When Your Money and Marriage Clash

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Money is one of the top reasons why couples experience conflict in marriage. Taylor and Megan Kovar believe the conflict isn’t about money but about a lack of communication about money. They explain how to be more content with financial situation and trust God for the future.

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0:00.0	Well, I'm John Fuller, and on today's episode of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, we're going to explore how your money can impact your marriage.
0:08.0	Well, it's true. We're in a bit of a financial fix, but we've been this way for a long time. Well we wouldn't have these
0:14.4	problems if you would just make more money or get a second job. Second job you know it
0:19.2	really doesn't matter how much I'm
0:25.0	I made you'd find a way to spend it all anyway. Oh so it's my fault is it?
0:24.5	What about that new stereo you purchased last night without telling me?
0:28.5	I told you that was from my office. Yeah, yeah, but you're always buying more clothes,
0:32.6	Yeah, well, computer products,
0:34.5	alone, too long.
0:35.8	Excuse me.
0:36.8	Yeah, really?
0:37.8	John, that sounds pretty intense, right?
0:41.2	It does.
0:42.2	Yeah. Hopefully, we're not living in that space, but maybe some are, and money can be a touchy subject for husbands and wives. It always ranks as number one or number two of marital conflict and today we want to talk about
0:54.9	that most if not all of the decisions we make usually involve money purchase
1:01.4	this don't purchase that.
1:03.0	Maybe like a car or maybe like just a vacation or something else you got to do is a couple.
1:08.7	Money's involved.
1:09.7	It's a part of our everyday lives.
1:11.7	We've got to get a handle on it.
1:12.6	Yeah. And you know there's a reason why I think most couples in their wedding vows, say for
1:18.0	richer or for poorer, that means something. And today again we want to equip you to be able to manage your money in such a way that it reduces
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