Becoming a Wholehearted Wife (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Greg and Erin Smalley describe how married couples can quickly get into a rut because of unmet expectations, poor conflict management, and personal baggage that interferes with their marriage relationship. They emphasize the value of honoring your spouse, learning how to nourish your marriage, and focusing on your relationship with God instead of expecting too much from your imperfect spouse. (Part 2 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody around us this summer. |
| 0:02.0 | I say everybody, but our eyes were open to it in the last year that a lot of folks in |
| 0:07.3 | their 30s that are our age that we're seeing their marriages fall apart and it's |
| 0:11.8 | scared us. |
| 0:13.0 | After 11 years, Brett's marriage had grown stale. |
| 0:16.2 | He wanted something better for he and his wife. |
| 0:18.9 | That's when they found our podcast online and began listening almost every day. |
| 0:24.4 | It's on the families helped our marriage from the standpoint of opening our hearts to |
| 0:31.9 | see things from the other's perspective and to make sure that God is centered in our |
| 0:37.5 | marriage. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm Jim Dele. |
| 0:40.0 | Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, Brett's marriage is getting better. |
| 0:44.9 | Working together, we can give families hope. |
| 0:47.6 | Will you join our marriage building team? |
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| 1:02.2 | You know, for me, I think one of the best questions that we can ever ask in a marriage is not, |
| 1:09.7 | how do we have a better marriage? |
| 1:11.5 | I think that actually, that is the worst question. |
| 1:14.0 | Why? |
| 1:15.0 | Well, because I can't control Aaron and it takes two of us to have a great marriage. |
| 1:19.9 | I think the best question that we can ask in a marriage is how can I be a better spouse? |
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