Hi, I'm Leslie Lutie, host of the Set-A-Pard podcast, biblical encouragement for women of all ages. Today I want to look at what it means

to become marriage ready. A number of years ago Eric and I did an online course

together called becoming marriage ready and it's so beneficial for whether you're looking ahead to the future,

you're in a relationship, or you're already married and you're looking for principles that can

strengthen your marriage.

These are things that we have learned throughout our 25 plus years of marriage and things that God even begin to teach us before we were married that have really had a lasting impact on our relationship.

So before we dive in, I wanted to remind you that we still have spots

available in our week-long discipleship program at Ellerslie in Colorado, late

August, or our five-week program in Colorado at Ellersley this fall starting in September.

And there are a few spots left, the spaces are filling quickly, but if you are looking

for a set-apart season to come away with Jesus. Whether you are married or single

or you want to bring your whole family,

people of all seasons of life

come here to be refreshed and recharged spiritually.

We would love to see you this year.

Just go to Ellersley.com

to learn more about our programs.

Let's look at becoming marriage ready and this is part one because

there are so many truths that apply to being marriage ready but I want

to go into some of the most foundational ones today. And one of the most important

principles I learned was in my first year of marriage. I started to read a lot of Christian

books on marriage. Now there were some helpful tips in these books but pretty soon I

...