Marriage After God

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September 29, 2022 How To Cultivate deep and meaningful friendships
Why deep friendships aren't optional for believers, and how to push through conflict instead of running
About This Episode
Aaron and Jennifer love friendship, and God has provided real, deep friendships in many places throughout their marriage. Prompted by questions from their friend Cody, they talk about why deep friendships within the body of Christ are a necessity rather than an option, because believers cannot live as floating islands. Every friendship took time, and each one seemed to have a hard moment that gave them the chance to press on in love. They name conflict as the hardest part and the urge to run away, admit mistakes they have made, and push back on selfish, comfort-only friendships by pointing to Jesus, who invited all twelve disciples, including Judas. They share practical ways to go deeper, from asking honest questions to apologizing quickly.
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 floating islands — why deep friendship in the body of Christ is necessary
It takes time — investing in friendships wherever God places you
Conflict and the urge to run — pressing on in love when friendship gets hard
Beyond comfort — Jesus inviting all twelve disciples, including Judas
Going deeper — asking about each other's marriages and struggles with sin
Friends unlike you — pursuing people who are different from you
Apologize quickly — and model healthy friendship for your kids
Weekly challenge — initiate a deep conversation with your spouse or with friends
Scripture Referenced
Proverbs 18:24; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 1:27
Resources from This Episode
TAKE THE FREE MARRIAGE PRAYER CHALLENGE marriageprayerchallenge.com
Sponsor: The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
50 min
September 22, 2022 Walking in Victory From Pornography In Marriage
How Aaron found lasting freedom by believing he was already free in Christ, and how trust was rebuilt
About This Episode
Pornography is all too common these days, and sadly it is common even among believers. In this episode, Aaron shares how he has been able to walk in freedom from this addiction for more than six years. The turning point was belief: while he believed he was a slave to porn he stayed enslaved, but when he realized he was already free in Christ, he could recognize sin as a choice he was able to refuse. Jennifer opens up about the insecurity, anger, and broken trust it brought into their marriage and how trust was rebuilt through honest, quick confession. They also talk about how to prepare and protect children from this destructive sin, including guarding their eyes, setting device boundaries, and presenting sex as a good, God-given gift.
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
Freedom in Christ — Aaron's story of more than six years walking free from pornography
Belief drives behavior — why what we believe is how we will act
Sin as a choice — temptation and God's way of escape
A wife's perspective — insecurity, anger, and broken trust
Rebuilding trust — the power of honest, quick confession
Encouragement from Scripture — lay it aside, flee from it, put it to death, draw near to God, not even a hint, and confess and pray together
Protecting your kids — guarding eyes, device boundaries at other people's homes, and God's design for sex
Weekly challenge — be intimate with each other every night for one week
Scripture Referenced
Romans 12:2; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Titus 3:4-7; Hebrews 12:1; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Romans 8:13; James 4:8; Ephesians 5:1-5; James 5:16
Resources from This Episode
This episode is brought to you by our 31-day marriage devotionals for couples:
Husband After God by Aaron Smith (also in our shop)
Wife After God by Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Sponsor: The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
September 14, 2022 Marriage, Money, Inflation & Crypto
Biblical wisdom on money, debt, and contentment when inflation hits, and how we talk about crypto as a couple
About This Episode
Money and finances are some of the most fought-over issues in marriage, and with inflation and the cost of living climbing, the pressure is real. Aaron and Jennifer make it clear this is not financial advice but encouragement to get couples talking about how God wants us to think about and respond to money. They share anchor verses they lean on when making financial decisions, recall seasons of debt and seasons of living on very little, and explain why believers should not love debt. They talk honestly about the tension husbands feel between trusting God and providing for a family, and why blaming each other makes financial strain worse. They also explain cryptocurrency in simple terms and share how they approach any investment together.
