Marriage After God

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April 06, 2023 The Power Of Being An Always Learner
Why a stagnant mind is like stagnant water, and how to become someone who loves to learn
About This Episode
Today we talk about the benefits of being an always learner and how to become someone who loves to learn. Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain why a stagnant mind is like stagnant water and how continual learning keeps you sharp and shapes your character. They share what they've been learning themselves, including guitar, cooking, parenting, homeschooling, and jiu-jitsu, and help you discover whether you're an auditory, kinesthetic, or visual learner. Drawing on quotes from Einstein, Da Vinci, and Abigail Adams, the Proverbs' call to seek wisdom, and Jesus' invitation to "learn from me" in Matthew 11:28-29, they encourage couples to keep learning, to study each other, and to be always learners of God's word.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
Stagnant water — why staying stagnant affects your mind and character
The benefits of learning — keeping your mind sharp and developing character
Their learning journeys — guitar, cooking, parenting, homeschooling, and jiu-jitsu
Your learning style — auditory, kinesthetic, or visual
Passion and retention — why we remember what we love
Wisdom from others — quotes from Einstein, Da Vinci, and Abigail Adams
Seeking wisdom — what Proverbs teaches about pursuing knowledge
Learn from Me — finding rest in learning from Christ
Being teachable — staying humble and receptive because there is always room to grow
How to keep learning — commit to it, use your time wisely, ask others for resources, and talk about what you're learning with your spouse
Scripture Referenced
Matthew 11:28-29
Proverbs — on seeking wisdom
Proverbs 18:15
Proverbs 1:7
Proverbs 14:4
Ephesians 5:15
Resources from This Episode
GIVEAWAY!!!!!! Today's episode is brought to you by our faithful patron team who have chosen to help financially support this show monthly. And since today is my birthday I want to try something a little different. If you sign up today to be a part of our faithful patron team, at any level, you will be entered for a chance to receive a copy of each of our marriage books for free and will also be added to a special list of people who will get one of the first copies of our newest book coming out later this year title The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers For Our Marriage. This goes for anyone who is already a faith patron team member. If you are currently on the team you will be automatically entered for a chance to win all our marriage books including a copy of our newest book releasing in the fall. We will announce the winner in the next episode so please sign up today and not only support this podcast and our free daily prayer emails but also be entered into this fun giveaway. Please visit marriageaftergod.com/patron
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35 min
March 30, 2023 Why Christians Need Mentors
You don't need a special testimony to mentor someone, just availability, honesty, and time
About This Episode
With great power comes great responsibility, and as believers, it's our responsibility to take care of the body. In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer Smith talk about why Christians need mentors and why every believer can be one. They share the mentors who poured into them when they were younger, and why mentoring doesn't require a degree or a dramatic testimony, only availability, honesty, and quality time that builds trust. Connecting mentorship to the Great Commission's call to make disciples, they encourage you to invite others into what you're already doing, like the woman in Malawi who taught Jennifer to pluck a chicken, while protecting your first ministries to your spouse and children.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
Great power, great responsibility — why mentorship belongs to every believer
Their mentors — the youth pastor and home-group leaders who shaped them
No special testimony required — availability and honesty are enough
Building trust — repeated quality time before deeper questions arise
The Great Commission — making disciples of Jesus
Invite people in — mentoring through what you're already doing
Generational legacy — pouring into the younger generation
Finding margin — mentoring without sacrificing your spouse and kids
Scripture Referenced
The Great Commission — go and make disciples
Genesis 4:9 — "Am I my brother's keeper?"
1 Peter 5:1-5 — shepherd the flock of God; clothe yourselves with humility toward one another
Resources from This Episode
Todays episode is brought to you by our free 30-day marriage prayer challenge. And our free 30day parenting prayer challenge. When you sign up for either of the challenges or both you will receive an email every day with scripture and topics for you to pray for your spouse and you son or daughter. We hope to inspire and encourage a consistent and robust prayer life with this challenge and want to invite you to sign up for free today. Simply visit http://marriageprayerchallenge.com/ or parentingprayerchallenge.com and sign up for free today.
