Hey everyone. It's Leslie Ludi, host of the Set-A-Part-Grel podcast, biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today we're going to continue with our relationship series, but we're going to be talking

about the secrets to having a vibrant marriage.

And this is an episode that can really apply whether you're married or single.

Because even in your single years, there are things that you can do right now

to lay a foundation for a marriage that will go the

distance and if you're married even if your marriage isn't thriving these are

some practical simple biblical principles that can really bring that extra grace that you need to

bring your marriage back to where God wants it to be. So having an amazing

successful marriage that goes the distance really can seem impossible in today's

world and I know many people feel that it's an unrealistic idea or an unrealistic standard

to aim for.

In fact, if you look at studies and trends in the secular world,

you'll see that a lot of people are veering away from marriage altogether

because they really don't believe it's possible for a relationship to go the distance.

And that's really a strong trend where couples feel like it's better just to sort of live together and not make a lifelong

commitment so they can avoid getting hurt or the pain and the heartache of

divorce. We have a whole generation of people who have grown up from seeing their parents go through divorce and the pain and

heartache of that and they don't want to experience the same thing. So when

they don't know Christ their only solution really is to never really make a lasting commitment to

anyone. There was a study done in the early to mid 90s and there was a poll

taken among the younger generations, so teens and college age and 20-somethings, as to what their

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