Fierce Marriage

Many couples ask about building spiritual unity, intimacy, and connection. Questions like: How can we grow in our faith together? How can we build Christ-centered rhythms into our daily and weekly lives?

In this episode, Ryan and Selena explore the topic of Spiritual Intimacy by looking at spiritual disciplines for cultivating a relentless devotion to Christ together. Among the things discussed are prayer, Scripture reading, spiritual disciplines (fasting, scripture memorization, prayer, studying scripture in depth, reading swaths of passages).

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It’s inevitable in marriage for us to become familiar with our spouse. We know each other’s likes, dislikes, love languages—we also know how and when to press each other’s buttons. Familiarity is a double-edged sword that NEEDS to be used and viewed through the lens of the gospel. By knowing each other more fully, the Holy Spirit empowers us to love more completely.

In this episode, Ryan and Selena discuss their own struggles with familiarity and how God continues to gently and lovingly lead them back to biblical truths in how they can love each other more completely.

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Everyone builds their marriage on something. What is your marriage founded upon? More importantly, is the foundation of your marriage secure? In this episode, Ryan and Selena explore their 3 non-negotiables for marriage and look at how when they're in place, everything about your marriage will change.

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One of the biggest sources of strife in marriage is being unequally yoked. What is the husband or wife to do if their spouse isn’t trying or won’t re-engage with the relationship?

In this week’s episode, Ryan and Selena tackle this tough question and more...

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In this episode, Ryan and Selena discuss Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages. In their discussion they explore whether or not they are biblical, and how they can help/hinder your marriage in the different seasons you’re in (pre-kids, littles, etc.).

After recently taking the quiz online (go to http://5LoveLanguages.com to take the quiz yourself), both were surprised by their results this time around versus when they were younger and without kids.

Note: we weren't' paid in any way to talk about this book, it's just a great conversation piece that has helped us a ton.

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Sex is an incredible gift, but missed expectations can cause hurt and frustration. What if you could clearly know what to expect, when sex would happen, and why it's worth prioritizing, even when you're tired?

In this week's episode, Ryan and Selena introduce the idea of establishing a "Spectrum of Sex" in your marriage, as a means of gaining unity around the 'rhythms' (pun kind of intended) of your sex life.

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In this episode, Ryan and Selena discuss how our earthly marriage is simply a shadow to our eternal marriage with Christ, and the implications of living too focused on the happiness level of our marriage rather than the One we were created for can have ...

As marriage ministers, it’s important for us to continually point people to Christ and commission marriages for the gospel (the mission of FM)—part of this means asking and discussing the hard question of: Are we surrendering ourselves/our marriage to God’s Kingdom? Or have we reduced Christianity to a mere means to our end: a happy life, and therefore, a happy marriage?

Secondly, are we serving God’s kingdom together and “Strengthening the brethren?” (Isaiah 12:4) In other words, are to proclaim to others God’s mighty works and his character. Listen along for more!

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There is a lot of godly information and instruction around this area of friendship with the opposite sex and whether or not it is something that can happen or should happen.

In this episode, Ryan and Selena will discuss this controversial topic while sharing their own experiences and biblical understanding of how we “can have the wisdom to know and enjoy the blessing of friendship in a way that honors both our marriage and our brothers and sisters in Christ—while ultimately bringing glory to him.”

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Marriage is trending downward while cohabitation trends upward, but the facts say that's a bad thing. It's important to understand why cohabitation is bad from both a biblical perspective as well as a sociological perspective.

In this episode, we'll dive deep into the reasons why couples cohabitate and practical ways to combat this harmful trend in culture.

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You're probably using your smartphone to listen to this. Your phone is a great tool! But it can also create problems in life and marriage.

(Side note: This episode marks 1 FULL YEAR of the Fierce Marriage Podcast! Thanks for listening!)

Anyways... A few diagnostic questions: Do you check your phone first thing in the morning? Do you spend many of your idle moments checking it compulsively? What is the longest stretch you've gone in the past year without checking your phone?

In today's episode, we'll continue our conversation we started about 12 episodes ago (whoops!). Note, we weren't paid to do this, we're just VERY convicted about this subject and the below book is gospel-centered, relevant, and challenging.

Resource: "12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You" by Tony Reinke

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