In this episode of The Simple Truth Kent Bandy and Karen Bandy, Directors of Ellel Ministries Canada talk about how we can give our children a different inheritance by dealing with the generational strongholds on our family line. They remind us that many of us are here today because there are people in our generational line that bowed their knee to Jesus! To learn more about this topic and others around family and parenting visit www.ellelcanadacourses.com and register for Ellel Canada's online course "Yours, Mine & Ours".

Scriptures Referenced:

Ephesians 2:1-3

Exodus 34:7

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In this episode of The Simple Truth Kent Bandy and Karen Bandy, Directors of Ellel Ministries Canada look at what happens when we don't have security and confidence poured into us as children, and how we often then believe lies about our true identity, and in turn about God. To learn more about this topic and others around family and parenting visit www.ellelcanadacourses.com and register for Ellel Canada's online course "Yours, Mine & Ours".

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While the world views marriage mainly as a contract, in God's eyes and Kingdom, marriage is a covenant. These two views of marriage can result in totally different outcomes in relationships. Ellel Canada's National Director Kent Bandy uses the story of Abraham from Genesis 15 to unpack the beauty of covenant. To learn more about this topic and others around marriage visit www.ellelcanadacourses.com and register for Ellel Canada's online marriage course "I Do: A Fresh Vision for Marriage".

Scriptures Referenced:

Genesis 15:1-21

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In this episode of The Simple Truth Kent Bandy, National Director of Ellel Ministries Canada looks at the word submission and helps us understand its role in marriage for both men and women. Looking at submission as a characteristic of a disciple of Jesus, Kent explains that the word doesn't have to hold the weight and "hurt" it has in the past, but instead be a beautiful invitation to lay down our lives for someone else. To learn more about this topic and others around marriage visit www.ellelcanadacourses.com and register for Ellel Canada's online marriage course "I Do: A Fresh Vision for Marriage".

Scriptures Referenced:

Ephesians 5:22-33

1 John 3:16

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Cost speaks of sacrifice and risk speaks of vulnerability, in our relationship with God there’s both cost and risk, a lot of people get scared and pull back from the cost and risk in their relationship with God and play it safe. You’ll neutralize the power of the gospel in your life if you hold back to play it safe because you’re not trusting God. This then translates into our relationships and into your marriage.

Ellel Canada's Directors Kent and Karen Bandy unpack how trust in marriage can get broken and what it takes to begin to rebuild it. To learn more about this topic and others around marriage visit www.ellelcanadacourses.com and register for Ellel Canada's online marriage course "I Do: A Fresh Vision for Marriage".

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Sometimes we can interpret a wounding or issue as a marital problem, rather than brokenness inside of us that the marriage is exposing. In this session Karen Bandy, Ministry Manager of Ellel Ministries Canada looks at the ways we can get wounded, and how inviting God into that can bring freedom for ourselves and our marriage.

Scriptures Referenced:

Exodus 20:5-6

Galatians 6:7

Some of the Ways We Can Get wounded:

1. Generational

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Our love needs should be met in God himself and then we come to our marriage, not perfect, but from a place of trying to give love, rather than get someone who’s going to complete me. In this episode Canadian National Director, Kent Bandy talks about the type of heart posture we want to have in our marriage and what we can ask for to help enable us to walk in a more selfless love. To learn more about this topic and others around marriage visit www.ellelcanadacourses.com and register for Ellel Canada's online marriage course "I Do: A Fresh Vision for Marriage".

Action Steps:

1. Ask for the fear of the Lord. The last word on our life is going to be God’s, and it should be the fear of the Lord that protects our heart and navigates how we love our spouse.

2. Ask the Lord for the empowering of the Holy Spirit to live a loving life you can't live in your own strength.

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