The Marriage Ignite Podcast

You pray for your marriage every day... but what if your own words are working against those prayers? In this episode, we reveal how complaining, idle words, and negative speech can unknowingly invite more spiritual warfare into your home.  If your marriage feels stuck in the same cycle, this conversation could completely change how you fight for it. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk...

“Our separation wasn't the end of our marriage. It became the wake-up call that saved it…” What happens when a couple who looks successful on the outside is quietly falling apart behind closed doors?  In this powerful conversation, Joe and Chana Navarro share how infidelity, pornography, financial loss, isolation, separation, and broken trust nearly ended their marriage, and how God restored...

After betrayal, separation, or deep disappointment, many people feel pressured to make life-changing decisions before they've had time to heal.  In this episode, we share why you don't have to have every answer right now, how to discern what you truly want, and the signs that can help you determine whether reconciliation is possible.  If you're feeling overwhelmed, confused, or unsu...

If you’ve been hurt in your marriage, anger can feel justified—but staying there will quietly destroy your heart, your peace, and your future. In this episode, we break down why forgiveness is not about letting them off the hook, but about setting yourself free from the weight of betrayal.  We walk through how to process anger the right way, why forgiveness and trust are not the same, and what it...

When trust has been shattered by betrayal, addiction, lies, or deep disappointment, most couples try to rush back to normal before real healing has happened.  In this episode, we share why rebuilding trust does not start with quick apologies or forced forgiveness, but with deep healing, honest understanding, and facing the real roots behind the pain.  We open up about our own story, the role of co...

Rob and Holly Clark share how their 20-year marriage quietly drifted into roommate life—no intimacy, constant tension, and a “we’ve tried everything” exhaustion after books, counseling, and dead-end advice.  Their turning point came when they stopped treating symptoms and let Jesus heal the root: unforgiveness, old wounds, and the spiritual battle attacking their home.  As they rebuilt with repent...

In this episode, we get real about why most conflict isn’t about the issue—it’s about emotional overwhelm, unspoken expectations, and trying to do marriage alone.  We talk through how learning to regulate emotions, communicate expectations early, and stay connected to healthy community could have saved us years of unnecessary pain.  This isn’t theory or perfect advice—it’s hindsight from lessons l...

This episode isn’t marriage advice—it’s hard-earned hindsight we wish we had before we said “I do.”  Regardless if you’re married or not (yet), we share the first 2 things we’d change if we could start over, starting with inner healing, because unhealed wounds will always run the marriage no matter how good your communication is.  If you’re growing and your spouse isn’t ready yet, this episode wil...

Interview with My Sister Who Prayed Me Home. A Story of Relentless Prayer, Family Love, and God’s Pursuit In this episode, I sit down with my older sister, Jessica—the one who refused to quit praying for me. For ten long years she watched Mike and me run hard in rebellion… partying, drugs, alcohol… the whole thing. But she never pulled away. She loved us, pra.yed for us, and fought for our salvati...

We interview our good friend and former client, Lauren McQueen as she share’s some raw and real hard struggles she walked through in her in her first year of marriage. God led her on a journey that transformed her relationship by stepping out in faith and doing the work on herself first. In this interview Lauren shares exactly what she did to be the wife that God was calling her to be. Connect wit...

Almost every husband and wife that we end up working with has felt like they’ve lost themselves and feel like they don’t know who they are anymore.  Or they never themselves at all outside of what they do…  And one of the most subtle and dangerous places to find yourself in, in your marriage is when you feel like you’ve lost your purpose and they’re going through he motions of being a spouse and a...

It’s an honor and a joy to welcome our good friend, mentor, and spiritual father — Mr. Clyde Lewis. He loves Jesus, he’s a husband, a father, a pastor, and a prophetic coach who helps leaders and business owners discover how to walk in their God-given identity and carry kingdom authority into every area of their lives — including the marketplace. This is one of the most important topics we could e...

We get deep, raw and real in this episode as we share where we had to learn how to forgive in our own lives. Without this critical principle nothing in your life will work. It is a STOP to all growth. While it might be one of the most difficult principles to start, it quickly becomes the easiest one to master. We need to forgive. We need to become master forgivers.  The reason we can forgive is th...

Erica came to us 3 years ago when her marriage was in ruins. Even her closest friends told her it was time for her to let the marriage go, but something inside her (God) told her ‘not yet.’  There was years of dysfunction, alcoholism, betrayal and pain that needed to be healed and she felt like we were her last stop before she made the final decision to move on. But God. I interview her on details...

In marriage and life - we need to become master forgivers and we talk about why right now it matters more than ever. Without this critical principle nothing in your life will work.  It is a STOP to all growth.  While it might be one of the most difficult principles to start, it quickly becomes the easiest one to master.  👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith, fa...

3 Habits Healthy Couples Never Tolerate…(Part 2) Healthy marriages don’t just happen. They’re built day by day, choice by choice.  And sometimes, it’s not just about what you do—it’s about what you refuse to do. We share 3 more powerful habits that healthy marriages never tolerate to protect their intimacy, connection and communication. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things mar...

Healthy marriages don’t just happen. They’re built day by day, choice by choice.  And sometimes, it’s not just about what you do—it’s about what you refuse to do. We share 2 powerful habits that healthy marriages refuse to to in order to protect their intimacy, connection and communication. These 2 habits alone if you start making some small, positive changes can make a massive difference in the h...

Your home is the primary target of the enemy. If he can disrupt peace under your roof, he can weaken your faith, strain your marriage, and even impact your children’s future. What many couples don’t realize is how subtly the enemy slips into our homes—through conflict, distractions, busyness, and open doors we never thought twice about. The good news is, you don’t have to live on the defensive. Yo...

Today we talk about what do you do when you’re in the waiting for a breakthrough in your marriage. It may feel like you’ve been in the wilderness for a long time and it can feel discouraging but we want to equip you with 3 things you can do right now to shift the atmosphere in your situation and in your home…without stepping ahead of what God is trying to do in you and your spouse. 👉 Hit subscrib...

Knowing how to love without an enabling any destructive habit in your spouse is unfortunately a common issue we see happen frequently and one we know a lot about. While very marriage unique and different, creating healthy boundaries is critical and this will look different depending on your unique situation. There were 3 key things Janelle did in our journey that helped turn my heart away from alc...

I’ve had a lot of people ask me over the years, ‘Mike, what finally softened your heart toward Janelle? What turned things around for you guys?’ And honestly, it wasn’t one giant, dramatic thing. It was a few small, consistent shifts she made that broke down my walls and made me want to lean back in instead of pull away. Today, we're going to share 3 super practical things you as the wife, or...

We get this question all the time: “Why is it always on the wife to fix the marriage?”  But maybe the better question is— Why not you? It's not a matter of who should change but who's willing to change. And if you're willing to change, God can start working through you right now. We share some practical things about our journey about how the wife can be the catalyst for the change s...

We met in a nightclub in 1999. Started out in all the wrong ways. But God. In this very first episode, we get real about our story—how drugs, alcohol, brokenness, infidelity, and doing things our own way nearly destroyed us… but how Jesus stepped in and turned our mess into a mission. This isn’t just our love story—it’s proof that no marriage is too far gone when God gets involved. Whether you&apo...