Chapter 1: What journey do Malik and Emi share about their relationship?
hello hello you guys and welcome back to saved not solved hey hey hey dancing hit that shoulder hey that one shoulder hit it there you go that's good i don't got a song or nothing but no we'll dance to the idea yeah you guys we have my husband malik brookins we are here what's up everybody Everybody, welcome. Malik.
It's an honor and a privilege to be here.
You're here.
Yeah, I love being on Seven Nights Off.
Of course, because you live here. I do. This is our home. Yes, we are in our home. Do you want to know something I realized? What'd you realize? That whenever, well, we're filming this podcast in January. Mm-hmm. And there's a whole Christmas tree behind you. And this is probably not going to come out until, like, March. Yeah, they're going to be like, when did they film this?
Yeah, like, these jokers wasn't Christmas. Yeah. But still, like, I don't plan on taking down the tree. Well, now. Like, February? I actually didn't realize I had to take down the tree till, like, right now. Yeah, the tree eventually has to go. Oh, my gosh. I'm so comfortable with it right there. It's really pretty. It is a nice, pretty tree.
We decided to do, like, different ornaments this year, and I'm never going back. Especially when we start to have wood alongs.
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Chapter 2: How can one date intentionally and seek God in relationships?
Wood alongs, but not anytime soon. No, no, no, no, no, no. But when they start, like, making crafts, like... Whenever we went to my Mimi's house for Christmas and I saw she had, bro, she had like the little crafts ornament I made from 2005. Yeah. And I was like, I want to be this type of granny.
Yeah. Grandparents should just keep all the little items that you make when you're younger.
I want to do that as a parent. I want to do that as a grandparent. And I was like, I need to get into this habit right now. And I forgot we got the pickle. We got a pickle ornament because my stepdad is incredibly German. So like my family's German.
Yeah.
And we had a pickle in the tree. It's a pickle ornament. It's like a German tradition.
Yeah. And the kids go find it.
Yeah. But anyways, you guys, by the time you're watching this, our tree will be up. don't worry and don't be afraid yeah it'd be in storage somewhere yeah correct but anyways you guys malik is here yes he's on same knobs off we're very excited i have a confession oh what's the confession it's a confession you're aware of okay i just woke up from a very beautiful nap Yeah, no facts.
It is about, what, 6, 17? 6, 17.
But do you know that was, like, one of the sweetest things ever? Like, I woke up with so much joy because I was complaining to Malik about just, oh, there's just, like, so many things that need to be done. And I'm tired. I need food in my stomach.
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Chapter 3: What wisdom can be applied during the engagement phase?
I'm tired. And I don't even remember going to sleep. But I remember waking up feeling so rested and so blessed that you just let me sleep like that, babe. Got you a little 30, 35, 40. That was so nice of you. Yeah. And you got some stuff done. I got some work done, too. It was like, babe. That's totally because I was like, oh, my gosh, babe, I fell asleep. I'm so sorry.
He's like, babe, I'm knocked out work right here. And he, babe, like I was in your arms the entire time.
The entire time. You just snuggled up in there.
I like I'm in such a good mood. And I'm also so like restful at the same time. So that's my confession is that I just woke up from a nap.
Hey, and I'm about to do this thing.
Right. But you're talking about a number.
Yeah.
Oh, a number of different things that I thought would be so helpful to people.
You want to tell them what we're talking about? I mean, just like the three points.
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Chapter 4: How does marriage refine and grow individuals?
Yeah.
They've all had different dynamics. And I believe our story can help so many people. And I think our story is also incredibly original, too. I mean, we're two original beings coming together and starting something so awesome. And yeah, we've been on a little ride together. Yeah, it's very true. But God gets all the glory. It is very true.
But we wanted to pray for you guys and pray over the atmosphere before we just talk, share a testimony, share scripture, teach. Because... I didn't have any speech. I just had a Twitter link. Yeah, a little Twitter twiddle. A little Twitter twiddle. Like, this is my man. I love doing this with you. I love sharing God's word with people, with you by my side.
Yeah.
And I love how you love people. I love that you have a heart after God's own heart.
Yeah.
And I love that you have a heart for his people and that you're a shepherd that has no intentionality to watch the sheep bleed. You are a shepherd that will lay your life down at the gate. And I love being married to you. You're just so awesome, dude. Love you, dude. Love you, dude. Hey, love you, dude. Love you, dude.
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Chapter 5: What challenges did they face during their engagement?
I feel like, yeah, we're so safe in our marriage. I'm like, yeah. Yeah, it's awesome. Do you want to lead us in prayer?
Yes, let's do it. Holy Spirit, we love you. Jesus, thank you for the cross. Thank you for the blood. Lord, I thank you for this time that we're able to come together for this podcast. Lord, I thank you that everything that you have taken us through, that you have taught us, will be for your glory. Yes. All the pain, all the hurt, all the good will be for your glory.
