340: The Problem With Stroking His Ego

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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0:00.0	Howdy folks, welcome back to the podcast.
0:02.6	Here we are once again in our tent studio.
0:05.9	The rain has subsided a bit, which I'm sure is minimizing the background noise, and the kids are fast asleep, which is also minimizing the background noise.
0:14.7	Folks, we're so grateful for each and every one of you that listen to our podcast and take the time to leave a rating or a review on iTunes or on Spotify or if you watch our podcast on YouTube when you leave a comment
0:27.4	that helps our podcast reach more people or if you hit the like button or subscribe to our channel
0:31.5	that also helps us as well. So with that said, let's get this thing rocking and rolling.
0:44.6	But now that we're a family podcast.
0:48.3	Okay. So, Elisha, what are you doing today?
0:54.8	Well, there was a comment that somebody left in our question submission box that I thought was an interesting perspective and I'll read it. It says, what are your thoughts on stroking one another's ego
1:02.2	when it comes to marriage? They say they feel that many marriage, Christian marriage books
1:08.1	advocate this, stroking one another's ego, whether it's women stroking
1:11.8	men's ego or the other way around. And then they go on to say, well, my spouse's love language
1:16.8	is words of affirmation, I do think flattery can be damaging to a marriage, being excessive
1:22.4	and insincere with the praise that you give. I feel like these things should be intrinsically
1:27.1	a part of a loving Christian human being, the things that you give. I feel like these things should be intrinsically a part of a loving
1:30.1	Christian human being, the things that they are praising them for. And I do wish to have him be
1:35.3	dependent, and I don't wish, so this is a wife, I do not wish to have him be dependent on my praise for his
1:42.3	feelings of self-worth. I also like to save my verbal praises for when my spouse really goes above and beyond,
1:47.6	not things like putting his clothes in the tamper, taking the trash out,
1:50.4	or spending quality time with his children.
1:53.0	If I encourage him of these things, which I do believe are just basic Christian fatherhood,
1:57.3	I feel a bit like his mother.
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