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Speaker 1: Life Audio. From the Salvation Army, welcome to Heartbeat.

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Speaker 2: If you're dating someone seriously, here's a question worth asking yourself.

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Speaker 2: If this person never changed, would I still see myself

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Speaker 2: marrying them? Because sometimes we fall in love with someone's potential.

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Speaker 2: We see who they could become, and we convince ourselves

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Speaker 2: that if we just give them enough time, they'll eventually

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Speaker 2: become that person. But here's the truth. The person you're

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Speaker 2: dating isn't your project. You can't build a relationship around

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Speaker 2: the hope that you'll eventually see change. So take an

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Speaker 2: honest look at your relationship. Not just, do I love

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Speaker 2: this person? But does this relationship honor God? Does it

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Speaker 2: bring you closer to Christ? Does it encourage you to

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Speaker 2: love like Christ? You don't need a perfect relationship, but

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Speaker 2: you do need an honest one that deepens your relationship

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Speaker 2: with God.

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Speaker 1: For more episodes of Heartbeat, visit salvationarmyradio.org. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for listening to Heartbeat. We want to thank the

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Speaker 1: team at Life Audio for their partnership with us on

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Speaker 1: the show. Visit lifeaudio.com where you'll find dozens of other

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Speaker 1: faith-centered podcasts in their network. They have shows about prayer,

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Speaker 1: Bible studying, parenting, and more. Thanks again for listening. We'll

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Speaker 1: see you next time.