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Marriage After God by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
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39 min
March 23, 2023 How To Learn To Love What Your Spouse Loves And What God Loves
Different hobbies? How choosing to love what your spouse loves weaves a thousand strands of connection
About This Episode
How do you determine what's important in your marriage, and what do you do when your interests and hobbies are different from your spouse's? In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer Smith explore the art of learning alongside each other and choosing to like what each other loves. Drawing on Jeremy and Audrey Roloff's principle of sharing and a quote from A Severe Mercy, they explain how entering into your spouse's interests weaves a thousand strands of connection. They share practical ways to start: invite yourself in, ask questions, give time, invest money, and encourage your spouse. Then they turn to learning what God loves, from cheerful giving to justice to people, by searching His word and loving the body of Christ.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
Jennifer's update — an honest look at her three-year weight-loss journey
Different interests — navigating hobbies you don't share
The principle of sharing — insight from Jeremy and Audrey Roloff
A Severe Mercy — "if one of us likes anything there must be something to like in it"
A thousand strands — how shared interests deepen your connection
Practical steps — invite yourself in, ask questions, give time, invest money, and encourage
What God loves — cheerful giving, justice, and people
Searching His word — learning to love what God loves
Loving the body of Christ — extending that love to God's people
Resources from This Episode
Today's episode is brought to you by our faithful patron team who have chosen to help financially support this show monthly. Here is a shout-out to some of our most recent patrons: Lakesha L, Rachel S, Joy C, Debra C. We thank you so much for choosing to partner with us in blessing 10's of thousands of couples with free daily prayer emails and this weekly podcast. If you have been blessed by our free Marriage After God content wed love to invite you to join our patron team. Please visit marriageaftergod.com/patron
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
Website: marriageaftergod.com
Shop books, devotionals, and prayer journals: shop.marriageaftergod.com
Follow Marriage After God: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · TikTok
Follow Aaron and Jennifer: Husband Revolution · Unveiled Wife
Want to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.
If this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.
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50 min
March 16, 2023 The Jesus Revolution Movie Review And How We Are Connected To It
Our SoCal church roots, the messy people God used, and why the next revival may start inside the church.
About This Episode
They say the Jesus Movement of the 1960s and 70s was the greatest spiritual awakening America has ever seen. In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer review the film Jesus Revolution and share how personally connected they are to it, having both grown up in Southern California, with Aaron attending Greg Laurie's Harvest Christian Fellowship and growing up on Calvary Chapel radio. They discuss what the film dramatizes, why its honest look at the messiness of the people involved is actually encouraging, and how God delights in using imperfect, foolish people. They close by asking whether revival can happen again, and suggest it may need to begin inside the church, with believers returning to their first love.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
Our Calvary Chapel roots — Why the Jesus Revolution story feels so personal to two Southern California kids
What the film dramatizes — Where the movie takes liberties and why it still points to real events
Lonnie Frisbee and Chuck Smith — A hunger for attention, a painful split, and what we can learn from both
God uses the foolish — Why imperfect people are exactly who God chooses to use
Not made for fame — Why the spotlight was never the point of revival
Could it happen again? — Why the next revival may need to begin inside the church
First love — Recovering love for Jesus and for one another instead of autonomous, disconnected faith
Scripture Referenced
1 Corinthians 1:18-19
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
Resources from This Episode
In this weeks episode we would like to invite you to invest in your marriage in a meaningful way and by doing so you will also be helping support this podcast.
simply take a moment and head over to our online store shop.marriageaftergod.com
And grab a set of our devotionals or prayer journals.
Here are some of the resources we have written for you.
