Fight For Your Marriage Podcast

A painful marriage can leave wounds that affect far more than your relationship with your spouse. Rejection, betrayal, anger, and disappointment can begin shaping how you see yourself, how you respond to others, and even how you relate to God.   In this episode, Lori talks with Bruce Hebel about what happens when hurt takes root in the heart. Bruce shares how unresolved wounds can shape our thoughts and reactions, keep us emotionally tied to painful experiences, and keep us from walking in the freedom God desires for us.   You will learn how to recognize the deeper wounds beneath anger and resentment, why healing requires more than simply trying to forget what happened, and how surrendering those painful places to God can change the way you move forward.   Your spouse's choices may have wounded you, but they do not have to define you. God wants to heal your heart, restore your peace, and help you live free.   Help Champion Marriage Restoration   Forgiving Forward Bundle   Forgiving Forward Website   Follow on Instagram - @rejoicemarriageministries   Follow on Facebook - @rejoicemarriageministries   Every day, you can receive encouragement straight to your inbox through our Fight for Your Marriage Devotional and find free resources and prayers to pray over your marriage. To take advantage of these resources and others, visit https://rejoiceministries.org   We appreciate your feedback. If this episode touches you, please leave us a five-star rating and review, helping us reach new listeners with hope for their marriage. You can also subscribe to our show on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes.

How do you forgive someone who has deeply hurt you, especially when they haven't apologized, or their behavior hasn't changed?   In this episode, Lori talks with Toni Hebel of Forgiving Forward Ministries about the difficult work of forgiveness, the power of shame, and how God's grace enables us to love a spouse who has caused deep emotional wounds.   Toni reminds us that forgiveness does not give someone permission to continue in sin. Instead, forgiveness allows us to release that person into God's hands and trust Him with the outcome.   You'll also hear how shame can affect both the wounded spouse and the spouse who has caused the hurt. Toni shares an important truth: "Shame gives shame." When someone continually belittles, condemns, or puts others down, they may be speaking from the shame they carry.   If you are struggling with resentment, waiting for an apology that may never come, or praying for a spouse who is carrying the weight of their own choices, this conversation will encourage you.   Forgiveness doesn't erase what happened. It doesn't call sin acceptable. But through God's grace, forgiveness can loosen the grip that another person's actions have on your heart.   Help Champion Marriage Restoration   Forgiving Forward Bundle   Forgiving Forward Website     Download the episode transcription here   Follow on Instagram - @rejoicemarriageministries   Follow on Facebook - @rejoicemarriageministries   Every day, you can receive encouragement straight to your inbox through our Fight for Your Marriage Devotional and find free resources and prayers to pray over your marriage. To take advantage of these resources and others, visit https://rejoiceministries.org   We appreciate your feedback. If this episode touches you, please leave us a five-star rating and review, helping us reach new listeners with hope for their marriage. You can also subscribe to our show on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes.

In this episode, Lori talks with bestselling author and radio host Brant Hansen about his book, Living Unoffended: The Joy of Simple Peace in an Angry, Anxious World, and the freedom that comes when we stop allowing another person's words, choices, or actions to control our peace.   For anyone standing and praying for marriage restoration, this conversation is especially powerful. Jesus tells us to bless those who persecute us, love our enemies, forgive, and extend grace, even when we have been deeply hurt. Those commands can feel incredibly difficult when the person causing the pain is the spouse you love.   Brant shares why living unoffended does not mean pretending the hurt isn't real or excusing sinful behavior. Instead, it means releasing anger, refusing to live trapped in resentment, and trusting God with what we cannot control.   You'll hear practical encouragement and tips straight from Scripture about how you can stop carrying anger and bitterness.   If you are tired of carrying anger, replaying offenses, or allowing your spouse's choices to steal your joy, this conversation will challenge and encourage you to follow the radically different way of Jesus.   I want to be a Hope Builder champion   Join a Connect Group   Living Unoffended: The Joy of Simple Peace in An Angry, Anxious World   The Men We Need   Brant and Sherri Oddcast   Follow on Instagram - @rejoicemarriageministries   Follow on Facebook - @rejoicemarriageministries   Every day, you can receive encouragement straight to your inbox through our Fight for Your Marriage Devotional and find free resources and prayers to pray over your marriage. To take advantage of these resources and others, visit https://rejoiceministries.org   We appreciate your feedback. If this episode touches you, please leave us a five-star rating and review, helping us reach new listeners with hope for their marriage. You can also subscribe to our show on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes.

Do you ever take the time to reflect on all that Jesus Christ has done for you? He not only died for you, but He guides you and fulfills promises from His Word.   Have you moved Jesus from the throne in your life? Do you depend on your power to survive each day? Do you become bitter at Jesus for the many disappointments you face in life?   This episode will encourage you to put Christ at the proper place in your life as you surrender your hurts and disappointments to Him.   Help Champion Marriage Restoration   How can we pray for you?   Follow on Instagram - @rejoicemarriageministries   Follow on Facebook - @rejoicemarriageministries   Every day, you can receive encouragement straight to your inbox through our Fight for Your Marriage Devotional and find free resources and prayers to pray over your marriage. To take advantage of these resources and others, visit https://rejoiceministries.org   We appreciate your feedback. If this episode touches you, please leave us a five-star rating and review, helping us reach new listeners with hope for their marriage. You can also subscribe to our show on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes.

Will you finish the race described in Hebrews 12, or will weariness tempt you to give up?   In this episode, Charlyne encourages you to keep running the race with the Lord and toward marriage restoration. She understands that there will be days when you feel weary, question your stand, or wonder whether following God's will for your life and marriage is too difficult.   Through this Bible study, Charlyne will remind you to fix your eyes on Jesus, seek Him for strength, and continue trusting Him for His best in your marriage.   Support the work of Rejoice Marriage Ministries     Follow on Instagram - @rejoicemarriageministries   Follow on Facebook - @rejoicemarriageministries   Every day, you can receive encouragement straight to your inbox through our Fight for Your Marriage Devotional and find free resources and prayers to pray over your marriage. To take advantage of these resources and others, visit https://rejoiceministries.org   We appreciate your feedback. If this episode touches you, please leave us a five-star rating and review, helping us reach new listeners with hope for their marriage. You can also subscribe to our show on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes.