Couples Fellowship 3-14-2026

feel. Hey >> ((music playing)) >> Hey. Hey. Hey. >> ((music playing)) >> Hey, hey, hey. Hey everybody. ((music playing)) Hey everyone, [crying] >> welcome back for another Couples Fellowship. >> March. It's March. It's March. We're back. >> I know February was love notes and now we're back. Saturday couples fellowship on and popping doing what we do.

I was about to say March Madness, but March happiness. >> March happiness. We'll take that. I am Tamara Gilbert, >> Dwayne Gilbert, >> and we are the Gilberts. We your pre-show host for our couples fellowship. Um hopefully if you are joining us virtually, tell us where you are joining from.

Put it in the chat. >> Uh couples real talk real marriage on Facebook. Share with your friends. >> So babe, we got some things going on. >> Men's conference. Tell them about that. So, the men's conference has been moved from April to August. So, make sure you look out for announcements to find more information on that.

But if you're looking for another opportunity for something to do, something to get out and do as a couple, I hear that there's somebody coming to town. >> Yes. Uh if you are familiar with David and Tama Man, they have a love and relationship tour that's going to be in our area um sometime soon. >> Yep. >> So, check them out.

It's a little bit of love, a little bit of comedy, a little bit of something something something. So, if you're interested, that's something fun to do. >> Yep. And they'll talk about it a little bit here. So, tune in for more. But also check your socials. >> And and can I just tell you, if you really want to do something fun, there's a wonderful spot.

Check out uh there's some in Waldorf. There's some in Tyson's Corner. They're all over. But you can make candles or body scrubs or perfumes, fragrances, body oils, something fun for you and your spouse to do and and be creative. And you get to, you know, use your own preferences, scents, smells, all the things.

So, just trying to give people ideas of what to do as a couple, >> senses and smells. I look forward to those opportunities. >> I tell you, I tell you, pray for us. So, we have Bible institutes. Yep. And there's some classes that are coming up or that couples can register for. >> Yep.

So, couples communication class and I remember we took the communications class a couple years ago and that was a great turning point for us. I feel like we were at year five and so that really sparked us being able to focus in on our communication and make things better.

So, >> yeah. What What do you think is the biggest thing you learned from the communication class? uh that um I got to say it appropriately that um sometimes my words are garbage >> and so I can better phrase what I have to say to you so that I can be a better communicator sharing my thoughts and ideas with you but also making sure I'm not criticizing what you say to me. >> Yeah.

And then I was going to say something I learned in the communication class is just speaking from my perspective not speaking from your perspective. So using I, using me, using my these are my feelings. This is how I felt, >> not what you think I feel and think I'm I'm intimidated, >> right?

Kind of putting the blame on you. So that communication class was helpful. We have another class for couples and that's finances in marriage. >> Oh my goodness. >> And and that's actually how we started out, you know, that's how we met in a finance class, not for marriage.

We were single at the time, but that is actually how we got connected. >> Yep. And we studied that chapter on finances and marriage and we took it right into the marriage and we held to it and we've been blessed as a result. >> Yeah. And so the finances and marriage class would definitely bless you independently, individually, but you as a couple.

It'll help change your mindset on how you are to be good financial stewards of your money. So that's that's a plus. >> Um and then tomorrow we have church. We have a 8 o'clock, a 10 o'clock, a 12 o'clock, and a 6:30 service. So, please come out and join.

Um, I know Pastor Jenkins has been talking a lot about Frances, babe. What's the Frances? Break it down for the folks who might not know. >> So, you got your friends, your friends, >> your relatives. >> Relatives. >> Acquaintances. >> Uh-huh. >> You got your co-workers or your classmates. >> Your neighbors.

You just got You've got the end. Your neighbors. The neighbors. See, that's why I got you. Your neighbors, your classmates or co-workers. And then you got your enemies. >> Enemies and strangers. [clears throat] >> Everybody. >> Everybody. So, there's somebody I'm sure that you know that you're connected to, that you see every so often.

Maybe that person at the car wash that you wave to. Invite them to church. Y'all, we want to make sure that we are engaging with others so that they we can share the gospel and spread the gospel to others so that they can be saved, right? >> Yeah.

We could all do a better job with that. we could all do a better job. And then our church is preparing for Resurrection Sunday. Y >> and we always have this major event at our church that people absolutely love. Do you remember what it is, babe? >> Glory to Glory. >> Hey, >> we going to be we going to be playing the soundtrack leading up to the >> soundtrack is amazing. >> Yep. >> Shout out to Anthony Brown.

Shout out shout out. >> And so that Friday and that Saturday, y'all come out. Look, look out for the announcements so that you know when to arrive. >> Yeah. But tell them what Glory to Glory is for those who may not know. >> So, >> it's a play. >> It's usually a play.

I don't know if they're making adjustments this year. >> I know. Cuz they've been switching our music. Our music and arts department, they like to switch some things up on us, keep us on our toes. So, you never know what you're going to get. >> Yep. But they keep it fresh and keep it relevant.

It's always an excellent opportunity to bring family and friends and all those people on your Francis list to come and check it out to really see how Christ is represented in our lives. >> Absolutely. >> And understand what he's done for us. >> And then that Sunday, Resurrection Sunday, our church is having five services.

We got a six o'clock I I don't think we gonna be at the six o'clock service, but there are people who go. So, if you are a early morning person, 6 might 6:00 a.m. might just be for you. >> But then we also have our 8:00 service, >> 10:00, 12:00, and 6:30.

We We're the 10:00 people. >> Yep. So, if y'all see us there, shout us out. But >> shout us out. And if you got kids, they got Kids World, try to show up to service a few, you know, maybe 30 minute. If you're a 10 o'clock or 12:00er, try to show up about 30 minutes before to get your kids in the kids world.

Okay? So, I'm telling you, >> no excuse. >> Our church is doing amazing things. Our couples fellowship, second Saturday of every month, >> try your best to come out. Make sure that you're sharing and telling people about all the good things that are happening. And babe, so like real quick, cuz I know tonight the topic is going to be a little different. >> Yeah. >> And it's it's called Beyond the Real. >> Yeah. >> What do you think it's about? cuz I don't know.

I have no clue. >> So, I'm not on socials like that, but I I know some young folks who are on socials and so the reals are like the short clips that are trying to be a reflection of what's going on in their life. And sometimes it's just for show and doesn't show the real whole picture.

That's what I think it might be about. Like, but >> cuz when you first meet somebody, you ain't giving them you ain't putting everything out there. >> Oh. And especially when you got a camera in your face, you ain't put >> Absolutely. So, >> my behind the scenes >> tonight, tonight, Reverend Skip and Beverly are talking about beyond the real.

And so, we all know that, you know, if you're dating, seriously dating, engaged, you're married, you think about back to that time when you first met, you weren't you weren't putting all your business out there, telling your deepest secrets. You may not have been, but >> we're what almost 12 years in.

And it's so much more beyond the real beyond what we presented to each other back in >> 2012. Right. Okay. I got it. Good. Good. Good. [laughter] >> But um I'm I'm thankful that we get to live beyond the real. I I know who you are. You know how who I am. >> And we get to live this life together.

It's it's it's a true blessing indeed. A true blessing. It's a true blessing. >> Speaking of Speaking of blessings, we are looking forward to what's coming up in July, which is the couple's getaway. >> Couples getaway. July 15th, I believe, through the 17th. >> And it is amazing.

Y >> I don't know if they have space in terms of like lodging, hotel, but check it out. Go to the website. Go for more announcements here >> and they'll have announcements here at the couple's fellowship. But the couples get away. It is just such a refreshing moment, a refreshing time.

Rejuvenate your marriage, invest in your marriage, and really just be poured into, especially if you're a couple that pours out, you know. Um, shout out to all of the marriage classes, couples classes, disciplehip classes. We absolutely appreciate all that you guys are doing. Shout out to the newlyweds and disciplehip.

Shout out to all the normal everyday folks that we can connect with in fellowship here. >> Absolutely. And I always love coming here because they have food at 6:00, 6:30, and then you get to connect with all these beautiful people. So y'all make your way, make it your business to come out, put it on your calendar, second Saturday of every month, and we hope that you can come and connect and get those good nuggets that God wants to to give you and your spouse.

And one final shout out to all the online fam. Thank you for joining us. >> Look forward to having a good fellowship. >> Have a good one. See y'all. Jack. Jack. >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> Why you got me [singing] focusing? >> ((music playing)) >> And it ain't too hard to notice all the way up my life.

Somehow I'm surprised you my ((music playing)) sense. >> Marriage is a spiritual relationship and I think a lot of times we look at it as a physical relationship and we have to change the way we look at our relationship. ((music playing)) So many people get divorced because of irreconcil ((music playing)) you do to deny yourself.

((music playing)) If you consistently come to fellowship, the message is for you to be a better wife Christ. ((music playing)) >> Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come on, get up on your feet. Y'all know what time it is. It's time for us to worship our Lord >> and Savior.

This week has been a victory week for us. And so today, we're going to focus on victory. God, we thank you for the victory that we have in you. We thank you for your grace and your mercy that kept us all through the week. And so, God, we come here and we're going to shout victory and we believe in victory.

We declare victory over our houses and over our families and over our marriages. We came here to declare victory so that we can continue to be married. And so, God, I thank you for what you're going to do in this place today. open up all these minds and these hearts so that victory will be in their marriage and in their lives in Jesus's name.

