Ken spends a lot of time away from home, working on the pipeline in Alaska, and our podcast has become his lifeline.

Focus on the family has helped my marriage by leaps and bounds. You give us so much meat and potatoes to think about.

Like, don't focus on yourself. Put yourself in your spouse's shoes. What are they going through down there?

Ken finds our content so helpful.

He's eager to share it with others.

It can hit home.

Hey, I'm going through that same thing.

That's why I enjoy listening.

So I spread that to other coworkers who might not know Christ,

who might be having a bad day. You get to know them.

Say, hey, by the way, listen to this Focus on the Family podcast. I'm Jim Daly. Right now, we need

your help to deliver hope and joy to marriages like Kins. When you give before December 31st,

your gift will be doubled. Donate at focus on the family.com slash family,

or call 800 a family. In the Bible, in the New Testament book of 2 Corinthians in chapter 5,

we're reminded that if anybody is in Christ, he is a new

creation. And that's a truth we really want to embrace as we experience God's best in our marriage.

I'm John Fuller, joined by Greg and Aaron Smalley from the Focus on the Family Marriage Team.

And Aaron, you counsel a lot of couples. And I wonder how common it is that you see a lie kind of at the foundation of what's going on, the things that are breaking down.

There's an untruth there that hasn't been really discovered, perhaps.

I would say more often than not, when couples come in one or both are struggling with a lie either about

themselves, about their spouse, about the marriage relationship, and that's what the research

actually shows as well. They're believing that they're a failure. They're believing that

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