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Focus on Marriage Podcast

Focusing on God and Getting Rest

Focus on Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Real fulfillment isn't found in how much you accomplish, but in learning to enjoy God and your spouse. John and the Smalley's bring up how a lot of couples are on the verge of burning out from doing too much. Plus, Brad Rhoads talks with his wife Marilyn and Jim Daly about a time where a loving friend confronted him on trying to accomplish too many things at once.

 

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0:00.0

For decades, our programs and resources have helped Jane's family, and she recommends

0:06.9

focus to everyone she knows.

0:08.8

Focus on the family would be at the top of the list.

0:11.9

I mean, when I go on the website, I'm blown away by all the different ministries that

0:16.4

you have that minister to families on every level and individual.

0:25.1

Today, Jane wants to encourage more families through focus on the family.

0:31.1

By us giving our money to you, we're hitting all these different important ministries,

0:38.4

you know, pro-life, parenting, marriage issues, individual issues, just so many different things.

0:41.7

All are a part of where our tith goes.

0:45.3

I just feel like we're just starting a big bang for our buck.

0:46.4

I'm Jim Daly.

0:51.0

By working together, we can be a lifeline to anyone who needs our help.

0:55.9

Join our friends of Focus on the Family at FocusOnthefamily.com slash families.

1:01.1

All the markers in the culture are that to be successful, you've got to work, work, work,

1:09.8

just put everything into making that

1:11.5

next deal happen or whatever it is. But what if real fulfillment was actually taking time to

1:17.5

pause, to be at rest, to spend time with God and your spouse? I'm John Fuller, joined by Aaron and

1:24.0

Greg Smalley. They lead the Focus Marriage Department. And Aaron, you work with a lot of

1:29.4

couples. What percentage would you say of the couples you work with are affected by workaholism?

1:36.6

It's a high percentage. However, the research shows that about 40 to 50 percent of people globally

1:43.0

are experiencing burnout.

1:49.7

And what the research shows, too, is that often it's women who are experiencing more burnout than men, because even if a woman is working full-time, often she's carrying the

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