Your Marriage Can Survive Toddlers & Teens - Guest Cast with Rhonda Stoppe presenting this message at the Awesome Marriage Online Marriage Retreat*

INTRO: (00:00-4:43)
-Postpartum
-Feeling like I had failed my husband and my children
-Temptation to run away and find my worth in my career
-Loneliness of motherhood
-"Trying to Keep the Love Alive in Marriage while Keeping your kids alive one more day" LOL
-Toddler Tantrums and Teen mood swings can make it feel like connecting with your spouse is impossible.
-Grin & Bear it... Fake it til you make it? Not the Best Course of Action.
-Imposter syndrome
-God loves when we cry out and admit we are at the end of our rope and don't have it all together

4 WAYS YOUR MARRIAGE CAN SURVIVE TODDLERS & TEENS (04:44)
1. Be Still
      -God is for you building a better marriage
      -Who can be against you?
      -Stop Striving to Do Better
      -Overly Committed

QUOTE: "Being Still may feel counter productive, but God will meet you in the quiet."

2. Be Real (07:02-09:19 )
    -Honesty with gentle words
    -Don't shame or blame your spouse
    -Acknowledge the real difficulty of raising toddlers & teens
    -Realize that you need help
    -You GET ONE SHOT AT THIS marriage & parenting thing... ONE

3. BE GENUINE (07:50-09:19)

4. BE DETERMINED TO BE UNITED (09:19-12:20 )

QUOTE: "Decide together how you will respond when your kids attempt to create turmoil."

QUOTE: "Kids who can divide their parents are filled with insecurity"

Ecclesiastes 4:12 "Two are better than one..."

QUOTE: "God is your source of wisdom & strength"

TAKE AWAY: "If we want our kids to follow Christ they must see the testimony of His love in our marriages"

CONCLUSION:
One more story (12:23)

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