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When you hit midlife, whether that's 40 or 50 somewhere in there, your body starts to say,

hey, don't forget me, I need some attention.

And marriages are like that.

When you hit certain seasons in your marriage, the relationship cues are signaling,

hey, we need some attention here.

And the question is, what do you do with those?

How do you stay healthy as a couple through a midlife season? I'm John Fuller, along with Greg

and Aaron Smalley. They lead the marriage ministry here at Focus on the Family, and we're going to

turn our attention now to Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. Jim and his wife, Gene, spoke with

Lisa Joe Baker,

and they talked about the importance of grace

in those middle years.

Lisa, Joe, welcome to focus again.

I'm so happy to be back.

It's great.

And, of course, Gene is merely a teenager.

But I thought she could give us some, you know,

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