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Better Ways to Communicate with Your Spouse

May 6, 2024 • Rob and Gina Flood

They were the most unhappy people in the happiest place on earth. On day six of their honeymoon in Disney World, Rob and Gina Flood got into a huge fight, and they both decided that their marriage was a mistake. For the next year, that feeling perpetuated, and their marriage communication was full of misunderstandings and accusations. In this Focus on the Family broadcast, Rob and Gina outline four marital communication skills that healed and revolutionized their marriage: the strategy of first response, mirroring, proper timing, and prayer. You’ll be encouraged that you can end misunderstandings in your relationship and learn to truly understand each other.

What You Can Do to Help Kids in Foster Care

May 17, 2024 • Julie Bagamary, Dr. Sharen Ford

Julie Bagamary never set out to be a foster parent, but she felt God’s call to help needy children. She and her husband, Randy, provided a safe and loving home for lots of children in the foster care system. But many more Christian families are needed – to become foster parents, or to encourage and support other foster families.

How Your Birth Order Shapes Your Marriage

May 16, 2024 • Dr. Kevin Leman

Your birth order reveals some important clues about your personality and your relationship with loved ones. In today’s broadcast, Dr. Kevin Leman discusses how birth order can affect your marriage. He reveals which pairings are the most complementary, and which ones might induce more conflict. Everyone is made uniquely, and Dr. Leman wants all couples to lean into their birth order strengths to make the most out of their marriages. At the end of this engaging conversation, we open the floor to the audience so that they might ask Dr. Leman specific questions regarding the subject matter.

How Loneliness Can Draw You Closer to Jesus

May 15, 2024 • Ruth Bell Graham

On day 2, Ruth shares more stories about Bible characters who learned importance lessons in their loneliness — David, Daniel, and Abraham. Then Ruth shares her favorite memory about a lonely Christmas where her husband went on a hunting trip, but she found ways to express her gratitude and even worship to the Lord. Ruth describes some dangerous responses to loneliness, and she explains how solitude is better than loneliness, but it’s a choice we have to make in our perspective.