{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"God Made Podcast","title":"9 Things Strong Christian Marriages Do Differently","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1991,"description":"What do strong Christian marriages actually do differently?\nA healthy marriage usually isn’t built on one huge romantic gesture. It’s built through small, intentional choices made over and over again—how we talk to each other, prioritize each other, handle disagreement, protect our relationship, pray for one another, and remember the covenant we made before God.\nIn this episode of the God Made Podcast, we walk through 9 practical habits of healthy marriages and look at the biblical principles behind each one.\nSome of these are direct commands from Scripture. Others are practical marriage habits that flow from biblical wisdom. Either way, they give us some great questions to ask about our own marriages.\nThe 9 principles and Scriptures we discuss:\n1. Put your spouse’s needs ahead of your own\nPhilippians 2:3–4 • Ephesians 5:21, 25, 28–29 • 1 Corinthians 10:24\n2. Don’t expect your spouse to complete you\nColossians 2:9–10 • Psalm 73:25–26 • Philippians 4:11–13\n3. Spend time together\nGenesis 2:24 • Ecclesiastes 9:9 • Song of Songs 2:10–13\n4. Prioritize your marriage over your career\nGenesis 2:24 • Ephesians 5:25–33 • 1 Timothy 5:8 • Mark 8:36\n5. Prioritize your marriage over your kids\nGenesis 2:24 • Ephesians 5:31–33 • Deuteronomy 6:6–7\n6. Set  boundaries\nProverbs 4:23 • Proverbs 25:28 • 1 Corinthians 6:12 • Ephesians 5:15–16 • Matthew 5:27–30\n7. In front of others, we only speak compliments about our spouse.\nEphesians 4:29 • Proverbs 31:28–29 • Proverbs 18:21 • James 3:5–10\n8. Pray for your spouse instead of trying to change them\nPhilippians 1:9–11 • Colossians 1:9–12 • 1 Peter 3:1–2 • James 5:16 • Philippians 2:13\n9. We agreed to a covenant where divorce is not an option\nMalachi 2:14 • Matthew 19:4–6, 9 • Genesis 2:24 • Mark 10:9 • 1 Corinthians 7:15\nMarriage doesn’t become strong by accident. It grows stronger when two people continually choose to love, serve, forgive, encourage, pursue, and pray for one another.\nWhich of these 9 comes naturally in your marriage—and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sevAu3jxiLFiL2HJUhdt4k54u5jIuleKKYno6ISRm-M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Y2Mw/NWI3ZGEwOWUxNTk0/OTVlODYzMmY4NGJi/NjQzNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}