Preparing for Marriage and Not Just the Wedding

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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You’re getting married—the colors are chosen, the venue is booked, and the cake has been taste-tested. But what about the marriage after the wedding day is over? Let’s talk about it.Master marital communication: https://speak.fiercemarriage.comTake the 31-Day Pursuit Challenge: https://31daypursuit.comPray for your spouse with intention: https://40prayers.comTo learn more about becoming a Christian, visit: https://thenewsisgood.comThis ministry is entirely listener-supported. To partner with us, visit https://fiercemarriage.com/partner Good news! You can now find FULL video episodes on our YouTube channel, The Fierce Family. Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyO4yVeRdODrpsyXLhEr7w to subscribe and watch. We hope to see you there!

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0:00.0	Weddings are incredible, but I think our culture has really commercialized weddings, and so there's a lot of pressure.
0:04.6	Wedding is just the beginning, celebration of two lives coming together, two hearts.
0:08.7	And so if you were to picture a Venn diagram, and there's three components to that Venn diagram, one of them is going to be your beliefs.
0:15.5	You need to share your beliefs. Beliefs matter more than anything else in your marriage.
0:20.4	They matter more than your compatibility. Your beliefs matter more than anything else in your marriage. They matter more than your
0:21.7	compatibility. Your beliefs matter more than your attraction to each other. Beliefs matter more than
0:26.9	your, even your friendship. Don't underestimate the power of beliefs and belief in the Lord. Marriage
0:33.1	counseling in this case is not about gaining knowledge. It's about gaining perspective. It's about gaining accountability.
0:39.3	Until you have that accountability with a pastor, with a church, you're going to be out and alone, and it's not going to be, it's not going to be great.
0:46.3	The most important decision you can make right now is not the type of house you're going to build or how you're going to build it.
0:50.3	The most important decision you can make right now is where you're going to place it.
0:59.9	Selina, it's that time of the year. Love is in the air. Spring is upon us. Birds are chirping and new lovers are
1:09.2	planning their weddings. I was like people are planning their weddings.
1:13.4	Yeah, so we actually got some questions coming through.
1:16.9	There's a theme that I'm, that's arising.
1:20.4	Why are you laughing?
1:21.2	Why are you snickering?
1:21.9	Nothing.
1:22.4	Nothing.
1:25.3	Antics over here.
1:27.6	Yeah, there's a theme that's cropping up, I'll say.
1:32.3	And it is just simply, people are headed into getting married.
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