Making Changes Together In Marriage

Show notes

About This Episode Change is inevitable. Some love it, some hate it, and sometimes it can't be avoided. In this episode we talk about how we make changes together as a married couple, whether change is forced on us from the outside or comes from an inner conviction. We share our practical framework: pray and surrender, get objective wise counsel, go to Scripture, think soberly about what a change will cost, listen well, and decide as a team, remembering it's okay to change the change. We also share a change we're making with Marriage After God: ending the season early to focus on our family and on writing children's books and a family devotional.

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 External vs. internal change — when life forces change and when God stirs conviction Avoiding or chasing change — Aaron's long-beard story and the pull of fleshly cravings Pray and surrender — keeping in step with the Spirit Seek wise counsel — objective friends instead of building a one-sided case Go to Scripture — Joseph's story and learning how to respond Count the cost — the full glass of water and the ice cubes Listen and decide as a team — no wishy-washiness and no root of bitterness Bring your kids along — preparing their hearts for change It's okay to change the change — and the change we're making with this podcast

Scripture Referenced Proverbs 24:6 John 14:27

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