In the Christian community, we tend to use phrases like, Jesus is enough. But what does that mean?

And can he actually change your marriage? I'm John Fuller, joined by my focus colleagues, Aaron and Greg

Smalley. And on the show, Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.

Jim spoke with Brad and Maryland Rhodes about putting God first and how that brought some radical changes to their relationship.

Brad, on your side now come in your direction.

You have to sit and listen to these things being said about you, but you're the husband.

How about you in that performance-based marriage? Where were you falling short? Well, one, I wasn't pursuing a great marriage at all. You know, I was,

when Marilyn came at me about something, I wasn't responsive to her. I was just took offense

that she didn't appreciate me. She didn't do this. And I was conditioning my love as well.

And I watched Marilyn when she realized that Jesus Christ is sufficient.

I mean, he is enough.

And he's enough for me.

It's not him plus you and I'm okay.

It's him and I'm okay.

So it wasn't that she quits striving for a good marriage,

quit addressing

issues with me. It's just she went to a stable place on the rock of Jesus Christ so that our

marriage stabilized. Now, it didn't get good yet because I was still in the marriage. I mean,

it got steady, but when the Lord broke me is when it went, we went from bad to steady to great.

Yeah, and that's such a great way to describe that.

The grace-based marriage is the goal.

That's obviously the point of the grace marriage book.

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