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Marriage After God

Strength in Weakness: A Journey of Faith w/ Jackie ​​Avilés

Marriage After God

Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity, Parenting

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Aaron Smith sits down with author Jackie Avilés, to share her powerful story of walking through a terminal cancer diagnosis. Jackie Avilés is widely known as the “Internet’s Hope Coach.” She imparts hope grounded in biblical truth—offering Scripture-based encouragement and practical strategies to help people move from despair into hope-filled living. In today’s episode, Jackie opens up about how her faith in God sustained her through suffering, the importance of prayer, and what it means to lament well in times of pain.

Key Takeaways:

  • Jackie shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with stage four terminal metastatic breast cancer
  • How faith and prayer can carry usr through life’s toughest challenges
  • The significance of lament and finding hope in God during seasons of suffering
  • The impact of trials on marriage and family relationships
  • Encouragement for couples to lean on God’s promises and find strength in weakness



Be encouraged as Jackie reminds us that even when we feel pressed, we are not crushed—because of Christ in us.

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Keywords: testimony, suffering, faith through trials, Christian marriage, cancer, God’s promises, strength in weakness

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I remember one of the biggest scriptures that just kind of united us with the Lord was in

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2 Corinthians, Presby but not crushed and how it talks about just being these vessels that

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were pressed but not crushed, were persecuted but not abandoned, were struck down but were not

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destroyed.

0:15.6

And I remember him reading that over me.

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And that's actually like our marriage verse, right? Like it's our marriage

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verse and people would think like, man, that verse is so strong pressed and crushed and struck

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down. But it's strong because it's what it's what God does in the midst of marriage. Like it's

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his power through it. Like there's hope within the midst of the diagnosis. There's hope within the midst of the destruction. There's hope within the midst of the trial. And so that presbynought cross scripture was just anchored. It was our anger. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Marriage, I for God podcast. I'm your host, Aaron Smith. If you've

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been loving how we're encouraging and quipping Christian couples, hit that like button, subscribe

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so you never miss an episode. Also, make sure to leave a quick review on your favorite platform.

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And the most important thing in sharing is share this with everyone you know because word

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of mouth is always the most powerful way to share our podcast. If you want to support this

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podcast and your marriage, head to shop. Marriage AfterGod.com and grab one of our viral

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marriage prayer journals or marriage devotionals. Today, I'm excited to sit down with Jackie

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Avilles, a passionate author, Bible teacher, and a pastor's wife from Miami, Florida.

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Married to Emilio for 15 years, they're raising two boys in leading pressed but not crushed, a ministry to encourage couples

1:34.4

and leaders that are going through crisis and suffering. My conversation with Jackie is centered

1:39.0

around her journey through a terminal cancer diagnosis and how God showed her what hope in Jesus really looks like.

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If you are being pressed on every side by trials, suffering, or the weight of everyday life,

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please be encouraged today to find your hope in Christ and realize, as Jackie did, that his grace

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is truly sufficient. Please be encouraged by my conversation with Jackie V. Les. Hey, Jackie, welcome to the

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