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
The love of money — money isn't evil, but our hearts toward it matter
Two masters — Matthew 6:24 and the meaning of mammon
Owe no one anything — their story of getting out of debt and living debt-free
Inflation and uncertainty — staying at peace when the financial climate gets worse
Hope in God, not riches — 1 Timothy 6:17 and the cares of the world in Mark 4
Unity over blame — facing financial strain as a team
Crypto and investing — talk it through, agree together, and use only expendable funds
Weekly challenge — dream together about something you both love or a future idea
Scripture Referenced
1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:17; Matthew 6:24; Romans 13:8; Mark 4:18-19; Ecclesiastes 4; Philippians 4:11-13
Resources from This Episode
This episode is sponsored by our book Marriage After God. This is a great marriage resource for anyone or any couple that is looking for something meaty that will inspire and challenge a little. It is a book we wrote together that dips into our story but also gets the reader to search out “what is God doing in my marriage” This book also spends quite a bit of time on finances and marriage, so if you want to dive deeper into today's topic we strongly encourage you to pick up a copy if you have not already! Marriage After God will put you on the path to exploring what God’s purpose for your marriage is. Find it here: Marriage After God by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
OpenBible.info (the Bible search tool mentioned in this episode)
Sponsor: The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
58 min
September 08, 2022 Peace in Marriage: How to Pace Yourself and Avoid Burnout
Why coming out hot leads to burnout, and six ways to find a sustainable pace that brings peace home
About This Episode
Every marriage, including Aaron and Jennifer's, desires peace. Ultimately peace comes from Christ Himself, but there is also a kind of peace that comes from having a good and healthy pace in life. Bad routines, trying to do too much at once, and lofty expectations of ourselves or others can push us into an unsustainable pace, and they admit they are there right now. Drawing on what Jennifer learned coaching rowing and CrossFit about reserving energy for longevity, they talk through practical ways to find a healthier rhythm, including keeping the main thing the main thing and making room for rest the way Jesus told His disciples to rest. Aaron's flooded-garage story is a reminder that small, consistent steps beat large jumps of change.
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
Don't start out full force — reserve your energy for longevity
Make a priority list — keep the main thing the main thing and cut off outliers
Include rest — the Sabbath and Jesus telling His disciples to rest
Be patient — leave room for disruptions
Don't compare — comparison steals joy
Check expectations — set realistic, communicated expectations to avoid disappointment
The flooded garage — what happens when you try to do too many things at once
Weekly challenge — do a workout together
Scripture Referenced
Hebrews 12:1-2; Mark 2:27; Mark 6:30-32; Psalm 127:2; James 5:8
Resources from This Episode
If you have been blessed by our podcast, please consider supporting it by grabbing a copy of our 30-Day marriage devotionals. Husband and Wife After God devotional bundle
Husband After God by Aaron Smith (also in our shop)
Wife After God by Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie (the homeschool book Jennifer mentions)
Sponsor: The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
50 min
September 01, 2022 Keeping Marriage Strong During Life Transitions
Ten months, 30+ places, and a house build: what kept our marriage strong through a season of change
About This Episode
Our marriages are not exempt from the transitions and seasons of life. Returning after a year-and-a-half hiatus, Aaron and Jennifer recap a 10-month transition of selling their home, building a new one, and living nomadically across more than 30 places. They talk about unexpected circumstances and high-stress seasons, and how emotional breakdowns and dropped routines are not evidence of a weak marriage but a test of its strength. They credit prayer, friends, validation, and remembering they chose this path for carrying them through. When we walk through transitions together and with Christ, they become opportunities for our unity, strength, and faith to grow, because God cares more about our character than our comfort.
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
Where they've been — selling a home, building a new one, and living in 30+ places
A cross-country road trip — six to seven weeks on the road as a family
Breakdowns aren't failure — hard seasons test the strength of a marriage
What helped — prayer, friends, and validating each other's feelings
Remember your choice — owning the path you chose together
Count it all joy — living in the now and looking for what is commendable
Weekly challenge — play a game together
Scripture Referenced
Ecclesiastes 7:8-11; Proverbs 3:5; James 1:2-3; Philippians 4:8; Isaiah 40:8; Philippians 3:12
Resources from This Episode
This Episode is brought to you by The Unveiled Wife. This is our first traditionally published book and in it we share those first four years of our marriage. It was definitely a strenuous and difficult time of our lives, one of our biggest transitions as we share the details of getting married … and what we faced was definitely unexpected. So in sharing about life transitions in todays episode we also wanted to give a shout out to this book as it dives deep into how we handled it all and how God led our hearts through those tough times. Get your copy: The Unveiled Wife by Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
Sponsor: The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
March 22, 2021 Jesus Is Our Passover: How Jesus Fulfilled the Passover Feast
From the lamb's blood to the hidden afikomen, how every part of the Passover feast points to Jesus
About This Episode
As Passover and Easter approach, Aaron and Jennifer share how Jesus Himself fulfilled the Passover feast in His life, death, and resurrection. Walking through Exodus 12, they show how the elements of the feast align with the life of Christ: the lamb's blood on the doorposts and lintel, the unleavened bread, the afikomen that is broken, wrapped, and hidden, the bitter herbs, and the four cups of wine. They trace the events of Holy Week alongside the Passover timeline, from the lamb being selected on Palm Sunday to Jesus dying at 3pm as the Passover lambs were slain. As the Season 5 finale, they close by sharing what they are grateful for in their 14 years of marriage. The feast is merely a shadow, but He is the substance.
