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Focus on Marriage Podcast

Forsake All Others – Part 2

Focus on Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

If your spouse has been unfaithful to you, we pray this episode gives you some encouragement. Jim Daly talks to Dave and Ashley Willis about why it's not good for wives to blame themselves if their husband has cheated on them. Also, Greg Smalley speaks with John and Erin about the different ways men and women might be tempted, and how to guard yourself from tempting areas.

 

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0:00.0

Troy is a pro-life advocate because he saw firsthand the trauma and guilt his wife experience

0:07.2

for many years due to a past abortion. And that's why they became monthly supporters of the

0:13.5

ministry. We're always encouraged by what focus on the family has been doing and the impact

0:20.2

that that has on life in general,

0:23.1

I feel that it's more than a worthy cause and that if you can spend a little bit of money

0:30.0

and have such a great impact on life, it's really just a no-brainer.

0:36.0

I'm Jim Daly. By working together, we can be a lifeline for pre-born babies and their moms,

0:42.4

and we can help bring godly truth and healing to families like Troy's.

0:47.3

Become a friend to Focus on the Family by calling 800, the letter A, and the word family.

0:53.0

Or you can donate at FocusOn onafamily.com slash families.

1:01.2

Well, today we're coming back to a pretty heavy topic. What happens when your spouse has broken your wedding vows and they've been

1:13.5

unfaithful? How do you reconnect? Can you save the marriage? We believe there's hope, so stay tuned.

1:19.2

I'm John Fuller with Greg and Aaron Smalley. They lead the focus marriage team. And Aaron,

1:24.7

I heard this. I'm not sure you can validate it or not.

1:28.5

I heard that sometimes if a husband is unfaithful, a woman somehow internalizes that and takes some of the blame.

1:35.6

Does that happen often?

1:37.4

Yes.

1:37.8

And what I have seen is that for a woman, she begins wondering, you know, am I enough?

1:44.5

Did I not do enough?

1:46.7

Especially if there was underlying insecurities that were already there,

1:51.9

sometimes it's easy to take the blame.

1:55.5

I always say, however, you cannot be responsible for what your spouse does, especially if they step outside

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