Episode 61 - Trust: How to Build It and Restore It

More Than Roommates

January 16, 2024 • Scott Kedersha, Gabrielle McCullough, Derek Davidson • Matthew 5:37, Proverbs 28:13, Romans 8:1, 1 Corinthians 13:6

Building trust is hard work that takes a lot of time and hard work. It’s often been said trust is built in drops and lost in buckets. Yet trust is so crucial in every relationship, especially in marriage. In this episode of More Than Roommates, we discuss how to build and restore trust in your marriage.

Scriptures:

Matthew 5:37

Proverbs 28:13

Romans 8:1

1 Corinthians 13:6

Questions to Discuss:

Are you quick or slow to confess when you sin or mess up in marriage?

What are a few ways you can quickly build trust in your marriage?

How can you do a better job of looking for ways where your spouse is trustworthy?

Resources:

Book - Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken, by Dr. Henry Cloud

Book – Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make, by Paul David Tripp (2 great chapters on trust)

Episode 78 - How Does Anger Affect Your Marriage?

May 28, 2024 • Scott Kedersha, Gabrielle McCullough, Derek Davidson • James 4:1, Ephesians 4:26–27, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 15:1, James 1:19

Many of us struggle with anger in small and big ways. How does your anger impact your spouse and your marriage? In this episode of More Than Roommates, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott discuss how anger impacts our own marriages and how anger can affect your marriage as well. Scriptures: Proverbs 15:1 Ephesians 4:26-27 Proverbs 21:19 James 1:19-20, 4:1 Questions to Discuss: 1. What are the small day-to-day things that get you frustrated? 2. Do you find yourself quick to anger or slow to anger? What would your spouse say about you? 3. What are the triggers that you’ve identified that make you quick to anger both in life in general and in your marriage? Resources: Book – https://amzn.to/4bsfvzk, by Brant Hansen

Episode 77 - Struggles, Recovery, and Your Marriage (feat. Ann Daly)

May 21, 2024 • Scott Kedersha, Gabrielle McCullough, Ann Daly • James 5:16, Proverbs 28:13, Romans 5:3–5, 1 Peter 4:19, Hebrews 3:13

Like it or not, our struggles affect our marriages more than we realize. In this episode of More Than Roommates, Gabrielle and Scott talk with Ann Daly about struggles, recovery, and your marriage. Because of Jesus, life change is possible for everyone and for every marriage. Scriptures: James 5:16 Proverbs 28:13 Genesis 2:24 Galatians 1:10 Romans 5:3-5 1 Peter 4:19 Galatians 6:9 Hebrews 3:13 Resources: https://www.regenerationrecovery.org/ – change is possible! https://www.regenerationrecovery.org/struggle-finder – What are you struggling with? https://www.celebraterecovery.com/ Questions to Discuss: 1. Do you tend to identify yourself by your sin or by your relationship with Jesus Christ? 2. How do your issues/challenges affect your marriage? 3. What lies do you tend to believe? Who does God say you are? (Replace the lies with Truth).

Episode 76 - Decisions We Make in Marriage That Might Seem Weird to the World

May 14, 2024 • Scott Kedersha, Gabrielle McCullough, Derek Davidson • Romans 12:2, 1 Peter 2:11, Philippians 3:20–21, 2 Timothy 2:4

In this episode of More Than Roommates, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott discuss things we do that may seem weird to the world but allow us to be different in our marriages than the struggling marriages we all see around us. These are decisions we’ve each made that may seem unique but allow us to strengthen our marriages. Scriptures: Romans 12:2 1 Peter 2:11 Philippians 3:20-21 2 Timothy 2:4 Resources: Podcast & Blog Post - https://jonacuff.com/atg164/ Questions to Discuss: 1. What are the things you do in your marriage that make you different than the marriages of the world? (Romans 12:2) 2. Where do you see your marriage blending in with the marriages of the world/non-Christian marriages? 3. Would your non-Christian friends look at your marriage and see something unique or different?