If it is in the day-to-day struggles of life that marriage hasn't delivered what you thought

it would be kind of like Rad and I are sharing here, then if you will be fueled by the Lord,

I mean Christ came to give life life to the full.

Not in the easy. Christ life wasn't easy and our lives are not going to be easy but we can have life to the

full if we go to him and say, okay, show me how you want me to love my spouse today.

What does that look like?

To creatively love the person that I've committed till death do us part

and watch what the Lord's going to do.

That's Marilyn Rhodes and she joins us today along with her husband Brad.

This is focused on the family with Jim Daly.

Thanks for joining us.

I'm John Fuller. John is a husband or a wife. You have a unique opportunity to show love and grace to your spouse.

Now probably your reaction to that comment. Tell us a lot about where you're at.

Oh gee I got to do that.

Or I'd love to do that.

Probably is the first indicator of either a problem or a blessing.

And today we want to discuss... either a problem or a blessing.

And today we want to discuss how to tap into the fruit of the spirit

to apply it to your marriage.

Now you remember that's joy, love, peace, goodness, kindness, mercy, long suffering, patience, and I think marriage

demands at all and it's the hardest place sometimes to display God's fruit in your life.

And we want to talk about it today because it probably is the exact

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