Questions to Ask Your Spouse During Tough Times
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The tough seasons of marriage can be windows of opportunity to touch your spouse's heart. The key is using those times as a chance for growth. John, Erin and Greg give some questions you can ask your spouse to help strengthen your relationship. Receive the book Fully Alive with your gift of any amount!
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| 1:12.0 | Most of us don't look forward to having a hard season in our marriage, but many people |
| 1:18.0 | credit those very times as being helpful and giving them along with their spouse a greater sense of intimacy. |
| 1:25.6 | I'm John Fuller along with Greg and Aaron Smalley. They run our focus on the |
| 1:29.9 | family marriage department and let me ask why do hard seasons sometimes help couples grow |
| 1:36.0 | closer? |
| 1:37.0 | It's interesting because when you ask that question, John, it makes me go back to when my |
| 1:41.6 | mom was sick. My mom passed away of lung cancer. |
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