How to Handle Faith Disagreement in Marriage | Ep. 590
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Your faith is a foundation for every aspect of life. So when you're not on the same page with your spouse spiritually, it can make marriage more complicated.
Dr. Kim has helped couples deal with this situation time and time again, and in today's episode he shares valuable insight into how you can deal with spiritual disunity in your marriage.
Episode highlights include:
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Practical ways to pursue unity when you're not unified on faith
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The common mistakes Dr. Kim sees spouses make in this situation
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The major shift your marriage needs to start thriving
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How to change your focus in order to enjoy your marriage
We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
QUOTES
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"God loves them, and knows them so much better than you do, and He knows what works and doesn't work for that person." Dr. Kim Kimberling
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"Just accepting your spouse and not trying to change them is essential. You can't really have a thriving marriage until you make that shift." - Lindsay Few
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"Growth hurts, but I'm glad I'm not the same as I was." - Lindsay Few
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"My life is so much different and better because I married Nancy, even though some of it was so hard for both of us." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
QUESTIONS FOR YOU
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Have you let go of trying to change your spouse, and let God take over that job?
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Pray and ask God: How can I love my spouse well today?
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
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When your marriage is struggling, everything feels more overwhelming. We created 21 Prayers for Struggling Marriage to help make praying for your marriage less challenging. God is the one who can change your hearts and your marriage for the better, so inviting him to do those things is the best thing you can do for your marriage.
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Do you want to reduce unnecessary arguments, decrease stress in your home, develop better understanding & connection with your spouse, or strengthen your bond as a couple? If you do, then our 30-Day Communication Challenge is for you!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Are you and your spouse on the same page about faith? |
| 0:07.4 | We hear from so many spouses that are not. |
| 0:11.0 | Today, Dr. Kim sheds light on helpful ways to handle this situation. |
| 0:17.7 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:26.4 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:33.5 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:38.4 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:45.3 | We know that when your marriage is struggling, it weighs on every part of life. |
| 0:48.7 | It feels overwhelming. |
| 0:49.7 | So we created a tool to help make praying for your marriage less challenging. |
| 0:53.7 | These daily guided prayers are designed to help you pray more consistently for your struggling |
| 0:57.7 | marriage because we want to make it simple for you to go to God with confidence that he will |
| 1:02.4 | heal your marriage. |
| 1:04.1 | So you can find the link to those prayers for your struggling marriage in today's show notes. |
| 1:09.5 | So Dr. Kim, what are the struggles a couple will face when they |
| 1:14.4 | don't align on faith? Yeah, I think sometimes we don't even realize that, you know, I've had |
| 1:18.9 | couples that go into marriage, one's believer and one's not, and they really don't think |
| 1:25.1 | they're strong. But things that I see really begin to happen, your priorities might be different, your values |
| 1:31.8 | might be different. |
| 1:35.3 | And I think you don't do spiritual things together, the things that we talk a lot about that |
| 1:40.7 | really grow in marriage, praying together, praying together, worshiping together, reading |
| 1:45.0 | virgin plans together, being generous together. |
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