Keys to Successful Romance in Marriage | Ep. 37
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 802 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2017
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast Nils, Christina, and Dr. Kim talk about why romance often dies after “I do.” They discuss how to avoid the death of romance in your marriage and how to revive it if it’s already dead. They give practical keys to romance and share real life stories.
Tune in to learn more about successful romance in marriage!
RESOURCES
You can purchase Keys to Lasting Love by Dr. Kim for more insights on love and romance. Love is the reason most of us took the step into marriage, but we know that for a marriage to thrive, love has to be more than a feeling. In the book, you will look at some of the characteristics of love and then the words of love from 1 Corinthians 12.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and how to have the relationship that God has designed for you. |
| 0:09.7 | I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. |
| 0:11.9 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling and Nill Smith. |
| 0:15.8 | To engage with the Awesome Marriage podcast, use the hashtag Awesome Marriage. |
| 0:21.1 | So today on the podcast, we're going to be talking about the keys to successful romance |
| 0:25.1 | and marriage. |
| 0:26.4 | So really how to do romance well when it comes to marriage. |
| 0:29.9 | So a lot of the times the issue with romance and marriage is it often seems to die, |
| 0:33.8 | you know, after you first get married. |
| 0:35.9 | So after you say I do, it's like all the romance is dead. |
| 0:38.4 | Dating. It's super romantic, but then as soon as you're married, it's over. Why do you think that is, |
| 0:43.1 | Dr. Kim? I think the one thing, and I think James Thompson was the first one ever heard talk about |
| 0:49.0 | that as the guys we pursue, pursue, and we do all kinds of stuff. We'll jump to hoops. We'll do whatever it is to get her. Once we get on the ring on her finger and she says, I do, then we go off |
| 0:58.3 | to conquer something else. I think there's an element of truth in that. What I tell guys, |
| 1:03.5 | and women, too, do the things that you did to pursue her that helped her fall in love with you that got to the point where she said yes this |
| 1:11.6 | Samantha wants to know keep doing those things you know and don't stop doing the pursue keep doing |
| 1:16.8 | those things and if you do then I think the your marriage is going to continue to have that romance |
| 1:21.7 | in it you're not going to but if you don't then I think the romance kind of, kind of wane and kind of slip away. |
| 1:28.4 | And then maybe you try to rekindle it on Valentine's Day or a special day. |
| 1:33.0 | But I think romance needs to be not a day. |
| 1:35.4 | I think it needs to be part of your lifestyle with your spouse, that romance should be something that's a part of every day. |
| 1:41.5 | Christina, you said in an earlier podcast of Dylan saying, I love you |
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