FamilyLife New Zealand Podcast

Celebrating life’s special moments are important. These memories build into the story of who we are as a couple or as a family. When we bring different backgrounds and family traditions with different expectations into our marriage, there’s bound to be competing priorities and we need to create our own traditions that incorporate the best of our backgrounds.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

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Parenting is an opportunity to work together and strengthen our relationship. It’s the fruit of the “new thing” that we have become as a married couple. It’s an opportunity for us to leave a legacy and build the tribe that God has called us to be. We need to work together as a team.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

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The goal of marriage is oneness, and oneness is only achieved through intimacy. Emotional and physical intimacy go hand in hand and it requires trust, vulnerability, and a heart to serve one another’s needs

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

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All human beings have a need for fun and recreation of some sort. If we are deprived of this or our joy tank is empty, we won’t function like our best selves. If we’re not intentional as a couple or family about what fun and recreation look like, we’ll default to becoming slaves to the easy, destructive “out” that technology offers.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

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We were created as spirit, soul, and body, and the way we practise our faith in our marriage plays a big part in our union.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

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Building a home together requires us to serve one another through the principles of sacrifice, partnership and servanthood.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

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Our pace and priorities in life can either be healthy for our relationship as a couple and our common goals as a family, or it can be the source of tension and disconnect that causes us to drift apart.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

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Our relationship with money can be a major source of tension in our marriage. Working towards unity in this area of our relationship can lead to great joy, satisfaction and blessing.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

Read more about Marriage Mentoring here: https://familylife.nz/marriage-mentoring/
Find out how you can become a Marriage Mentor here: https://www.familylife.nz/marriage-mentoring/become-mentors/ 

Rituals and Habits have the power to make or break a relationship. When was the last time you evaluated your daily, weekly, or monthly rituals as a couple?

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

Read more about Marriage Mentoring here: https://familylife.nz/marriage-mentoring/
Find out how you can become a Marriage Mentor here: https://www.familylife.nz/marriage-mentoring/become-mentors/ 

Conflict exists in all relationships. How you deal with it makes all the difference. Here are a few things that are needed for relationships to thrive when dealing with conflict.

This is part of the Marriage Mentoring series.

Read more about Marriage Mentoring here: https://familylife.nz/marriage-mentoring/
Find out how you can become a Marriage Mentor here: https://www.familylife.nz/marriage-mentoring/become-mentors/