Best of 2025: Revive Your Marriage by Becoming Your Husband's Biggest Cheerleader (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ann Wilson was simply trying to help her husband, Dave, become a godlier man. But Dave felt like she was constantly “booing him” as a husband and father. The Wilsons explain why spouses need to be more encouraging and supportive of one another, focusing on positives rather than negatives in your spouse.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Jim Daly. A Merry Christmas to you and your family. I'm so grateful you've joined us today,
0:07.4	and it's my hope you will listen every day because we're here to offer you Bible-based practical help for your marriage,
0:14.7	your parenting, and your daily walk with Christ. Today, I'm inviting it to join us in ministry.
0:20.6	If you've benefited from any of our
0:22.9	programs or resources, can you help pay it forward by donating to focus on the family now before
0:29.4	the end of the year? Right now, your giving will have the most impact because some generous friends
0:35.4	are willing to match your giving dollar for dollar up to $8 million.
0:40.9	Isn't that amazing?
0:42.3	God is so good.
0:44.2	Just imagine the ministry impact we can have, working together to strengthen and save families in the days ahead.
0:51.5	Help us meet this match.
0:53.2	Give today by calling 800 a family or go to
0:56.6	Focus on thefamily.com slash family. I think the greatest thing that I did is that I got on my
1:05.7	knees and said, God, I can't do this. Evidently, I've been failing at how I'm trying to love Dave.
1:12.0	I thought I was doing a good job, but I'm not.
1:14.3	And so, God, I give you my life again.
1:15.9	I just re-surrender all of myself to you.
1:18.7	It's Romans 12-1.
1:20.4	You know, to lay your life down as a living sacrifice.
1:24.7	That's Ann Wilson describing some of the challenges she faced with her husband, Dave,
1:29.6	and how they worked through their issues with grace and humility.
1:33.7	It's a powerful conversation today with the Wilson's and part of our best of 2025 collection of programs this year,
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