Welcome to the Excel Stillmore podcast. I am your host, Chris Emerson. I'm here to encourage you in your walk with God. Thank you for joining in.

Today's podcast is sponsored by Cunningham Financial Group. John Cunningham is a friend of mine and a brother in Christ, and he can help you with financial

decisions and future planning.

He's been a big help to me and my family, and I commend him to you.

You can reach him at 205-913-1720.

I am so thankful you're here, so let's get started.

Hey, welcome back. Thank you for joining. Let me get right to the heart of our content today.

I want to talk to you about your family. We are ultimately looking at some practical things you can do to grow closer together, improve communication, and have the kind of love that

brings about a lot more joy than frustration. We want to look at this in an inclusive way.

In other words, all relationships pertaining to the family, whether

it be parents growing closer to their kids or maybe siblings to one another. However, as we

get to the end of the episode today, I would like to put particular emphasis on married couples,

and even more specifically than that, married couples who are still raising children.

If you are not a married couple still raising children, can I invite you to listen to the end of the

episode anyway? Because whether you're a grandma and grandpa who've raised your kids or an aunt

or an uncle, or maybe you are one of the teenagers in that household, building a strong and

flourishing marriage is a great challenge

in our time, and honestly, we could use your help. But before we get down to those family elements,

I first need to talk to you about your relationship with Jesus. There are a couple of reasons

why that's the place to start.

Firstly, referencing back to the last couple of weeks' worth of episodes, I feel confident

arguing that it is impossible to love people well unless you know the love of God and you

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