Gary Thomas: Making Your Marriage a Fortress to Withstand Life's Storms | Ep. 176

Takeaways with Kirk Cameron

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Christianity, Tv & Film, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Minister and author, Gary Thomas, joins Kirk Cameron to discuss how to best build a strong and God-honoring marriage. He delves into real-life examples from his new book, "Making Your Marriage a Fortress," that offer a blueprint for overcoming some of the biggest challenges that couples may face. Don't miss this insightful discussion on Takeaways with Kirk Cameron on TBN! Missed the last episode? Check out homicide detective J. Warner Wallace presenting the evidence of Christianity found in cold case files. WATCH Takeaways with Kirk Cameron episodes for free on TBN+: https://www.tbnplus.com/c/sy/tsVhjX4b Each episode of Takeaways with Kirk Cameron features knowledgeable guests having a respectful and thoughtful conversation surrounding topics that are impacting our society every day. Kirk’s hope is that you will walk away from this show with practical steps on how to better your family, your community, and your nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The marriages that I have seen that have gone the distance are the ones that are outwardly
0:04.6	turned. They're seeking first the kingdom of God. They live for something beyond themselves.
0:15.2	Joining us now is one of my favorite authors and speakers, Gary Thomas. You might know him from his
0:23.4	wonderful book called Sacred Marriage or our past conversation about finding freedom from toxic
0:29.5	people. Today we're going to be discussing how we can fortify our marriages to stand through
0:35.6	life storms. Gary, thanks so much for coming back to takeaways.
0:38.8	Thank you, Kirk. Another amazing opportunity for us to strengthen our marriage. And this one
0:44.3	is moving from basic principles that we find in the scriptures for healthy marriages to
0:50.5	understanding how do we get through a storm. When we get whacked by life storms, whether it's what?
0:57.4	Financial, health, betrayal, what do we do?
1:02.6	Right.
1:04.0	When a storm hits, one of two things is going to happen.
1:07.5	One, it's going to rip up your marriage,
1:10.3	and now the marriage breaking up is a bigger
1:12.8	problem than the storm. Or you learn to cling to each other and you come out of it stronger,
1:17.9	more in love with God, and more in love with each other. Wow. So I just went on this pursuit of
1:22.7	these couples that I had met who had gone through difficult times, one, a bodybuilder who got MS.
1:28.7	How is he going to face it now that he can't do what he used to do?
1:31.8	Couples who went through financial troubles, a couple that lost their only child.
1:36.0	I mean, it's tough to ever lose a child, to lose your only child, and you think of all
1:40.5	that that means.
1:41.9	And I just said to him, what happened?
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