The Roots of Marital Joy (Joy, 1 of 4)
Fierce Marriage
Ryan and Selena Frederick
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Everyone wants a joy-filled marriage—one that's happy and where you feel love for your spouse and you feel their love reciprocated. Life happens, joy fades, and where does that leave us? As Christians, we have the promise of joy as we walk in step with the Spirit. So, what should do in times when joy feels foreign and impossible to find? In this episode we'll look at the biblical roots of joy in the Christian life as we open up this series on what it takes to build a joy-filled marriage. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss the upcoming episodes!
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| 0:00.0 | I got the joy, joy, joy, joy, damn in my heart. |
| 0:04.0 | No. |
| 0:04.3 | Where? |
| 0:21.4 | We couldn't figure out how to start the episode, so I started singing. I was almost going to say something, and then you jumped in. Well, because I got the joy. You got the joy. I got the joy. And also, I have the sniff, the sniffles. You do have the sniffles. It's not the rona. It's just the sniffles. Yeah, I apologize in advance. |
| 0:23.8 | I have tried to take enough decongestions. |
| 0:37.5 | Congest... You do have the sniffles. It's not the rona. It's just the sniffles. Yeah, I apologize. In advance, I have tried to take enough decongestants. Is that the right word? Decongestants. Decongestants. To make it bearable for you, our lovely listeners. But here we are. So I'll do my very best to speak clearly. Not to sniffle and not to. just kidding. Yeah. I've just been listening to it. |
| 0:54.5 | Just ignore me this whole time. Just ignore what I have to say, anything I have to do or say. No. So today we're talking about joy, right? So we're opening up a new theme, a new series for this month. And that's the theme of joy and really joy in marriage, but I think in marriage that translates into a few things, like delight and desire, desire for one another, a desire for the things of God within, you know, within |
| 1:01.0 | your marriage. And so it's a lot of couples that come to us, essentially they're coming to us, |
| 1:07.5 | whether it's through Facebook or through Instagram messages, we get a lot of messages. |
| 1:11.3 | They're coming to us because on some level there's a lack of joy in their marriage. |
| 1:15.4 | And they're wanting to get back to the place where they can experience the joy they once had. |
| 1:21.2 | Okay. |
| 1:21.8 | And so today we're going to open up this can of worms. |
| 1:24.6 | Over the next few weeks, we're going to be unpacking what's in there, |
| 1:28.2 | especially around marriage, obviously. All the different worms of joy. Yeah, just the joyful |
| 1:32.9 | worms. And so today we're actually going to be looking at joy kind of as a biblical theme, |
| 1:37.7 | and then applying that down into kind of how that can and should look within marriage. And you know |
| 1:42.7 | what? I learned a ton as Selina was |
| 1:44.6 | schooling me on what joy is and what it isn't. So I'm looking forward to her schooling you as well. |
| 1:50.1 | We'll see you on the other side. Welcome to the fierce marriage podcast where we believe that |
| 1:54.0 | marriage takes a fierce tenacity that never gives up and refuses to give in. Here we'll share |
| 1:58.3 | openly and honestly about all things marriage. Sex, communication, finances, priorities, purpose, and everything in between. |
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