You walked down the aisle. You said the vows. The honeymoon ended. Now what?

In this powerful opening session of the Strong Marriage conference series, Pastor Lee Wilson, Senior Pastor of Purpose Church in Houston, Texas, tackles one of the biggest marriage killers head-on: unrealistic expectations. Drawing from 36 years of marriage to his wife Tanya, Pastor Lee delivers raw, practical, and biblically-grounded teaching on what it truly means to build a covenant marriage in today's culture.

This isn't your typical marriage advice. Pastor Lee exposes the "conditional vows" most couples secretly carry into marriage — expectations shaped by parents, media, and culture rather than Scripture. He breaks down the critical difference between a competitive marriage and a covenant marriage, showing why one leads to constant conflict and the other leads to lasting unity.

What You'll Discover:

✅ Why most marriage expectations are unrealistic, uncommunicated, and unfulfilled

✅ The true meaning of biblical submission (it's about putting your spouse's needs first)

✅ Two words Pastor Lee and Tanya eliminated from their marriage vocabulary

✅ The building blocks of wisdom: listening, facts, empathy, forgiveness, and letting go

✅ How to move from competition to covenant in your relationship

✅ The 6 C's of what you said "I do" to: Change, Conversation, Caring, Compromise, Cutting ties, and Contentment

✅ Why inviting God's presence into your marriage changes everything

Related Scripture Study:

📖 Ephesians 5:21-25 – Mutual submission and sacrificial love in marriage

📖 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – The true nature of unconditional love

📖 Proverbs 24:3 – A house is built by wisdom and strengthened through good sense

📖 Jeremiah 17:5 – The danger of relying on human strength alone

📖 Isaiah 55:8-9 – God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours

📖 Deuteronomy 23:21 – The weight of keeping your vows

📖 2 Peter 1:2-8 – Growing in faith, self-control, and love

This is Episode 1 of the 8-part Strong Marriage conference series. Each session builds on the last, giving you a complete biblical framework for marriage that honors God and strengthens your relationship.

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