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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Preventing Heartbreak: Strategies to Stop an Affair Before It Starts (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey, parents. For almost 40 years, Adventures in Odyssey has been helping kids like yours form relationships with Christ.

0:07.9

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Focusonthefamily.com slash impossible. That's Focusonthefamily.com slash impossible.

0:34.9

Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daily, Pastor Gary Thomas is going to help you protect

0:42.0

your marriage from an affair, which starts with infatuation.

0:46.8

We know from neuroscience, infatuations last about 12 to 18 months. Am I going to put my life at

0:53.7

risk, my family at risk, my kids' security at risk

0:57.0

for something that is relatively so short? Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.

1:04.2

John, we have a fascinating message to share with our listeners today about the very small steps

1:10.0

that can lead to an extramarital

1:12.0

affair. This message was given at a recent conference that we hosted for pastors, but it is

1:17.6

applicable to anyone. And single folks, before you tune out, consider this. You don't want to

1:23.8

be on the receiving end of this kind of attention from a married person. So

1:28.9

Gary's message will tell you what to watch out for too. Some of the steps that Hill

1:34.4

outline can seem like they're not that big of a deal, but they are part of a trend that's

1:39.7

going a certain direction. Gary is a good friend. He's on the teaching team just up the road here at

1:45.8

Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He's the author of 20 books, and the one

1:52.2

that relates to today's content is called Making Your Marriage a Fortress, Strengthening Your Marriage

1:58.3

to withstand life storms. Yeah, the book is endorsed as a must read by marriage experts.

2:04.5

It's really valuable.

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