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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Replacing Selfishness & Control

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

If we're honest, we all struggle with selfishness in marriage. However, a good dose of gratitude can be the best solution for selfishness. John and Greg share how being thankful can greatly benefit your marriage. Featuring Bill and Pam Farrel.

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0:00.0

Hey Jim Daley here. If you like the focus on the family broadcast and haven't

0:04.7

grown tired of this voice just yet, you'll love my ReFocus podcast. On ReFocus I

0:10.2

take a deeper dive with a respected thinker on different aspects of culture. I

0:14.4

ask those hard questions that maybe they don't get that often and I don't

0:18.8

shy away from challenging topics to help you share God's grace, truth, and love

0:23.6

with others. So listen to ReFocus with Jim Daley on your favorite streaming app

0:28.3

today.

0:36.0

If somebody walked up to you just kind of out of a blue and said, you know what?

0:39.9

You are a selfish person. I wonder how you'd feel. It could stick a bit.

0:46.0

But we all have to admit we're selfish sometimes. In fact, I just had to do

0:49.8

this the other day. I said something and I so regretted it. And I processed

0:54.7

for a couple of hours with God on and off throughout the rest of the day. And I

0:58.3

said, the problem is I'm selfish. And I think that was a good conclusion to

1:03.5

draw. And then I decided to ask God to help me with that because I can't fix

1:07.0

that. Because we've been praying for that. Thank you in your life. Full disclosure.

1:12.0

Greg is a prayer partner and he's got a list of answers. I'm John Fuller joined

1:16.9

by author marriage expert prayer warrior and great friend, Dr. Greg Smiley.

1:21.8

And I wonder if anybody has ever brought this up to you. I mean, that was kind

1:25.3

of a hypothetical. But do you have any friends who have ever had that kind of

1:29.6

thing happen to them? God has used my wife in many ways. And he's not here to

1:35.8

defend herself. But honestly, I mean, I love that she's willing to be honest

1:41.2

and she will suspend harmony at times to have some hard conversations.

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