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31 Prayers For My Son & Daughter books bundle
And for those of you that are engaged our are in a waiting period we have
31 Prayers For My Future husband and wife books.
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
31 Prayers For My Son by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
31 Prayers For My Daughter by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
31 Prayers For My Future Husband by Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
31 Prayers For My Future Wife by Aaron Smith (also in our shop)
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
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44 min
March 09, 2023 12 Date ideas For Spring
Twelve simple spring dates to shake off autopilot and remember that marriage is meant to be enjoyed.
About This Episode
Do you ever get stuck in a rut when it comes to pursuing your spouse? Maybe you have been on autopilot for too long, or you and your spouse are in a season of disconnection and are not sure where to pick up. With spring on the way, Aaron and Jennifer share 12 date ideas to help you think creatively about the next season of your marriage. They open with a William Wordsworth poem and Scripture, reminisce about their own early dates, and make the case that marriage is meant to be enjoyed, not just constantly worked on. The key is simple: put the date on the calendar.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
A fresh season — A William Wordsworth poem and Scripture set the tone for spring
Marriage is meant to be enjoyed — Why your marriage is not just something to constantly work on
Our early dates — Little Caesars, split Subway sandwiches, and jiu-jitsu date nights today
Outdoor dates — A picnic hike, chess at the park, visiting a nursery, and fishing
Simple and inexpensive — A backyard fire pit, ice cream, food trucks, and yard sales
Get moving together — Roller skating or biking, the community pool, and pickleball
Get creative — Making art together as a date
Put it on the calendar — Why scheduling dates matters, even when tension is high
Scripture Referenced
Proverbs 16:15
Deuteronomy 32:2
James 4:8
Psalm 16:11
Proverbs 5:18-19
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Resources from This Episode
Today's episode is brought to you by our faithful patron team who have chosen to help financially support this show monthly. Here is a shout-out to some of our most recent patrons.
Jill B
Christy H
Yvonne G
Meri U
We thank you so much for choosing to partner with us in blessing 10’s of thousands of couples with free daily prayer emails and this weekly podcast.
If you have been blessed by our free marriage after god content wed love to invite you to join our patron team.
Please visit marriageaftergod.com/patron
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
Website: marriageaftergod.com
Shop books, devotionals, and prayer journals: shop.marriageaftergod.com
Follow Marriage After God: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · TikTok
Follow Aaron and Jennifer: Husband Revolution · Unveiled Wife
Want to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.
If this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.
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45 min
February 23, 2023 The Art of Texting in Marriage
Why texts get misread, what to save for face-to-face, and how to use your phone to encourage your spouse.
About This Episode
They say communication is the key to a good relationship, but what about how we communicate in the 21st century? The rapid ability to talk by phone, text, or email has thrown a curve ball at couples trying to hit a home run in marriage. Have you ever sent a text that was taken the wrong way, ignored a message, or felt hurt by how a conversation unfolded over text? Aaron and Jennifer explore why texting is so easy to misread, which conversations belong in person, and how to use your phone to encourage and affirm your spouse instead of creating distance.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
Texting changed everything — How phones, the internet, and apps reshaped the way couples communicate
What gets lost in a text — Facial expression, tone, and eye contact disappear
Patience when your spouse is busy — Why a slow reply does not have to become a conflict
Save it for face to face — Why deep or harsh feelings belong in person
Emojis and curt replies — How short-hand communication gets misunderstood
Passive-aggression and offense — Avoiding digs and not being quick to take offense
Texts that build up — Compliments, affirmations, verses, prayers, and thinking-of-you messages
A skill worth learning — Why everyone expresses themselves through texting differently
Scripture Referenced
Proverbs 15:28
Philippians 2:4
Resources from This Episode
Join our free 31-day Marriage Prayer Challenge: marriageprayerchallenge.com
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
Website: marriageaftergod.com
Shop books, devotionals, and prayer journals: shop.marriageaftergod.com
Follow Marriage After God: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · TikTok
Follow Aaron and Jennifer: Husband Revolution · Unveiled Wife
Want to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.
If this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.
