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It‘s not enough to have your marriage survive. We want your marriage to thrive! Bringing unique perspectives from counseling individuals and couples in the church, the law, and the military, Bryon and Jennifer Harvey bring a wealth of experience and perspective to Operation: Thriving Marriage.
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Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Lust is a common experience. Contemporary culture treats lust as normal and not a problem. “You can look but you can’t touch.” That is not how Jesus treats lust. He says lusting is the same as adultery. Lust is a problem that must be addressed. It objectifies the object of lust and damages the intimacy in marriage. Link to the article mentioned at the beginning of the episode. https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/did-we-kiss-purity-goodbye?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=NTP%20%E2%80%93%20US%20Boost&utm_content=Did%20We%20Kiss%20Purity%20Goodbye%3F&hsa_acc=1624234290982548&hsa_cam=23849977346490267&hsa_grp=23849977346510267&hsa_ad=23850251045660267&hsa_src=fb&hsa_net=facebook&hsa_ver=3&fbclid=IwAR15hTwFnfp2UK4_sOrb576atEUkiGZy6kDg6RD8X1NZoPeANaGXJnN8bl4
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
When we get married we become one but we don’t lose who we are. Our personalities are part of who we are as individuals. These differences are important and can sometimes lead to conflict. Couples will often mishandle these differences by ignoring or exaggerating them. In this episode we hope to help you learn how to manage your differences in a healthy way.
Link to the article Jen read:
https://www.sistersletter.com/we-time/many-women-over-40-who-seem-lucky-in-love-actually-know-this?cmp=SNP-ICM-FB-SISTERS-CTW&kenshooID=284884660&kpid=fb_cmp-6271654246437_adg-6303225404237_ad-6307010121237&fbclid=IwAR2zy6Jkp0W6pMjnaVCPBlu4z4RuWFopjfLf2Eq1NnwdwD-v5yDP-Lw5LLw
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Divorce is not desirable. It is definitely not what we want for your marriage, but the reality is that divorce is an option. When pretending that divorce is not an option it prevents us from dealing with the issues that lead to divorce. We can’t prevent divorce by saying it’s not an option. We can only prevent divorce by dealing with the issues that lead to divorce.
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
A thriving marriage is not something you arrive at but rather a journey you’re on. This episode discusses some of the signs you will see when a marriage is thriving.
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Becoming parents is not the purpose of marriage. Parenting, however, can lead to conflicts in marriage when you, as a couple, don’t agree on how to handle things. It’s important to manage the Unexpectations around parenting. If you don’t it will keep your marriage from thriving.
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Does your spouse complete you? Is that the biblical vision for marriage?
Well, the answer is no. The one who completes us is God not our spouse. A thriving marriage is not a couple completing each other. A thriving marriage is two people complete in Christ growing in holiness together. Your marriage will thrive when you look to God to complete you and your spouse to be your partner in growing to be more fit for the kingdom of God.
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
According to an article in the Washington Post by Terrence Real there is a normal amount of marital hatred. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/09/23/marriage-relationships-conflict/
Is that true? Is there a normal amount of hatred in marriage? Well, Jesus calls us to love our enemies. If that’s true then even more so then we should love our spouses. Hate does not have a place in Christianity at all much less, in marriage. Yet, in marriage we will not always be happy. There will be times when we aren’t happy in marriage but that should not lead us to hate our spouses.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Marriage exists to help to people become more fit to fulfill the purpose that God has for them. One of the ways we do that is by supporting each other. To be effective at this we need to match the right support to the need. Support can be emotional, tangible, or informational. Each one is necessary at different times to make a marriage thrive.
You can find the article Jen references in this episode at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shared-existence/202209/how-common-misunderstanding-leads-so-many-couples-conflict
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Marriages go through natural phases of development. In this episode, Bryon and Jen apply Bruce Tuckman’s theory of group development to our marriages and use his observations to help us navigate the storms we all face in marriage.