Marriage:The Messy-The Marvelous-The Miraculous

Send us Fan Mail Ministry can be and often is messy. It's often physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. Why do we do it? Because of our love and obedience to Jesus.  In this episode, Nicole shares an impactful passage she found that discusses two people who had a lot to lose in terms of their political and religious status at the time.  DJ and Nicole discuss the costs of these tw...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever considered all the various ways we waste the most precious commodity of all? That commodity is time. It seems like we are all guilty of this at some point in time. DJ and Nicole are no exception.  Busyness may not be bad in and of itself, but do we ever consider the eternal consequences of busyness? In this episode, DJ and Nicole discuss busyness in various forms and...

Send us Fan Mail There's a saying that laughter is the best medicine. In many cases, this is true. Marriage is not always easy, but there are also lighthearted moments that we take for granted. Every marriage needs laughter. Every follower of Jesus needs laughter as well. Join DJ and Nicole as they discuss the importance of laughter in marriage and faith.  Proverbs 17:22 ESV A joyful heart is...

Send us Fan Mail Perhaps you are facing a situation or a season where you wonder how the Lord is going to help you through it. Maybe you are in that situation or season right now.  On this episode, DJ and Nicole discuss a season they are coming into where their faith in God's provision will be tested. The honesty of the situation is quoting part of Mark 9:24:"'I believe; help my unb...

Send us Fan Mail We all love the mountain-top experiences in our faith journey. However, God will not let us stay there because He wants us to grow. Where do we grow? The reality is that most of our growth happens in the valleys. In this episode, we discuss coming off our mountain-top experiences and looking at how God wants us to grow in our faith journey continually.   Look at the story of Elija...

Send us Fan Mail Let's say that we have seen God move in our lives so much this year. Join us as we share our experiences with God based on the chapter entitled "Seven Realities of Experiencing God" in the book Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby and Claude V. King first published back in the 1990s. This amazing book is still in publication. https://blackaby.org/experiencing-god/ htt...

Send us Fan Mail In October of 2025, DJ attended Koloff for Christ Ministries' Man Camp. Join us as we discuss how God used Man Camp to impact DJ as well as the impact on his and Nicole's marriage.  Psalm 34:8 ESV Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!  Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Website for Koloff For Christ Ministries https://www.koloff.net/ The link for Man Camp htt...

Send us Fan Mail Proverbs 27:17 ESV " Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." You read that correctly, Nicole is sending DJ to Man Camp put on by Koloff for Christ Ministries. ( https://mancamp.info/ ) ( https://www.koloff.net/ ) DJ doesn't fully know what to expect, but that's okay. Christian men need other Christian men to go through their walk of faith, just as Ch...

Send us Fan Mail It has been a while since we did a podcast. For some reason, God is using us to be part of a core team for a church plant. Join us as we step out in faith with a new adventure the Lord has us on.  Acts 1:8 ESV "But you will receive  power  when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and  you will be  my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and  Samaria, and  to the end of the...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 107:2 NIV Let the redeemed   of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, God is still in the redemption and restoration business even in marriages. In this episode, we hear the story of Jamie and Debra and how the Lord led them through the storm of marriage infidelity.  We want to thank Jamie and Debra for sharing their story. They conveyed thei...

Send us Fan Mail We are starting a new feature for the podcast - book reviews. Since we started following God's call into marriage ministry, we have been reading marriage-related books in addition to the Holy Bible. Join us as we review some of the books we have read. We're starting with a popular book written by Gary Chapman entitled The 5 Love Languages.  (https://5lovelanguages.com/)...

Send us Fan Mail Answering the call to serve in ministry is not something to take likely. God expects obedience. This is the continuation of Rich and Lisa's story. Rich is answering the call into ministry, but we also see the impact on Lisa and his family. Through it all we see the goodness and faithfulness of God. 1 Timothy 3:1-7 ESV The saying is  trustworthy: If anyone aspires to  the offi...

