The Enneagram, Marriage and the Gospel Beth McCord Ep 259

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🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

It’s a popular (and sometimes controversial) typology system that can help you understand yourself and others better, but how can we use the Enneagram in light of the gospel to help our marriages thrive?

Beth McCord of Your Enneagram Coach is here to walk us how to look at our marriages and close relationships through the lens of the Enneagram and the Gospel.

“With the Enneagram, you can see that we all struggle. We all need Jesus. It's just we need it in different ways. And he makes us more like him in different ways as well. It's called the body of Christ and we reflect Christ differently. We all need to bring our uniqueness to glorify him and bless each other.”

We talk about how using the Enneagram can improve communication and compassion in our marriages and what to do if your spouse has no interest in learning his type. (hint: the answer isn’t to bug him about it)

Beth shares that no one pairing out of the 45 possible Enneagram matches in marriage is better than any other, but it’s our surrender to Christ that makes all the difference.

“I can guarantee you there is not a combination that is better or worse. Any two types that are surrendering and depending on the grace of God through Christ’s work on the cross on our behalf will be a blessing to one another.”

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0:00.0	Hey all welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. I'm your host Heather McFadden and
0:12.6	this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside you and connect you with people
0:16.6	and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.
0:21.0	And this episode number 259 I have the pleasure of chatting with your Anya Graham coach Beth
0:27.2	McCord.
0:28.6	With the Anya Graham you can see that we all struggle. We all need Jesus. It's just
0:34.6	we need it in print ways and he makes us more like him in different ways as well. And so
0:40.9	it's called the body of Christ. We reflect Christ differently but we need that difference
0:47.1	because we shouldn't all be the head or the heart or the foot. We all need to bring
0:51.7	our uniqueness to glorify him and bless each other.
0:56.0	Beth McCord and her husband Jeff are the authors of the book becoming us using the Anya
1:02.1	Graham to create a thriving gospel centered marriage. Maybe you already know everything
1:07.5	about the Anya Graham and you were just excited to see a episode on it. Maybe you've been
1:12.5	curious. You've heard it here there. You don't really know anything about it or maybe
1:16.9	you're like no this is bad. Why is Heather having an episode on the Anya Graham? Well I want
1:21.6	you to know that I love how Beth and her husband Jeff handled the topic in their book
1:26.2	and Beth does such a great job in this episode pointing us back to the truth of who God
1:31.6	is and who we are in Christ and helping us recognize our unique needs for Jesus. So
1:38.6	in a marriage you're bringing two different people and if we see the differences as a problem
1:45.1	it only divides us more. And so Beth is bringing understanding and grace to our relationships
1:51.0	using the tool of the Anya Graham. She talks about conflict and communication and our
1:56.4	childhood wounds and how that impacts our marriages. She has a great marriage plan free
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