Representing Jesus in Our Marriage

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

If there's a lack of love in your marriage, it's good to evaluate the strength of your relationship with God. The more you prioritize obeying God, the better job you'll do at being a good spouse. John talks to Erin and Greg about what it means for couples to represent Jesus in their marriage. Featuring Guy Lia, Amber Lia, and Jean Daly.

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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.
0:36.1	As a believer in Christ, I just have to remind myself that how I treat Dina is a
0:41.2	direct reflection of how much I love God. That's a pretty sobering thought. But
0:46.6	the more I'm prioritizing my relationship with God, the better I'm going to be
0:50.2	doing, loving my wife. So there's an interesting correlation there. I'm John
0:56.2	Fuller, along with my focus colleagues, Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife Erin. And
1:00.3	we've got a great conversation for you to kick off today's episode. Amber and
1:05.8	Guy Leah have written a wonderful book together. It's called Marriage
1:09.0	Triggers, which of course we have here at the ministry. Here they are talking now
1:13.9	with Jim and Gene Daley about letting go of unhealthy expectations. You know,
1:18.8	Amber and Guy and Gene, I just at the end here, I think it's important to
1:23.6	really hone in on that idea of coveting the ideal marriage, having that
1:29.3	high, high impossible expectation, I guess, Amber, that you describe in your
1:33.3	book. I want to again address that. Why is that really one of the most
1:39.0	damaging things to a marriage? When you have an idol in your thinking, and you
1:44.7	don't even realize it, because your spouse is not living up to your
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