Amen. Amen. Do you agree? Put your hands together. Come on. Come on. We going to go through church here tonight. ((music playing)) >> Yes, sir. Don't that sound good? Can y'all do it? ((music playing)) >> This is just a simple song. It go victory is mine. Come on, sing. ((music playing)) Victory is mine.

Victory today is mine. [singing] I told you real good. >> Victory. ((music playing)) Sing it again. Victory. Victory is mine. Yes, it is. >> Victory is mine. Victory ((music playing)) today is mine. >> I know. ((music playing)) I told me behind me behind >> victory. [music and singing] Come on, clap those hands right there. Some of you all need some joy.

Here we go. Joy is ((music playing)) mine. >> Joy is mine. >> Yes, it is. >> Joy is mine. Joy today ((music playing)) is mine. [singing] I TOLD SATAN, >> I TOLD SATAN behind >> me BEHIND today is mine. [music and singing] >> HAPPINESS, >> happiness is mine. >> YES, IT IS. >> Happiness [music and singing] is mine.

Happiness is mine. ((music playing)) >> I don't get me. today. ((music playing)) >> Let's clap those hands right there. And some of y'all need to move. Some of y'all need to put a smile on your face cuz you don't look happy. And sometimes ((music playing)) when you don't feel like you're happy, you just got to say it and you just got to DO IT.

YOU GOT TO walk ((music playing)) in it and you got to talk in it. Let's talk about peace. Peace is mine. >> Peace is ((music playing)) mine. Peace is mine. >> Peace is mine. >> Peace today. >> Peace today is mine. ((music playing)) >> I told Satan, >> I told Satan, >> get me behind. >> Get me behind.

((music playing)) >> Peace today. >> Peace today is mine. >> Let's sing it again. Peace is mine. >> Peace ((music playing)) is mine. >> Peace. >> Peace is mine. >> Peace today. >> Peace today ((music playing)) is mine. I told Satan >> I told ((music playing)) Satan, >> GET ME BEHIND. >> GET ME. >> He's ((music playing)) right there.

CLAP THOSE HANDS RIGHT THERE. ((music playing)) YES, SIR. That sounds good. Victory today is mine. >> Victory is mine. >> Victory. >> Victory is ((music playing)) mine. >> Victory. I told SATAN ((music playing)) >> I TOLD YOU behind >> get me behind. >> I TOLD SATAN >> I TOLD Satan >> get me behind. >> GET ME BEHIND. >> I TOLD SATAN >> I TOLD ((music playing)) Satan >> get me behind. >> Get me behind. >> I TOLD SATAN >> I told Satan ((music playing)) >> get me behind. >> Get me behind. >> I TOLD SATAN. >> I TOLD >> you don't have no place. >> GET ((music playing)) ME.

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. >> I TOLD YOU. >> GET OUT OF MY JOB. >> GET ME. ((music playing)) >> GET OUT OF MY HEART. >> I TOLD YOU. >> YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL ME. >> GET ME. >> GET ME BEHIND ME. >> I ((music playing)) TOLD YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> Get me behind. >> Victory, too.

((music playing)) >> Victory is mine. >> Some of y'all, ((music playing)) some of you >> think of that thing. Think of that thing. Think of that thing that you know you need to declare. You need to take authority of it. >> Hallelujah. >> Life and death lies. >> And the power of our tongues. >> Yes. >> We have the authority. >> Yes, Lord. >> To tell the devil, "Get out." >> You're not going to affect us today.

You're not going to affect my house. You're not going to affect my children. You're not going to do it. Get out in the name of Jesus. And as we're in this Advent season >> where we are lifting up Jesus, we hang our hats of our faith on the cross. >> Jesus went to Calvary ((music playing)) >> to save a wretch like me. >> Yes.

They hung him high. They stretched. I have to believe it. >> He rose from the dead. I have to believe it. Do you do you I don't hear nobody. Do you believe it? >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Yes, Lord. >> Yes, Lord. Hallelu. ((music playing)) [singing] Come on. If you're at home, even have one [music and singing] of Come on, sing it.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [singing] >> You have won it all for me. >> You have [singing] won it all for me. >> Death could have >> Death could not ((music playing)) hold [singing] you down. >> Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. You are You are [singing] the ris king and you're seated in majesty. Seated [singing] in ((music playing)) majesty. >> You are the risen king.

[snorts] You [singing] are the ris king. ((music playing)) Hallelujah. [singing] Thank you for victory. You have won [singing] the victory. ((music playing)) Hallelujah. ((music playing)) Hallelujah. [singing] You have won it all. >> You ((music playing)) have [singing] won it all for me. Death could have >> Death could ((music playing)) not [singing] hold you down. >> Thank you for victory. Victory victory. Victory. You [singing] are the ris ((music playing)) king. >> Seated in majesty.

Yes. >> Seated in majesty. [singing] ((music playing)) >> You are the risen king. >> You are [singing] the risen king. >> ((music playing)) >> Hallelujah. [singing] Hallelujah. ((music playing)) You have won [singing] the victory. ((music playing)) Thank you for winning the victory in our lives. God [singing] ((music playing)) for me. ((music playing)) [singing] >> Thank you for sitting at the right hand of the father making intercession for me.

I could not hold [singing] you ((music playing)) cuz death did not fall down. You are the risen king. >> You are the ris ((music playing)) king seated in majesty. >> ((music playing)) >> seated in majesty. >> You are the risen king. >> You are the reason [music and singing] not hold ((music playing)) >> Jesus went to Calvary to save us like you and me. with my ((music playing)) sous.

((music playing)) >> You are the risen king. >> You are the ris [singing] king. >> One more time. ((music playing)) >> Jesus went to die to save A RICH LIKE YOU AND ME. >> [screaming] >> THEY STRETCH ((music playing)) HIM. He hung his head for me and Jesus went to Calvary to save a rich like you and me.

That's real love. That's love. ((music playing)) >> Let's sing it again. Jesus ((music playing)) went >> to save ((music playing)) like you [singing] and me. That's >> Oh, that's love. Oh, Jesus went to Calary ((music playing)) for you and me. That's love. Lord, >> Victory [singing] belongs to Jesus. ((music playing)) >> Victory belongs to him. >> And victory belongs [singing and music] to Jesus.

Jesus. >> Victory belongs to him. >> Victory belongs to Jesus. ((music playing)) Yeah. >> Victory belongs to [singing] him. Victory belongs to Jesus. Victory belongs to ((music playing)) him. Sing it with us. Victory belongs to Jesus. ((music playing)) Victory belongs to him. Victory belongs ((music playing)) to Jesus. Victory belongs [singing] to him. Sing it again. Victory ((music playing)) belongs to Jesus.

Victory belongs to him. Victory belongs to Jesus. ((music playing)) Victory belongs to him. You will deliver and you're a proider. I find my victory [singing] in you forever. ((music playing)) Victory forever. You win. I find my ((music playing)) victory [singing] in you. You sing. You will deliver. >> You're a [singing] proider. ((music playing)) >> I find my victory. >> I find my victory [singing] >> in you. >> In you. >> Forever victorious.

Forever [music and singing] victory. >> Forever you will win. >> Forever we win. >> I find my victory. >> I [music and singing] find my victory in you. >> Victory belongs to >> Victory belongs ((music playing)) to Jes. Victory belongs to [singing] him. Victory ((music playing)) belongs to Jesus. Victory belongs to him. Victory belongs to Jesus. Victory belongs to him.

((music playing)) Victory belongs to Jesus. Victory [singing] belongs to him. You will deliver. [music and singing] >> You're a proider. I find my victory in you. >> Forever. [singing] Victory forever. I find [singing] my vtory. ((music playing)) >> Some of you all need to remind yourself you will [singing] do it. I'm stepping out of the way. a proider.

I find my victory in you. Forever victorious. ((music playing)) >> Forever victori. >> Forever we will win. >> I find my [music and singing] victory. And sing it again. You will You will [music and singing] deliver. You're a provider. >> You're a pro. >> I find my victory. >> I find my victory [singing] in you. >> Forever victorious. >> Forever victorious. >> Forever [singing and music] we win.

I find you. >> That's a good place. Can we just put our hands together and just celebrate a God that loves us so well that he kept us for this very time and moment. Just look at your wife or look at your husband and say, "Babe, thank you that you're here."

And give him a kiss. Go on and and give him a kiss. Amen. Y'all may be seated in the presence of the Lord. If you are watching online, let us know where you're watching from. We want to send you greetings from ((music playing)) the Washington DC area. Actually, Glenn Art in Maryland from First Baptist Church of Glenn Art where our pastor is John K.

Jenkins senior and his wife is first lady Trina Jenkins. Can y'all make some noise for team Jenkins? [screaming] Amen. And I'm so grateful that we have a leadership that supports many if not all the ministries within family life department, but in particular the marriage ministry. Can you all show some love for Elder Barham and his bride Deacon is Barham?

Hey, can you show some love to Elder Featherstone and his bride Deacon is Featherstone. Amen. Amen. Amen. They've been with us from the very very beginning through the interview process for this job and we're so grateful for it and we remember and thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

If you are a first time visitor, can you all please stand so we can make some show some love and all right all right yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah all right. If you online just put a one or two in the chat. Let us know it's first time.

This your first time. Y'all may be seated. And and and folks that come on a regular basis, make sure you show the new timers or the first timers, I should say, some love. >> So, we got a little gift for you. Amen. Amen. And so, I think I've covered everything.

