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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Never Stop Looking Up in Your Marriage (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Ann Wilson talk candidly about how they navigated intense conflict, anger, a critical spirit, and a porn problem, and discovered that focusing on their individual relationships with God healed them and gave them a God-honoring, joyful marriage. (Part 1 of 2)

 

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0:00.0

For more than 25 years, Monica suffered from an addiction to drugs and alcohol,

0:06.1

fueled in part by her painful and shameful past.

0:10.3

The thought would come to my mind that I had had these abortions.

0:15.0

I would not want to think about it because the pain was just too real.

0:19.9

Thankfully, God healed Monica's heart, and today, she supports focus on the family's

0:25.2

pro-life ministry.

0:26.7

I want to support a ministry that can help change the trajectory of people's life that are

0:32.7

contemplating abortion.

0:34.6

I can't go back in time and change my life and change my decisions, but I can support a

0:40.9

ministry that can help positively change someone else's. I'm Jim Daly. Let's save babies and give

0:48.1

families hope today. Donate and your gift will be doubled. Call 800A family or visit focus on the family.com

0:56.6

slash gift. You know in some ways marriage is like a dance. In the beginning you're so excited

1:06.2

to hold hands and move to the music and it's fun and easy. But then life happens and the temple gets

1:12.2

faster and it's harder to dance together in the marital relationship. And sometimes you might

1:17.1

accidentally step on your partner's toes or something. This is focused on the family with

1:21.8

Jim Daly and we're going to hear today from a couple who have let each other down in their marriage

1:25.9

dance, both literally and figuratively,

1:28.9

but in Jesus Christ, they've found rhythm again. They've learned new steps. They've figured out

1:34.9

how to hold on to the relationship. I'm John Fuller, and thanks for joining us today.

1:39.9

Hey, John, when there's conflict in marriage, most couples seem to have two responses.

1:46.6

You know, either they panic and worry, they married the wrong person.

1:49.7

Now, be honest, have you ever thought that, you, the listener?

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