Lord, I ask that you fill us with your word. You fill us with things that you want us to talk about. And I ask that it just be... Such a tool for people to use, to hear, to glean from our lives because of the things that you've taught us, Lord. So, Lord, I just speak that the people on the other side who are watching, Lord, that they are open, that their hearts are free from any burden.
They're free from anything that has been trying to keep them down and out. Lord, allow your glory, allow your presence to take over. Lord, it is because of your presence, it's because of who you are, Lord, that we're able to move, to do everything that we have. Lord, we love you and just ask that you do a new thing in us today.
Holy Spirit, will you flow and touch every heart and soften every heart, Lord, that may be hardened so that when we speak your word, it is freeing, it is freeing, it is freeing. It is freeing. God, allow us to be slow to speak. Allow us to hear your voice clearly. Lord, we love you and we thank you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Amen. That's so sweet.
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Chapter 6: How did faith play a role in their relationship journey?
I really believe the Lord's going to breathe on this. I follow certainty through it. And more importantly, that the person on the other side of the screen, I pray they're sparked with greater hope. I was just really sensing that as we were praying is just that there's going to be hope in people, especially where like marriages are very interesting right now. Yeah. Incredibly interesting, I think.
And not even in the Christian space, like just all over. Like marriage is very interesting and there's so many components and so many things that I feel like are incredibly nuanced that has caused so much confusion and has given a lack of guidance to those who are dating, engaged, married, you name it. Yeah.
Malik and I are in a very unique spot with our... I guess where we're at in life right now because we're still newlywed. And I think we're only able to speak from this place for so long. And I think oftentimes people think that being newlywed disqualifies you from speaking about marriage. Yeah. But I see it as a tool to... Empathize with newlyweds, people who are about to get engaged.
We walked through engagement. So we really know about that. We know about dating. We really walked through that. But I think it's really sweet that we get to talk about the early stages of our marriage. And look back at this one day and be like, oh my gosh, we were so young. We were just like eight months in and look at what we knew. Yeah. Yeah.
And I feel like even a lot of the mentorship and the people who we've gone to as we've been walking out, dating, engagement and marriage.
they've honestly been really proud of us of like how we've listened, learned and just walked it out the best that we knew how in correct order, you know, because I'm like a lot of times our mentors would be like, you know, what you guys are going through isn't as bad as you think it is. But then also at the same time, they would also just say, we're so proud of you.
And I think that's something for us to remember as we're even talking about this. I feel like we've put in a lot of work in every season to make sure God was in it. And it wasn't just us doing something to do something.
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Chapter 7: What lessons have they learned about vulnerability in marriage?
And I feel like that's a lot of the behind the scenes stuff that no one really sees. But we know the work that's been put in. And I'm proud of us.
I'm proud of us too. Yeah. Do you know what I love most about our mentorship? Mm-hmm. It is the most corrective yet affirmative place.
Yes.
Because we have very affirmative leadership around us, but not enabling leadership. Mm-hmm. In the sense of the leadership we have affirms us, our personhood, our confidence, I guess.
Yeah.
Who God has really called us to be. That's where the affirmation comes from is this is your original design. Then the correction comes from the places where the flesh type creep and crawl in. And I think it's so awesome when we have just such loving leaders who have surrounded us. And we can talk about that more when we get in our little engagement.
section yeah yeah we discovered the majority of our mentors uh which we have so many people who bore into us from all over yeah we're actually so blessed we have a great community and a great friendships with people great relationships and i think that's very telling of us like we're not the type to just do things on our own we constantly want people over invite people over want to do life with people don't want to be alone we just love doing life with like everybody yeah yeah it's like really cool
So, you know where we start. We gotta start from the beginning.
Okay, for those who don't know.
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Chapter 8: What does their experience teach about the importance of community in relationships?
correct and i was like people really listen to this and i'm kind of scared because i forgot what we talked about right and i was like no i'm i'm raised up mature oh no fact i feel like we've grown so much since that time yeah but that's just how it is to know that we spoke from that place thank god we got married um that would have been like rigid that would have been like really awkward um so we thank god
Yeah, no, we really blessed God.
Yeah, but we shared a little bit of our testimony in that. You always like when I share it first.
Yeah, I like when you share it first.
Okay. Because it makes sense for me. So Malik and I met in 2021, going into 2022 at the Passion Conference in Atlanta. And their Passion Youth Conference is basically a conference centered around young adults. And kind of their tagline is like, meet your future husband. And I was like... Bump the husband. I'm here for Jesus.
I was mentally, cognitively where I was at in my faith was I was just getting to really know who like real Jesus was. And I had said no and rejected the world and was coming out of a lot of toxicity. And passion was one of the first places where I was actually being equipped to walk in the Christian life. And I was very babied at Passion.
And Malik and I knew each other somewhat through social media. And I had gone to the food court on the second day of us being in Passion. And I see Malik in the food court with Travis Scott ones, Gucci monogram pants, which, by the way, insane to think about today, like that you would wear something like that.
Oh, yeah, for sure.
And a Padres jersey.
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