All right. Got first timers erect. Oh, scripture and prayer. >> Good. >> I'm doing good. Amen. All right. And so, I'm trying to follow the script for the first time in the history of me teaching. Amen. But our guiding scripture for today and then we'll go into prayer comes from 2 Corinthians 4:18.

And it simply says, "While we do not look at things which are seen, but at things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." And what tonight's discussion is, it's the real re eel versus the real rea.

Amen. Amen. And let's go before the Lord in prayer. And babe, can you open us up in prayer? >> Father, in the name of Jesus, we thank you so much for being our God. We thank you for this opportunity to just share your word with couples. God, we pray that you bless marriages, that you guide, God, that you allow your word to do what only your word can do.

God, be in the midst of our discussion on tonight. ((music playing)) Change hearts, change minds, change perspectives that your name may be honored in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Can we just celebrate God just one more time? Amen. You know, we haven't been in the space since Was it January, babe?

That's the last time we've been in >> in person. It was December. So, welcome y'all. Happy New Year. You know, we haven't seen us. Was it January? It was January. All right. We made new year then. Amen. But happy new year anyway. This is the first time y'all are joining us. >> No, I think it was December. >> January was virtual, wasn't it?

Yeah. Yeah. February was virtual. Yeah. >> Okay. All right. So, welcome everybody. Um, in December's fellowship, we talked about and we got a lot of emails, text messages, and uh, just stopping us in the corridors of the church or we were out in the grocery store, where we were, people commented on that 69%. >> Y'all remember that?

Who remembers the >> 69? 69%. Yeah. >> It was a startling statistic uh that I came across and it basically said that 69% of the behaviors that you don't like in your spouse ain't going away. >> Right. Yeah. Some of y'all ain't hear that. That's the first time.

I know. It's like wow. >> Hold on. That's right. Right. So, it kind of that 69% kind of level sets everything. And so what I want to talk about today, and we're going to start a series on it next month about the six, it's gonna be called the 60 more into it because we did it in December.

We talked a little bit in January about it, but we're going to get into it a little bit more because everybody was like, "What?" >> Right. Everybody was talking about it. But I want to put the 69% in perspective in terms of the real versus the real. That's good.

You know, one of the things that we hear from um various couples who like social media is that um uh that when you come to uh the marriage ministry at times, not all the times, because did y'all have a good time at Love Notes and Marriage Tuneup? Amen.

They had a good time, right? And how many of y'all come to the couples retreat? Make some noise, >> y'all. Since he said couples retreat, we we we found some more space. >> Amen. So, those of you that are here that didn't get a chance to sign up, we'll share that information with you later.

Go. >> Yeah. So, make sure you have your cameras out, whatever you got to do to get registered because um we it was hard. We we went away about two weeks ago, I think, to uh to negotiate some more rooms and we're able to get some more rooms.

So, it's going to be first come, first basis. I know many of y'all were texting me direct Skip, you got a room, Re Skip, you got a room. Rem Skip ain't got no rooms. Amen. So you got to when that graphic goes up towards the end, you have to act on it almost immediately because it may go they may they may go again.

But what I I want to continue sharing is is this 69% is and the people they say when they come to the marriage ministry at times is is is you don't speak of the joy of marriage, right? They that's what they say. They we don't speak to the joy of marriage.

And um when we speak in terms of just problems and I'm just putting it out there. 2 Corinthians 12:9 says, "My grace is sufficient for me for my strength is made perfect in your weakness are glad. We will boast in our firmly such that the power of Christ may rest upon us."

And when you've been newly married, I don't care if it's your first time married, second time married, or whatever number of time it is. Um you can fall for the illusion or the trap that every day is supposed to be a romantic getaway. that every day you all should be wearing your stylish designer clothes.

Every day you're on somebody's beach and you have the picture of the feet saying, "Isn't God good?" as you have the sand and the water in front of your toes. Amen. Every day is supposed to feel like I just can't wait to get into him or I can't wait to get into her.

Every day is feeding each other grapes and strawberry chocolates. Every day. Yes. See, some of y'all just like Yes. Yes. Yes. Listen. And then, you know, I love I was going to show some clips, but I didn't I didn't want to get barred on fa on social media on Facebook, so I couldn't show any clips.

But a lot of the social media influencers are just showing, you know, she cooking in the kitchen. And you know, he she cooking in the kitchen and and she looking good in the kitchen, too. You know what I mean? She she got on something short and she cook.

Don't act like you're cooking, baby. You like, "Hey, baby. She liber. It's all right. We in public. And so they got all these images, you know what I mean? They got uh this one couple went to like the Maldes or something where you have the hotel huts on the water, right?

And they switched into 15 different matching outfits in one minute. So, I started counting up how much that that's got to be at least $2 or $3,000 a person to colorcoordinate with with with designer shoes and designer bags and matching hats. And I said, man, this is what we are competing against in this day in reality.

And that's why couples are getting frustrated because they go online and see a just a snapshot, just an instant of what appears to be glamorous and then they they they come to the bedroom and then their wife got the bonnet on her head. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> No bunnies. No bunnies.

No bunnies. No bunnies. No bunnies. NO BUNNIES. NO BUNNIES. NO BIES. [laughter] [laughter] [crying] >> NO. Because [laughter] >> but guys, we ain't no we ain't we ain't no better cuz we coming to bed with the two sizes too big through the balloons on with holes in our drawers and that ain't looking pretty.

You know what I mean? And so those are the images. >> I'm getting ready to jump in cuz I have to after a chant. No bonnet. No [laughter] bonnets. I'm getting READY TO JUMP IN on this. Now listen, if you don't want no bonnet, then I'm going to the hairdresser every day.

((cheering)) So, so every day I'm going to the hairdresser. So, SO, SO GET YOUR MONEY RIGHT. GET YOUR MONEY RIGHT, [laughter] >> LADY. Y'ALL BETTER MAKE SOME NOISE CUZ THE NO VIOLENCE LOOKS LIKE THEY WINNING. [laughter] >> Don't worry about it. Wear about it. >> Oh, they saying wear ABOUT IT NOW.

OKAY. [laughter] >> HOW quickly how quickly we change our minds, brothers. >> But I need the brothers to understand. Y'ALL THINK WE PUTTING ON THESE BONNETS just because we want to be comfortable or something. We trying TO KEEP OUR HAIR STRAIGHT. So we can look good when we get up in front of you.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A BONNET ON, Y'ALL. Did y'all NOT KNOW THAT? Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW WHY WE WORE BONNETS. Y'ALL DIDN'T Y'ALL just didn't get it. Y'all y'all didn't get it. Okay. Okay. >> Well, online y'all put no bonus or bonus. I want to see what the what the online community is saying.

Bonus or no bonus. But you get the you get the picture how frustrating it is that you're just doing life, you know, and you're and especially if you're a younger couple and you're in the the uh the baby making season and you have two years olds and five years old and 10 years old.

They're very dependent upon you and you're going to work and some of you brothers and sisters, y'all are working not just one job but two jobs. And with this current environment, some of you all one may be furled and so you know you're at home doing things you ain't never done before.

Amen. Uh like cooking and cleaning. It's like a role reversal thing going on. And so it's a lot of pressure. And then when you take that five or 10 minutes and for some of you all it's longer than five or 10 minutes where you get on your device and you start to scroll and what you see makes you a little sad even a little depressed because your marriage and your family life doesn't reflect what's on the screen.

And that's why I like this guiding scripture in 2 Corinthians 4:18 because it simply says, "While we do not look at the things which are seen." Come on now. But at the things which are not seen, for for the things which are are seen are temporary. And that's the piece I want you to get.

You know, I'm I want to uh but the social media influencers got everything on lockdown. I got to find one that's not on lockdown because I want to know how much it costs to influence. One comedian I want to want to don't want to mention his name because he's a little risque and I and I watch him and but he's funny.

He once was on one of the morning programs and he has a payroll to influence this $1.5 million just to influence. Now this tells me he's making some money. Are you all with me on that? But to spend $1.5 million to portray an image for a minute or two minutes, it's incredible to me.

And so so people in the world and and pressures and and and and I I want to put it on Satan, but with it's not a bad thing that you influence, but it's a bad thing if you start comparing your marriage to what you see online. And so some of you all have to stop that because you are destroying the joy in the marriage that that God wants you to have.

And the scripture that I like to talk about is just coming to my mind. So just just bear with me. Um it talks about Paul and being content. Anybody know that scripture? >> Y'all don't know that scripture? I've learned how to be content. >> Right. I got to find it real.

Be content. I'm spelling real fast online. Y'all y'all work with me, babe. You got something to say while I find the scripture? >> No, I was just going to say that the reality is that we know we can't live every day like the lives we see on social media, but the problem is we think we can live like that too many days, right?

And so you have to really um level set because you don't realize when you're scrolling and looking at that stuff, you don't realize how much it's getting into your mind and your thoughts. Why my wife don't do that? Why my husband don't do that? How come we've never been there?

You know, it may just be that and now you're imposing that on your marriage and starting to compare. We got to stop. >> Amen. And the scripture that I uh this is a new scripture team AV um it comes from Philippians chapter 4 11 through13. It says I'm not saying this is Paul talking.

I'm not saying this because I'm in need for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. Right? I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation.

Whether wellfed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all things through him who gives me what? Strength. Right? And and see what the world wants to do is pressure you to look, view, read, study, meditate on the something other than the word of God.

