Dealing with a Persistent Lack of Joy in Marriage (Joy, 3 of 4)

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Every couple experiences seasons where things feel joyless. The question is, What do you do to rekindle the joy in your marriage when those times come? In this episode we looked at ways the Bible instructs us to stir our affections for God and why we can expect to experience joy when we do so within the context of marriage. ALSO: Our new marriage learning project ~~Gospel Centered Marriage~~ is open for enrollment! It's a great way to build a solid marriage foundation get on the same page once and for all. It's built for all couples—newlyweds, nearly weds, and those who have been married for years. Visit GospelCenteredMarriage.com to learn more. Thanks for listening! If you'd like to support this ministry, please visit Patreon.com/FierceMarriage. Our monthly patrons get plenty of perks, including early episode releases, free books & ebooks, silicone wedding rings, and exclusive ministry updates.

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0:00.0	Lacking joy in your marriage consistently is often a really hard trial to walk
0:06.0	through. I think that we can kind of go through gentle lows and highs right of joy.
0:12.5	But when you're kind of in the season where you feel like your marriage is
0:15.6	joyless, it can often leave you hopeless as well. So today we're gonna talk
0:21.0	about how we can see that lack of joy as an opportunity and way back to our
0:27.5	Savior and in turn finding that joy that can produce hope and fruit in our
0:36.0	marriage in ways that maybe we might not expect. So with that we'll see you on
0:40.4	the other side. Welcome to the Fierce Marriage Podcast where we believe that
0:43.6	marriage takes a fierce tenacity that never gives up and refuses to give in.
0:47.1	Here we'll share openly and honestly about all things marriage. Sex,
0:50.7	communication,
0:51.5	financing, priorities, purpose, and everything in between.
0:54.9	Laugh, ponder, and join in on Candid Gospel-centered conversations.
1:02.4	This is Fierce Marriage.
1:14.4	I love what you said there how the lack of joy is, I don't know how you said
1:20.8	exactly, but it's almost like a neon banner pointing us back to the giver of
1:24.7	joy and I truly mean that. I've been feeling discouraged lately and I'm a
1:30.8	pretty upbeat guy I feel like I'm pretty hopeful about the future and I still am.
1:36.9	I'm optimistic. I tend to enjoy having conversations and I'm usually
1:42.6	enjoying our girls but I go through seasons and in this recent season where
1:48.3	this kind of this has been a perfect storm I'll say of all kinds of different
1:53.7	kind of I'll say letdowns things that aren't going as I want them to go and
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