When God Reaches Us in Our Mess

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

When you've made several mistakes in your marriage, it can seem like things could never be restored. But even when you've turned away from doing things God's way, He's still willing to forgive and welcome you back home. John, Erin and Greg offer hope to couples who feel like their marriage is too far gone. Featuring Mark and Jill Savage.

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0:00.0	Hey Jim Daley here. If you like the focus on the family broadcast and haven't
0:04.7	grown tired of this voice just yet, you'll love my ReFocus podcast. On ReFocus I
0:10.2	take a deeper dive with a respected thinker on different aspects of culture. I
0:14.4	ask those hard questions that maybe they don't get that often and I don't
0:18.8	shy away from challenging topics to help you share God's grace, truth, and love
0:23.6	with others. So listen to ReFocus with Jim Daley on your favorite streaming app
0:28.3	today.
0:36.2	There is a really amazing story in the New Testament book of Luke. You
0:39.6	probably know it. It's called the prodigal son. I tend to call it the forgiving
0:44.6	father. It's the story of the young man who rebels and runs away. But then he
0:50.1	comes to a senses he goes back to his dad and the father welcomed him home with
0:55.1	open arms. In that same way God welcomes us back when we turn away from our
0:59.6	sins and return to him. I'm John Fuller along with Greg and Aaron Smolley. They
1:05.2	lead our marriage department here at Focus and let's hear a clip now that
1:09.6	features Mark and Jill Savage as they shared very candidly about how Mark was
1:15.4	going to file for divorce. He was having an affair. He thought their marriage
1:19.0	couldn't be restored. But on one Easter Sunday Jill encouraged him to obey
1:24.4	God instead of his flesh. And here's Jim Daley with more. You know, Mark, what's
1:30.0	really revealing there. And I think this is so true. And I mentioned at a moment
1:33.6	ago, Jill, with your heart, you know, women tend to look at, okay, what did I do
1:36.7	wrong? And men do what you did. Hey, the list is too long. You have blown it. It's
1:42.2	our ego, I think. Just that male ego. Hey, this problem is you. Yeah. You know,
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