P.L.A.N. for a Better Marriage
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
What if a small change you made had the biggest impact on your marriage? Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey share four steps you can take to improve your relationship. Also, Greg and Erin explain why it's good to make time for having fun, even if you are very busy.
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| 0:00.0 | Is your marriage struggling? Communication breaking down, trust fading, conflict that never seems to resolve? |
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| 0:34.7 | What if you were just one small change away from having a fantastic marriage? |
| 0:40.1 | Well, welcome to the show. |
| 0:41.2 | We have four simple ways that you can have a step or two toward a fantastic marriage, |
| 0:46.3 | better than you have right now, regardless of how great it might be. |
| 0:50.2 | I'm John Fuller, along with Greg and Aaron Smalley. |
| 0:52.5 | They lead the focus on the family marriage department. |
| 0:55.5 | And we're going fast today. |
| 0:56.6 | We have Dr. Marcus Warner and Chris Corsi. |
| 0:58.9 | They talked with Jim Daly on his show about four things that you can do to strengthen |
| 1:04.1 | your relationship as a couple. |
| 1:06.3 | Now you have another Acrostic plan is it. |
| 1:09.2 | And let's get into that. |
| 1:13.9 | Because these are some of the practical ways to do what you just said, Chris. |
| 1:14.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:16.2 | And the first one I like, play together. |
| 1:19.4 | And I think that helps build that bucket as we're talking. |
| 1:24.2 | So aside from the obvious, how does a married couple learn to play together? |
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