The Friendship Side of a Naked Marriage

The Naked Marriage with Dave & Ashley Willis

XO Marriage

Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Many couples focus on romance but slowly lose the friendship that brought them together. Friendship may be the key to transforming your marriage. Listener question: How can you encourage (in a loving way) your spouse to take more initiative in romance and sex? I feel like I'm always the one planning dates, giving romantic surprises, initiating intimacy, and in general looking for ways to draw closer together, even saying sorry first after a fight. Submit your questions to Dave & Ashley: http://nakedmarriagepodcast.com Download our FREE 31 Day Marriage Devotional: https://bit.ly/3ZxsLZd We want your marriage to thrive! Learn more at http://xomarriage.com Dave and Ashley Willis spent thirteen years in full-time church ministry before devoting their work entirely toward the global mission of building stronger, Christ-centered marriages. Their marriage-related books, blogs, podcast, speaking events and media resources have reached millions of couples around the world making Dave and Ashley one of the most recognized and trusted couples in marriage ministry. Dave and Ashley partnered with XO Marriage in 2018. XO Marriage is the nation's largest marriage-focused ministry. The Willis family includes four sons and a rescue dog named "Chi Chi." When Dave and Ashley aren't writing and speaking, they love hanging out with their family, watching movies and going on long walks which is also where they develop many of their marriage ministry content ideas. Learn more about Dave & Ashley at daveandashley.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We all want a marriage that thrives, but sometimes it feels like we're just surviving instead of growing together.
0:05.7	And keep your clothes on, Naurup Alphonse teaches couples how to dress their marriage in the virtues of Christ.
0:12.2	Compassion, patience, humility, forgiveness, and love, so that your relationship can flourish no matter the challenges.
0:19.8	Nauru helps couples see that marriage isn't just about getting along.
0:23.7	It's about choosing love daily, bearing with one another in grace, and letting Christ shape
0:28.8	your hearts together.
0:30.2	You'll learn how to handle each other with care, practice humility, and let the Word of
0:34.3	God guide your marriage.
0:35.9	If you're ready to strengthen your marriage
0:37.6	and live out Christ-like love every day,
0:40.0	this course is for you.
0:41.4	Keep your clothes on.
0:42.3	It's available through your Ex-O-Now subscription
0:44.5	or you can purchase it individually at XO-Now.com.
0:49.4	Hey, friends, welcome back to the Naked Marriage Podcast.
0:52.7	We're so glad you stopped by today. We're Dave and Ashley Willis. And on this podcast, we uncover God's design for lifelong love. And today we've got a great conversation for you. That's right. And make sure, guys, before we talk about today's topic, make sure you get that 3.31 day marriage devotional because it's free, which is our favorite, and it also will
1:12.9	make a huge difference in your marriage. If you want that link, make sure you go to the show notes.
1:17.0	But today's episode is all about one of our favorite subjects, and that is friendship in marriage
1:22.0	and couple friends. So let's dive in.
1:32.3	And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and we're not ashamed.
1:40.3	All right, sweetie, I love this subject, and that is friendship. And so in this episode, we're definitely going to talk about the importance of friendship
1:44.8	within the context of having a naked marriage. I almost said naked. See, this is my Kentucky
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