PFT Podcast: "We Almost Lost Each Other" – Jim & Cheryl Staley

You used [music] to call ministry my mistress. >> And you know, it kind of started off as [music] a joke. >> Yeah. >> But then it wasn't, >> right? >> Because it became real and it affected you deeply. [music] I went months with without a solid prayer life. >> Mhm. >> And I was decaying on the inside. And

the more that I began to decay, it's so easy to look back and see [music] all this, but at the time you don't you don't see it. >> I had this mysterious pain on my left side, like kind of my [music] rib cage area for probably 5 years. I had some scans done. I had been to the doctor

several times, blood work, >> every kind of test >> and nothing like I couldn't figure out what in the world this was. And I'm embarrassed [music] to say this, but we were It got so bad, we were recording conversations just to prove who was right. We're fighting against principalities and powers in this

present darkness. It's a demonic warfare. [music] And the enemy wants to steal, kill, and destroy marriages. And the fastest [music] way to do that is divide and conquer. >> Yeah. >> So, he is present. >> And the scripture says that what [music] the enemy meant for evil, >> God will turn for good. But what we

don't [music] realize is that could mean that you got to go through something really dark. Like you got to go through something really painful and you got to make it through to the other side. >> We are going to share a secret with you of how we got through everything and the number one formula that we learned that

radically changed. I mean it changed us so fast so quickly. It was the secret sauce that we never knew. And when we learned this, it revolutionized our marriage. [music] Hello everyone, Jim Staley, Passion for Truth Ministries, and welcome to this week's podcast. I say that slowly because this is very exciting. This is