it\u2019s so we can make children. He says in Genesis 1, the first book in the Bible: \u201cBe fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014with a godly legacy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, with a godly legacy. How did he give us\u2014what was the process he gave for us to be fruitful and multiply?\u2014sex. And think about this \/ I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever thought about this\u2014we say this at the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>\u2014but it is like: \u201cOkay; if I\u2019m God, and I want my human beings to reproduce, I could create any process I want for that. Doesn\u2019t have to be sex\u2014it would be cross-pollination.\u201d \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\tYou know what I mean? You are in Aisle 7 at Kroger. Someone walks by and sneezes on you. You\u2019re like: \u201cAw, I\u2019m pregnant again. I hate it when that happens!\u201d\u2019 [Laughter] He didn\u2019t do that! Aren\u2019t you glad He didn\u2019t do that? I mean, you could get pregnant that way; but we don\u2019t!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s this beautiful thing called sexuality and intercourse, and that\u2019s enough; but you get it. It\u2019s like: \u201cWow! God designed it that way and that very process of intercourse between a man and a woman \/ a husband and a wife reveals\u201d\u2014doesn\u2019t it?\u2014\u201cwho God is. It gives you a view into the heart of God \/ what kind of person He is: \u2018What kind of being would create this?\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve often thought: \u201cIf you want to lead your neighbor to Christ, or your boss to Christ, or somebody that doesn\u2019t believe in God\u2014especially, for a man\u2014say: \u2018Hey, you don\u2019t believe in God? Let me tell you something. The God you don\u2019t believe in is the God who invented sex. Do you like sex?\u2019 \u2018Yes.\u2019 \u2018That\u2019s the God that made it. You ought to find out who He is.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey might come to church next week if they knew that because it does\u2014it tells you a little bit about who He is. But it isn\u2019t just reproduction\u2014it is intimacy, it is oneness, it is <em>pleasure<\/em>. \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\tOften, this is never talked about in church; but God designed sexual union between a husband and wife to be one of the most pleasurable things we ever do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to say this: \u201cI think, if you\u2019ve been married a while, we get lazy in this area; don\u2019t we?\u201d I think that everything pulls at us, and everything calls to us. The demands of life are so busy and so demanding that I, and I know Dave too\u2014it just gets hard. You\u2019re tired, and there are so many things, and we get lazy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s interesting\u2014even when you think of the pleasure aspect of it\u2014which I think is not talked about enough in the church \/ it just really isn\u2019t\u2014that it\u2019s okay to celebrate the pleasure part of sex \/ to actually believe God smiles, God applauds, God is encouraging a husband and wife to make love and to make love frequently. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I know, as I say that, that some of you are like [inhales sharply]: \u201cWe are really struggling in this area.\u201d I know\u2014we have too. We will be very honest\u2014we have struggled, <em>for decades<\/em>, to work through this. \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\tWe had <em>years<\/em> we couldn\u2019t even talk about it. I\u2019ve had so many married couples say, \u201cWe don\u2019t really talk about this area.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And we can talk about every other area so easily; but this one is like\u2014we\u2019re so tied to it, emotionally, in respect and love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s interesting\u2014in the book of Proverbs, the writer writes this about pleasure\u2014he writes: \u201cMay your fountain be blessed and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer, may her breasts satisfy you always. May you ever be captivated by her love.\u201d It\u2019s actually a very interesting passage\u2014Proverbs 5. I\u2019ve just preached on this in my church. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMost of the passage is about being very careful\u2014sex can take you to very dangerous places\u2014the adulterous woman: \u201cStay away from this road,\u201d\u2014and then he says: \u201cMay your fountain be blessed with your wife. May her breasts satisfy you.\u201d What\u2019s that about? It\u2019s about pleasure. I do remember that\u2014not going to share a story about that by the way\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Thank you.\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<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014but I do remember\u2014when Ann and I got married \/ on our wedding night\u2014first thing we did, before we crawled into our marriage bed\u2014you tell them\u2014was what?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We got on our knees, and we prayed. We asked God: \u201cGod, we give you our marriage\u2014we give you like our whole lives\u2014our marriage, our sex life, and everything. And God will you use us to impact the world for You \/ for You, Jesus, in this area of marriage even?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So it was like\u2014it was the first time in our life because we\u2019d never been married before\u2014that we were now in a right relationship, before God, to experience the pleasure that He had designed sex to be in the marriage bed \/ not outside the marriage bed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second thing nobody\u2019s telling you is this: \u201cGod\u2019s design for sex will rock your marriage.\u201d If you and I take God\u2019s design for sex into our married bedroom, it can enhance and bring beauty into a place that often has not had beauty in years or decades. \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\tIt\u2019s a real issue, as you read the Word of God. I think a lot of non-Christian men have no idea this kind of stuff\u2019s in the Bible. You go to 1 Corinthians 7\u2014and you read what God says about married love and married sex\u2014and it\u2019s really pretty interesting.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what it says in 1 Corinthians 7: \u201cThe husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife\u2019s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband.\u201d You used to use that against me a little bit too: \u201cIt\u2019s not just your body; it\u2019s mine.\u201d Do you remember that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I <em>never <\/em>did that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes, you did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Hey, you\u2019re supposed to just read the Word of God. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cIn the same way the husband\u2019s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I read that and here\u2019s what I think: \u201cBefore we\u2019re married, Satan will do everything in his power to try to get us to have sex; and after we\u2019re married, Satan\u2014\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\u2014who wants to destroy our marriages\u2014tries to do everything in his power for us not to have sex. Isn\u2019t that true? Yes!