It's easy to point fingers, especially in a marriage, and place blame on other people. Listening, openness, humility, and determination are needed to inspect and change yourself.
Deb and Bruce Potts join Cecil on the Practical Faith Academy podcast to talk about their marriage mentoring efforts, the role of faith in marriage, and their own experiences with leaning on faith to get through crisis.
The Potts have served as marriage mentors in their church for a dozen years, using techniques they’ve learned during 48 years of marriage. The Potts also endured a trying health crisis that overlapped with the pandemic, which stretched and renewed their faith. Their wisdom about marriage and about life shines in this podcast that focuses on changing yourself to help your marriage and to equip you to deal with life’s difficulties.
Highlights of the podcast:
1:55 Their definitions of a seven-day practical faith
4:57 The role that faith plays in their marriage
7:23 On Christ being in the center of their marriage
9:01 Three key principles they share with couples.
11:33 How reactions to family of origin affect marriage and parenting
14:36 Bruce talks about his medical crisis requiring two brain surgeries during the Covid pandemic, how his faith helped him during that time, and how the crisis changed his approach to life.
19:55 Deb’s experience during Bruce’s hospital stay in isolation and how faith and community pulled her through.
23:49 Why and how they wrote a novel, “Love on Life Support,” about Bruce’s crisis within the Covid crisis.
28:37 The hardest part for them about putting faith into practice.
31:03 Their best tips for developing and maintaining a seven-day practical faith.
32:02 How people can learn more about their work in marriage mentoring
The Practical Faith Academy podcast can be found on major podcasting platforms such as Apple, Spotify, Audacy, iHeart Radio, YouTube, and Podbean. Search for "Practical Faith Academy." You can also visit CecilTaylorMinistries.com/free-content for links to the podcast on various platforms.
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