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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Best of 2023: Setting Boundaries in Your Most Difficult Relationships (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Parenting, Relationships, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this best of 2023 broadcast, Lysa TerKeurst reflects on the death of her marriage and how she had to place boundaries in her life to protect her own mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. She offers insight, biblical wisdom, and encouragement to those needing to establish boundaries with others. (Part 1 of 2)

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0:00.0

After four abortions, Distara finally learned the truth.

0:04.3

I heard it from focus on the family and they were talking about pro-life being a baby, a human

0:10.8

being in your stomach.

0:14.0

And I'm like, wow, that's pro life.

0:16.8

I'm Jim Daly.

0:18.0

Together we can rescue pre-born babies and their moms,

0:21.5

giving families hope.

0:23.0

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0:29.0

The real struggle sometimes in relationships is where we feel like we cannot say what we know needs to be said either because we're afraid of the change that that might happen in that relationship,

0:43.1

we're afraid that that person might reject us, abandon us,

0:45.9

or, you know, ghost us.

0:47.8

And here's what I say, if we are that afraid

0:51.6

that this person would reject us, then you're really in a relationship

0:57.9

where that person is probably going to reject you eventually anyways.

1:01.8

And so I think boundaries give us an opportunity to have those

1:04.9

healthy conversations that need to be had. That's Lisa Turkhurst sharing some

1:10.0

valuable advice about boundaries on this best of 2023 episode of Focus on the Family

1:15.6

with Jim Daly. She's got so many powerful stories and some solid advice for you today.

1:21.5

I'm John Fuller and as you'll hear this discussion with Lisa took place outside of our studios

1:26.2

and we're gonna pick up as Jim got the conversation started.

1:29.7

John relationships with our spouse, with our children, with our friends are some of the most joyful experiences on this side of heaven, but they can pose challenges as well in all those categories. Right. I think as a parent of two boys that's where

1:44.9

Jean and I are like a half the time especially back when they were teenagers oh yeah

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