{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bridge Church Greenbrier","title":"Family Ties part 2 - Jed Hill","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1965,"description":"April 26, 2026\nCovenant Love: Strengthening the Marriage Bond \n \nMatthew 19:4-6 (NIV) \n \n\"Haven't you read,\" he replied, \"that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,' and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.\" \n \nEvery time you believe a lie you empower the liar. \n \n2 Corinthians 4:7 (KJV) \n \nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. \n \nLies that weaken marriage: \n \nLie #1: I Can Change Him/Her \n \nProverbs 18:22 (NIV) \n \nHe who finds a wife finds what is good \nand receives favor from the Lord. \n \nEphesians 4:26 (KJV) \n \nBe ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: \n \nLies that weaken marriage: \n \nLie #2: A good marriage is always 50/50 \n \nJohn 15:12-13 (NIV) \n \nMy command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. \n \nEphesians 5:25 (NIV) \n \nHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her \n \nEphesians 5:33 (NIV) \n \nHowever, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. \n \nA man that loves you will always bring elevation to your value. \n \nA woman who loves you always increases your respect. \n \nLies that weaken marriage: \n \nLie #3: Marriage is a contract \n \nMatthew 19:6 (NIV) \n \nSo they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.\" \n \nMatthew 19:7-8 (NIV) \n \n\"Why then,\" they asked, \"did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?\" \nJesus replied, \"Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. \n \n1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (NIV) \n \nLove is patient, love...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tJW5ow2fxn0ayntQuc0Fdl_x11NffH7-5r---HzS9m0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZDY4/NDRkZGUyZThhN2Q5/ODBmZDcxZjI0NjFi/NDlmYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}