How to Build a Biblical Perspective in Marriage | Ep. 643
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 802 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Your mindset greatly impacts your day to day life. If you’re stuck in unhealthy or unhelpful thought patterns, both you and your marriage will suffer. But there are simple ways to unpack your thought patterns and replace the unhelpful with a biblical perspective. In today’s episode we’re looking at practical ways to adopt a gracious, life-giving perspective in marriage.
We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.
Episode highlights include:
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Common perspective mistakes in marriage and what causes them
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Practical tips to resolve perspective issues and create a Biblical perspective
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What do secret sin and perspective have in common?
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Ways to communicate more effectively and seek to understand your spouse's perspective
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Tips to cultivate oneness and a spiritual foundation of unity
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
Couples Conversation Guide:
Main takeaway: Is your perspective of your spouse realistic? For most issues, a generous perspective and good communication can get you through it together.
Questions to Discuss:
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Do you have any unrealistic expectations of your spouse today? If you’re not sure, check them out together.
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Are you and your spouse at odds over an issue? Take the time to learn what matters most to your spouse about their position on it.
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Do you have thought habits that are leading to bitterness or resentment in your marriage?
QUOTES
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"It's hard to step into your spouse's shoes or take the time to do that, to have empathy for them." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
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"Resentment can be a huge thing and it's so dangerous because if we don't stop it, it continues to grow." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
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“Perspective is your lens on the world. If your lens is covered with smudges and you’re not seeing clearly, that’s not the world’s fault. You’ve got to clean your lens.” - Lindsay Few
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
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If you are ready to have a better perspective – and a better marriage, then the biblically-based 4 Week Reframing Challenge is for you!
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Turn to God and ask him to renew your mind with our NEW resource, 11 Prayers To Stop Thinking Negatively About Your Spouse
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15 Better Assumptions To Make About Your Spouse is a free printable to help you set your mind on what is true, right and good. Learn more here!
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Join the Marriage Changer Movement! Because a world full of awesome marriages can change the world
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Marriage Multiplier is a quick and highly practical weekly email to help you invest in your marriage. CLICK HERE to learn more!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. |
| 0:13.4 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:21.8 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:29.7 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast. |
| 0:31.4 | We are so glad that you are joining us today. |
| 0:33.8 | I am Lindsay Few, your podcast producer and co-host, and Dr. Kim is here with me in the studio. |
| 0:38.9 | And today we're going to talk about perspective in marriage because your mindset really matters. |
| 0:44.1 | It affects everything you do in day-to-day life. |
| 0:46.8 | If you're stuck in an unhelpful thought patterns, you and your marriage are going to suffer. |
| 0:51.8 | So today we're going to troubleshoot that and look at some practical |
| 0:54.7 | ways to have a life-giving biblical perspective in your marriage. And before we do that, I want to make |
| 1:00.5 | sure you know about this awesome resource that's designed to exactly for this situation. It's our |
| 1:06.3 | four-week reframing challenge. This challenge is designed to help you build a true and helpful |
| 1:11.1 | biblical perspective about you and your marriage. So Dr. Kim, let's start talking about |
| 1:17.0 | perspective in marriage. Let's start with this. What are some of the perspective mistakes that |
| 1:22.1 | you see couples make in the counseling room? Yeah, I think it's a big, I think it is a huge problem |
| 1:27.2 | for all of us. And most of the time, we don, I think it's a big, I think it is a huge problem for all of us. |
| 1:27.8 | And most of the time, we don't really realize it. |
| 1:30.5 | People get into counseling and then we'll kind of talk about things and they'll kind of, |
| 1:34.6 | you kind of say a light bulb come on. |
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