Fortifying Your Marriage for the Storms of Life (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Gary Thomas offers practical help for couples about dealing with fear, overcoming anger in conflict, staying connected with your spouse, the importance of community for your marriage, and taking your marital concerns to the Holy Spirit first instead of complaining to your spouse. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody around us this summer. |
| 0:02.0 | I say everybody, but our eyes were open to it in the last year that a lot of folks in |
| 0:07.3 | their 30s that are our age that we're seeing their marriages fall apart and it's |
| 0:11.8 | scared us. |
| 0:13.0 | After 11 years, Brett's marriage had grown stale. |
| 0:16.2 | He wanted something better for he and his wife. |
| 0:18.9 | That's when they found our podcast online and began listening almost every day. |
| 0:24.4 | It's on the families helped our marriage from the standpoint of opening our hearts to |
| 0:31.9 | see things from the other's perspective and to make sure that God is centered in our |
| 0:37.5 | marriage. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm Jim Dele. |
| 0:40.0 | Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, Brett's marriage is getting better. |
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| 1:01.6 | Today on focusonthefamily, we'll explore the topic of storms, which can change very quickly |
| 1:08.3 | and unexpectedly. |
| 1:09.3 | A light rain can transform without warning into a howling gale. |
| 1:14.6 | It's really damaging even life threatening. |
| 1:18.2 | So your marriage is going to go through storms at some point. |
| 1:22.1 | Your question is, are you ready? |
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