The Radiant Marriage Podcast

Have you ever thought about how a couple should prepare to get married when they are blending two families with children in the mix? Maybe this is your experience or maybe this is the experience of someone that you know.

Join us on today's podcast as Ron Deal gives some great advice on how a blended couple can prepare the best way for their marriage before saying "I do". He gives practical tips and gets into the nitty gritty of how to prepare well so that your marriage is set on a solid foundation.

Blending a family can be difficult, but there are practical steps that couples can take to build up a family and honor each family member.

If you are preparing to blend, then this podcast is specifically for you!

#28: To the couple preparing to blend their families (with Ron Deal)

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Where you can find Ron:

Family Life

Blended and Blessed

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Book:

Preparing to Blend: The Couple's Guide to Becoming a Smart Stepfamily

Bonus Material for Couples & Leaders

 

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Have you and your spouse experienced a pregnancy loss? Have you been a foster parent?

If you answered yes to either, then this podcast is for you.

Our guest on today's podcast is Rachel Lewis, author of "Unexpecting". Rachel authentically shares her experience of pregnancy loss as well as her experience as a foster mom. She is raw, real, and speaks life in this episode. Not only does she speak to her experience, but she also shares how she and her husband processed through their grief. This is not one you want to miss.

Friend, if fostering or pregnancy loss are a part of your story, you are not alone.

We hope that this episode blesses you and speaks to your heart.

#27: To the couple who has experienced pregnancy loss (with Rachel Lewis)

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Where you can find Rachel:

thelewisnote.com

Follow Rachel on Facebook and Instagram

Book:

Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss

When Man Grieves (Rachel's Husband's Blog Post)

FREE Bonus Book Chapter

Free Bonus Chapter

 

 

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Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

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Do you ever feel that you and your spouse are just too different sometimes? It can be difficult to pursue our marriage when we feel that our spouse doesn't see things the same way we do.

Join us on today's podcast as we talk with our guest, Carey Nieuwhof, about "marriage success killers" and about how to continuously be curious about our spouse.

Carey has one incredible piece of advice "Curiosity combats cynicism".

It's time to be curious about our spouse and seek to understand them, even though they may handle things or think about things differently than we would.

Being different can actually be an immense blessing--it just means that there is a lot more to discover!

#26: To the couple who is SO different from each other (with Carey Nieuwhof)

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Where you can find Carey:

careynieuwhof.com

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Books:

Didn't See It Coming: Overcoming the Seven Greatest Challenges That No One Expects and Everyone Experiences

At Your Best: How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor

Also Mentioned

Toni Nieuwhof's Podcast (Carey's Wife)

 

 

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When we walk hand in hand with the Spirit, we become predictable spouses. This means that our character is in line with Christ and we are securing ourselves on His firm footing. This type of predictable character will help our marriages to flourish.

Do you find yourself walking hand in hand, step in step with the Spirit, or are you just visiting from time to time?

Join us in the final episode of Season 1 as we talk about how to walk in step with the Holy Spirit, produce predictable fruit, and how to protect our marriages from the enemy in the process.

#25: The Beauty of Predictability

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

- Galatians 5:22-23, NIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

- Matthew 11:28-30 NIV

Discussion Questions:

Are you walking with the spirit or are you visiting?

Is your marriage one that produces fruit?

How would your marriage change if you and your spouse were both walking more closely in step with the Holy Spirit?

More information:

Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

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Check out Radiant Marriage Academy, a FREE 16-session experience designed to help you set your marriage on a solid biblical foundation.

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Have you ever experienced broken trust or betrayal in your marriage? In today’s episode, we talk about betrayal, broken trust, and how to work towards healing, both individually and as a couple.

Betrayal can have damaging consequences, but it doesn’t have to negatively define our marriage. In fact, it can lead to deeper levels of connection if both spouses are submitted to Jesus.

If we doubt the possibility for reconciliation, then we put God in a box, doubting the healing power of God.

He can work beyond all logical understanding to truly provide healing.

#24: Overcoming Betrayal and Broken Trust

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Discussion Questions:

What struck you in today’s episode?

If broken trust is part of your story, how did today’s episode shift your perspective?

What is the hardest part of forgiveness?

More information:

Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

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Are you in a place where finances are really tight or have you been? This can be such a difficult place to be in and it can be really difficult to put our marriage as a priority when we are overwhelmed by our finances...or lack thereof.

