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Focus on the Family Strengthening Marriage Podcast

Be Careful with Physical Touch

Focus on the Family Strengthening Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Most affairs can be traced back to small compromises. Erin Smalley addresses how she's seen that very truth in her counseling practice, and why there's still hope if you're feeling tempted. Plus, Jim Daly and popular author, Jerry Jenkins, share why it's important to be guarded with things like touching someone and giving compliments

 

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0:00.0

Jasmine knows the devastation of loss all too well. Her premature son died after four months in the hospital,

0:07.7

and then she experienced a miscarriage. It was hard to worship. It was hard to pray, but by listening to this

0:15.9

podcast, focus on the family, it helped me, you know, think that I'm not the only one who's going

0:22.0

through this. Jasmine says we were a voice of calm and truth in her chaos. Today, she wants to

0:29.2

equip other hurting families before it's too late. By listening to this podcast or a focus on family,

0:36.1

it will help you tremendously with your faith and how to grow

0:40.2

and move forward. I'm Jim Daly. We need your help to deliver hope and joy to more families

0:45.9

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0:51.9

Give generously today at FocusOn the family.com slash family,

0:56.2

or call 800 the letter A and the word family.

1:04.8

You know, in the scripture, we're told to avoid sexual temptation. And we're going to talk about that today on the show

1:12.8

because sometimes temptation doesn't present itself as this great thing.

1:18.4

It presents itself as a little opportunity.

1:20.8

And you cross a line and then suddenly find yourself in a place you didn't intend.

1:25.4

I'm John Fuller, along with Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife, Aaron.

1:29.2

And Aaron, it seems a lot of people don't think I'm going to get into an affair or I'm going to violate my marriage covenant.

1:38.0

But it seems like a lot of small things become kind of a tripwire.

1:42.3

Do you see that in your counseling practice?

1:44.5

Absolutely. Very few individuals that in your counseling practice? Absolutely.

1:53.5

Very few individuals come in and say, yeah, I intended for this to happen. It really seems to be the pattern of, you know, little conversations than maybe a deeper conversation. And it kind of grows or emotional oversharing or talking about

2:04.1

something going on in your marriage or I'm looking forward to seeing this person more and more

2:09.7

in doing nothing to battle it. It's left unchecked. And so it continues to compile. And then before

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