Fortifying Your Marriage for the Storms of Life (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 5 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 2 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | I remember just getting like really panicky like no I have to figure this out right now because |
| 0:06.9 | My my sons are gonna come home from school in like two hours and I have to know what to say |
| 0:12.0 | When Holly's son was considering suicide she called a focus on the family counselor |
| 0:17.4 | All those years I'd been listening to focus. I was thinking about how |
| 0:21.8 | They were like that practical guide for me that was sounded by I could get from them. I |
| 0:26.4 | Didn't really know where else to turn. I'm Jim daily working together |
| 0:30.8 | We can rescue hurting parents like Holly and give families hope |
| 0:35.3 | We need the truth that focus on the family brings into our minds and into our homes |
| 0:41.8 | We need that if we're gonna raise up the next generation of believers to walk in obedience and to walk in the truth that God loves us |
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| 1:01.5 | Three years after they were married they got the diagnosis of MS on the part of |
| 1:07.6 | Darrow so really what motivated |
| 1:11.1 | Stacey to get married. I want a strong man who's gonna make me feel secure will take care of me |
| 1:15.4 | Would never come true. She had to completely died in those expectations and Darrell thought his relationship with Stacey would be |
| 1:23.0 | You can count on me. I'm gonna be there for you. I'm gonna take care of you and now he says decades later |
| 1:28.9 | She takes care of me |
| 1:31.0 | That's Gary Thomas describing some of the common storms that husbands and wives may face in marriage |
| 1:37.2 | But there's good news God is always present with you in those storms and with his help you can end up with a stronger |
| 1:44.4 | More intimate relationship afterwards |
| 1:47.2 | Gary is back with us today on focus on the family and your host is focus president and author Jim daily |
| 1:52.6 | I'm John Fuller John. We had a great conversation with Gary last time and you know what's frustrating with Gary's always saying something that I got to do differently |
| 2:01.7 | That's frustrating and he's full of wisdom. I mean he gives me those ideas. Okay. That's something I need to embrace and do differently and |
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