Marriage Ignited brings practical & spiritual tools to ignite your marriage in our weekly podcast & YouTube channel. 

Episode 15 Summary: Welcome to Episode 15 – this our Season 1 Finale! In today’s episode we’re going to talk about the importance of being each other’s #1 fan. How to be an encourager and speak life over your spouse. Our words matter and we hope this episode challenges you to become more of an encourager! But first….we have a HUGE announcement – check it out inside this week’s episode!!

Resources from today’s episode:

“With it (tongue) we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.” James 3:9-10

The Book of James Sermon Series: The Power in the Tongue linked here: https://www.shadyrestchurch.org/content.cfm?id=213&download_id=397

“Our words do not have the ability to create reality, but they have the ability to shape reality!” – Pastor Adrian Pina

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” Proverbs 18:21

Season 2 will begin on Tuesday, August 4th! We’re excited about the next season and are planning to bring you guys some amazing content that will bring a fire to your marriage.

Plus…We have some fun new things in store for you guys!
-Monthly interviews with Inspiring Married Couples
-We’re launching our website with regular blog posts & tons of resources
-We’re launching a weekly email to share encouragement & marriage tools

Prepare-Enrich is the #1 Premarital & Marriage Assessment in the world & we are certified facilitators. Check out more info at https://www.prepare-enrich.com/ and email us at marriageignitedpodcast@gmail.com to setup your personalized assessment!

Episode 15 TOOL: Be intentional and look for ways to be verbally encourage to your spouse every single day. This is a great summer challenge! Speak life over your spouse daily for a week and watch to see what a difference it makes! Just imagine how your marriage will be impacted if you were intentional about being an encourager ALL SUMMER!! Y’all we’re here for it if you are, if you’re in – jump into the comments & say I’m in!!

Discussion and/or Journal Questions:

-How can you speak life over your spouse today? Be specific 
-What words of life do you need to hear today?
-How would your marriage thrive if you accepted the challenge & were intentional daily about speaking life over your spouse?  

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Episode 14 Summary: Today’s episode is going to be really fun! One of the most common issues that comes into our church office relates to what we like to call the “division of labor” aka. balancing roles & responsibilities within the home & marriage. We cannot wait to share some tips for how to navigate conversations & explore how to better divide the many tasks required to manage your family life together.

Resources from today’s episode:

Today we looked at: 
1. How family of origin contributes to our division of labor
2. The Shift of Roles in the Modern Era
3. Determining Roles & Responsibilities within Your Home

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Episode 14 TOOL: Grab 2 blank pieces of paper and draw a line vertically down the middle. Independently list in one column all the roles & responsibilities you do to serve your family. Don’t skimp on this – do the work and think hard about every big & small way you serve. Next in the other column write every single thing your spouse does to serve your family – all their roles & responsibilities. The more thorough you can be, the better.

Next: Come back together to compare and discuss your lists. As you look at the paper here are some questions to consider:

-Did you both agree on the roles you wrote down for each other? 
-Did your spouse list each of your roles accurately?
Then affirm, apologize (as needed), and work together to create a complete list of responsibilities. 

Next: With the complete list, consider these questions: 

Do you notice a huge gap in responsibilities between the two of you? 
Is that gap causing undue stress on one spouse? 
Do you notice immediate adjustments that can be made?
This is a perfect opportunity to use your assertiveness & active listening skills.

After doing this IF you determine a few changes need to be made OR if you are newly married or engaged and are just beginning to discuss roles consider the following discussion/journal questions to determine what division of labor best serves your family. 

Discussion and/or Journal Questions:

-What is driving your current roles/responsibilities (tradition, culture, habit)
-What do you each enjoy doing?
-Do one of you have a skill for a specific chore? 
-What is your availability to do certain chores in this season?

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Episode 13 Summary: In today’s episode we’re going to talk about overcoming disappointment as a couple. There is so much disappointment happening around us right now, many of us are facing stress & uncertainty because of this COVID pandemic, many of you have serious struggles you’re going through in your marriage, and so much more. As we share these thoughts and a little bit about how we’ve overcome disappointment in our marriage we pray you are encouraged and ignited in your marriage.

Resources from today’s episode:

What are some common sources for the disappointments? 

1. Unmet expectations (of God, of ourselves, of our spouse)
2. Shattered dreams (children, house, career, etc.)
3. Circumstances out of your control

Here are the 5 steps to Overcoming Disappointment we mentioned in today’s episode. 

1. Lament
2. Talk to Jesus 
3. Reevaluate  
4. Do what you can do 
5. Release it to God

Ecc 3:1,4 - For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: (v.4) - a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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Episode 13 TOOL: Listen to this episode with your spouse and pray together about these 5 steps in overcoming disappointment. Take inventory: where are you each at in the process? What is your greatest pain, challenge, and fear? How can you both take steps toward trusting God through this disappointment?

Discussion and/or Journal Questions:

-What is the biggest disappointment you are facing today?

-Take inventory of where you are in the process of overcoming the disappoint and journal a prayer to God. What would you like to say to God about this disappointment?

-How can you & your spouse both take steps toward trusting God through this disappointment?

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