Loving The Fight Marriage Podcast · Travis Rosinger and Dawn Rosinger

Episode 153 | Is It Time to Wake Up?

August 22, 2023·27 min·1 clip

1 Peter 5:8 says the devil prowls like a roaring lion, and believers are told to resist him.

1. Loving The Fight Marriage Podcast Episode 153, “Is It Time to Wake Up?”, centers on Travis Rosinger’s claim that he had been “asleep spiritually” in a specific area of life. 2. Travis Rosinger and Don Rosinger host the show as a married couple, and Travis explains the story while Don presses the applications for marriage, prayer, and alertness. 3. The episode asks whether ordinary relationship conflict can actually be a spiritual wake-up call instead of just “life happening.” 4. Travis revisits the night he drove about 50 miles home after a date, nodded off at 60 miles an hour, and destroyed the right side of his car. 5. He uses that crash to describe a later conflict that came “out of nowhere” and left him praying for 24 to 36 hours for God to intervene. 6. Travis says that several weeks later he began reading that conflict as “deep spiritual warfare” rather than a random emotional event. 7. Don connects that interpretation to a recent pastor’s message series on darkness and the need to be ready to fight the evil one. 8. Travis reads 1 Peter 5:8 and 1 Peter 5:10, emphasizing “be alert and of sober mind,” “the devil prowls around like a roaring lion,” and God’s promise to “restore you.” 9. He also cites John 10:10, where Jesus says “the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy,” and contrasts that with Jesus giving life “to the full.” 10. Travis argues that many Christian struggles are not just inconvenience or bad luck but can be spiritual attacks that deserve active resistance. 11. He says he had been allowing evil to “ambush” him instead of proactively and authoritatively pushing it back. 12. Don draws a marriage application from Ephesians 6 language, saying spouses should not treat each other as enemies because the real fight is against evil. 13. Travis says “everyone is in the middle of a spiritual war right now” and compares believers to soldiers who keep their eyes and ears open. 14. He uses Matthew 26:41, “watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation,” to argue that temptation often becomes the entry point for evil. 15. The episode links sin with spiritual danger, with Travis comparing it to a donut or junk food habit that becomes a downward spiral. 16. Travis says offense is one of the biggest ways evil creeps into a Christian’s life, and he points to a bride who said she and her groom would “never, ever, ever go to bed mad.” 17. Don mentions Ephesians 4:26, “do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,” as a practical warning against giving the devil a foothold. 18. The discussion repeatedly shifts between testimony, Scripture reading, and back-and-forth marriage application rather than a formal interview structure. 19. Listeners who want marriage, prayer, and spiritual-warfare language will likely get the most from it. 20. Listeners wanting a light marital chat without Scripture-heavy exhortation may skip it.

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A marriage conversation that turns spiritual alertness into practical advice.

This episode keeps marriage talk grounded in alertness, prayer, and the everyday work of staying steady in faith. It moves quickly from welcome to warning, asking listeners to stay awake, resist the evil one, and pay attention to what can wear down marriage, Scripture reading,…

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You want a marriage conversation that treats spiritual alertness like a real fight, from a distinctly Christian angle.

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