Focus on the Family Commentary

Do you know how to build a strong foundation for your marriage? Jim Daly uses the illustration of a suspension bridge to explain how stress distorts your perception of your spouse and suggests what you can do about it.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Kari Stageberg encourages you to remember ways you’ve seen God show up before.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Dr. John Trent encourages people to deal with internal hurt by focusing on God’s love.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

You and your spouse can and should learn to respect each other’s differing opinions, as Dr. Randy Schroeder explains.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Dr. Randy Schroeder describes a lesson he learned from a couple who practiced something called, “quiet connects,” during a power outage.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Dr. Josh Mulvihill explains why one of the most effective things a grandparent can do is share his or her testimony with the grandkids.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Nobody wants a bad marriage, and nobody can have a perfect one. Jim Daly explains how to know when “good enough” is really good enough.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

Are you trying to forget broken relationships or past mistakes? Jim Daly explains why one of the secrets to living a good life is never forgetting your past.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

When you think of Beethoven, parenting may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But there’s one moment in his life that illustrates how moms and dads can become cheerleaders for their kids. Jim Daly shares the story.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

Do you resist change? Jim Daly explains the two choices we have when change is inevitable: embrace it and discover new potential, or avoid it and risk stagnation.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

For many people, hard work is a necessary evil to endure until the next weekend rolls around. Jim Daly shares why hard work ought to instill us with gratitude instead of with groans.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

What if you loved your spouse every day like it was your first day together? Jim Daly shares how to take steps to revive the passion in your marriage if it’s lost its fire.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

One of the greatest challenges a parent can face is an adult child who rejects the values they were taught growing up. Jim Daly shares why it’s important to remember that good parenting is a probability not a promise.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

Do you offer your children incentives to behave well? That can be an effective parenting strategy if you understand the difference between a bribe and a reward. Jim Daly explains.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

When someone we love is in the throes of grief, our tendency is to offer help. As well-meaning as that gesture is, Jim Daly shares a more effective approach: jump in and do something.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

Differences between spouses can cause problems in their relationship. Jim Daly explains how a couple becomes one flesh by embracing their mate’s differences instead of fighting against them.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.  

Don and Julie lost everything in one of the largest wildfires in California history. Jim Daly shares how losing everything helped them discover they actually hadn’t lost anything at all.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Love isn’t easy to define or to put into categories. Jim Daly explains why the color of love may be the color of humanity itself.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

As counterintuitive as it seems, parents don’t give their children freedom. Children already have it. Jim Daly explains how to help your child channel their freedom toward healthy decisions.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

In a crisis, we need strength to fight for a good outcome even when the odds are against us. Jim Daly explains why the only thing we can do when life gets tough is to keep moving forward while believing something good can happen.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

There may not be a secret to disciplining children, but this idea comes close: don’t give up too soon. Jim Daly shares how the number 101 can transform how you discipline in your household.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

A new school year is upon us, which means the hunt for school supplies – the second largest expense for families each year, outranked only by Christmas. Jim Daly shares helpful tips for stretching your back-to-school dollars.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Couples often take their marriage for granted and bury it beneath ordinary, everyday things. Jim Daly shares how to prioritize your marriage and honor it for the treasure that it is.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Is your relationship with your teenager a struggle? Do you fear it’s too late to turn things around? Don’t lose hope. Jim Daly shares how your relationship can be improved if you bring the right ingredients to bear.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Small bad habits, left unchecked, can become big problems. Jim Daly explains why the best approach to living well is paying attention to the little things.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.