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
The first Passover — God's deliverance of Israel in Exodus 12
Shadow and substance — why the feast points to Christ
The blood of the lamb — on the doorposts and lintel
Unleavened bread — removing the leaven of sin
The afikomen — broken, wrapped, and hidden, a picture of His body and three days in the tomb
Bitter herbs and four cups — more pictures of the gospel in the Passover meal
Holy Week and Passover — the lamb selected, examined, unbroken, and slain at 3pm
Gratitude — what they are thankful for after 14 years of marriage
Scripture Referenced
Exodus 12; Colossians 2:17; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; Hebrews 9:22; Isaiah 53:5; 1 Corinthians 11:24; John 6:35; Matthew 18:3; Revelation 22:13; Exodus 1:14; John 13:22-26; Romans 6:17-18; Exodus 6:6-7; Colossians 1:13; Romans 6:22; Ephesians 1:7; Galatians 3:13; Luke 22:19-20; Titus 2:11-14; John 19:4; Matthew 26:59; John 6:53; John 19:29; John 1:29
Resources from This Episode
A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays by Robin Sampson and Linda Pierce
Messiah and the Feasts of Israel
Take the free 31-day Marriage Prayer Challenge
Sponsors: Get our new book The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
1 hr 9 min
March 15, 2021 Are We Living In The Last Days?
Why end-times prophecy should fill believers with hope, not fear, and which signs are worth watching
About This Episode
You can't turn on the TV or open social media without seeing increasing distress and chaos around the world, and many people are wondering about the fragile state of our world. But Christians have a hope that goes beyond this world, a hope that is everlasting. In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer discuss the end times and how believers should think about it, opening with the Hebrew word qavah, hope, pictured as a cord twisted together under tension. They encourage testing every teacher against Scripture, look at how Jesus fulfilled Daniel's seventy-weeks prophecy, and talk through current signs involving Israel and Jerusalem. The goal is not fear but urgency to share the gospel, a posture of repentance like Daniel's, and encouragement from the promise that believers are not destined for wrath.
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
Hope under tension — the Hebrew word qavah and a cord twisted together
Encourage one another — why end-times teaching should bring hope, not fear
Test every teacher — be wary of anyone setting dates
Fulfilled prophecy — Jesus and Daniel 9's seventy weeks
Signs to watch — Israel's statehood in 1948, Jerusalem as capital, and third-temple preparations
Two life-size Noah's arks — one of the current events they discuss
Urgency and repentance — sharing the gospel and praying like Daniel
Scripture Referenced
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Isaiah 40:31; Genesis 49:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21; Matthew 24:37-39; Jeremiah 25; Daniel 9; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:8-11; Galatians 6:9
Resources from This Episode
Speaking of the end of days we wanted to tell you about a movie that we recently watched that was really exciting and encouraging. It shares about how the return of Christ is like a Galilean wedding.
Before the Wrath (documentary) · marriageaftergod.com/btw
Take the free 31-day Marriage Prayer Challenge
Sponsors: Get our new book The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
1 hr 21 min
March 08, 2021 Why What We Believe Is So Important
Knowing the Bible isn't the same as believing it: how lies take root and how truth sets us free
About This Episode
What do we believe? The answer explains why we do certain things, why we remain in certain sins, and why we treat people, and ourselves, the way we do. In this episode we frame the mind as a battlefield and look at Eve in the garden, who added "neither shall you touch it" to God's command and believed the serpent's lie, and at Jesus, who answered every temptation with Scripture. Aaron shares how knowing the Bible's truth about freedom didn't break his pornography addiction until he stopped believing he was still in bondage. If you say you believe something and your decisions don't reflect it, you don't actually believe it. Believe lies and you will walk in lies; believe the truth and you will walk in freedom and power.
