Speaking Kindly to Your Spouse | Dave & Ashley Willis

We are kicking off our first mini-series on the podcast talking about two super important issues in marriage. Episode 1 is about the power of your words. Plus a great question about how to handle the inability to reach climax.

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[lisafarmen]

So appreciative for you both..who else would discuss such topics in detail?? Thank you your such a gift for a much needed place within the Christian realm. We love your transparency , your humor, you not beating around the bush...God bless you both and your ministry.

[truelove]

Thank you both for this message! Straight from God Almighty! In the middle of a situation in our marriage, a cycle of this situation, so I asked God what teaching do we need to hear for this communication in our marriage to work, he led us to this! Thank you Dave and Ashley! 😇

[naplesinvestor]

Your personal story hit close to home. Thanks for sharing the struggle.

[actmrhata]

I really love this channel. It’s so encouraging and hope giving. And it gives me motivation to do what I can do to fix things even when I feel like there’s no hope

[brightpage]

Love the thumbnail - she looks like she has her finger on the button and he looks terrified. 😆 it’s so real!

[mamaat]

Thanks for the advice. You guys made my day. It just brought a smile to my face. I could not stop laughing. Y’all are my favorite couple. God has really bless us with your personality and the knowledge you spread to the world❤️ God bless u and Xo for all y’all do. Y’all have help our marriage tremendously🙏🏼

[teribailey]

God really is moving through you both. Thank you so very much.

[pharmclare]

I will definitely try to read these books. Excellent message especially letting people talk negatively about your spouse. God bless you abundantly for the wonderful things you are pointing out here 🙏

[leonicauys]

My husband and I are exactly here....rome mates.. he snaps at me no matter what I say....were do i start...PLEASE HELP ME....have a 25 years marriage and 3 beautiful boys, 19, 15 and 13....i don't what to give up on my marriage

[owlfethurz]

Blessing to you for sharing encouragement to walk in God's word in our relationships.

[bethh.]

Are we allowed to voice what is hurting us, but in a constructive way even if it's to others? Maybe it isn't helpful to do that and we should be only telling God or the one we feel hurt us. I have definitely felt God convicting me before about not speaking degradingly or negatively about whether my spouse or others. I am kind of surprised to hear that venting doesn't help but it also makes sense about the match scenario. Sometimes i just want to grieve my pain or sadness but i have got to do so in a positive way.

I do feel bad for someone close to me whose in a bad marrital situation and the spouse does not seem to want to listen and seems to have basically given up. So she has shared a lot about these issues bc i know them both.

[adrianavetrano]

Really enjoyed this message. Great words of knowledge. Thank you 🙏🏼

[rebekahc]

This is SO practical! Thank you for sharing; so timely for me!

[davidwalker]

Great Message!! The Emotionally Destructive Relationship by Leslie Vernick

[daniellamoreno]

It's true to not bad mouth your spouse don't make my mistake then people will also have bad out look towards him or her.
What about constructive criticism like to improve our spouse?

[angelarose]

I feel like these two people have never been divorced. They seem to be Godly spiritual people who do things right. I’ve been in a marriage where the guy called himself a Christian but treated me like trash. He was angry and if I would respond in peace and calmness he would walk all over me and see it as weakness. I would walk away from his anger and he would follow me and keep arguing and yelling. He would only stop if I spoke up and argued with him. Please help me understand how not responding with an attitude doesn’t work because in my experience it does! And they tear you worse if you stay calm and use all of these techniques.

[jeannettedembek]

The question today was so close to my husband's and my sex life. We married later in life and were only married a little over a year. Unfortunately, he died before we could work everything out.. i loved him so much and wanted to please him, but just couldn't. I think he was diabetic which caused some of the problems and he also had an addiction to porn which made me feel like i had to act like a porn star to please him. Even though he was a Christian, I could not convince him that it was wrong..

[tinalab]

It's my husband words that keeps me from him

[josuearteaga]

Wish i would have known about this podcast and applied it 2 yrs ago I’d still be in my relationship

[cmgebb]

Sorry, but we vent with our counselor, so I totally disagree!!!🙏🙏🙏