\u00a0 Here\u2019s what the promise is\u2014that I think that God is saying for us to come together\u2014it unites us, spiritually\/emotionally. It\u2019s what makes it so special and, yet, it\u2019s so hard; but I love that the Scripture talks about this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; and the Scripture isn\u2019t giving you a number of how many times a week that you\u2019ve got to make love\u2014it doesn\u2019t do that\u2014but it does give us a pattern that says it should be somewhat regular.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> But honestly, the world portrays that it\u2019s just going to happen\u2014and you just fall into bed\u2014and you\u2019re so passionate. Here\u2019s Dave and I\u2014like: \u201cShould we put it on the calendar?\u201d That sounds so terrible; but sometimes, that\u2019s what we have to do to keep it a priority.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That is true\u2014we have done that\u2014it\u2019s true. The priorities in your life are shown in two areas\u2014what you spend money on \/ where you spend time on. So, if this is a priority, there\u2019s nothing wrong in saying: \u201cWe need to put this on the calendar. We need to block out times.\u201d\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\tWe\u2018ve learned\u2014at the FamilyLife Conference, <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>, as an engaged couple\u2014from Dennis Rainey in the Chicago ballroom in 1979 that married couples should date every week. We sat there; and we\u2019re like: \u201cWhat? Married couples date? That sounds stupid.\u201d But then we got married. We were like: \u201cOh, yes. If we don\u2019t carve that out, your relationship gets stale. You really need to do it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And on our dates, I\u2019d say to Dave, \u201cHow do you think we\u2019re doing?\u201d And he\u2019d be like, \u201cWhat?\u201d He hated that question, but I wanted to talk about our relationship.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I wanted to just go have sex. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I told you\u2014you\u2019d have more fun today. [Laughter] I mean, where else can you get this on public radio?\u2014a wholesome view of love, sex, and marriage\u2014huh? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019ve been listening to Dave and Ann Wilson\u2014Part One of a message that they shared on our <em>Love Like You Mean It <\/em>marriage cruise, back in February. \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\tI think you\u2019re right\u2014I think this is an area of marriage that a lot of people\u2014it\u2019s got to be talked about appropriately.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It does.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s got to be talked about with a biblical understanding, but it\u2019s got to be talked about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It does. I just want to turn to our Legacy Partners\u2014the monthly donors\u2014who make this broadcast possible on stations across the country. This is the kind of programming you\u2019re making available to what I believe is a sexually-illiterate\u2014especially, when it comes to the Bible\u2014culture of young people, who are getting married, who do not know what the plumb line is\u2014who do not understand God created this. He\u2019s not against it \/ He\u2019s for it\u2014He created it \/ He blessed it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I just want to say, \u201cThank you for giving because you keep broadcasts like this on the air.\u201d \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\tI\u2019m not going to mention the other broadcast\u2014they\u2019re not on this station \/ but they are on other stations\u2014that they\u2019re tragically wrong because they\u2019re giving people the wrong viewpoint about sex, about God, and about His design for love and marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think it\u2019s interesting that you would talk about this being a sexually-illiterate culture because it\u2019s a more sexually-experienced culture \/ it\u2019s a more sexually-saturated culture.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You left out one phrase that I had in there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right\u2014\u201cwhen it comes to God\u2019s design for sexuality.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> There you go. There you go.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> People really don\u2019t understand what the Bible has to teach on this subject. It\u2019s one of the reasons why, at the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaway, we take an hour on Saturday afternoon and dive into this subject deeply so that we can help husbands and wives in this area. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019d encourage our listeners: \u201cIf you\u2019ve never been to one of our getaways, we\u2019ve got a few dozen of them happening this fall, in cities across the country, where this kind of practical biblical help for your marriage is at the center of what we provide over the course of the weekend together. \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\t\u201cIf you\u2019d like to find out more about when a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaway is happening in a city near where you live, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner that says, \u2018GO DEEPER.\u2019 There\u2019s information available there about the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaway.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s also information about a new book from our friend, Dr. Dan Allender, and his colleague, Tremper Longman. They have written a\u2014well, it\u2019s not really a commentary on the book, Song of Solomon\u2014but they have looked at what that book has to tell us about marital love and intimacy. The book is called <em>God Loves Sex<\/em>. We\u2019ve got that in our Family Life Recourse Center as well. You may want to get a copy of that book when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER\u201d; or call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY,\u201d to request your copy of that book. \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\tNow, I remember talking to somebody, one time, who said: \u201cI just appreciate the fact that <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> will tackle some of these hard subjects and subjects that other people shy away from. We need to hear God\u2019s view on all kinds of issues related to marriage and family.\u201d I want you to know we appreciate those of you who partner with us in making this possible\u2014those of you who are either Legacy Partners, giving to this ministry each month, or those of you who will, from time to time, make a contribution in support of this ministry. We couldn\u2019t do what we do without you, and we are grateful for your support. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you can make a donation today, we\u2019d like to express our thanks by sending you the FamilyLife 2016 calendar. It\u2019s a calendar that focuses on prayer. It\u2019s our thank-you gift to you when you go to FamilyLifeTdoay.com and click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI Care,\u201d\u2014make an online donation\u2014\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\t\u2014or call 1-800-FL-TODAY and make a donation over the phone. You can also mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019ll hear more from our friends, Dave and Ann Wilson, about love, and intimacy, and sex in marriage. Hope you can tune in for Part Two of their message. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \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. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\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\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2015 FamilyLife. 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