How to Break Bad Habits and Cultivate a Healthy Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Randy Schroeder recommends husbands and wives learn to forgive each other, be solution-focused in conflict, and infuse laughter into their relationship. He also warns about having secrets, interrupting each other, and using sarcasm. Couples can learn better ways to interact and communicate!
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
| 0:07.3 | That's exactly what I'm here to do with my new podcast from Focus on the Family. It's called |
| 0:12.1 | Pastor to Pastor with Dave Stone. I'm so excited to help you navigate the unique challenges |
| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:35.6 | Picture of Jesus, crown of thorns on his head, dying for the sins of the world, and that spouse's sins, and then picture their spouse standing right there across from them at the cross of Jesus. |
| 0:48.6 | And the spouse says, I'm sorry, I hurt you by, being unfaithful or saying ABC. |
| 0:55.1 | And they always ask, the humility part and the most important part in the forgiveness process |
| 0:59.9 | is, will you please forgive me? |
| 1:02.1 | Dr. Randy Schrader with a very powerful statement about the importance of forgiveness in marriage. |
| 1:08.0 | He's back with us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. We're exploring |
| 1:12.5 | how bad habits and good habits can have a profound impact on your relationship in marriage. |
| 1:19.1 | Thanks for joining us today. I'm John Fuller. You know, it's so important. Having a strong |
| 1:23.8 | marriage should be a goal for every couple, certainly Christian couples. |
| 1:27.9 | And I was really pleased with the discussion last time. |
| 1:31.3 | It touched on so many fundamentally true things about who we are as human beings, what |
| 1:36.5 | the Bible says about us, and then how to integrate that into a healthy marriage and work |
| 1:41.0 | on that marriage so it can be a 10. |
| 1:43.5 | And man, we're all for that here at |
| 1:45.1 | Focus on the Family. If you didn't listen to the episode last time, get the app for the |
| 1:51.5 | smartphone. You'll have access to all the broadcasts that we do. And, man, you can go to the |
| 1:57.0 | website too and get a download there for that episode. But we don't want you to not get |
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