Starting Right
Starting Right is a 5 minute Day Starter to help keep you motivated, encouraged, and focused throughout your day. DannyMac is a pastor, teacher, motivational speaker, husband, and father. His years of leading and training people have given him vast experience in helping individuals to accomplish change in their lives and meet their goals. He can help you set the course for your day by offering practical advice from God's Word in a positive and fun way. There is no better way to begin your day than by Starting Right with DannyMac.
Starting Right
Faith and Love A Journey of Marital Resilience
Unlock the secret to a thriving marriage with me, Danny Mac, as I share pearls of wisdom from my 45 years of marriage. Could the true foundation of a successful marriage be something more profound than love and understanding? This episode explores how prioritizing a deep, personal relationship with Jesus Christ can transform your marriage, providing the strength and wisdom needed to weather any storm. Drawing from biblical teachings, we discuss how nurturing your spiritual and emotional growth as individuals can lead to a more fulfilling and supportive partnership.
Over the last couple of days we've been talking about marriage and some of the things that my wife and I have learned over the last 45 years of our marriage. Well, I promised you that today I would give you the cornerstone and foundation upon which any marriage can survive anything. Now, many people believe that the foundation of a really good marriage is built upon love and understanding and respect. But what if I told you that perhaps the most essential cornerstone and foundation of a thriving marriage isn't about the relationship between the husband and wife, but about the individual relationship between them and Jesus Christ, and that priority is what helps to keep them together and going strong and dealing with everything in their lives? In Matthew 22, verses 37 to 39, jesus tells us what the greatest commandment of all is. He says it's to love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. He is telling us that we are to prioritize our relationship with God first, because it transforms our perspective on not only how we love God, but also how we love our spouse. Think about this when a husband and wife are both deeply rooted in their faith, they draw strength and wisdom from a higher source. That is the foundation that allows them to weather storms together and to support one another through every challenge that comes along.
DannyMac:Here's one of the really cool things about this when we understand what our priorities are, you see, when we are each individually, as husband and wife, working on our own personal growth, both spiritually and emotionally, god is empowering us to fulfill the role we have and to have the wisdom to feed and build up each other in our relationship, so that when we look at things like the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians, chapter 5, where it speaks about having God's love and joy and peace and patience and kindness and goodness and faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, those things in our lives all by themselves will change our own lives and it will change our marriage If we learn to incorporate our relationship lives and it will change our marriage If we learn to incorporate our relationship with God into every part of our lives. It means that we are far more likely to make choices that honor God, and not just for ourselves but for our spouse. And then, when both people are seeking God and letting God lead and guide them, they will find comfort. They will find the support they need from their spouse, they will feel comfortable in the relationship. But, what's more, that relationship will never be dull. God is a God who continually is moving and creating in us and for us, and so he will lead us to and into new things. God will pour joy into us. God will pour peace into us. He will guide us in our faith. He's promised to give us healing and encouragement and love so that we are continually loved by him. And let me finish with this one thing Matthew 18 20 tells us that where two or three gather together in Jesus' name, he is there among them.
DannyMac:I fully believe that couples who pray together not only grow spiritually, but they also strengthen their bond together. It builds trust and intimacy because they are both seeking guidance from the same source, almighty God. You see, a firm foundation for a marriage is really based upon a firm foundation for each one of us individually. It's all about our relationship with God and knowing that His presence, his guidance and His work in us is vital to our own lives, but it's also crucial to our marriage. And as we grow closer to God individually, man, we can grow closer to God together, and especially in this age. A strong marriage is a reflection of both people's deep commitments, where God is at the center. He's loved and obeyed first and foremost in their lives, and then they love and work together as husband and wife to fulfill what God is leading them in and to with their lives.
DannyMac:What's the cornerstone and foundation for a wonderful marriage that can survive anything? It's a personal relationship with Jesus Christ for both you and your spouse, and if you have that relationship and you are committed to it, god will give you the ability to go through anything the enemy can throw at you. Have a great day, my friends, and give your spouse a little extra hug today, or maybe just phone them in the middle of the day and just say hey, I was thinking about you, I love you. They will feel loved and you will be happy because you did it. So have a great day, my friends. Take care, keep the faith and we will talk again tomorrow. Take care, keep the faith and we will talk again tomorrow. Thank you for joining us today and I invite you to join us every Monday to Friday, right here at Starting Right, with Danny Mac.
