The Real Marriage Podcast

Season 5: A Study of Romans  During 2020, we had more laws and rules than ever before. The more law, the less joy. The more law, the less life. The more law, the less freedom. If that same environment is in your home or marriage you are literally killing each other. Being married to the law is a bad marriage. Being married to grace is a good marriage. Our good friends Dave & Ashley Willis on the Naked Marriage podcast have just released a new book called Naked & Healthy. In this book, they uncover the lifestyle your mind, body, spirit, and marriage need. We love Dave & Ashley and we know this book will help your marriage. Nakedandhealthy.com Today’s podcast is sponsored by Crafted Faith Crate, a monthly subscription box designed to grow your faith and creativity. Be creative and be encouraged with Crafted Faith Crate! As a listener, they’re giving you $5 off your first box! Visit Craftedfaithcrate.com and use the promo code LOVE to get $5 off. Download the free Romans study guide and go through it with your spouse by texting ROMANS to 31996. Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 5: A Study of Romans  Buckle up husbands, this one’s for you! Every single pain, peril, and evil on earth was because one husband was passive, watched evil happen, and didn’t say or do anything to stop it. Men, are you taking responsibility and lovingly leading your family? You have a choice to be like Adam or like Jesus. Satan is coming for your marriage and men, if you don’t fight you’ll lose. A lot of people are counting on you.  Download the free Romans study guide and go through it with your spouse by texting ROMANS to 31996. Need personal counseling? Check out our sponsors at Faithful Counseling. Get 10% off your first month as a listener of the Real Marriage podcast. Go to getfaithful.com/realmarriage and join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional. Naked & Healthy Book - Our good friends Dave & Ashley Willis on the Naked Marriage podcast have just released a new book called Naked & Healthy. In this book, they uncover the lifestyle your mind, body, spirit, and marriage need. We love Dave & Ashley and we know this book will help your marriage. nakedandhealthy.com Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 5: A Study of Romans  Judging each other in marriage never leads to peace. The goal is to win the relationship, not the argument. We need to get out of the judgment seats and put the gavel down. In this episode, we’re talking about judging our spouse and Mark & Grace share some of their own struggles with this issue. Naked & Healthy Book - Our good friends Dave & Ashley Willis on the Naked Marriage podcast have just released a new book called Naked & Healthy. In this book, they uncover the lifestyle your mind, body, spirit, and marriage need. They share their own health and marriage battles to reveal why your personal well-being and the health of your marriage are inextricably connected. We love Dave & Ashley and we know this book will help your marriage. nakedandhealthy.com Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 5: A Study of Romans The whole point of the Bible is relational. We are not the source of the love that we give our spouse. God is love and he pours it into our hearts and it overflows to others. Only God can meet your relational needs. Only God can fill you with the love you give your spouse. The way God treats you is how you should treat others...starting with your spouse. Watch the 2021 XO Marriage Conference at Home - February 12-13, 2021 or On-Demand XO at Home brings the XO Conference to your home! This two-day Livestream provides expert marriage advice and practical teachings to help couples navigate their marriage journey. Don’t miss the biggest marriage conference of the year. xoathome.com Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 5: A Study of Romans  We’re starting a new season on the Book of Romans. In Romans, Paul talks about our relationship with God and our relationship with others. Loving others, starting with your spouse, begins with serving. When trying to get to a healthy marriage where do you start? By serving each other. Join us in studying the book of Romans. Get the study guide and go through it with your spouse by texting ROMANS to 31996. Need personal counseling? Check out our sponsors at Faithful Counseling. Get 10% off your first month as a listener of the Real Marriage podcast. Go to getfaithful.com/realmarriage and join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional. 21 Day Journey XO Now Courses - What if you could change your life in just 3 weeks? Find healing and freedom in these two courses from Jimmy Evans on XO Now. Get 25% off your first month of XO Now by going to 21dayjourney.com/real Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re taking everything we learned in the past 3 episodes about evil, foolish, and wise people and talking practically about how to have healthy relationships. When it comes to relationships between two people, there are six kinds of relationships they can potentially have. Therefore, understanding each category and seeking to be wise in all relationships is crucial for a healthy life. In marriage, we’re often trying to figure out who's going to win instead of who's going to be wise. For the health of your marriage we want to pivot your focus to, what would wisdom dictate? What would be the wise thing to do, to learn, to say, or to change? How do we both pursue wisdom together? 21 Day Journey XO Now Courses - What if you could change your life in just 3 weeks? Find healing and freedom in these two courses from Jimmy Evans on XO Now. Get 25% off your first month of XO Now by going to 21dayjourney.com/real Date night is important! Unbox Love is here to help make date night easier. As a listener of the Real Marriage podcast Unbox Love is giving you 10% off! Just visit unboxlove.com/real Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The foolish person makes an excuse. The wise person makes a plan. What do wisdom and a healthy marriage look like? In marriage, it’s important that we both work toward what God has for the marriage and not excuse what we’re doing that’s wrong. We’re encouraging you to pursue wisdom together with your spouse. Download a FREE Chapter from Mark's book, "Spirit-Filled Jesus". Just text "RealMarriage" to 31996 and we'll send it to you for free. This is a great resource about relationships that perfectly lines up with what we're talking about this season. Need personal counseling? Check out our sponsors at Faithful Counseling. Get 10% off your first month as a listener of the Real Marriage podcast. Go to getfaithful.com/realmarriage and join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional. Watch teachings from Pastor Mark and other leading marriage experts! Check out XO Now at now.xomarriage.com. Find more from Mark and Grace at  xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If we’re honest there’s a little bit of foolishness or an area of foolishness in all of us. The “want to” precedes the “how to”. You have to want help before you can actually get help. Wisdom requires humility. If you hang out in a foolish decision or with foolish people just like gravity it will pull you down. Today we’re going to talk about how to deal with our own foolishness and foolish people. We love giving away free stuff! Right now we're giving away a free chapter from Mark's book, Spirit-Filled Jesus, about dealing with foolish and evil people. This goes right along with what we're talking about this month. To get this free ebook, text realmarriage to 31996.  Get a 15% discount on the brand new pre-marriage course from XO Now, Preparing For I Do. premarriage.com/real Unbox Love wants to Bring Date Night Home! Our listeners get 10% off! unboxlove.com/real Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 4: Real Relationships  You only have enough time and energy for a handful of relationships. In these next four episodes, we’re going to talk about three types of people: wise, foolish, & evil and how to develop real relationships by "treating different people differently". There really are evil people in this world. In this episode, we’re talking practically about how to deal with these evil people in our lives and marriage.  Download a FREE Chapter from Mark's book, "Spirit-Filled Jesus". Just text "RealMarriage" to 31996 and we'll send it to you for free. This is a great resource about relationships that perfectly lines up with what we're talking about this season. Need personal counseling? Check out our sponsors at Faithful Counseling. Get 10% off your first month as a listener of the Real Marriage podcast. Go to getfaithful.com/realmarriage and join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional. Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The holidays can be full of pressure, frustrations, and stress. In this season of giving let’s start with forgiving and serving our spouse and others. This leads to an enjoyable, life-giving environment during and after the holiday season. Watch teachings from leading marriage experts! Start your free trial at now.xomarriage.com. Find more from Mark and Grace at xomarriage.com/realmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices