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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Overcoming Fear in the Spring Season

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

When you're falling in love, it can feel like the start of the spring season. Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and romance is strong. But if we're honest, sometimes falling in love can also reveal our deepest fears. John and Erin discuss how to know if your relationship is healthy in the early stages of romance. Featuring Mrs. Debra Fileta.

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0:00.0

Hey Jim Daley here. If you like the focus on the family broadcast and haven't

0:04.7

grown tired of this voice just yet, you'll love my ReFocus podcast. On ReFocus I

0:10.2

take a deeper dive with a respected thinker on different aspects of culture. I

0:14.4

ask those hard questions that maybe they don't get that often and I don't

0:18.8

shy away from challenging topics to help you share God's grace, truth, and love

0:23.6

with others. So listen to ReFocus with Jim Daley on your favorite streaming app

0:28.3

today.

0:35.9

When you're first falling in love with that special someone that you are

0:39.8

thinking, I'd like to marry them. It can be a super exciting time. But falling

0:45.7

in love can also uncover some of your deepest fears and insecurities. And if

0:49.9

you're struggling to get over some past hurts, it's especially important to

0:55.2

recognize and deal with those hurts because those impact your love life. And if

1:00.3

you get married, your relationship with your spouse. I'm John Fuller in the

1:04.8

studio with Aaron Smolley. Her husband Greg is AWOL today. No, he's not in the

1:10.0

studio with us as he often is. But we're going to press on Aaron because you've

1:15.0

got some good insights. We're going to hear now from author and counselor Deborah

1:19.4

Filetta. Now she talked with Jim Daley and me about the seasons of marriage. She

1:24.2

got a pretty unique take on this. She talked about spring, which is when a

1:29.0

couple tends to fall in love. And she'll discuss some ways that we can

1:33.0

navigate challenges during that particular season. Let's get to a practical

1:37.6

story. There's one in your book about a woman you cancels who struggled with

1:41.9

trust issues. I think so many women in trust is a big deal. And for women

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