11 Marriage Devotional: The Joy of God's Economy

Marriage After God

Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Christianity, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today on the Marriage After God podcast, we talk about what it means to live according to God’s economy in our marriage. Money is one of the most common areas of tension for couples, yet Scripture calls us to approach our finances with trust, generosity, and open hands.

We share personal experiences of walking through financial uncertainty and how God used those seasons to shift our perspective. Instead of holding tightly to what we had, we learned to trust God as our provider and see generosity as an act of faith. God’s economy doesn’t always align with the world’s expectations, but it consistently leads to freedom and joy.

When couples commit to a shared, biblical view of money, finances become less about control and more about stewardship. Trusting God together with our resources strengthens unity in marriage and reminds us that everything we have ultimately belongs to Him.

In this episode-

God’s economy calls us to trust Him rather than rely on money.
Finances can create tension in marriage without a shared biblical perspective.
Holding money with open hands reflects faith and surrender to God.
Generosity brings joy and deepens trust in God’s provision.
Stewardship begins with recognizing that all we have belongs to God.

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Keywords: God’s economy, marriage, finances, generosity, stewardship, trust in God, biblical money, financial unity

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0:00.0	the heart posture toward our money, our time, our resources, that recognizing that what we have
0:07.7	is his and we're simply stewards of them. Like we're stewards. We're stewards of this podcast, of these
0:13.2	microphones, you know, we're stewarding what God's given us. Hey, I'm Aaron. And I'm Jennifer. And we're the
0:18.6	host of the Marriage After God podcast. Our desire is to help you cultivate a marriage that chases boldly after God's will for your life together.
0:24.4	We want to invite you to subscribe to our show wherever you watch or listen.
0:28.2	We are so glad you're here, and we pray that our discussion truly blesses you in your marriage.
0:32.5	Welcome to the Marriage After God Podcasts.
0:45.5	Everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Marriage After God podcast.
0:46.2	We're your host.
0:46.9	I'm Erin Smith.
0:47.5	I'm Jennifer.
0:53.8	And today in chapter 11 of the 30-day marriage devotional series that we are doing, we're talking about the joy
0:55.2	of God's economy. But before we get into that, I want to remind you, hit that like button.
1:00.2	Make sure to subscribe wherever you like to watch or listen, Spotify, Apple iTunes, YouTube,
1:05.8	even. And go to shop.com.com. If you want to support this show and pick up a copy of our devotional's
1:13.2	wife after God and husband after God, it also supports your marriage.
1:17.4	So welcome to our show and I hope you enjoy this conversation about money and other things.
1:23.7	It's about God's economy.
1:26.0	All of it.
1:26.7	Yeah.
1:29.4	I'm going to actually kick it off.
1:32.4	In Wife After God, the title is Pure Joy.
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