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Want to start a family Bible time in your home but don't know where to begin? In this episode of the Marriage After God podcast, Aaron and Jennifer Smith share a fun, engaging, and easy resource: Our 24 Family Ways, a family devotional from Clay and Sally Clarkson's Whole Heart ministry. It organizes 24 biblical family "ways" into six categories (authorities, relationships, possessions, work, attitudes, and choices), each with a picture or coloring page and a five-day Ask, Read, Talk, Speak structure. They explain why they do family Bible time: building daily habits, dad leading as spiritual head, mom's vital...

A short bonus episode with exciting news: Aaron and Jennifer Smith's book Marriage After God is now available at local Hobby Lobby stores, where it sells for just $14.99, a whopping 40% off. Instead of simply announcing it, Aaron and Jennifer launched a fun giveaway to encourage listeners to visit their Hobby Lobby: one winner received a $250 Hobby Lobby gift card and ten winners received a $25 gift card to the Marriage After God online store. To enter, listeners visited Hobby Lobby, found Marriage After God on the book rack, took a picture of it on the shelf, and...

Looking for creative ways to get out of debt? Getting out of debt is why Aaron and Jennifer Smith started making side money, and in this episode of the Marriage After God podcast they share unique and creative ways to make extra cash. They start with how the Bible teaches us to view money, as a tool to steward rather than a strong tower, citing Matthew 6:24, 1 Timothy 6:10, and Proverbs. Then they rattle off practical ideas: essential oils, babysitting, odd jobs, selling baked goods and crafts at flea markets or on Etsy, Fiverr, paid online surveys, transcription through...

Confession is one of the most powerful gifts God has given us, and it is meant to be practiced in marriage. James 5:16 tells us to confess our sins to one another and pray for one another, that we may be healed. In this re-aired early episode of the Marriage After God podcast, Aaron and Jennifer Smith talk about the power of confession in marriage and how to do it well. Because husband and wife are one, your spouse is the one offended by your sin, so confessing only to accountability partners can leave darkness in your marriage. Aaron shares...

Christian date night ideas to keep your marriage intentional and fun. Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain why scheduled date nights matter as much to a marriage as time in the Word matters to faith, and why they put theirs on the calendar every Tuesday. Then they share nine creative date ideas you can try this week: coffee and cards, a picnic in the park, childlike fun at a trampoline park or roller rink, playing house by touring open and model homes, hiking a new trail, volunteering together, the bake and take, a progressive dinner across several spots, and the ding-dong...

Aaron and Jennifer Smith share their full marriage testimony, from meeting at a teen Bible study and Aaron's roadside conversion at 17 to a brutal first four years of marriage. Though both were healthy, they could not have pain-free sex, which amplified Aaron's pornography addiction and pushed them toward divorce. They tell how a marriage ministry small group, a Garden of Gethsemane moment where Aaron chose to love Jennifer unconditionally ('not my will but yours'), and a surprising discovery changed everything: parabens in Jennifer's face wash turned out to be the physical cause, and within a week of switching products...

Your marriage is already a ministry. In this crossover episode from the Naked Marriage podcast, Aaron and Jennifer Smith join hosts Dave and Ashley Willis of MarriageToday to talk about seeing marriage as a ministry. Aaron recounts the day a friend called out their bickering and the Gethsemane moment when, right when he was ready to give up, God changed his heart and he chose to love Jennifer unconditionally. The two couples then discuss discipling kids at home: children imitate everything, so parents, not just pastors, must model repentance and lead daily family Bible time, which Aaron says can start...

Afraid of your family growing? Aaron and Jennifer Smith, recorded while expecting their fourth child, talk honestly about the fears that can come with adding children and how to combat them biblically. Jennifer shares three fears: not being able to handle the demands of the home, missing out on time with the kids you already have, and losing personal time. They answer each one with Scripture, including 2 Timothy 1:7, Psalm 127, 2 Corinthians 12:9, and Psalm 34:4. Aaron talks about accepting human weakness, being intentional when you are present since you will inevitably miss some things, and charges husbands...

What is God's calling for your marriage? Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain that every Christian marriage already has a calling, and they walk through six callings all marriages share: prayer (Philippians 4:6), love that is commanded rather than felt (Matthew 22:37), forgiveness (Colossians 3:13), trusting God with your spouse rather than blind trust (Proverbs 3:5), purity (Hebrews 13:4), and generosity (2 Corinthians 9:6). They weave in their own story, including how Aaron's pornography cost him spiritual authority, how Jennifer withheld forgiveness as a tool for control, and how she fought tithing while they were in debt. A practical, Scripture-rich look...

How do you encourage your spouse in times of doubt and fear? Aaron and Jennifer Smith open with two terrifying stories of their own, rolling their vehicle and a white-knuckle 16-hour bus ride in Africa, then teach how couples can help each other when fear takes hold, anchored on the truth that what you fear has the most power in your life. They talk through common triggers like stepping into ministry, feeling not good enough the way Moses did, and a lack of control. Then they share practical tools: knowing and speaking Scripture over your spouse, washing them with the...