God’s Plan for Marriage – FamilyLife – A Cru Ministry https://www.familylife.com Pursue what matters most. Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:02:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2024/07/Favicon-Icon_32x32.png?w=32 God’s Plan for Marriage – FamilyLife – A Cru Ministry https://www.familylife.com 32 32 236231178 (dis)Graced: How God Redeems and Restores the Broken: Teresa Whiting https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/disgraced-how-god-redeems-and-restores-the-broken-teresa-whiting/ https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/disgraced-how-god-redeems-and-restores-the-broken-teresa-whiting/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:16:26 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/disgraced-how-god-redeems-and-restores-the-broken-teresa-whiting/ Have you ever felt broken or bad? You're not alone. Listen in as Teresa Whiting, writer & author, discusses overcoming shame and sexual brokenness.]]> https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/disgraced-how-god-redeems-and-restores-the-broken-teresa-whiting/feed/ 0 308343 “What Should I Do When My Spouse Gets Emotional?” Ted Lowe https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/what-should-i-do-when-my-spouse-gets-emotional-ted-lowe-2/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:15:00 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/what-should-i-do-when-my-spouse-gets-emotional-ted-lowe-2/ Your spouse is emotional. What should you do? Author Ted Lowe knows your responses could change your marriage—and he's got ways to do it.]]> 307835 Marriage: When You’re Missing the Point: J.P. Pokluda https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/marriage-when-youre-missing-the-point-j-p-pokluda-2/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:15:00 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/marriage-when-youre-missing-the-point-j-p-pokluda-2/ Could you be missing the point of your marriage? Author J.P. Pokluda believes if you miss the assignment, you miss what your relationship can be.]]> 307765 Why We Need Marriage https://www.familylife.com/uncategorized/why-we-need-marriage/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 23:28:00 +0000 https://sites-stage.familylife.com/flministries/?p=8000 When mentees exhausted from wedding prep wonder if marriage is actually necessary, be ready with a few critical truths about its purpose and beauty. ]]> 8000 5 Essentials for a Thriving Marriage https://www.familylife.com/uncategorized/5-essentials-for-a-thriving-marriage/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://sites-stage.familylife.com/flministries/?p=7980 Help mentees evaluate how they could elevate their marriage before it starts.]]> 7980 Gretchen Saffles: Well-Watered Women https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/gretchen-saffles-well-watered-women/ Tue, 03 May 2022 12:02:06 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/gretchen-saffles-well-watered-women/ Feeling dry, unsatisfied, restless? Author Gretchen Saffles believes your life can be more -- and you can be among well-watered women. Here's how.]]> 307497 Gretchen Saffles: Thirsty for more? https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/gretchen-saffles-thirsty-for-more/ Mon, 02 May 2022 12:02:10 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/gretchen-saffles-thirsty-for-more/ Gretchen Saffles knows what it's like to feel overwhelmed, unable to thrive. If you're longing for more, don't miss the way to fullness and peace (at last).]]> 307496 Greg Smalley: When You’re Lonely in Marriage https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/greg-smalley-when-youre-lonely-in-marriage/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:02:07 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/greg-smalley-when-youre-lonely-in-marriage/ Feeling lonely in marriage? Dr. Greg Smalley offers ideas to help you resolve conflict, start talking about what you're carrying -- and move back together.]]> 307494 Greg Smalley: Reconnecting in Marriage https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/greg-smalley-reconnecting-in-marriage/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:03:09 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/greg-smalley-reconnecting-in-marriage/ Life has a way of moving us into roommates in marriage when we want to be soulmates. Ron Deal talks with Dr. Greg Smalley about how to stay deeply connected.]]> 307493 What “Love” Means…to Your Wife https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/what-love-means-to-your-wife/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:02:15 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/what-love-means-to-your-wife/ Fighting the drift in marriage is real. But hosts Dave and Ann Wilson offer simple questions about what love means to your wife -- and why her answers matter.]]> 307409 Don’t Take Them for Granted https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-this-week/dont-take-them-for-granted-2/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:02:09 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/dont-take-them-for-granted-2/ 307383 What Submission Is (and Isn’t) https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/what-submission-is-and-isnt/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:02:21 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/what-submission-is-and-isnt/ Wonder what submission is (and isn't)? Clinical psychologist, author, and speaker Dr. Juli Slattery discusses how women can walk with men as partners in marriage.]]> 307382 Choosing Us https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/choosing-us/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:02:07 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/choosing-us/ Choosing us in your marriage is both crucial and complicated. Counselor & author Debra Fileta offers advice to consistently operate as one unit.]]> 307370 Together Forever: What’s it take? https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/together-forever-whats-it-take/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:02:08 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/together-forever-whats-it-take/ Wanting "together forever"--but wondering if you married the right person? Counselor & author Debra Fileta unpacks secrets behind lasting marriages.]]> 307369 Wives, Cheer Your Man https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/wives-cheer-your-man/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:00:06 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/wives-cheer-your-man/ Affirmation is one of the core needs of men. Through sharing Ephesians 5, Dave Wilson encourages women to build into their marriages by becoming their husbands' biggest cheerleader!]]> 307221 Husbands, Love Your Wives https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/husbands-love-your-wives/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:00:05 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/husbands-love-your-wives/ It's true that "love" is an action word and not just a feeling. Dave Wilson directs men to apply the truth from Ephesians 5 to their marriages to experience a love that will grow.]]> 307220 Physical Intimacy – Designed https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/physical-intimacy-designed/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:00:04 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/physical-intimacy-designed/ What is God's picture of physical intimacy in marriage? Today, Juli Slattery shares the perspective of the One who designed intimacy.]]> 306913 Finding Freedom https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/finding-freedom/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:00:05 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/finding-freedom/ Christopher Yuan knows what it's like to be a captive. A former drug dealer and homosexual who discovered he had HIV while serving time in prison, Yuan shares how God got his attention and eventually, his heart.]]> 306833