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(33:25) "I do love her [, my wife], but that's not the basis of my marriage. The basis of my marriage is the same basis as my call to ministry. It is a sovereign, irrevocable calling of God. And it is this: God has called Paul Washer to lay down his life, dreams, hopes, desires, and everything he ever wanted. God has called Paul Washer to lay down his life for a girl... that's my wife. That's what my whole marriage is about - that's it. So it has absolutely nothing to do WITH ME! It has nothing to do with my needs, nothing to do with my desires, nothing to do with how happy I am, nothing to do with any of that. It has to do with this: God has given me a divine decree: He has spoken forth a command - I am to lay down my life - die, for the benefit of that daughter. That's it. 'Well, what about me?' That's that little adolescent boy talking..."
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