#43: 5 Ways to Create a Culture of Forgiveness in Your Marriage

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Josh + Christi Straub

Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Why is it that our natural tendency is to become hard and insensitive toward the person we love the most? Rather than being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry (James 1:19), we're quick to defend ourselves, quick to cast blame, and slow to understand—a recipe that keeps us enslaved to self-righteousness, and too often, unable to forgive.

In this episode, we talk about 5 ways you can create a culture of forgiveness in your marriage:

* Forgive from the heart but set boundaries on behavior.
* Don't defend yourself.
* Clothe yourself in gentleness, because bitterness is unattractive.
* Pray this one prayer each day for your spouse.
* Take the Golden Rule and replace the word "do" with the word "understand."

We also reveal the first three actions we give to a couple who call us because they feel stuck in their marriage. If you feel stuck, forgiveness may be the first place to begin.

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0:00.0	We all have family picture frames.
0:11.2	Who are the people in yours?
0:13.2	I'm Josh.
0:14.2	And I'm Christy.
0:15.2	In This Together is a podcast where we discuss topics related to today's family. We also go behind the scenes to share
0:23.4	stories from our own crooked picture frame. And we interview guests to discover how their
0:28.5	stories can give us insight on becoming families who live, love, and lead well. Because you're
0:34.3	not alone. We're in this together.
0:40.3	This episode of the In This Together podcast is brought to you by Lifeway Women.
0:45.3	For more information about all the events Lifeway Women has to offer, visit
0:50.0	lifeway.com slash women's events.
1:04.3	Welcome back to the End This Together podcast. If you are a new listener, we want to welcome you today. We are talking about our own story, actually, and that's part of what being
1:10.7	quote unquote, in this together means,
1:12.6	is going behind our four walls, going behind our crooked picture frame, if you have seen the graphic of the podcast,
1:19.5	to talk a little bit about our story and how our story informs kind of how we are seeking to live love and lead well, as messily as we apply that in our own home.
1:32.5	Messy is a very good word for that, yes.
1:35.7	And today we're going to talk about some of the messiness that I definitely have some of my messups, if you will.
1:43.6	Yeah, so we're going to talk about marriage,
1:45.6	and we're going to talk about forgiveness
1:46.9	and creating a culture of forgiveness in marriage.
1:49.8	And I think anytime you talk about marriage,
1:51.4	I mean, it's messy, right?
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