The Real Marriage Podcast How To Make Your Marriage Last
Oct 21, 2025
Explore the essential ingredients for a lasting marriage, focusing on peace, grace, and holiness. Discover how effective communication can transform relationships, starting with gentle conversations. Learn about the hidden roots of bitterness and the vital role of forgiveness in uprooting discontent. The hosts candidly share personal struggles and stress the importance of connection before correction. Ultimately, they highlight how unresolved wounds threaten marital harmony and invite emotional disconnection, making grace and healing essential.
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Connect Before You Correct
- Start hard conversations with connection, not attack, to avoid a harsh startup.
- Ask to talk later and express love first so the discussion has better odds of ending well.
Bottle Rockets As A Metaphor
- Pastor Mark recalls childhood bottle-rocket fights as an illustration of harsh startups.
- He likens launching blame at each other to shooting unstable bottle rockets that escalate conflict.
Build The Relationship Bridge
- Build relationship connection regularly so it can carry the weight of hard issues.
- Use 'connect before you correct' to strengthen the bridge that holds difficult conversations.
