Safe Boundaries, Strong Love
Focus on the Family Strengthening Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Focus on the Family
When you set a boundary, it can lead to deeper intimacy with your spouse. John and Erin will encourage you to be intentional about setting boundaries in your marriage. Then, Jim Daly and Jerry Jenkins discuss ways you can practically eliminate some types of sexual temptation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Jim Daly. I hope you and your family are experiencing a godly sense of hope and joy this Christmas season. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm so thankful you've joined us today for more Bible-based encouragement for your marriage, parenting, and faith. |
| 0:15.7 | And in this season of giving, we invite you to join our support team here at Focus on the Family. |
| 0:21.8 | At this time of year, we typically raise nearly 50% of our annual budget. That means your financial support is crucial, |
| 0:29.1 | especially now when we have a matching gift opportunity of $8 million. That represents a lot of |
| 0:35.8 | ministry, and every little bit you contribute will have |
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| 0:46.8 | of our family rescue team. Give now before December 31st to help us meet this match. Call 800 |
| 0:53.3 | A-family or donate at focus on the family.com slash family. |
| 1:05.4 | Faithfulness isn't just about avoiding what's wrong, it's about protecting what's right. |
| 1:10.6 | And we'll cover that today |
| 1:11.8 | on the show. I'm John Fuller. Thanks for joining us. We have Dr. Greg and Aaron Smalley in the studio, |
| 1:17.4 | and they host another podcast that we have here at Focus called Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage. |
| 1:23.6 | And that's a fun podcast to listen to. You all are just knocking it out of the park, if you will, |
| 1:29.6 | bringing such great content to that. So, Erin, you often remind couples there on that podcast and on this one, |
| 1:37.5 | and as you speak, that boundaries are actually expressions of love. And so describe a little bit more how a healthy boundary can really |
| 1:46.7 | protect and foster trust and intimacy. Yeah, boundaries, we often think boundaries are being set |
| 1:52.7 | to keep people out, to keep them away, but really boundaries are set to keep our heart open. |
| 1:58.2 | And when our hearts are open, God's love can flow right through us. |
| 2:02.6 | There can be both personal boundaries between Greg and I, but then there's also boundaries for the |
| 2:07.1 | marriage as far as what Greg and I agree upon. What are those things that actually protect our |
| 2:13.7 | marriage? They're the guardrails that we put in place to keep the marriage strong. For example, |
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