You are going to be so inspired as you listen to our interview with Lance and Alison Welch about how to navigate the process of creating your ideal family legacy! Lance wrote the book "The Legacy Navigator" which is packed with stories of how others have created powerful, multi-generational impact for their family and instructions on how to do it for yours. We cover some of those and give you resources to create your own personal family legacy. Together, Lance and Allison host the "Beyo...

Betrayal and Infidelity don't happen overnight. There are warning signs and a lead up that can be recognized and intercepted. Today we'll talk about some of those! But even in the crushing aftermath of total betrayal there is hope for those whose Father is the master restorer! He can bring even very dead things back to life. Jim is the author of the book "Hope is Where the Heart is: A Story of Marriage Broken and Restored" and as we interview Jim and Shannon Porteau, you'll be amazed at their...

This week we're talking to award-winning Gospel recording artist Alvin Slaughter and his wife, Joy, who is a Board Certified Master Life Coach! Together they get very honest about some of their past marriage struggles as well as some of the most common issues and solutions among married couples that Joy sees week to week in her coaching! There is, for sure, something here for you in what they share! Find more on that coaching at: Gracefulmarriagecoaching.com

This week we interview Apollos and Amy Hall, who together lead "Mending Eden" Thirteen years ago, just one year into marriage, Apollos and Amy Hall stood on the brink of separation. Yet what seemed like the end, became the turning point of a powerful transformation. Choosing to fast and pray for 21 days they sought God’s direction and He gave them a vision for their marriage. After you hear their story you're going to want to try something similar because the results are amazing!

Today we kick off a brand new season of amazing interviews on The Married Up Podcast. (AUDIO FILE NOW REPAIRED) We begin with Jesse and Natalie Weedman. Natalie wrote Creative Comfort about their experience walking through one of the hardest and most heartbreaking things a marriage could survive - the loss of a young child. You will be blown away by how God met them in their lowest moments and their testimony now, and you'll be encouraged to build into your marriage now the foundations that c...

Let's be clear, human love fails. But God offers us a love that does not, and He also offers to enable us to live out unfailing love in our marriage.

Have you ever had a coach or mentor who believes in you much that they practically WILL-you to be better? This is what love does. It's not pessimistic jaded or critical, but it believes for the best and strains forward to reach it. Let's talk about how spouses can be that for each other through all the ups and downs.

Love says "You are safe with me. I will keep your secrets. I will correct you in privately while praising you publicly and even take the fall with you or for you. You can trust that I will put your good ahead of my own. Let's talk about how these ideas play out in marriage!

Here's another great way your marriage makes you better - When you are "equally yoked" (as the Bible calls it) you have effectively DOUBLED your ability to hear from the Holy Spirit! And when stand together, against evil, and for truth together, and are open to correction from each other, you are so much stronger!

When we take on the burden of keeping records of other people's wrongs it creates burdens we were never meant to carry. When we self-preserve we actually self-harm. When we assume the role of JUDGE, we are inferring God's judgment will be insufficient. Let's talk about letting go and being free.

When uncontrolled anger is allowed to flow unchecked in a marriage you leave yourselves defenseless against destruction. Heritage and inherited family patterns are not a sufficient excuse. Let's talk about some ways to slow our anger down to something manageable and healthy. It's possible!

We are born selfish - sin-nature at it's "finest". But God's way (much higher than ours) replaces selfishness with servanthood. Marriage will "force the issue" on our inherent selfishness like almost nothing else! But it can be hard for us to learn and harder to live - let's talk about it!

How hard do you find it to honor your spouse when they are failing and faltering or when they're not keeping up "their side of the bargain" around the house... What can one do with a husband who craves honor, but isn't living his best honorable life right now? The honor the Bible tells us to give each other supersedes condition - and that make it hard for us to to give it in our own humanity! Let's talk about it.

God made us to need community, and community, especially at its most intimate expression (marriage) is humbling by design. In humility in marriage,. our "low places" are raised up by our spouse who covers us and our high places are lowered down as we cover them. In humility love calls us to lay down what we want as we receive what we really need.

Is it possible to be envious or jealous of your spouse? Maybe thinking they have the 'better end of the deal' in this season, or that their part in your shared roles is better than yours? How can we embrace contentment, practice gratitude and re-frame our thoughts surround the TEAM that is your marriage? Let's talk!

Right after praying together regularly, the best marriage glue there is, is simply being KIND to one another. We talk about the benefits of this and it is amazing! Your spouse will even find you more physically attractive when you're kind to them. It costs nothing and it works!

This season we are going through the descriptions of love from 1 Corinthians 13 one by one - but in a fresh and fun way! So starting at the beginning, love is patient! If you've been married more than 5 minutes you know marriage requires PATIENCE... Jump in to season 4 with us - it's going to be fun!

Are you operating in disfunction and don't even realize it? Maybe it's been a slow drift, or you've adopted patterns we all see in the world around us that aren't actually helpful, healthy or Biblical. This week we have some reminders of what your spouse IS and what they are NOT. A quick refresher that we all need from time to time!

If you could go back and give your newlywed self one piece of advice - what would it be? We asked this question on socials and we have all the answers! There's some good advice here - and it's good advice for all us old-ly-weds to be reminded of too!

Is your life moving at 90MPH to the point where you and your spouse can be "ships passing in the night"? So many of us live life in the fast lane to the point that staying connected in our marriages can get left in the dust cloud of the rat race! Pastors Chris and Jeanette Willis share with us all some of the things that help them stay grounded together in the midst of their busy lifestyle!