Week 2 – The Biggest Problem

Nick Lees   -   January 15, 2025

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Class occurred on 1/15/2025.
Audio used with permission by PaulTripp Ministries.

Here are some items that may be helpful for your review as we head into week 3.

KEY IDEAS:

1. Threat, manipulation, and guilt will not change the heart of your spouse.
2. All marriage problems are heart problems.
3. Lasting change in your marriage will always travel through the pathway of the heart.
4. You are your biggest marriage problem.

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE

Luke 6:43-45

For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

1. Do I tend to blame my spouse and examine their heart more than I own my sin and examine my idolatry and motives?
2. What makes me angry in everyday life? What does this anger reveal about my idolatry and worship?
3. Do I need to call a Christian brother or sister for marriage help? Why might I be afraid to reach out for help?