Learning to Resolve Conflict
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
In the heat of an argument, it's easy to say something to your spouse that you later regret. When you're angry after a conflict, it's critical to deal with it rather than stuff it away. John, Greg and Erin will give some helpful solutions for dealing with anger and conflict well.
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| 0:00.0 | When his wife became pregnant with their fourth child Greg panicked, but a focus on the family counselor put everything into perspective. |
| 0:09.0 | He said, the first thing you need to realize if kids are a blessing, or all of the |
| 0:14.1 | blessing, that their gifts from God, and the second thing you said was, kids value |
| 0:18.7 | relationships, not stuff. Greg and his wife found the encouragement they needed and today they have a happy thriving family of seven children. |
| 0:27.0 | We have been really influenced by the culture and by just the kind of overall negativity about kids and to hear from someone, you know, |
| 0:38.0 | just godly truth that kids are special, that they're wanted and that they're a blessing was huge to us. |
| 0:45.2 | I'm Jim Daly and we love kids. |
| 0:48.2 | Let's work together to give more families hope, like Greg's. |
| 0:51.8 | When you donate today, your gift will be doubled at |
| 0:54.4 | Focus on the Family.com slash gift. |
| 1:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | You can find more relationship insights at focus on the family. |
| 1:10.0 | dot com slash marriage podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | Well, few of us enjoy conflict with our spouse. |
| 1:15.0 | I certainly don't. |
| 1:16.0 | It throws me off beat. |
| 1:18.0 | It's like I'm another person and I'm saying things and expressing things that I regret usually and then I have to dig out of that |
| 1:26.8 | hole and it's just no fun and maybe you can relate. |
| 1:30.7 | I'm John Fuller along with Aaron and Greg Smalley who lead our marriage team here at Focus. |
| 1:35.7 | And today we're going to hear more from a conversation Jim Daly and I had with author Catherine |
| 1:40.6 | Hill about conflict in marriage and Catherine is in charge of kind of a |
| 1:45.6 | sister ministry of focus on the family in the UK called Care for the Family. |
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