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Smith Family Resources, Inc © 2026
43 min
February 17, 2023 The Meaning And Purpose Of Intimacy In Marriage
Intimacy is bigger than sex: four kinds of closeness and what the Hebrew word yada says about being known.
About This Episode
Intimacy is a word we usually associate with sex or physical connection. Those are forms of intimacy, but is that all the word means? In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer explore what we can learn from God and His relationship with us about intimacy with Him and with our spouse. They walk through four kinds of intimacy, emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual, and unpack the Hebrew word yada, which means to know deeply and experientially. Jennifer shares a tender moment from their difficult early years and reads from The Unveiled Wife about the gift of being fully known.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
More than sex — Why intimacy is deeper and more profound than physical connection
Four kinds of intimacy — Emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual
The danger of withholding — Why neglecting any one area of intimacy is dangerous
The meaning of yada — Knowing experientially, not just head knowledge
Knowing God and knowing your spouse — The same word used for both relationships
Christ makes it possible — How Jesus opens the way to true intimacy with God and each other
Washing Aaron's feet — Jennifer's story from after his Brazil trip during their hard early years
The gift of being known — A reading from The Unveiled Wife
Scripture Referenced
Genesis 3:5
Genesis 4:1
Psalm 135:5
Psalm 139:23
Galatians 4:9
John 17
Isaiah 53:3
1 John 1:1-3
Resources from This Episode
If you have been blessed by the free marriage after god content wed love to invite you to join our patron team.
Please visit marriageaftergod.com/patron
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
The Unveiled Wife by Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
Website: marriageaftergod.com
Shop books, devotionals, and prayer journals: shop.marriageaftergod.com
Follow Marriage After God: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · TikTok
Follow Aaron and Jennifer: Husband Revolution · Unveiled Wife
Want to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.
If this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.
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Smith Family Resources, Inc © 2026
52 min
February 09, 2023 The Gospel Is For Christians Too
The good news is not just how we start with Jesus. It is how couples find hope and reconcile every day.
About This Episode
The gospel is the good news of salvation to the world. Where we could only fail, Jesus could only succeed. It brings us near to God while we were far off and makes us whole where we were in pieces. But does the gospel only matter before we believe, or after too? In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer talk about why believers need to cling to the gospel in every area of life, including marriage. They share how preaching the gospel to each other has carried them through real struggles, and how putting Jesus in the middle of a conflict takes the focus off of me and puts it on Him.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
Not just for the lost — Why the gospel still matters after we believe
Defaulting to the gospel — Why Aaron turns to the gospel when he does not know how to fix a problem
Preaching the gospel to each other — How Jennifer preached the gospel to Aaron during his struggle with pornography
The armor of God — The helmet of salvation and feet fitted with the gospel of peace
Guarding against unbelief — The warning against an evil, unbelieving heart
From me versus you to reconciliation — Putting Jesus between you and your spouse in conflict
Hope and freedom — How the gospel keeps transforming and sanctifying believers
Scripture Referenced
Romans 1:16
Hebrews 3:12-13
Ephesians 6:15, 17
Philippians 1:6
Resources from This Episode
If you have been blessed by our free Marriage After God content, we'd love to invite you to join our patron team. So if you haven't joined the team yet, here is your chance.
Please visit marriageaftergod.com/patron
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
The Unveiled Wife by Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Marriage After God by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Song mentioned: Goodness of God
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
Website: marriageaftergod.com
Shop books, devotionals, and prayer journals: shop.marriageaftergod.com
Follow Marriage After God: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · TikTok
Follow Aaron and Jennifer: Husband Revolution · Unveiled Wife
Want to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.
If this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.
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Smith Family Resources, Inc © 2026
44 min
February 03, 2023 Give More Love Than You Take In Your Marriage
Love is a verb. Why keeping score kills marriages and how forgiveness wipes out the debt.
