Your First Ministry Is Your Marriage

About this episode

Brad Rhoads and Pastor Jamus Edwards discuss the dangers of prioritizing ministry over marriage and the importance of intentional investment in relationships.

What happens when ministry becomes more important than marriage? In this episode, Brad Rhoads sits down again with Pastor Jamus Edwards of Pleasant Valley Community Church to talk honestly about the danger of sacrificing your marriage on the altar of ministry. Jamus shares how early ministry success masked unhealthy priorities at home, how his wife Annie felt lonely and neglected, and how God used conviction, repentance, and intentional marriage investment to reorder his life. This convers...

People in this episode

Host: Brad Rhoads

Guest: Jamus Edwards

Topics covered

• marriage
• ministry
• priorities
• conviction
• repentance
• relationships

Keywords

• ministry
• marriage
• priorities
• conviction
• repentance
• relationships
• loneliness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pleasant Valley Community Church

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