Engaging Conflict in a Productive Way, Part 4
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
A small misunderstanding can trigger a big argument with your spouse. However, conflict can actually be good for your relationship, if you learn to handle it well. John and Greg share how they've learned to deal with conflict in their own marriages.
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| 0:00.0 | After 11 years, Brett's marriage had grown stale. |
| 0:03.5 | He wanted something better for him and his wife. |
| 0:06.5 | Focus on the families, helped our marriage from the standpoint of opening our hearts to see things from the other's perspective |
| 0:16.5 | and to make sure that God is centered in our marriage. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Jim Daly. |
| 0:22.0 | Together we can give families hope. |
| 0:24.4 | Donate at Focus on the Family.com slash gift and your gift will be doubled. |
| 0:30.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | You can find more relationship insights at focus on the family. |
| 0:39.0 | dot com slash marriage podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | One small miscommunication with your spouse can lead to one big fight that you spend days trying to recover from. |
| 0:49.0 | But if you both handle conflict well or learn to do that well, it can strengthen your relationship. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Greg Smalley, and today we're going to hear part of a conversation |
| 1:00.9 | that Ron and Deb Diamtad with Focus President Jim Daly |
| 1:04.8 | about dealing with marital conflict in a good and godly way. |
| 1:09.2 | And they've had opportunities to practice that. |
| 1:11.4 | They've been married for over 40 years. I think you're |
| 1:14.0 | going to find this helpful. You also talk about the communication traps. I think |
| 1:18.1 | these are the four S's. Is that right? That is. What are the four S's? They are silence, sulking, sarcasm and sounds. |
| 1:27.0 | And I was good at sounds. And is this something you want to avoid these four S's? |
| 1:31.0 | Oh yeah. Definitely. |
| 1:32.0 | Yeah. Silence, you want to avoid? avoid these four asses? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. |
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