And it's so important to keep the covenant marital aspect or relationship intact between you and your spouse. You have to remind yourself daily through scripture, through meditation, through prayer, through godly accountability that God is leading the marriage. And that's what keeps the covenant whole where you can be content no matter what's going on.

You know, um uh when my wife came home, this is a few years ago now. When my wife came home, we had a uh a significant lifestyle change. You know what I mean? We didn't have the the the benefit of uh of I got to say this nicely.

We had the benefit of the income that we normally would have coming through the house. And so we she had to learn to cook and I had to I had to start cooking all over again. But you know what? It brought it brought us joy in that season when we had to cook and we had to uh uh you know we we just do things differently.

We we had to uh which was funny. We had to learn how to clean a house. Come on now. We [laughter] >> I cleaned my house. >> I'm just I know. I'm just saying we had to learn how to do it. >> It ain't like we was experts how to clean. >> Amen.

We weren't experts in cleaning house. We had somebody clean it for us for a minute and then that stopped and you know now we back to a different season. Praise the Lord. Let the church say amen. But we had to learn how to clean the bathroom. And she look at me at the bathroom and I look at her at the bathroom and the bathroom just stayed the way it is.

Amen. But I know y'all don't want to hear that because y'all want to see sparkling clean bathrooms where you know y'all are doing the electric slide in the bathroom for social media. But this is the re [laughter] this is the reality of marriage y'all. And so I just want to just I want us to be grounded as we continue to go in two in this year in 226.

I don't I want us to be grounded that I'm not going to compare my marriage to social media >> or anybody's marriage because your situation is different. >> Right. Right. And so the first point I want to go to is number one social media shows highlights. Marriage requires work.

And what I'm discovering with newly married couples, again, no matter what the age, when we tell them marriage requires work, that's like the new cuss word in Christian circles because they don't it it it shouldn't have to take all of that. But I'm telling you, to get to 20 years of marriage, 30 years of marriage, or 40 years of marriage, the work don't start in the that year of 20, 30, or 40.

The work starts day one after you say, "I do." >> Right? And if you have that mindset in your head, you're going to go a lot farther in your marriage to experience the contentment and joy wants you to have. I remember when we first got married that day, um uh the marriage day and I and I was I was setting up my um I know I'm I'm set I'm gonna be honest, Elder Fellow Stone.

I'm gonna be honest. Um but we got married. We had a beautiful wedding and one of the things that uh Deacon Gentry told us, Deacon Gentry is one of our mentors. What he what he told me was he said, "Son, you know the next day there's not going to be any cameras.

There's not going to be anybody fussing over your wife's hair. They're not going to be straightening your tie everywhere you go. You know, people are going to not want to take your picture because they did it the day before." And they said on that day uh he said you're going to just be another regular married couple.

So prepare your wife for the post wedding day shock. >> And so if you're single here looking or you're getting ready to get married, I'm telling you the next day can be traumatic because you have the you have what you have the what do you call them? The parties y'all be having.

You be having um bed. Not bad. No, no. The ones we You just did a party last Sunday. You just did one on Sunday. A shower. You had what you call a wedding shower. A bridal shower. That's what it is. You got br I had one in so long.

I forget what it was. Amen. Oh, my wife ain't had one in so long. And so you have the bridal shower, you have the engagement pictures. Um you have food tastings. You go to different venues to identify where you're going to get married. You have dress fittings. And sometimes you all go to exotic places to get your dresses.

Some of you all get custom tuxedos or suits and everything's color coordinated. You do the cake tasting. You do all of these things preparing for the big day. The photographer, the the the the um uh what do you call it? The the DJ. Uh I mean, you've you've you've paid attention to every single detail and then the next day you you just a regular normal couple.

And so when me and my wife came out of our honeymoon suite and we came down the next day, she was already prepared, you know, cuz was your hair still done? I don't know if your hair was still done. [laughter] I wore a bonnet. >> No, my hair was still done. >> It was still done.

But you know, it was less makeup, less attention, but I had prepared her for the next day. And what I want to share with some of you all is prepare your marriage for the next day because every day is not going to feel and and I know I'm being Dave the downer but every day is not going to be joy I mean not joyfilled but every day is not going to be happy filled you know every day is not going to be so excitement that you want to see the other person and you want to be with the other person.

The joy of the Lord makes you want to still see and be and sit next to and make love in spite of an argument or difference that you had earlier today. It it it is truly it's truly work. And if you're getting married, I'm talking about somebody who's thinking about getting married right now.

If you're thinking about getting married and you think marriage is not going to require any work, the devil is a lie. Ain't no truth in them. >> Okay? And so I need you to know marriage takes work. Do you want to add anything? >> Yeah. I mean, Paul told us in the book of Corinthians that marriage is trouble, right?

So, when you walk into this marital relationship, you got to already know God told us it was going to be trouble. >> And so, anything other than that, you got to think about where you got that from, where your expectations actually came from. But I love God because he gives us the grace to maneuver through.

He gives us what we need. And and just think about it. Two different people from two different backgrounds, two different perspectives. I mean, that's a formula for a little bit of trouble. >> So, I mean, it is. And you have to be real about that. Amen. >> Amen.

And so, if if I have would take away one thought is that your marriage is built daily, right? And you're going to have to I'm not saying don't strive for the perfect vacations or don't strive for the matching outfits and don't strive for the anniversary dinners and don't uh you know we were taking me and my wife were taking smileies yesterday.

You know we had a a long day. That's all I'm going to say. I don't want to get in argument right now. We had a we we had a long day and I was and I was tired and then my wife put up the She was doing it though.

She You did do this though, baby. You know you did. It was fine. I know she mad, but then you do. Come on, let's take a selfie right now. My wife likes My wife likes selfies. We in fact, everybody take out their camera. I ain't gonna be the only one doing it.

Everybody take out a camera >> online. Take out your other device. >> Let's Let's all do a selfie and let's post it and say we at the FBCG couples fellowship. Give it give FBC some credit. So, we going to take the picture. Now, why do we do this? >> Cuz I do selfies for a purpose.

Wouldn't >> I know? I know. But cuz you had a little frown on your face. So, I said, "Let me go and take a selfie." Yeah. Just right there. You was frowning when I said we took a selfie yesterday when we went out last night. >> Oh, you did.

All right. But it's all good. It's all good. Everybody take that selfie. Y'all going to post it tonight. Make sure you put # FBCG. >> Amen. But so again, we could have tension like you all just saw and then take that picture, this one moment with a smile and then it goes out on social media platforms and you think that that's how we are every moment of the day.

Y'all just saw the tension that was between us, just a little bit of tension and then as soon as he put the camera up, we were smiling. Amen. Are y'all with me on it? And then we get back to All right. Well, what's going on? You know what I mean?

So don't be deceived by what you see. Have faith in what you know that what what God has joined no man can separate. ((applause)) Kia go babe you want to add to that. I'mma send that picture to Kia. Kia can you put our picture up on the thing >> Lord. >> Amen. >> I'mma find the picture.

I got to find Kia first. Babe going to start talking about this. So [laughter] he was hanging out there. Amen. And so the scripture verse for point number one is Genesis 2:24. And it reads, "Therefore a man shall leave his mother and father, father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." >> Right?

And and the point I want you to get there is I'm I'm get my picture up there in a second. And and everybody, if you got a picture, send it to me. I'm all send. We just gonna start putting pictures up there. Amen. Um, it it says this.

It says, I want you to circle some words or highlight some words in your electronic Bible if you have it. It says, "Therefore, a man shall leave circle leave or highlight leave his father and mother and be joined uh circle be joined right to his wife and they shall become and and under or circle become."

All of those words are action words. Mhm. >> All of those words require what y'all? Work. >> That's good. >> Y'all y'all see that? You just not going to leave your mama and father so easily. It's going to take a mental exercise to do that if they've been taking care of you, whether you're in a single parent home or both mom and dad or you raised by your grandmother.

It is difficult to leave your home and then embrace a new one. Especially when things go wrong. you know, the the washing machine may break and your husband can't fix it and you don't have any monies. And so instead of going to the what do you call it?

The coin operated one, the laundromat, you end up going back home if the food don't taste good, fellas. Amen. And you know mama don't cooked on Sunday and you gonna go ahead and politely eat her food on Sunday, but then you gonna go get gas in the car.

And by getting gas in the car, you gonna go to mama's house and sit down and eat a real good meal. Amen. >> [laughter] >> I'm just I'm just telling what y'all do. Amen. This what this is what y'all do. Amen. [laughter] Right. I listen. I did it all. I go a whole bunch of people houses and eat.

Amen. He about to get in trouble. [laughter] >> And I eat my wife's food. Amen. But I what I want you to see is it just that part is work dealing with that. >> [snorts] >> become one flesh. Everybody say become one flesh. >> Let's go on to point number two. >> No, no, but that's good though.

You No, seriously though, you said leave. So that's work. And then to even be joined, that's work, >> right? And then to become one, that's work. >> So just those three things alone is enough work to last you for a lifetime, >> right? So, let's not get fooled into thinking this thing is is it's hard work. >> But again, I love God because he gives us the grace >> to do the job. >> Amen.

Amen. Amen. Amen. That's a good place to clap. We want to cl Hey, I done sent you a picture. Amen. Can you Can you put it up in a minute? And let's go to number two. >> Yes. >> Amen. And so two says, "Social media promotes feelings. Marriage requires covenant.

And that's what I just talked about. Malachi chapter 2:14 says, it says, "Yet you say, for what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth with whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant."

