Breaking out of Selfish Patterns
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
A selfish attitude is toxic for your marriage. We all struggle with it, but through Christ's love, we can learn to let it go. John, Erin and Greg will discuss how to get rid of selfishness in your marriage, and how a bad choice doesn't have to end of your relationship. Receive the book From This Day Forward with your gift of any amount!
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| 0:00.0 | After a series of bad choices, Shelly was a single mom without a clue of what to do next. |
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| 1:12.1 | Think of selfishness in your marriage like slash marriage |
| 1:14.7 | like junk food. |
| 1:16.0 | It might feel good for a moment, but it never works out well in the long run. |
| 1:21.1 | I'm John Fuller along with counselors and authors Dr. Greg |
| 1:24.2 | Smalley and his wife Aaron and Greg there are many bad habits in marriage. |
| 1:29.6 | I'm assuming most of them can be traced back to selfishness? |
| 1:33.2 | Absolutely. I remember hearing someone use this phrase. They said that parenting |
| 1:40.3 | will make you realize how angry you are. |
| 1:42.8 | We just think about that parenting will reveal how angry you are, |
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