About This Episode
The word love gets used for so many things, from pets to food, from clothing to cars. So what does it mean when we tell our spouse, I love you? How will our spouse, children, and friends know the difference between our love for things and our love for them? In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer explore how the word may have been diluted and how to revive its meaning for the people it should mean the most to. They make the case that love is proven by action, that keeping score poisons a marriage, and that the way of Christ is to give more than you take.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
One word, many meanings — How we use love for everything from pets to cars
More than a feeling — A Harvard brain-scan study of dopamine and the limits of feelings-based love
Love is a verb — Why love is proven by action
Christ's example — Christ giving Himself up for the church as the model for marriage
The balance-scale trap — How keeping a ledger turns love into a transaction
Forgiveness wipes out the debt — The fastest way to reconcile
The Good Samaritan — Giving without expecting anything back
Paul the tentmaker — Working so he could give rather than take
Give more than you take — Why Christ never came to take
Scripture Referenced
Ephesians 5:25
James 1:19-25
Luke 10
Acts 20:34-35
Luke 6:37-38
Romans 12:10
Resources from This Episode
If you have been blessed by the free Marriage After God content, we'd love to invite you to join our patron team.
Please visit marriageaftergod.com/patron
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Marriage After God by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
Website: marriageaftergod.com
Shop books, devotionals, and prayer journals: shop.marriageaftergod.com
Follow Marriage After God: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · TikTok
Follow Aaron and Jennifer: Husband Revolution · Unveiled Wife
Want to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.
If this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.
As an Amazon Associate, Marriage After God earns from qualifying purchases.
Smith Family Resources, Inc © 2026
45 min
January 26, 2023 How To Transform Your Marriage Together this year
Seven practical steps, from writing goals together to seeing your spouse through Christ's eyes.
About This Episode
All of us, on some level, desire transformation in our marriage. Whether it is a small change or a complete overhaul, we want more joy, peace, love, and purpose. The truth is we are always being transformed into something; the question is whether it is what God desires. The first step is believing that we can change, because of what God says. In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer walk through seven ways to establish the transformation you want to see in your marriage, and remind couples that powerful change takes time, effort, and a selfless, sacrificial heart.
About Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.
In This Episode
Believe you can change — Why transformation starts with trusting what God says about you
Write it out — Setting shared goals for your marriage and your walk with the Lord
The Golden Rule — Treating your spouse the way you want to be treated
Hold your tongue — If you do not have anything nice to say, do not say it at all
Stop being easily offended — Why love is not irritable or resentful
More romance and more sex — Why the order of these steps matters
Invest in your marriage — Date nights, retreats, books, and praying for one another
See your spouse through Christ's eyes — A lens of grace instead of constant criticism
One bite at a time — Why powerful change takes time and effort
Scripture Referenced
Matthew 7:12
Galatians 5:13-15
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
1 Corinthians 7:3
2 Corinthians 5:16-19
Resources from This Episode
This episode is brought to you by our faithful patron team, who have chosen to help financially support this show monthly. Here is a shout-out to some of our most recent patrons.
Nicole Mitchell
Dawn G
Kimberly S
Katharine C
Candice G
Regena J
We thank you so much for choosing to partner with us in blessing 10’s of thousands of couples with free daily prayer emails and this weekly podcast.
If you have been blessed by the free Marriage After God content, we'd love to invite you to join our patron team.
Please visit marriageaftergod.com/patron
Check out our marriage resources!
Get our new book The Marriage Gift - 365 prayers for your marriage!
The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Marriage After God by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
The Unveiled Wife by Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas
See-Through Marriage by Ryan & Selena Frederick
FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember marriage retreat
Full show notes and blog post
Connect with Marriage After God
Website: marriageaftergod.com
Shop books, devotionals, and prayer journals: shop.marriageaftergod.com
Follow Marriage After God: Instagram · Facebook · YouTube · TikTok
Follow Aaron and Jennifer: Husband Revolution · Unveiled Wife
Want to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.
If this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.
As an Amazon Associate, Marriage After God earns from qualifying purchases.
Smith Family Resources, Inc © 2026
57 min