Now, I want you to underline something else in here. Uh it says, "He has been witnesses between you and your wife, with whom you have dealt tresley. He is your companion and your wife by covenant. And we talked about treacherously. Underline the word treacherously. Dealt treacherously, right? And and God has to remind us in this in this in this in this Bible verse, right?

That that he saw us when we first got married. And we we first got married, you know, um uh stuff was I know stuff was stuff was tighter. [laughter] >> Okay. >> You got to talk at the in the microphone. They can't hear you, baby. >> I didn't want >> I didn't want them to hear you.

Okay. But what what I'm saying is is you're going to evolve and you're going to age and you're not going to look the same. Are y'all with me on it? >> And and and sometimes, and just sometimes, not all the time, sometimes you if you're not keeping God first, you may not view your spouse the same way on the first day you got married. >> Yeah, that's true. >> Right.

And so for me and for Beth, we keep Christ first. And no matter what's going on with us physically, mentally, emotionally, she's my first love. Are y'all with me on it? So, I don't care. You know, I don't at the end of the day, I just want her by my side.

At the end of the day, I just want her married. At the end of the day, I just want her to have her right mind. You know, I I don't care what she physically looks like. I'm telling you for real. Cuz that's my wife. She's mine. Y'all with me on it?

She's mine. Right. And so I love you, you know, and and and guys, in fact, right now, just tell your wise guys, as you mind, I love you. Go go go and tell this reassur you ain't going nowhere. >> Yeah, that's it. I love that. >> There you go.

There go the selfie right there, y'all. >> I'm >> You see now just now just before that picture, she was like, "What are you talking about?" Right? But then y'all see this picture online and then you think everything about well how come we can't be like Skip and Beverly.

They're always smiling. You see how deceptive the picture is? It's very It's very deceptive. They go to Featherstones. They smiling. Amen. We don't know what was happened two hours ago or 24 hours ago. But they smiling in that moment right there. They go to Carters right there. They got two young kids.

I know they weren't smiling four hours ago. >> [laughter] >> I know they weren't smiling four hours ago. Amen. Cuz you can't It's hard to smile with two little kids and two two and one year old. It's hard to smile, right? But God gives us the spirit of contentment when you remind yourself on a constant basis that he's the center of the marriage.

Amen. >> Amen. Amen. That's a good place to clap. I need some claps right now. So number three is social media hides the struggles. >> And that's what I just showed y'all that God uses. Right? So Romans 5:3 and 4 says, "And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations."

Knowing that tribulations produce perseverance and perseverance character and character hope. The hope is not in your spouse to fix it. The hope is in God to fix you. >> You know, when we first um became the min the leaders of the the couple's ministry about uh I don't know 15 16 years ago now, uh this room wasn't as filled as it is now, right? and and the reason why it wasn't filled is because people thought erroneously that the only reason you came here is because your marriage was broken.

So it it it took us all this time through the work of the Lord and Pastor Jenkins and First Lady Trina and the leaders of the church to kind of change the narrative at least for our church and our marriage ministry. marriage ministry here is if if you put in the work, God's work, I'm not talking about your work, but if you put in God's work, I mean, you're going to have a long lasting marriage.

Come on, to death do you part. And you're going to experience the joy of it. You know, it's nothing like having a disagreement and still smiling afterwards. >> It's nothing like not being on the same page, but because you all are friends, you all are literally best friends. you know that you can sit down and have a meal together and then be mad, cut your eyes and then in about, you know, in about 30 minutes all that's going to go away.

You're gonna be holding hands again. But again, the social media images, they they they give off a a false projection. >> Yeah. And this this whole thing about struggle um the scripture says um not only that, but we glory in our struggles, right? We're not happy about what's happening. what Paul is saying, you're you're you're you're excited about what God's going to do as a result of the struggle.

So, so, so I I did a um a session with some wives uh not not too long ago, and this this scripture came up and and one of the illustrations that came up was about a boy in a butterfly. Y'all heard that story before? how how little boy had a had a had a a cocoon and how the the the butterfly was struggling inside the cocoon and he thought it was a good idea to cut the butterfly out.

But it was the struggle that made the butterfly beautiful. >> It was the struggle that made the butterfly strong. So all of us that are going through struggles in our marital relationship may just remember that's what's going to make you beautiful. That's what's going to make you strong.

That's what's going to increase your faith in Jesus. So, we don't want to negate struggles that we go through. It's work. It is absolutely work, right? But God has a blessing in it. So, we want to encourage you that if you're going through a struggle, going through a challenge, and if you haven't, if you're not going through one now, you going keep living.

You're going to be going through a struggle. But God is just using that to make you beautiful. He's using it to make you strong. Y'all remember that? to increase our faith. That's what he's doing in the moment of the struggle. Amen. >> Amen. ((applause)) Now, see, this is how the devil work.

Once you get on social media, you just start getting fixated on it. Now, my wife says some good things, but I was so focused on getting your pictures >> that I miss every word that she said. But ain't that how social media is? Your wife is talking to you, fellas.

Or ladies, your husband's talking to you, but because you addicted to the phone in your hand, Kia, can you show them pictures, please? Amen. Because you addicted to the phone in your hand, you miss something that God wants you to receive from him or her. >> Right? It might be a a preached word on your television set that God wants you to get to or on your phone.

Well, because you looking at social media, Amen. Put taking pictures. Show all the pictures we done got. Amen. We don't know. I just want y'all to see these pictures. We don't know this. We don't know the the the the the marital story and the marital journey behind each smile. >> But it requires work.

That's the piece I just want to to focus on. It requires work. Now, baby, now what did you say again? Now, here's the thing, y'all. Here's the thing. I can get mad at this struggle right here, but God, but listen. It's not worth it. >> It's really not worth it.

So therefore, I'm not going to get mad about this struggle right here. It is what it is. He wasn't paying attention. >> I wasn't. >> And he just wasn't paying attention >> cuz I allowed social media to distract you, >> right? And you you were distracted by something else.

And so the thing is, I'm just going to give it to Jesus >> cuz God knows. >> That's part of the 69% now. Social media. Yep. You got that [laughter] right. >> That's it. It's part of the 69%. He's gotten better, [laughter] but some things aren't going to fully change.

[snorts] That's what we we mean when we talk about that six I'm glad you said that. That's what we mean when we talk about the 69%. A person's makeup and how they are. It'll get better, but it's not going to change. And that's another place where we get tricked because we think because they've gotten better, it's going to completely change and I'm never going to see it again. >> No, it just means it's gotten better.

That's it. >> That's it. It's just better. >> In fact, I want y'all to take a minute while I continue to put some more pictures on the screen [laughter] and and I'm I'm I'm almost afraid to have him do the exercise, babe, but I want you to do the exercise.

What is one thing, and I want Don't embarrass your spouse here tonight. What's one thing that you gonna say I accept? I'm gonna give mine in a second that I'm I I'm Can I Can I give mine right now? >> If you're online, [laughter] >> put one thing in the chat.

Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. This this is this is this I I have got to accept that my wife is an executor. She's a producer. Do guys, do you have any producers in your if you have fellas? Make some noise. I don't want to be by myself married to a producer.

Right. So my wife's a producer and then sometimes we just a little bit late when we do stuff. Just a little bit late. Just a little bit late when we do things >> the producing part. I just need to make sure y'all understand. >> No, just arriving somewhere. >> Oh, okay.

Okay. So you So y'all saw that, right? Let me talk about the positive >> the positive thing about her. She's an executor, but she's late all the time. That's what you were trying to say. Is that it? >> Because you Yes, but I'm not saying that. I'm saying you get a lot of things done >> and we and we and we don't arrive >> on time. >> Timely. >> Okay.

I'm okay. I'm I'm okay. >> We're on time, >> right? >> But we're not timely. >> Okay. I'm okay with that. >> Okay. Y'all like that? We're on time, >> but we're not timely. >> I know I'm late. I I'm okay with that. >> Okay. And so now I've swam through sharp waters.

Now fellas, it's your turn. [laughter] Look, look at your spouse and accept one thing. And and really, I just got to accept it because it's been that way for the entirety of our marriage. >> Yeah, it has for for 20. We celebrate 21 years in May. Can y'all show us some love? 21 years.

So y'all just y this just this was somebody accept one thing without nobody getting mad. Just accept one thing. We going to accept one. See this is the hard work of marriage right here. Just accept one thing. Just one thing. Accept one thing online family. Don't put nothing embarrassing in the chat.

If it's embarrassing just say I accept the one thing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> I'm I'm do yours. >> Oh, yeah. 30 more seconds. 30 more seconds. >> Kia, I got some more pictures coming your way. Okay, >> got it. You ready? >> Yep. Now, this is what I want.

There's some microphones in the one on this side, one on that side. If it's not embarrassing and you have your wife or husband's permission, >> I want you to share what you are accepting. And and I'm going to tell you why I want you to share it. Because the devil wants to get into your marriage to make you believe that what you have to accept is unfair and unusual.

And then if you hear someone else because let me just put this. How many of y'all have a late spouse? Just make some noise. ((applause)) See, done leveled the playing field. >> You know, being being late just ain't in my family. You understand? Just ain't in my marriage. I see the hands over there.

I see it right there. I see it. Right. All right. And so, so who's who who's bold enough to All I need is one or two. I I put myself out there. Go just go to make your way to the microphone real quick. Microphone right there. And microphone right there.

I know my leaders are going to get up. I know my leaders, not the elders. They done done their work. But I'm talking about my other marriage leaders. I know my I know the Writes and the Carters and the Matiases and the Campbell. I know my leaders are going to get up and and and own something.