In today’s episode, we tackle how to keep your marriage strong even when it feels like you are being crushed under the pressure that finances can bring.

We hope that this episode encourages you and challenges you to keep a God-focused perspective and to pursue your spouse and your marriage, even through the difficulty.

You CAN do this.

#23: When Finances Are Tight

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Malachi 3:10

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Mark 12:41-44

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Matthew 6:1-4

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 25:14-30

“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. “ ‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Discussion Questions:

How do you and your spouse handle each other when there has been, or when there is, financial stress?

What can you and your spouse keep a team mindset in the midst of financial difficulty?

What stood out to you the most in today’s episode?

More information:

Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

Learn more about us and our story

Check out Radiant Marriage Academy, a FREE 16-session experience designed to help you set your marriage on a solid biblical foundation.

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Have you ever thought about what makes Christian marriage different? Or why having a marriage that is founded on God makes all the difference?

We’ve talked before about how to make Jesus the center of our marriages and our home, but on today’s podcast episode, we dive into the WHY behind the how.

Having Jesus at the core of our marriage grounds us and unites us better than anything else ever could.

#22: What Makes Christian Marriage Different?

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Discussion Questions:

Do your vows mean more to you today than they did when you first got married? If so, how?

How has having God at the core of your marriage shaped how you view “til death do us part”?

How have you seen God bring you and your spouse together in the midst of struggles?

More information:

Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

Learn more about us and our story

Check out Radiant Marriage Academy, a FREE 16-session experience designed to help you set your marriage on a solid biblical foundation.

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Have you ever found yourself feeling that technology is slowly taking over your home and your marriage? Maybe you have felt like the screen takes precedence over connection with your spouse?

With social media, the games, and the constant attention grabbers, it’s sometimes hard to put the screen down. These things aren’t bad in themselves, but we need to be aware of when they start to take over and when they act as a distraction...from our spouse, from life, and from God.

Join us on the podcast as we talk about technology, some of the struggles with it, and how to set boundaries so that your marriage and your relationship with God stay the main priority.

It’s all about balance.

#21: Keeping Technology from Taking Over

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Discussion Questions:

If you were to ask your spouse to comment on your tech use, what would they say? Would they say they feel second?

What is a change that you can make today?

Where are you doing well and where can you be more deliberate?

More information:

Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

Learn more about us and our story

Check out Radiant Marriage Academy, a FREE 16-session experience designed to help you set your marriage on a solid biblical foundation.

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Have you and your spouse ever been in different places about a decision...even when you were thinking about things WAY in the future?

We definitely have been. We are planners and tend to want to be on the same page all the time and be able to think years into the future. However, this isn’t necessarily realistic. We aren’t going to be on the same page all the time. We have different ways of processing decisions and we each have our own desires and dreams.

Join us on the podcast today as we talk about what to do when we aren’t on the same page, how to respond to one another, and how to move forward towards a decision even if we aren’t exactly on the same page.

It’s all about adjusting...adjusting to life, adjusting to making decisions as a team, and adjusting our mindsets.

#20: How to Move Forward as a Team When We Disagree

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Resources:

#14: The Fear Trap (the Episode about Idaho)

Discussion Questions:

Is there an area that you and your spouse are so focused on the end result that you're missing the journey?

Where do you need to listen and seek to understand your spouse?

How can you work as a team, even if you disagree?

More information:

Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

Learn more about us and our story

Check out Radiant Marriage Academy, a FREE 16-session experience designed to help you set your marriage on a solid biblical foundation.

Remember to follow us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest!

Have you or your spouse ever had a crisis of faith? Have you ever had struggles or had to wrestle with Biblical concepts?

Many of us will struggle with doubts at some point in our life, but what do we do when we feel a disconnect with our spouse because of doubt?

Join us in today’s episode as we dive into what to do when our spouse is struggling with their faith and how to support them on their faith journey!

We had so much fun recording this one and hope that you'll be blessed by it.

#19: I Thought I Married a Christian--Now What?

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Discussion Questions:

Have you or your spouse ever struggled with your faith in your marriage? What did that look like?

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Are there any other ways you can think of to support your spouse on their faith journey? /li>

More information:

Get our FREE eBook, 7 Days to an Awesome Marriage

Learn more about us and our story

Check out Radiant Marriage Academy, a FREE 16-session experience designed to help you set your marriage on a solid biblical foundation.

Remember to follow us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest!