In the latest episode from Art of Marriage Podcast, Understanding Your Assignment we discuss in detail what it means to be “Salt and Light”. In Matthew, Jesus explains that believers are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. It is our responsibility to be the change the world needs. No longer can we compromise with what the culture says, we must be different. We are the only example of Jesus that some people will ever meet and if we act like, look like, and talk like the world how can we expect to change the world.
In this most recent episode from Art of Marriage Podcast, Alexis and I have an in-depth conversation about on the topic, “Believing Again”. Within this episode you get to hear my personal testimony on how I lost almost faith and began to allow doubt and unbelief to enter into my heart. I always believed God for what he said, but there came a time within our marriage that I lost hope and struggled with trusting and believing. Sometimes in life, the facts, speak louder than our faith. When this happens, what do we do? How do we get back up? How do we believe and trust again?
In the most recent episode of Art of Marriage Podcast, Alexis and I discuss the importance of watching your words. The Bible teaches us that the power of life and death lies in the tongue. Our words can move us forward into who and what we have been called and destined to be or they can hold us hostage and keep us bound. We discuss in detail how we had to learn not to just control our tongue, but as importantly how to communicate with each other. As you will hear, our marriage was dying slowly, and the cause of death was how we were communicating with each other. We were tearing each other down instead of building each other up. The negative aspects of each other had become our focus so much that we didn’t even want to be in the same room with each other. Now, in year 15, we can say that we have learned how much power our words possess and that life and death is truly in the power of the tongue.
Art Of Marriage Podcast is back and we could be more excited for what is in store this season for you all. Season 3, episode 1 “Good Things Can Come From Dirty Places”. In this episode Alexis and I discuss how things of value can come from places that appear to be worthless. Things are not always what they seem and if we are not careful we can overlook what God has for us because it doesn’t appear to have value.
Season 2 Finale: In the last episode of season 2, Alexis and I have our first Q&A session with a special guest. The guest is no other than our son, Micaiah. This episode allows you our listeners, to get another perspective of what our marriage was really like from the point of view of our son. He goes into detail of what he endured as a child in the home of parents who said they loved each other, but didn’t show that that love. He reveals his true feelings and thoughts and how he coped with the stress we as his parents put him through. His point of view opened our eyes to what we as parents sometimes forget, that it is not just about us.
In episode 9, Alexis and I discuss what it was like to navigate through our blended family. We discuss the trails and challenges we faced being parents. As we dive deep into this episode you will learn what it was like stepping into the role not just being a husband, but becoming a father at the same time, due to Alexis having a child when we married. One of our biggest challenges we faced was understanding the roles that each both of us now had. My role as a new father and her new role as just the mom. Hear our heart as we take you through our amazing journey of parenthood.
In episode 8, of season 2 Alexis and I have a very in-depth and personal conversation on what generational curses are and how they attach to you. We go into detail of sins that were attached to us that were passed down from generation to generation and what did we have to do to be set free. As we discussed in this episode the only way we can be set free is by asking Jesus to set you free. The word of God states, that whom the son set free, is free in deed. Trust and believe that Jesus is the only one who can set you free. This episode will definitely open your eyes and hopefully your heart to a truth that will change your life forever.
Episode, 7 of season 2, we continue with the previous topic of “Lust and Love Are Not The Same”. In the 2nd part, we discuss in detail how lust affected our marriage. We have a deep discussion of how lust was taking us down a road of destruction and realized our marriage was actually dying. It wasn’t until this sin, had us in such a place that we were left with two decisions. We could either go our separate ways or we could fight for our marriage. We decided that our marriage was worth saving, so when went to God for help. The conversation continues as we discussed what God revealed to us and what we had to do to get beyond the hurt, shame, and pain in order to grow and heal.
Episode 6 of season 2, Alexis and I dive into a topic that we feel is one of the deepest topics that we have covered so far. Lust is an issue, in fact, a sin that many people have or are dealing with. We share how we actually believed that getting marriage was the answer to this sin and were we sadly mistaken. In fact, to be honest getting married actually made it worse. In this episode we discuss how we dealt with lust early on in our marriage and how it nearly destroyed everything. We discuss in detail, scriptures that show even some of the strongest men in the Bible dealt with this sin and the consequences that it brought. We pray that through our vulnerability, many couples won’t go through the things that we did because of our ignorance.
In Episode 5, Alexis and I discuss the effects of compliments and complaints in a marriage. These two words will either build up or tear down any marriage and if not careful destroy a marriage. We discussed, how sometimes complaining is easier because we are so use to seeing the negative and the things our spouse isn’t doing right, rather than focusing on what they are doing right. We also looked how we both had to learn to compliment each or more by asking God to help us in this area and becoming more intentional in how we compliment each other. As you listen to this episode, I ask that you begin the think about your relationship and be honest with yourself. What am I doing more complaining or complimenting.
In this episode Alexis and I have an amazing discussion on the fragrances that you give off. We sometimes wonder why we attract the wrong type of person. Could the reason for this be because we attract the people who are attracted to the fragrance we give off. If you are attracting people that always hurt you, who are not honest with you, that are unfaithful. Maybe the reason for that is because that is what they are picking up from you. Like the best perfumes and colognes, the higher concentration of fragrant oil the better and more expensive it is. So in our marriages, the higher concentration of oil we carry will determine the quality of our marriage. If we want a quality marriage, we must make sure that the fragrance we give off is the fragrance of Christ and Christ only. So again, What fragrance are you wearing?
In this episode Alexis and I discuss how sometimes things don’t always go the way you expect in life and especially in marriage. When those times occur it is not always us, but many times it is God, detouring us. Detours happen in life many times because we may not ready or it may not be ready, and in those seasons we just have to stay on the road, because we will get there if we just follow the directions we are being lead. We also discuss the idea that many times, God may take us on those detours not just for us, but because we may run in to someone who is traveling down the same road we were once on and we can provide them with the directions they need.
Episode 2 of Season 2, we discuss the topic of “How Valuable Is Your Marriage To You”. Matthew 6:21 states “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be to. When we value things we honor them, we want to make sure that they are protected because to use they have a value. Whether it’s a house, car, precious jewelry there are things that we have in place to make sure those items are protected. What are you doing to make sure your marriage is protected. Are you covering your marriage, your spouse in prayer. While you cannot place insurance or your marriage, you can have the assurance of Jesus Christ on you marriage. You can be sure that he will keep your marriage and allow your marriage to bring him glory.
Season 2 of Art of Marriage is back. Alexis and I are excited to be back with this amazing episode. In our first episode of Season 2, we discuss the topic of familiarity and how this can enter into Marriages. We discuss in detail the dangers of taken your spouse common. When we begin to take our spouses common, we can lose respect and honor of who they are. This can lead to them being viewed as just another person in our lives and not the person that God has joined you to be with.
In the final episode of Season 1, we discuss the topic of "If You Only Knew". Sometimes we focus on what we don't have or what we see others have, but if you only knew just what God has instore for you. Why do we always want to keep up with The Jones, when if we only knew that the Jones are watching you. If you only knew that what you see as invaluable, God sees as valuable. If You Only Knew.
In this episode we discuss the topic of Expectancy vs. Reality. What happens, what do you do when your reality, your current situation, your right now is not matching your expectations. What you thought it would look like, what you were believing it was going to look like. What do you do? Do you quit believing? Do you settle or do you keep believing? In this episode we dive into how this topic has influenced our marriage and how we approached it.
In this episode we continue the conversation Expectancy vs Reality. Alexis dives into the topic even more to discuss how Reality can force you to God. This episode also encourages you to know that your reality or what you currently see, or even what you are facing doesn't define you. In reality it can strengthen you. It can make you. It can cause you to shine. This is an episode that you will be talking about for a while.
In the latest episode, Alexis and I continue our discussion on the topic of Submission. We make a call to men to get into their rightful place as the men and leaders of there house. How can they submit, if you're not there?
In this episode Alexis and I continue our conversation on the topic of submission. The episode begins with us answering a question from a listener. We continue the episode by diving deeper into the topic of submission by continuing to discuss how we approached it in our marriage.
In the episode we look at the topic of submission. We dicuss in detail what is submission. What does it mean to submit to your spouse? Who is supposed to submit? What did it look it look like in our marriage at the beginning and what does it look like now?