When God Changes Your Spouse’s Heart
Focus on Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
When your marriage isn't what you'd hoped for, it's easy to say, "Will my spouse ever change?" Erin Smalley offers hope to those who feel like things won't get better. Plus, Brad Rhoads shares with Jim Daly about the moment God convicted him over the way he'd been treating his wife Marilyn.
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| 0:00.0 | Becky was miserable in her marriage. She was ready to give up, but God pricked her heart. |
| 0:06.6 | I got down on my knees and I said, Lord, I can't do this. I said, God, if I'm going to stay, I cannot leave, |
| 0:13.4 | but God, you've got to take over because I can't do this anymore. God answered Becky's prayer |
| 0:18.6 | in an unexpected way, and it transformed her family. |
| 0:23.4 | I went to the mailbox one day and got my mail, and there on the top of the stack of mail was a magazine |
| 0:29.4 | from Focus on the Family, and every article in the magazine was about marriage. |
| 0:34.8 | Talk about amazing. That was a miracle Like that, that was a miracle. |
| 0:38.5 | I knew it was a miracle. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm Jim Daly. |
| 0:42.1 | Through our magazine and podcast, |
| 0:43.6 | Becky was able to restore and rebuild the relationship |
| 0:45.0 | with her husband. |
| 0:46.3 | And today, you can help us |
| 0:47.9 | give families hope. |
| 0:49.3 | Like Becky's, |
| 0:50.5 | donate and your gift will be doubled. |
| 0:52.9 | Call 800 the letter A in the word family or visit |
| 0:56.3 | Focus on the family.com slash gift. |
| 1:05.4 | There are moments in marriage when you might be thinking, boy, my spouse is never going to change. This is never |
| 1:12.2 | going to be easy. But the truth is, through the gospel, change can happen. I'm John Fuller, |
| 1:18.6 | joined by my focus colleagues, Aaron and Greg Smalley. And Aaron, you're a marriage therapist. |
| 1:23.8 | You work with couples all the time. And I'm sure that there have been plenty of couples |
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