So what we're talking about here is the truth, not complicated, not easy to do, but am I going to have the courage to do it?

And then when inflation happens, when I've got to really start whittling the way at those student loans because the government didn't pay them off for me, I'm doing the right thing.

I'm taking the right step. And then to see what God does.

Russ Crosson joins us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. He's going to be talking

about how to better manage your finances with God in mind. Thanks for being along with us.

I'm John Fuller. John, isn't, you know, this issue of financial management is always the top

two in marital strife. Typically, we've been watching

that for almost 50 years now here at Focus on the Family. And it's either physical intimacy or

financial pressure that really starts to put cracks in a marriage. And for that reason,

we're here today to talk to you, talk with you about what it means to put a plan together,

follow the plan, and try to stick to that so that it doesn't become one of the big issues

in your marriage. And I think that's a good goal.

It is. And I'm going to be taking notes, Jim, because despite being married for 45 years,

we haven't had major fights about money, but it's always

been hard to kind of grab hold of what is this money going toward? Where is it all going?

Yeah, that's good. So I'm glad we have Russ Cross in joining us. He's the chief vision officer

and senior partner of Blue Trust. He's helped families and couples steward their finances for

45 years, I think it is. And he's shared

his expertise in a little book that's really powerful. It's called Your Money Made Simple,

The Key to Financial Freedom. You can learn more about Russ and this terrific book on our website,

and we've got the link in the show notes. Russ, welcome back to Focus on the Family. It's been a few years. It has, Jim. Thanks for having

me back. But it's good. You know, one thing I've noticed about financial experts is they usually

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