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Awesome Marriage Podcast

Avoid These 3 Premarital Mistakes: #2 Focusing on the Wrong Things | Ep. 532

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What are some of the major mistakes we hope couples avoid during dating and engagement? Today we're talking about what it means to focus on the wrong things. What are they, and why are we saying they're wrong?

In Dr. Kim's counseling experience, he's seen some things that are just not helpful for engaged couples, so today he's telling us some of the things he sees engaged couples focusing on that aren't helpful to their future marriage. Spoiler alert: No matter where you are today, there is hope! 

Episode highlights include: 

  • What are the "wrong things" he sees couples focus on 
  • What's wrong with focusing on them  
  • Some of the ways purity in dating impacts married sex 

We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. 

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! 

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.

0:09.9

I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few.

0:13.4

On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly.

0:17.0

Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years.

0:21.8

His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship.

0:28.3

Today on the awesome marriage podcast, we're talking about major pre-marriage mistakes to avoid.

0:33.2

Mistake number two that we're talking about today is focusing on the wrong things.

0:38.8

Dr. Kim has a lot of wisdom as a marriage counselor, as he's counseled engaged and married couples for over 35 years,

0:44.1

and he's written our Prep for Marriage online course. So today we're going to dig into the

0:49.8

second major mistake to avoid focusing on the wrong things. So Dr. Kim, what do we mean by focusing

0:57.0

on the wrong things? I really think it goes back to not putting God first for me. And then

1:03.4

people say, well, yeah, what does that mean? Well, I think it's knowing that God designed marriage.

1:09.2

I think it's knowing that God does have a plan for every marriage

1:12.4

and that God wants your marriage to exceed and God wants what is best for your marriage

1:17.6

and that he has answers that you don't. And so when you learn to focus on him, to put him first,

1:25.4

then come to him for things.

1:28.3

Pray together for him.

1:29.3

Ask him to grow your relationship.

1:32.3

Ask him to give you the marriage that he wants for you.

1:35.3

By beginning to do that and you're both doing that together,

1:39.3

one, I think you see God show up for sure.

1:41.3

And I think too, it just helps you get rid of some of the distractions

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