Learn Your Spouse Before You Lose Connection

About this episode

Pastor Brad Bigney and his wife Vicki discuss the importance of understanding your spouse to improve communication and connection in Christian marriages.

Pastor Brad Bigney and his wife Vicki expose the hidden expectations, frustrations, and communication habits quietly damaging Christian marriages. If you’ve spent years wishing your spouse would change, this conversation will challenge the way you think about biblical love, sanctification, and marriage communication. Learn why truly understanding your spouse—not remaking them—is often the breakthrough struggling couples desperately need. ___ Thanks for listening! Thrive would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Thrive we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Brad Bigney

Guest: Vicki Bigney

Topics covered

• marriage communication
• Christian marriages
• understanding spouse
• biblical love
• sanctification

Keywords

• Christian marriage
• communication habits
• hidden expectations
• frustrations
• biblical love

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fortis Institute

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