Enjoying Marriage at Any Age
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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"For a good time, call home!" Pastor Ted Cunningham outlines the benefits of marriage, and encourages young adults to consider marrying sooner rather than later. He offers great advice for couples of all ages to help keep the joy in your relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're a pastor wanting to save and strengthen marriages in your congregation, we've got a great |
| 0:05.2 | tool for you. Marriage 9-1-1 by Focus on the Family trains lay people to mentor couples who may be on |
| 0:12.2 | the verge of divorce or who want to strengthen what they already have. The kit includes two leader guides, |
| 0:18.5 | four workbooks, and all the training necessary to meet with |
| 0:21.8 | and mentor men and women who need help. Visit Marriage 911.com. That's Marriage, the numbers |
| 0:28.1 | 911.com. Enjoying life and marriage, according to Ecclesiastes 999, is a decision, it's not an outcome. |
| 0:38.8 | It's something you choose, not something you wait for, not waiting for a certain season in life. |
| 0:43.8 | You make the decision. |
| 0:44.7 | Let's enjoy life together. |
| 0:46.8 | Well, Ted Cunningham is our guest today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, and he'll share |
| 0:51.3 | encouragement for every marriage at every stage. Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:56.3 | I'm John Fuller. John, I always enjoy hearing Ted speak about marriage because he combines biblical |
| 1:02.0 | principles with great stories of his own family and some humor as well. He is so fun to listen to. |
| 1:09.7 | You're going to hear it. And today's message was given at |
| 1:12.5 | Liberty University, and he's encouraging the young people there to consider getting married sooner |
| 1:17.7 | rather than later, which I think is great advice. And he has some wonderful marriage principles |
| 1:23.4 | to share with all of us, principles that will apply to your marriage and mine too. |
| 1:28.3 | Yeah, and I always appreciate hearing from Ted, so let's go ahead and listen now. |
| 1:32.4 | Ted Cunningham speaking on Valentine's Day, appropriately enough, on Focus on the Family with Jim Daley. |
| 1:39.9 | So, hey, you never know. |
| 1:42.6 | I met my wife on a blind date at Liberty University in 1995. |
| 1:50.1 | The night I met her, I said to my buddy, Austin Deloge, I'm going to marry this woman. |
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