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
The mind as a battlefield — why beliefs, not just knowledge, drive our actions
Eve in the garden — how adding to God's word opened the door to the serpent's lie
Jesus in the wilderness — answering every temptation with Scripture
Aaron's story — why knowing the truth didn't bring freedom until he believed it
Knowledge vs. belief — the Indiana Jones invisible-bridge picture of faith that acts
Countering lies — replacing common lies with the truth of God's Word
Counterfeit peace — the false calm of justified sin versus a mind stayed on God
Scripture Referenced
Genesis 3:1-6; James 1:14; Matthew 4:1-11; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 10:3-7; Philippians 4:8; 2 Peter 1:3-4; Romans 5:8; Matthew 6:26-30; Romans 1:20; Psalm 119:160; Psalm 18:16; Ecclesiastes 4:9-10; Psalm 55:22; 1 John 1:8; Romans 12:2; Colossians 3:1-4; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Peter 5:6-10; Romans 8:5-7; Isaiah 26:3; Romans 15:13
Resources from This Episode
Get our new book The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
1 hr 9 min
March 01, 2021 Ways To Have Fun As A Family!
Game nights, backyard camping, ceiling movies, and dozens more ideas for choosing joy with your kids
About This Episode
This might be our funniest episode of the season. We share stories from our own family and brainstorm a long list of simple ways to have fun together, from game nights and backyard camping to road trips with junk food, projector movies on the ceiling, dance parties, gardening, science experiments, and even a Christmas cardboard-box maze. We talk about adapting ideas to your budget and your family, why simpler is often more memorable than expensive outings, and how boredom can actually fuel creativity. Most of all, we want to encourage you to create a fun atmosphere in your home regardless of what you may be going through, because joy. As we put it, we didn't know we were making memories; we just knew we were having fun.
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
Game nights — easy, cheap fun the whole family can join
Camping — tent trips and backyard campouts
Road trips — making the drive part of the adventure, junk food included
Movies and dance parties — projector movies on the ceiling and living-room dancing
Building and gardening — projects together and garden boxes the kids own
Science experiments and a cardboard-box maze — creative fun at home
Aaron's tape-measure game — a simple guessing game kids love
Choosing joy — why being intentional about fun matters when time with kids is short
Scripture Referenced
Proverbs 15:13; Psalm 118:24
Resources from This Episode
We want to invite you to take our 31-day marriage prayer challenge. These are made possible in part by our faithful prayer team patrons.
Free date night conversation starters: Datenightconversations.com
Get our new book The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
1 hr 2 min
February 22, 2021 6 Tips For Building A Strong Marriage
What gutting a fixer-upper taught us about foundations, humility, intimacy, and forgiveness in marriage
About This Episode
In this episode we share six ways to help you build a stronger and more vibrant marriage, one that can withstand the schemes of the enemy and be useful in building the Kingdom of God together. We use the gut renovation of our abandoned fixer-upper as a picture, from the rain pouring through the torn-off roof to the foundation pour we had the company redo. The tips: keep your marriage Christ-centered, read the Bible daily, walk in humility, pursue intimacy, communicate well, and love and forgive. This isn't about perfection; it's a heart posture of building forward in the Holy Spirit's power, because unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.
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
The fixer-upper — what renovating a gutted house teaches about building a marriage
Tip 1: Christ-centered — Jesus is the only foundation that holds
Tip 2: Read the Bible daily — eating the Word like Ezekiel's scroll
Tip 3: Walk in humility — why you can't fight with a humble person
Tip 4: Pursue intimacy — physical, emotional, and spiritual
Tip 5: Communicate well — choosing to overlook an offense
Tip 6: Love and forgive — building forward in the Spirit's power, not perfection
Scripture Referenced
1 Corinthians 3:11-13; Matthew 7:24-27; Psalm 127:1; Proverbs 3:5-6; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 4:13; Deuteronomy 6:7; Joshua 1:8; Ephesians 6; Hebrews 4:12; Ezekiel 3:3; John 6:35; John 1:1-2, 14; Psalm 25:9; James 4:1-2; Song of Solomon 1:2; 1 Corinthians 7:3-5; Proverbs 19:11; Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 15:1; 1 Peter 4:8
Resources from This Episode
Marriage After God by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop)
We want to invite you to take our 31-day Parenting prayer challenge.
parentingprayerchallenge.com
Get our new book The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers for Our Marriage by Aaron & Jennifer Smith (also in our shop) · themarriagegift.com
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
1 hr 6 min