Marriage Minutes with Jr & Carlee

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss how sometimes an interaction can be an overreaction because of past trauma, unexpressed expectations and hurts that haven't healed.  Tune as we discuss this topic and help you navigate through healing. Support the show email us with questions or if you need help at  helpmymarriage7@gmail.com  We do phone coaching and never charge for our time. You can also e-...

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about making marriages succeed by removing all distractions and plan B options.  1 Kings 19:21 tells us the story of Elijah and Elisha.  Elisha had 12 yoke of oxen and he ended up killing them and burning all he had.  This would have been a lot of money.  This would have taken some time to go home and get his affairs in order.  He realized that following God and doin...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, we finish up our talk about holiday activities and dates that incorporate family, friends and even do with the kids.  We talk about outdoor activities, competitions and even serving in Jesus' name.  We will link some great organizations that you can check out, donate to and even volunteer with.   https://www.compassion.com/ https://www.samaritanspurse...

Send us Fan Mail We want to talk about fun activities to do as a couple, as a family or even with friends.  Make your busyness intentional and fun.  The holidays are great but they can be stressful and taxing on our relationship.  In this episode we talk about the regular activities and give you a few other ideas all while having those regular check-in, devotion times and praying together.  We wil...

Send us Fan Mail The holidays can be wonderful, magical, jam-packed and exhausting.  Join us as we talk about ways we can serve our spouse well and keep them from feeling overwhelmed and under appreciated.  We talk about date nights, taking things off your spouse's plate(s) and remembering to have fun together. Support the show email us with questions or if you need help at  helpmymarriage7@g...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our talk about communicating our needs with our spouse.  In the busyness of the season, we want to jam a lot of things into our days and nights.  We need to be lovingly honest about our limitations and express that to our spouse.  There may be nights when Chinese takeout or chicken nuggets on paper plates are dinner and that's okay. Support the show email us with...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode we talk about speaking the truth in love in the holidays.  We sometimes need to take a time out and have some quiet.  It's good to communicate this clearly and lovingly to our spouse so they know what is going on and don't feel isolated.  By clearly expressing our needs, we let our spouse know that the relationship is in a good spot, we just need.......

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about focusing on thankfulness with our spouse.  Be specific, be soft and be sensitive.  Make sure we communicate verbally what we are grateful for.  We should be doing it with the right tone and the right body language and we should be mindful to be sensitive to the needs of our spouse.  The mega need of most women is security and the mega need for most men is respe...

Send us Fan Mail On today's podcast we dig a little deeper talking about our vision retreat and how we can fulfill what God is calling us to do as a couple.  We highlight the fact that we need to be mindful of our own shortcomings, talk about ideal getaway times and explore how each retreat can look different depending on the stage of life you are in.  We lay some ground rules for the retreat...

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss preparing for a vision/mission retreat.  We are created to honor and glorify God and encouraged in scripture to lay up treasures in heaven.  Are you heavenly minded?  We want to encourage couples to begin praying, talking and planning a vision retreat.    E-mail us at helpmymarriage7@gmail.com if you'd like a pdf printable of our recommended Marriage mission/...

Send us Fan Mail Today we finish our talk on boundaries.  We discuss scheduling, budgets and family time through the holidays.  Sit down and have some talks around these subject areas so you and your spouse can be on the same page and be a unified front when those awkward family situations come up. Support the show email us with questions or if you need help at  helpmymarriage7@gmail.com  We do ph...

Send us Fan Mail Today's talk focuses on boundaries with children, boundaries in communication and keeping your marriage a priority above everything EXCEPT God. Support the show email us with questions or if you need help at  helpmymarriage7@gmail.com  We do phone coaching and never charge for our time. You can also e-mail us with questions and if we use your question on the show, we will sen...

Send us Fan Mail We discuss the importance of boundaries in marriage.  We have boundaries to protect something valuable.  The purpose is to safeguard our marriage.  We need to lovingly discuss and agree upon boundaries don't just assume your spouse will not.  Support the show email us with questions or if you need help at  helpmymarriage7@gmail.com  We do phone coaching and never charge for o...

