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He wanted something better for him and his wife.

Focus on the families, helped our marriage from the standpoint of opening our hearts to see things from the other's perspective

and to make sure that God is centered in our marriage.

I'm Jim Daly.

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There's a big hurdle for a lot of couples who feel like they're stuck in a rut.

They don't know how to or they're afraid to tell their spouse

that they'd like to see some improvements and you know this is one or two

ways that I think it would help. I'm John Fuller along with Greg Smalley and today we're

going to hear from Dr. Gary Chapman about ways that you and your spouse can give a voice to your needs.

Here's Jim Daly.

Dr Chapman, it is so good to have you back at focus on the family.

Well thank you Jim, I always enjoy being here being here hey last time it was both fun and painful

painful in that okay I got to do better in that area but we talked about those things that irritate us.

And we talked about the fact that in many marriages today,

we're not even able to communicate the strain.

We don't sit down, we don't take the time to say, let me share something with you

and you can share something with me, which you encourage us to do last time. Let's roleplay that for a minute. Let's say, well, use your own experience or if you want me I'll use mine with

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