I I know my leaders are. They're not going to leave me out here. They going to leave by myself. I need the Mias to get up. You know, y'all giving the illusion everything up. All right. >> All right. So, good. I'm I'm I'mma I'mma go one. I'mma go back and forth.

So what is the thing that you have to accept? G give this a this is team in your last name and then the one thing you have to accept. >> All right team Mlan. >> Okay team. >> One of the things that I have to accept is um she's going to ask 511 questions. >> She going to ask she going to ask how many >> 50,0001 questions. >> She going to ask 50,000 questions. >> How many has your spouse ask a lot of questions?

JUST CLAP CLAP. Make some noise. >> All right. There you go. All right. All right. Very good. Now, now listen. Don't lecture. Just give me the thing you have to accept cuz we got a time limit. So, give me give me your team and what you have to accept. >> Uh team King.

Uh let me get let me get her permission again. You sure about that? >> All right. So, it was it was uh it was it was just in regards to uh her being I know we talked about being late, but I I sometimes I feel like she late only when it's in regards to something I want to do something. >> Okay, stop right there.

Stop right there. You're about to She just said late. >> Oh. Oh. All right, I'm gone. See that? See, that's why you got to come to MCC some more. Come on. Sit down. SIT ON DOWN. SIT ON DOWN HERE. You just should have said late. That's all you SHOULD HAVE SAID WAS LATE.

SIT ON DOWN. THAT'S ALL YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID was late. Yeah. Yeah. Go on. Go on. Just sit down. Just sit down. Hey, I said don't give context. You gave context. No. No. No. No. Why? All right. All right. Let us know your team and what you have to accept. >> Team Pratt.

And I have to accept that my wife says that she said something to me that she didn't. And I have to accept it. >> Okay. Right. I mean, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL GO THROUGH THAT? A SPOUSE SAYS SOMETHING. They say here, "Can you make some noise?" ((applause)) >> All right.

Hey, we got Oh, THAT THAT WAS A GOOD ONE THERE. Team Pratt. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. TEAM PRATT. All right. All right. Your team >> team Smith. And I have to accept that my wife is a very slow processor when it comes to making decisions. She's a slow processor when it makes comes to making decisions.

How many else got married to a slow processor? Make some noise. All right. Let them know your team. >> All right. Uh team Holmes, I have to accept my wife is always right. >> Always right. >> ALWAYS RIGHT. >> HOW MANY OF Y'ALL GOT A SPECIAL ALWAYS RIGHT?

GO AHEAD AND CLAP. >> BEVERLY, go ahead and clap. >> Beverly, clap. Clap. Only clap for me, Beverly. Go ahead and clap. All right. Very good. Last but not least. >> All right. I'm here from team Campbell and I have to accept the fact that my wife is very investigative.

She knowsy. OKAY. [laughter] ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY OF Y'ALL GOT A NOSY SPOUSE? COME ON NOW. MAKE SOME NOISE. [laughter] >> INVESTIGATOR. >> INVESTIGATOR. >> That's right. >> Yeah. We get we get fancy with this stuff. >> All right, ladies. We get a turn. >> He trying to move on. >> I am. >> He trying to move on.

I was about TO HAVE AN ALT CALL RIGHT NOW. >> We get a turn. So ladies, you get one minute to uh come up with that thing that won't change. >> Go ladies, go ahead. Tell and then I think I sent you some more pictures. >> So So go ahead ladies.

Your turn. >> What's that one thing you have to accept in your husband? >> I'm I'm going to start. I couldn't wait. >> So I'm going to start. >> Go ahead and start. >> Go on. So your thing is >> OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. THE LADIES ARE RUNNING.

[screaming] >> The ladies are running to the microphone. My god. >> Listen. Listen. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, BE SURE TO SHARE WITH US. >> I MEAN, THEY STILL COMING TO THE MICROPHONE. [laughter] >> LOOK AT GOD. SO, LISTEN. I DON'T NEED TO HELP THE LADIES, BUT I'M GOING TO HELP THEM.

RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. Go ahead. Put it up, baby. >> All right. Here it is. >> Here it is. Snappy and impatient. >> Yeah. Anybody else snappy and impatient? ((applause)) All right. You ain't the only one married to somebody snappy impatient. All right. I'mma give the team and just what you have to accept in your husband. >> All right.

Team, right? And I have to accept that my husband has to have all of his thoughts shared. So there's not a movie that we watch that he hasn't shared every thought [laughter] in THAT MOVIE. >> ALL RIGHT, TEAM RIGHT, YOU ABOUT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH CONTEXT. All right, over here team and what you have to accept. >> Okay, team Holmes, I have to accept that my husband can drive without his passenger princess. princess.

Meaning that second uh the brake on the passenger side does not work. So I have to accept that he can drive without me. >> All right. Very good. Very good. All right. Team >> team Richard's wise, I have to accept that my husband always have the best excuses.

[laughter] >> How many of Y'ALL GOT THE BEST EXCUSES? SOMEBODY MAKE SOME NOISE. WE GOT THE BEST EXCUSES. >> [laughter] >> GO AHEAD, >> team Gilbert. I got permission. I have to accept that some things just aren't going to get done when I want them done. >> All right. Now, >> all right.

Some stuff just not going to get done. >> Ladies, can anybody >> It's just not >> relate to that. It ain't going to get done when you want to get done and how you want it to get done. All right, that was good. over here. >> Yeah. Team Terry and I did get permission.

Um that I that he often will ask me questions and I'm looking at you're asking me that question as because you should know. >> Okay. >> We got a lot of O's on that. So we ain't got to people in agreement with that one. All right. I'm going to leave that one alone.

That's a whole teaching right there. >> Yes, your team. >> Yeah, team ballot. >> Two things. I have to accept the fact that when my husband said he's going to fix something today, it may not get done until next year. [laughter] >> Then I have to accept the fact that when we're riding somewhere, do not give him directions.

[laughter] >> Very good. >> Let you know your team. >> Team Lutter. And I have to accept that my husband does not like taking pictures. Like I'm a picture person. >> Okay, >> that's good. >> He just doesn't like >> Where your husband at? >> Come on up here. >> Come on up here, husband, real quick.

We ain't got that kind of time. Come on, husband. Come on UP HERE. COME ON. COME ON, DOG. [screaming] COME ON, DOG. COME ON UP. LET'S SHOW HIM SOME LOVE WHEN you come up front. [applause and cheering] Come on. Come on, sis. You come with your husband. Come on. Come on. Come.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Come on. Come on. Come on. There you go. Can you Can you handle this? Take a picture. >> Come on, Beverly. Get on one side. I get on the other. Come on. We going to take a picture. There you go. Come on. Come on.

((applause)) >> Y'all, you learn SOMETHING NEW WHEN YOU TALK to folk, right? So, we need to really kind of make sure we understand these things, right? He was like, "It's not that I don't like to take pictures. It's that I don't like to take a thousand pictures. That's real good." >> All right.

Who we got next? >> Team Le. So, I have to accept that my husband is slow in every aspect of what we do in life. >> In every aspect, >> he's slow. Oh, HE JUST TAKE HIS TIME. >> HOW HOW COME YOU JUST COULDN'T SAY HE was slow?

Team Leair, you had to say slow in every aspect. >> He take his time. >> Okay, we got one for online. Hold one online. >> Okay. >> Team Armstead says that she has to accept um that No, he has to accept that his wife tunes him out. >> [laughter] >> How many of y'all tune out? >> Yeah, that's good.

[laughter] >> Who's this? Team >> Yeah, team McIntyre. I have to accept that my husband will not look at a single thing when I prepare the dossier for our vacations. >> So, won't look >> He won't look at the itinerary. >> The itinerary. I know. You got to break it down to us more simpler words.

Michelle dossier. >> What's a dossier? [laughter] >> That's what Kevin said. THAT'S WHAT KEVIN SAID. >> THAT'S WHAT KEVIN BE SAYING. [laughter] >> That's Skip Little is getting on my nerves all the time. >> He won't look AT NONE OF THE VACATION. >> HE WON'T LOOK AT NONE OF He just say, "What we doing next?"

How many of y'all married to a husband that says, "Whatever. What we doing next?" Make some noise, fellas. I'm doing. That's how I'm with Beverly. What are we doing next? Just what we doing next, >> team. >> So, I'm team Webster. Um, I do have my husband's permission.

When we're discussing a specific matter, I have to accept before the conversation is over, my husband is going to be all over the place. >> Oh, he not. >> So, he don't follow the directions. Is that what you're saying? He not following what we talking about. [laughter] [laughter] OKAY, HAVE A SEAT, GWEN.

He get a pass, y'all, cuz they newly married. So, he get a HE TRYING TO FIGURE IT all out. He trying to figure it all out. All right. I think any more I think y'all give yourselves a round of applause. >> ((applause)) >> Listen, just remember y'all, God focuses on character.

That's why it's important those things that we are faced with in our marriage, it's it behooves us to try to do better. We know some of it's not going to all change. But God wants us to conform into the image of him. And so he wants us to build character and do the best we can to be like Christ in our interactions, right?

And so those areas that our spouses have shared with us, don't just let it be a laugh and that's that's how I am, right? Fig figure out figure out figure out how you can get better. We know that thing is going to jump back and it's hard for you to maneuver through it and actually 100% change.

