What does it look like to have different callings or different spiritual walks in marriage? Are these things that should be separate or do they always have to be in sync and together? Come along and take a listen as we talk through some of our thoughts on these questions.

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In this episode, we continue our Relationship Q&A series. This one is about finding balance in your marriage, or relationship, if one of you is an extrovert and the other is an introvert. We dive into this topic looking at ourselves and our marriage, and give strategies on how to explore each others' personalities and how to successfully live out life together.

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Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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On this week's episode we're answering viewers questions on sex and intimacy and how to ask what they desire or express what you desire. We're even going to touch on the difference of those 2 things and how you truly need a healthy basis of communication  in both to help make a solid foundation in this area of marriage. 

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Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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We reached out to our listeners for questions, and you responded with some great ones. Thank you!

We looked at two of your questions for this week's episode, and they both have to do with differences in church attendance while being married: 1) What if you and your spouse attend different churches?; and 2) What if you attend church in person, but your spouse watches church online since they don't like being around people? We had a great time exploring these questions, and we hope that you learn some things from our suggestions.

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Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Join us as we talk with our friends Dustin and Torrie Weedman, They share their amazing story of ups and downs in marriage. Dustin and Torrie become transparent with their story as they give strategies on how to overcome to victory.

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Is it different to parent in the current times, or is it the same as it always has been? In this week's episode, we talk about parenting and what that looks like. We also discuss different ways and tricks that the enemy uses to trap and deceive children, and parents. It is important that we grow boundaries and expectations with our children when they are ready, not just when they reach a certain age. One of the best things parents can do for their children - Be consistent.

Proverbs 22: 6 
"Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it." (TLV)

Ecclesiastes 1: 9
"What has been is what will be, and what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun." (TLV)

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In this week's episode, we revisit the topic of accountability. Having accountability, together with vulnerability, is important to communication between couples, families, friends, every level. We all need to have people around us that will keep our feet to the fire, and ensure that we are keeping our standards and goals where they need to be. It is equally important for us to be open and honest with feedback and self-assessments to them.

Look for people around you that can be in your accountability group, and for people that you can help stay accountable.

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Do you have a blended family? We do. Before we got married, and after, we did our best to work out how to be successful in our blended family, and what would work best for us. Many questions come to mind with blended families like traditions, vacations, schools, and discipline. Some topics are easier than others, but they all add to the outcome.

We also talk about what leads to many blended families - divorce. What does that mean according to the Bible vs today?

Mark 10: 2-12
'Pharisees came up, and to test Him they began asking, “Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife?”

And He replied to them, “What did Moses command you?”

The Pharisees said, “Moses permitted a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.”

But Yeshua said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment! But from the beginning of creation, God ‘made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate!”

 In the house, the disciples began questioning Him about this again. And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she is committing adultery.”' (TLV)

Deuteronomy 24: 1-4
"Suppose a man takes a wife and marries her. Now if she doesn’t find favor in his eyes because he has found something indecent in her, he is to write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her and send her out from his house. When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man’s wife. Now suppose the second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, and he hands it to her and she leaves his house—or suppose the second husband who took her to be his wife dies. Then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled—for that would be detestable before Adonai. You are not to bring guilt on the land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance." (TLV)

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In this episode we take a journey to explore accountability. What does that look like? What does it not look like? Accountability should be encouragement, based in love. It should not manifest itself in nagging or negative criticism. Remember, you are on the same team and want the best for each other.

Colossians 3: 16-17 "Let the word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Yeshua, giving thanks to God the Father through Him." (TLV)

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Music: Savour The Moment by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Happy 2023! It is a new year on the calendar, but what does that mean for us? People don't change with the calendar, they take steps and actions to affect change in their lives, families, and marriages. Communication is a great strategy and tool for improvement, and we all need to embrace it, no matter your location or circumstance.

We also talk about some of the projects that we will be working on in the coming year.

Philippians 3: 7-9 "The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I’m tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God’s righteousness." (MSG)

Have the Best Week! Enjoy the Journey!

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