When we got together, we would pray every day and we would read our Bible because we knew that

that is the foundation of our faith. We knew that's the foundation of our lives. This is the only way

this relationship is really going to work. As marriage coaches, we could give people tips and, you know,

activities and exercises and things to do to help their relationship.

But none of that is going to work if you don't really, truly invite God into the marriage.

That's Danielle Taylor describing a fundamental truth about marriage, that husbands and wives need God's help to have a strong, successful relationship.

You'll hear more from Danielle and her husband Howard today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.

Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.

John, I think marriage is fun most of the time.

Occasionally, it may not be fun when there's a disagreement between you.

But I remember for Gene and I, the first nine months, we took a job traveling the country,

doing drug and alcohol abuse shows for high schools.

So we were together 24-7 for the first nine months of our marriage.

And poor Gene, I remember one time she wanted, get away, I think, as an introvert

just to refill them, go to the grocery store.

And I said, hey, I'll go to the store with you.

She goes, no, no, no, no, no, you just stay.

Stay here at the hotel.

I'll be back.

I was like, what's wrong with our marriage?

What happened? Anyway, you know, the bottom line is whether you've been married for decades or you're

just a few months into your relationship, we want to encourage you to build the best marriage

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