But at least let's commit to do better. >> Amen. >> Amen. >> Amen. >> Amen. Amen. >> Amen. >> All right. This is the last round. I'm stopping. I'm not put no more pictures. We put the rest up. Put the last one I sent up to you. Uh Kia, thank you so much.

Let's show AV some love to K. The last one. Amen. And so the the last point we just want to quickly review before we close out is that social media focuses on appearance but God focuses on character. We just did that. We did we did number four. All right.

So then the closing challenge is see I was so busy doing social media I repeated number four that she already gave. Amen. But let's talk about the closing challenge. The closing challenge comes from Hebrews 13:4. It says marriage marriage is honorable among all and the dead undefiled but fornication and daughters of God will judge.

I just want you to know that when you put the work in marriage that you keep your marriage honorable and you don't have to worry about a fornicator or an adulterer. Come on now. Let the church say amen. >> Right. Right. Or any or stepping out on any level.

Right. Won't have to worry about that. >> Right. And so the question I have for you is as because T keeps flashing. I want everybody's picture the gift that I sent if possible is the challenge I give to you is this is and I want you all uh to really ask yourselves this question uh as a couple.

Are you chasing appearance appearances or are you building a covenant? >> So go ahead and ask that to yourselves. Are you chasing appearances or are you chasing are you building a covenant? Because we should be building a covenant, right? All right. You know a covenant is is bigger than a contract.

The covenant is between a husband and wife and the Lord. That's unbreakable. Amen. And when you all come here every month, the couple's fellowship, when you all join the prayer call on Wednesday evening, uh when you all do the husband's prayer call on Friday mornings at 6:00 a.m., when you go follow my wife [clears throat] on wife for life when she does her things with the wives, when you all go to couples retreat, when you all take couples in disciplehip, uh couples focus studies, uh money in your marriage, and >> home run marriages, >> home run marriages.

When you do all the focuses, blended families, when you do all those things, you are working on building the covenant. Amen. And so the next time somebody says, "What you doing?" Second Saturday of the month at 7 p.m., you say proudly, "I'm working on my covenant. >> I'm working on my covenant."

Amen. >> Amen. >> I'm working on my covenant. ((applause)) All right. So, just remember in our closing remarks, don't ever measure your marriage by someone else's highlight reel. >> And I'm going to say that again. Don't ever measure your marriage against someone else's highlight reel. All right. Amen. Let's give God some glory as we amen.

Amen. And amen. Listen, we know that this might be information might be a little foreign to you. uh and it might be formed is because you haven't chosen the playbook you're going to follow and you haven't chosen who you're going to serve because everyone has to serve and submit to somebody and the way the things go is is God and the husband submits to God and then the wife submits to the husband and the children fall under that umbrella of submission.

But if the husband is not submitting to God, then you're going to have a marriage that's not of God and that's going to be a lot of problems. >> Amen. And the same thing holds true if you are a wife who doesn't want to submit under God's comforting, loving, guiding hand, providing hand.

Are y'all woofy on it? And so I just want to just give an opportunity for someone to accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior. And it just simply means is that you are a sinner. That means your imperfections and your dysfunctions take over. And it causes you to step outside the will of God.

But you're stepping outside the will of God more than you're not is because you're not applying the word of God. And you're not applying the word of God because you don't want to follow God. And you don't want to follow God because you don't want to submit to God.

And so my challenge to you online or in in person is to submit to God. That is the challenge. I want you to submit to God so that you can experience the joy of the Lord and be content no matter what the season. B. You want to close this close that out for me, please?

Okay. >> Certainly. So, if you've never made a commitment to Christ, we want to give you an opportunity to do that right now. Right? If that's you and you know you've struggled and it's just been a challenge for you to even understand who Christ is, I want everybody to bow right now.

Bow your heads. And if you've never made a commitment, this is your opportunity to do that right now. Father, in the name of Jesus, I repent of my sins. If everyone can say that together. Father, in the name of Jesus, I repent of my sins. And God, I believe in your word in Romans 10:9 and 10 that if we confess with our mouth, >> and believe in our hearts that you raised Jesus from the dead from the dead >> that I will be saved. >> I will be.

God, I thank you for saving me >> in Jesus name. >> Amen. >> While all heads are still bowed, if that's the first time you've made that commitment, could you just raise your hand? Just slip your hand up. If that's the first time you've ever made that commitment, we want to see who you are.

Just slip up your hands. Slip up your hands. No one is looking. Amen. Amen. Amen. Father, we thank you so much for this time and this opportunity to share. We thank you for your word and for the truth of your word. I pray for every marriage in this place, God, that you would help us to do all that you purposed for us to do to honor you in our marital covenant.

God, give us the grace. Give us the strength. guide us, direct us, God, so that we can be examples to the world what it looks like, God, to have a relationship with you and a relation, a strong relationship in our marriages. So God, we thank you and we give you the praise in Jesus name.

Amen. >> Amen. Amen. At this time now, pay attention to anniversaries. Amen. For this month, A different kind of beautiful. Run my hand through your hair in the morning. It's unusual. ((music playing)) The way your skin glows on the pillow. I can't get enough of you. Every day is a honeymoon.

Let ((music playing)) me show you. I'll pull you closer. I just want to stay in love ((music playing)) with you. I don't want to fall for ((music playing)) new cuz baby you're my sunshine. My treasure just keeps getting better. Baby, you're so irresistable. Dancing in the crying arms. Fighting in the car. Making up and kissing.

I love every shade of you. Every moment feels brand new. Let me hold you when you all are over. I just want to stay in love with ((music playing)) you. I don't want to fall for new cuz ((music playing)) baby my treasure just keeps getting better. I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you.

I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you. I'm in love with you. ((music playing)) Oh, I know it's going to take us a li ((music playing)) you every day. And things are going to change. Want to learn ((music playing)) and grow together. Want to love you more in 10 years.

Want to love you more ((music playing)) in 10 years. >> So Team Smith is celebrating an anniversary, too. And it's not my little brother's fault that pitch ain't make it up there. It's my fault. And so go ahead and let them know who your bride is and how many years y'all celebrate. >> Good evening.

My name is Lenny. This is my wife Shaina. We are team Smith and we celebrate 10 years on March the 19th. >> Amen. >> So every time I get an opportunity, I like to let everyone know that Sheena leaves leads wife support. So, she does an amazing job.

It be packed out in there. So, that's every first Friday at 700 p.m. over at the worship center and online. >> Yes. >> And I want to take an opportunity [laughter] because Leonard, he leads men connecting in Christ on Monday and it's packed out in the morning at 10:00 a.m. in the unit at 7:00 p.m.

Amen. Love you guys. Get out of here. >> All right. >> Amen. >> Hey, babe. We have the announcements. We have to go before we close out. >> We do. We do. We have a recognition. You know, we always do a recognition. Yep. >> How many of you were at Love Notes and Marriage Tuneup?

Just raise your hand. >> Yeah. It was a great time. We have an amazing couple that leads that um whole event uh for both days and we want to take this moment to acknowledge them. We acknowledge our um couples or show appreciation, recognition to them based on our church's core values.

See him. Seek God first. evangelism, excellence, hymn, honor, integrity, and mentoring. And so we're going to um honor them with the um uh core value of excellence that at that marriage tuneup and love notes was done in excellence and their hard work showed. So I want to acknowledge the Wilsons at this point.

An >> where they at? Come on quick. Y'ALL GOT TO COME UP HERE REAL QUICK. Y'ALL STAY IN THE BACKGROUND. Y'all show them some love. a lot of hours in planning, a lot of volunteers that they led. >> Yeah. >> And we just want to acknowledge them and say thank you. >> Thank you. >> And so here's a little something for you.

And and >> so Paul don't get nothing. You gave it to Nissa like you said for years. >> Take care of that money. Amen. But it says certificate of recognition to Paul and Anissa Wilson exhibiting the core value of excellence. Amen. Love you guys very much. We appreciate all >> ((applause)) >> We appreciate all y'all do.

All right. Love you guys. >> Thank y'all so much. >> All right. We have some announcements. >> All right. Go ahead. I'm going to go ahead and sit down on the announcements. Y'all go ahead cuz you're you're impatient. So [laughter] >> So here you go, y'all. Um our blended family is doing some amazing things.

They have um a bonus round coming up on Monday or Tuesday the 17th, I believe. And that's for the bonus parent. Yeah. bonus mom and bonus dads where you're in a marriage where you're the bonus mom or bonus dad. That's a special round on the 17th at 7 pm.

And they also have their blended family what they're calling legacy of love which is in person. Is it in person? It's going to be in person here where >> hybrid. Okay. The 27th. Thank you. Um Deacon Wright. It's going to be the 27th at 7 p.m. If you want information or register for either of those for blended family, go to fbcglennard.org. org/blendedfamilies.

Real simple. Um, we have a CI alumni event. How many of y'all been a part of C? >> And that's Couples in Disciplehip. >> Couples in Disciplehip. Alumni event is going to be at 7 p.m. on the 20th at the worship center 1305. Be there. Um, also we have just um we have our FBCG ID release which is our young adult event and that's going to be on Wednesday this week the 18th in person at the worship at the worship center.

We will be streaming that. And then y'all for resurrection Sunday I'm going to call it resurrection weekend. We have on Friday glory to glory production. We're going to have a Saturday evening 6 pm service for the first time. Resurrection service on Saturday. And then we have our four services on Sunday 6, 8, 10, and 12.