Send us Fan Mail Many men who are called to be pastors, didn't necessarily pursue that calling right after high school. Many men receive a call into full-time ministry after they have worked in other career fields and may have started families. In this episode we hear the story of Rich and Lisa and how God's call on Rich's life played out in their marriage.  1 Timothy 5:17 ESV 17  L...

Send us Fan Mail Ministry. It's one of those words we toss around in our church vocabulary, but do we really know what it means? How does a married couple do ministry? Simply put, ministry is service. How do we serve as a married couple within a local body of believers? This episode will provide some insight into how we have served in our local church based on the season that our marriage was...

Send us Fan Mail Let's face it. Life is not fair. That can get under your skin and make for a bad day, week, month, or year. How do we address those joy-destroying times? What is God trying to teach me, you or us? We all have moments in the valley in life. In this episode, we discuss dealing with those moments when things are not all unicorns and gummy bears. Psalm 42:5-6 ESV  Why are you cas...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about how the little things in a marriage matter. Little things matter in our service to the Lord and to each other as husband and wife.  Zechariah 4:10 ESV For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.  “These seven  are the eyes of the Lord,  which range through the whole earth.” H...

Send us Fan Mail Parents have the responsibility to raise their children in the faith. Unfortunately, there are times when we hear of the children dictating the spiritual direction of the family. Today we discuss why parents need to be the spiritual leaders of the household and not let the children lead them into a form of idolatry. Proverbs 22:6 ESV Train up a child in the way he should go; even...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode,  we discuss how God is growing us in marriage ministry. We are teaching a marriage class at our church. It's more than just reading certain passages from the reference materials. Join us as we discuss the ups and downs of teaching a marriage class. James 1:2-4 ESV 2   Count it all joy, my brothers,  when you meet trials  of various kinds, 3  for you know that...

Send us Fan Mail  We are excited and humbled to have as our first guests, Steve and Debbie Wilson from Marriage Matters Now. This is part 3 and the conclusion of our conversation with Steve and Debbie. In this episode, Steve and Debbie talk about how they transitioned into full-time marriage ministry and offer advice to those couples who may be feeling led to start their a marriage ministry of the...

Send us Fan Mail  We are excited and humbled to have as our first guests, Steve and Debbie Wilson from Marriage Matters Now. This is part 2 of 3 of our conversation with Steve and Debbie. In this episode, Steve and Debbie talk about their early marriage struggles and identify some of the underlying issues that need to be dealt with as part of the process of overcoming those issues so couples can h...

Send us Fan Mail We are excited and humbled to have as our first guests, Steve and Debbie Wilson from Marriage Matters Now. This is part 1 of 3 of our conversation with Steve and Debbie. We love a good back story and in this episode, we hear how Steve and Debbie met and the early years of their relationship. Follow Steve and Debbie on Facebook at Marriage Matters Now . Visit marriagemattersnow.org...

Send us Fan Mail Anything can become an idol including our marriages. When we place anything or anyone above God and Jesus, it becomes an idol. In this episode, we discuss the importance of keeping the Lord first in our marriage so we do not allow our marriage to become a god with a little g. It's a struggle more often than not to keep not only our marriage but other things from taking preced...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you to all our listeners! We apologize for the delay in posting episodes, but the last couple of months have been busy with us transitioning back to our home state and celebrating the holidays.  This episode is a recap of 2023 and what we are preparing for in 2024.  James 4:13-17 ESV 13  Come now, you who say,  “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spen...

Send us Fan Mail  This is part 2 from Episode 14 The continued discussion about household roles. How we have performed the duties in the past. And how we see where there could have been improvement since that time. Seeing how God is using lessons today to make our relationship better for the future. 1John 3:18 Dear children, Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. Phili...

Send us Fan Mail A frank discussion about household roles. How we have performed the duties in the past. And how we see where there could have been improvement since that time. Seeing how God is using lessons today to make our relationship better for the future. 1John 3:18 Dear children, Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish...