Marriage Monday Episodes
Marriage Monday Episodes
Monday Oct 16, 2023
The Intimacy Table - Spiritual Intimacy In Marriage Begins With YOU!
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Spiritual intimacy can be a really difficult thing to think about within marriage. Often times we are satisfied as couples just to know that we "believe the same general things". But do not be fooled! Spiritual "sameness" is not the same as spiritual intimacy. The former is easy - the latter takes discipline, intentionality, and your own deep devotion to God. But spiritual intimacy is only two steps away in your marriage! Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Physical (but NON-sexual) intimacy in marriage can be really challenging thing for a couple to navigate. Lack of physical intimacy can often be a stumbling block for one or the other partner in the marriage and can tempt us into thinking all kinds of horrible things about our spouse. As Peter commands us in 1 Peter 3:7 - we are to live with our spouse "in an understanding way". The area of physical intimacy in marriage gives us ALL sorts of opportunity to live this out practically. Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Struggling with emotional intimacy in your relationship? Just want to grow deeper in emotional intimacy? You found the right place! In this episode, Nathan and Andrea give a definition to that amorphous term "emotional intimacy" and talk about the 3 things that you need to grow emotional intimacy in your marriage. Then they end with some practical steps you can take today! Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
So often Nathan and Andrea have found that couples tend to find a point in their marriage where things are "good" or feel that their marriage has "arrived". In this episode, Nathan and Andrea talk about the calling upon each of us in marriage to reject this idea and work continuously towards deeper levels of intimacy in marriage. Nathan and Andrea develop the analogy of the "Intimacy Table" as a picture for the importance of seeking all four areas of intimacy - emotional, physical, spiritual, and sexual - continuously in our marriages.
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Sep 18, 2023
I Screwed Up! Now What?!? Restoring Purity In Relationship
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Throughout the podcast, Nathan and Andrea have encouraged couples to do everything in their power to maintain purity in their relationship. But, what if that purity has already been breached and trust in the relationship has been broken? Andrea digs into that question and more in this week's episode!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Sep 11, 2023
Why Is My Marriage Such Hard Work?!?!
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
In this episode, Nathan and Andrea go back and take a look at what the Bible says about work - because THAT explains why marriage is such hard work......buuuuuuuuuuut, is that hard work a bad thing in God's eyes? Could it be that it is just our broken humanity that has made work into a problem? Let's get into that!
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Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
In this episode, Nathan and Andrea recount the history of Memorial Day, take a look at what God says in the Bible about creating memorials and remembering, and question whether we do enough within marriage to remember what God has brought us through. Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday May 22, 2023
1 Corinthians 7:7-11 - God, This ”Gift” of Marriage Sucks...
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
In this episode, Nathan and Andrea take a look at Paul's encouragement to people in Corinth to remain single as Paul was at the time. Interesting that Paul refers to the single life AND the married life BOTH as gifts from God. Why then is it so darn easy to think of them as something less than a gift? Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
1 Corinthians 7:5 - ”Do Not Deprive” Your Spouse vs. The Sex Fast
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
In this episode, Nathan and Andrea discuss Paul's words to married couples in 1 Corinthians 7:5. What does it mean to "fast"? How does that apply to sex within marriage? Why does Paul instruct us not to "deprive" our spouses? Is it okay to have a "sexless" marriage? Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
In this episode, Nathan and Andrea consider Paul's writing to us in 1 Corinthians 7:3-4 where Paul talks about our responsibility with regards to our spouse's "conjugal rights" and the authority that we have over our spouse's body. So which takes precedent? Our responsibilities or our rights? How you answer that says everything you need to know about the direction of your marriage. Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
In this episode, Nathan and Andrea consider Paul's direction to us in 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 discussing a question that was posed to Paul by the church in Corinth. In addition, Paul will begin to expand upon what a God-honoring sexual relationship should look like in marriage. Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Unforgiveness....The Silent Marriage Killer
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Today Nathan and Andrea dig into one of the most insidious killers of marriage and relationship to ever plague mankind - unforgiveness. But today they talk not about an individual's own unforgiveness, but rather the way that unforgiveness can be picked up by those around us and carried for generations - even after the original people have long since forgiven each other! It's Biblical! Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Gen-Z Men No Longer Interested In Dating......And Why It Matters For YOU!
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Today Nathan and Andrea consider an article written by Aldo Buttazzoni entitled "I am Gen Z. Men in my generation are not dating. Why should we?" You can access the original article HERE. Why is it that men are so unmotivated to date in this environment? Have the decisions made 20+ years ago finally come back to haunt us? What does this mean for your children? What does it mean for this country? Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
”Confirmation Bias” - This May Be WRECKING Your Marriage!
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
This idea of "confirmation bias" is a silent killer in so many marriages that Nathan and Andrea come across. It is time to call it for what it is and put a stop to it! Do you fall into this trap in your marriage? Time for an honest assessment! Let's get into that.
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
Ephesians 5:33 - Love & Respect
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Are you struggling in your marriage and beginning to lose hope that it can ever be better? Do you feel like you keep trying to show your spouse how much you care and they just don't seem to get it - or reciprocate to you in a way that shows you how much they love you? The answer may be in Ephesians 5:33, the passage that Nathan and Andrea discuss today on Marriage Monday. Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
This Is ”God’s Design For Marriage”
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
This episode is "the one". Nathan and Andrea dig into Ephesians 5:31-32 which is the heart behind God's design for marriage. If you want to know what God was doing when He created marriage - so that you can better know your role within your marriage and live that out practically - DO NOT SKIP THIS EPISODE!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
FIRST AND FOREMOST - SO SORRY FOR THE AUDIO TODAY. WINDOWS DID AN UPDATE AND IT REVERTED OUR DEFAULT MICROPHONE BACK TO THE ARRAY MIC ON OUR COMPUTER INSTEAD OF OUR MICROPHONES. ISSUE WILL BE FIXED NEXT WEEK.
Today Nathan and Andrea reflect on something that Andrea said during their recent trip to Florida. What is "the grind"? Why is is so challenging for marriages? How do we escape the grind and what is the tangible benefits to our marriages? Let's get into that!
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Bonus footage from our trip to the Everglades! Thought we would post up some video of our airboat trip through the Everglades because it shows God's immense creativity in the varied topographies that He created - even within just the United States. Also, this video sets up our conversation on Marriage Monday about escaping the grind.
Enjoy!
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Monday Jan 30, 2023
Ephesians 5:29-30 - Husbands, Don’t Be A Hater
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Today Nathan & Andrea take a further look into Paul's exhortation for husbands to love their wives as their own bodies. Paul expands on that in these verse, challenging us that we either nourish and cherish our wives......or we hate them. Which will it be for you?
Marriage By Design is a channel dedicated to digging into God's design for marriage and family - as well as talking practically live that out in our marriages and families. Our goal is to leave you encouraged that you CAN do marriage and family by God's design and to give you HOPE that God IS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
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Monday Jan 16, 2023
Ephesians 5:27 - What Does It Mean To Be A ”Spiritual Leader”?
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Today Nathan & Andrea take a closer look at Ephesians 5:27 and discuss what it means for the husband to be called to be the "spiritual leader" in the home. How is this accomplished? Why is this important? What if my wife is resistant to my spiritual leadership? What if she doesn't understand it at all? Let's get into that!
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