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss how important it is to have self control and be selfless not selfish.  We talk about how all these fruits work together in our Christian walk. Support the show email us with questions or if you need help at  helpmymarriage7@gmail.com  We do phone coaching and never charge for our time. You can also e-mail us with questions and if we use your question on the show,...

Send us Fan Mail Today we continue looking at the fruit of the spirit.   Gentleness should not be confused with weakness.  It a fruit that exhibits great strength under control (meekness).  This doesn't mean you allow others to use and abuse you like a door mat but it means that you are loving, kind, patient and allowing all of those fruits to work together to be God-honoring.  Join us as we...

Send us Fan Mail God is faithful.  What He says He will do, He does.  We mess up but if we ask, He is faithful to forgive us.  Once we become a child of God, He says He will NEVER leave or forsake us.  We can't do anything to make him stop being faithful.  We can't do anything to make Him love us less. He is not constrained like we are in the flesh.  We loves perfectly and is always fait...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about putting feet on our good intentions or living out a good, Godly character.  Don't just have good intentions, follow through.  As we contemplate all of the fruits of the spirit, God wants to mold us and make us like Him.  The Bible says that "We will know them by their fruits."   Are you producing good fruit?  Would you call your marriag...

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about the fruit of kindness.  We are kind to strangers.  We are kind to co-workers.  Are you kind to the most important person in your life.....your spouse? We talk about Harvard graduate, researcher and Christian author, Shaunti Feldhahn and her 30 day kindness challenge.  You can find more info on her book or sign up for the challenge here: https://www.jointhekindn...

Send us Fan Mail Today we address a big question about a spouse who is not supportive of growing spiritually.  We answered the question from a wife's perspective but then give the flip side as well.  the Bible has a lot to say about how we live together in an understanding and loving way.  When we continue to practice the fruits of the spirit, our relationships with our spouses and with God c...

Send us Fan Mail Exercising patience is hard.  Exercise of any kind is hard.  Are you fine? F - (Feelings) I - (Internalized) N - (Not) E - (Expressed) Make sure your life has been surrendered to God and that you have the spirit working within you.  Jesus is the only way.   Listen to this episode for our better definition of FINE!  We can't love well without God's help. Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail Patience is defined as the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble or suffering WITHOUT getting angry, frustrated or upset.  Most of us, could do better in the area of patience.  In our fast food, fast lane, fast internet world, we can lose patience when things don't go our way.  We want things when we want them. Are you patient with your spouse?  Do you patiently wait...

Send us Fan Mail Today we look at love, joy and peace and living it out in marriage.  Without faith, it is impossible to please Him.  We talk about how to live in the fruits of the spirit that has to work in us.  Fleshing that out in our daily lives, means tapping into the POWER of the Holy Spirit.  Ask God to help you love well.  Dr. Gary Chapman's book "5 Love Languages" is a grea...

Send us Fan Mail This is our conclusion on the fruit of peace in your marriage for our "Fighting in the Spirit" series.  We talk practically about things that you need to actively do to cultivate peace in your marriage as well as things you can eliminate that may be robbing you of peace.   Make sure you're actively praying for yourself, your spouse, your relationship and peace in yo...

Send us Fan Mail Today we continue talking on how to flesh out the fruit of peace.  All of the fruits: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness and self control work together.  If you fail in one of these, it may rob you of your peace.   Support the show email us with questions or if you need help at  helpmymarriage7@gmail.com  We do phone coaching and never charge...

Send us Fan Mail This episode talks about exercising peace in our relationship.  It is a continuation of the Fighting in the Spirit series (on the fruit of the spirit).  These walk hand in hand.  Sin can rob us of our peace.  Sin means literally missing the mark.  Don't miss the mark in your marriage by allowing sin to impact your peace in your marriage. Support the show email us with questio...