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We want to encourage you in your identity in Christ. 

We want to remind you that you are not lesser no matter what part of the body you are.

And If you are struggling with doubt at all we want to encourage you to trust and know that God has given to you just like he has given to every other believer His spirit.

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[Jennifer] Welcome to the "Marriage After God" podcast.

[Aaron] We're your hosts, I'm Aaron.

[Jennifer] And I'm Jennifer.

[Aaron] We've been married for 14 years.

[Jennifer] And we have five young children.

[Aaron] We started blogging over 10 years ago, sharing our marriage story in hopes of encouraging other husbands and wives to draw closer to God, and closer to each other.

[Jennifer] We have authored over 10 books together, including our newest book "Marriage After God", the book that inspired us to start this podcast.

[Aaron] "Marriage After God" is a message to remind all of us that God designed marriage with a purpose.

[Jennifer] To reflect His love.

[Aaron] To be a light in this world.

[Jennifer] To work together as a team.

[Aaron] Using what he has given us.

[Aaron] To build his kingdom.

[Aaron] Our hope is to encourage you along your marriage journey.

[Jennifer] As you boldly chase after God together.

[Aaron] This is "Marriage After God." Welcome back to another episode of the "Marriage After God" podcast we're Aaron and Jennifer Smith, your hosts.

[Jennifer] Hi.

[Aaron] How's it going? We're so glad you're here. And I just wanted to let we love you. And this episode is gonna be some Bible. I don't know if we, do we ever-

[Jennifer] Some Bible .

[Aaron] Do you ever talk about the Bible in this podcast?

[Jennifer] It's kind of a lot of Bible. Actually, that's a good note. If you wanna follow along in this episode with your Bible, I think it could encourage you.

[Jennifer] Yeah, we're gonna be first, not 1 Corinthians. We're in breathing Colossians

[Jennifer] 1 Colossians.

[Aaron] 1 Colossians. 1 Colossians 3.

[Jennifer] So I know, we mentioned that we're gonna be in a lot of Scripture today. I wanted to start with one random scripture that doesn't have anything to do with what we're talking about. And that's just because I was really encouraged by it. A friend was sharing from Proverbs:27,17. Which says, "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." And I don't know if I just read the ESV version. Is that right? Okay. And he basically said, it doesn't say iron sharpens wood, or is sharpened by any other means it was the same compound, it was iron and iron. And I just loved that. It was such a small little tidbit of recognizing word choice in the Bible that I thought that's really cool because...

[Aaron] What are you-

It shows the importance of why we need other Christians in our life. Because we sharpen one another when we believe the same and we operate off the same principles and the same-

[Aaron] And we rub up against each other.

[Jennifer] Yeah.

[Aaron] Being in relationship, and fellowship.

[Jennifer] And fellowship and all of that is so important. And it wouldn't work. If it was any other compound. It wouldn't work if those people weren't Christians, if they weren't reading God's word or abiding in Him.

[Aaron] They're made of the same stuff.

[Jennifer] They're made of the same stuff. The same property, the same people, right?

[Aaron] Yeah. I remember what you were talking about. It was really good. Because we need we need people in our life. We can't do this alone.

[Jennifer] Yeah.

[Aaron] An iron rod just sitting there by itself, it's not getting sharpened .

[Jennifer] Right, not gonna do anything, just sitting there-

[Aaron] I will actually just sit and corrode and not be useful.

[Jennifer] Yeah. So just a small encourageme