Uncovering the Secrets of a Happy Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn offers insights from research she's conducted on what makes for a happier, more fulfilling marriage. She also outlines practical ways to develop a more Christ-like relationship with your spouse. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Shanti, what is one thing a couple can do today to feel happier in their marriage? |
| 0:10.4 | When they're hurt, believe the best in their spouse's intentions. |
| 0:13.6 | So don't make any assumptions about their motives. |
| 0:16.0 | Bad assumptions about their motives. |
| 0:17.8 | That's some great advice and you'll hear more from Shanti Feldhon on our broadcast today |
| 0:21.7 | with Jim Daly. |
| 0:23.2 | This is Focus on the Family, I'm John Fuller and Jim, this should be a fun program. |
| 0:26.9 | Well fun but enlightening, sometimes we focus so much on the hard things in marriage, |
| 0:32.6 | the holiness of marriage and that's critically important. |
| 0:36.1 | It's a refining process, I mentioned that all the time. |
| 0:39.6 | How marriage is a refining process. |
| 0:41.6 | The Lord is teaching us to be more selfless in that regard. |
| 0:44.8 | But we got to celebrate it as well and we're going to do that today with a very special |
| 0:48.3 | friend. |
| 0:49.3 | And Shanti, I want to say welcome to Focus on the Family. |
| 0:52.9 | I'm always glad to be with you. |
| 0:54.3 | But also, I was reading your bio. |
| 0:55.7 | I found this really interesting because you're Harvard grad and that's impressive. |
| 1:00.8 | I bet your mom and dad were pretty happy except paying the bills made out of that too. |
| 1:04.4 | Not so easy. |
| 1:05.4 | I think it was 20 years before I paid off the student loan. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm sure it was. |
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