So you don't want to miss that weekend. Listen, execute your Frances and invite your friends, relatives, acquaintances, neighbors, co-workers, classmates, enemies, and strangers. Amen. Um, we also just want a couple other things. We're going to be um some of us are going to be participating in a love and relationship.

Um, I guess it's a a a session seminar, right, by David and Tam La Man. They're going to be at the MGM and that's going to be April 25th at 700 p.m. I think we have a little clip on um on on what they're doing. Can you guys show that if you have it? >> After nearly four decades of marriage, David and Tamila man bring you the love and relationship tour.

Life should be life and bills, kids, pressure, and somewhere in the middle. Y'all stop laughing like you used to. So come and get your laugh back. H the man singing, David man with the comedy, real conversation, and a room full of grown folks that believe in black love.

Coming soon to a city near you. For tickets and all the info, visit the love and relationship.com. >> So if y'all want to attend, it's coming here on the 25th in this area. Also, just finally, um we are seeking volunteers to always in the couple's ministry, but specifically help out with our social media.

So, if that's the area for you, come see me, Rev after the fellowship or any of our couples team leaders and they can get you connected. If this was your first time here, please make sure you get your gift. We have gift for first timers. If you're online, we want to send you a gift.

So, send us an email at couples@fbcglennard.org. put your address in and we want to send you a first time gift. I think that's it. We have prayer mentoring in room 108. If you need prayer mentoring, you can go to room 108. And we also have collections. So, we'll have our deacons at the uh doors that you can drop in just whatever you have that supports our couples connection food time where we have food and fellowship.

So, if you could do that for us. I think that's it. Except we have room at our retreat. ((applause)) Our coup's retreat. So, if you want to grab that information on the couples retreat, grab the QR code. Uh get an opportunity to sign up. So, K, if you could put that up and then we can wrap up.

We got to get all those pictures up. There you go. We got to finish them pictures. Yes. Let's clap. That's That's team Craig right there. Yeah, they've been married for I think two years now. >> Don't talk about me. >> All right, that's team Jackson. I went to school with Pat. >> Let me stop calling names out cuz I'm going to mess it up after that. >> JCole and his bride. >> Oh yeah.

All right. That's our young adult couple right there. Thank you for some music. We need some music. You see how social media just drains you? You know what I'm saying? Y'all show some love. That's our neighbors right there. That's team Hind. That's team Carter. [laughter] Thank you. There you go.

Team Featherstone, team. [laughter] I think we done. Hey, listen. May God bless you and keep you until we see each other again. In Jesus name we pray and give thanks. Let the church say, "Amen." >> Love you guys. at the retreat. Show the retreat. Show the retreat. Show the retreat.

Show the retreat. But >> they're going to put the retreat up. You got to get it because there's a limit rooms. K is doing it right now. I beat you to it. >> What another amazing couple's fellowship. I mean, >> uh, the the real >> This is your favorite topic. >> I know.

Social media. It it it it's very very um it's very very important. I actually we talk about this all the time in the age of social media. Always talking about the influencers and what everyone's posting, but no one's posting what's really going on. Like I know you got some thoughts on social media. >> Well, I mean it's something that we talk about like you said all the time and I love the part where he says it it typically it'll hide the struggle and I love the part where he worded it as you know but God uses the struggle.

So when we hide that, you don't really get to see often uh what might have led to that because there are some moments that are realistic. You know, they're reimitating or recreating for us something that may have happened at home, but at the end of the day, we don't see the argument that took place.

And so we're hiding how God is using or allowing his grace in that situation. >> 100%. Um that's why it's so key that we surround ourselves and we're in relationship with other couples and couples that are more seasoned than us. Um, for me, I know I talk about this all the time.

I'm thankful for groups like MCC, Mech Connect to Christ, which is the men's only Bible study that we have here, because I was in MCC years before I got married, right? >> And 90% of what we talk about is marriage or marriage related. So, when I got to marriage, even when we encountered certain troubles, it wasn't foreign to me.

And then also, when we did encounter those troubles, I had resources like Reverend Skip and other brothers in the class to help me navigate through it. So that's similar to when he was saying uh it was such a powerful wisdom from Reverend Gentry where he shared with Reverend Skip, you know, prepare your wife for, you know, the next day.

The reality there's so much wisdom in that because you don't think about it. You are getting all doled up for your wedding day. And even though you're not maybe super idealistic, there's a lot of attention on you when you get engaged. And so when all that is stripped away, you are with the reality of marriage.

And so you have to really take the classes beforehand or do the premarital counseling just to ensure that of course you don't know what's going to happen. But just understand reality is reality. You're marrying a human being just like you're a human being. >> Definitely. Definitely. You know what what I always tell people you have to make sure that you're putting more work in to the marriage than more work into the wedding day. >> We talk about that and we see it on social media.

All these beautiful weddings which is great. We want to celebrate marriage and have the beautiful weddings and all that different stuff is great, but if more work is going there than what's going into the premarital counseling or uh uh surrounding yourself with other like-minded couples, >> I don't care how much was spent on the wedding, that wedding, it may not last too long, >> right?

So, I mean, I I love the topic because it's something that I think even with being millennial and the newer generation, that's really all they see. And so being able to understand there's more than just what you see on the real or on social media because at the end of the day when you're home >> that's the part that people don't see and that doesn't always get posted.

And so not comparing what you're seeing in your own marriage. We actually talked about that in support the other day. um how you can scroll and even if you are not looking at anything say very inappropriately when Reverend Beverly was talking about how your mind you're if you don't filter out where that information goes it is somehow it's getting into your mind and into your heart and so when your spouse comes home all that you're about to feed your spouse something that he or she had no idea was coming because of what you fed yourself that entire time.

So we have to be mindful and steward what we're watching and steward uh what we're taking in. You know, definitely you have to really guard your heart. Um, Reverend Skip said it. You can't judge your um marriage to someone else's highlight reel. Yeah. And that's all social media really is.

It's the highlights. It's the best of the best. I know people I'm thinking of things I've seen personally on social media where they post the best Instagram reels, the clips. It looks like it's total bliss. >> But I know what's really going on. >> It's a lot of work. >> And that's and that's very very dangerous.

So what I tell folks, you want to look at it as uh, you know, inspiration, as joy, but don't compare it cuz you don't know unless you personally know that couple and relationship with that couple. You really don't know what's really going on. >> I think I might be the only one that just misses when it used to just be you could just post a picture, you like it, it's people, you know, and that's it.

But I know we have to evolve because there are some positive things to it obviously because we get to know about, you know, beautiful things that are happening in our world and our community. But overall looking at it through the right lens. So, so, so overall, even with that, yes, engage in social media, be happy.

And I like all this stuff. I I I watch a lot of relationship and mar and marriage related content on social media. Also, as well, one thing, it's a lot of like Reverend Skip said, a lot of influence and people giving advice on marriage. And some of those people aren't even married, right?

So, I just say be careful about where you taking your advice from. What do you listen to? making sure you filtering all that information you hear through the word of God because it could be um good information but if you don't have the right application it don't matter how good it is right >> yeah I agree I agree you can tell we talk about this all the time >> I know we going to have a talk in the car no it's it's real cuz it's it's something that's we're always bombarded with on a daily basis and if we aren't careful it can be like those those little foxes think pastor Jac on those like little foxes that creep creep in and you wonder how did this get here and you're subconsciously comparing your spouse or your husband to that Instagram influencer who may not even be married anymore, but you don't know it because they still posting the real because they've invested like Reverend Skip said 1.2 million in the content, but we don't know that.

We're just seeing what they posted on their Instagram story today. >> Yeah. >> So, overall guys, make sure that you get connected. We have a lot of amazing ways here for you to get connected. One of the things that they just mentioned before we wrapped up. We got our couples retreat coming up and they just opened up some more rooms.

Guys, get there. I know y'all planning vacations and trips and everything else. But do what you got to do to get to the couples retreat cuz I promise you it'll bless your life and bless your marriage. If your marriage is in a good place, get there. If your marriage is in a not so good place, get there cuz you will be blessed.

What else do we got coming up? >> Well, they talked about, you know, for resurrection weekend, you know, the service. We have five services coming up for resurrection Sunday. That's important. >> Um, and I think that's it. >> Saturday. Wives support. >> She [laughter] wives support. Wives. Hold on.

Wives support. Every first Friday where? >> At the worship center. >> Worship center. I think it's room 1305, right? >> 1305. Yes. >> And then they had what was it called? Move over Monday. Right. >> Move over Monday. That's the next event coming up on Monday. Every third Monday. >> Third Monday.

That's coming up this coming upcoming Monday. >> Monday. Move over Monday. Ladies, move over Monday. Marketing team. Get on. move over Monday. I'm going to make a jingle to that or something. >> That's okay. We already got one. We already have one coming. >> And then we got MCC, Men Connected with Christ, which is our men's only Bible study that we have uh here um every uh every Monday um at 10:00 a.m.

We have it at the ministry center right here at 3600 Bryce Road um in conference room number two and also at our worship center at 700 p.m. um every Monday unless otherwise stayed unless the church is closed. So guys, make sure you get connected. We got a host of other focus studies and resources and a whole lot of events that the couples ministry will be doing.

Check out our Instagram and social media pages so you can get connected and you can pour into your marriage. >> As they say, working on your covenant. >> Yeah. So, I think that's it. So, guys, make sure you're here next month. Second Saturday, as they say on TV, same bad time, same bad place.

We going to be here. Make sure you're here. And when you come here, make sure you show us some love so we show you some love. >> Have a great day. [laughter]