Finding Hope for Your Desperate Marriage (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Dr. Gary Chapman discusses reality living, busting some of the myths of marriage such as people cannot change and unhappy marriages are hopeless. He suggests that while you’re not able to change your spouse, you can change your own behavior which could positively influence your spouse.

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0:15.3	And as you become more and more like Christ, you discover the marriage you always wanted a loving, supportive, caring relationship.
0:19.8	That's Dr. Gary Chapman and you'll hear more from him today on Focus on the Family about
0:24.3	how to love your spouse even when you don't feel like it. Your host is
0:28.7	focused president and author Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller.
0:32.8	Dr Chapman is no stranger to us here to focus on the family.
0:36.6	We love having him on the program and I know you've been encouraged by him in some ways
0:40.8	over the years too.
0:42.2	Today he's going to zero in on some specific
0:45.2	scenarios giving us a picture of desperation within marriage and how to work
0:50.6	through it to come out stronger on the other side.
0:53.6	Some of you might be living in that spot.
0:56.3	Marriage is a wonderful gift from God.
0:58.8	All of us at one point or another
1:01.1	dream of the perfect marriage, and then we realize no marriage is perfect.
1:05.8	Maybe you've come to find your spouse isn't who you thought they were and maybe sometimes you feel
1:11.8	hopeless or stuck.
1:13.6	If you find yourself in that position,
1:16.0	I want you know there is hope for strengthening your marriage
1:19.8	and today's program will help you realize that.
1:22.8	And Jim, as you said, Dr Chapman will certainly
1:25.0	give us that encouragement.
1:26.5	He is very well known for his best-selling five love languages
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