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Guarding Your Marriage with Boundaries & Community – Why accountability and godly friendships matter, and how boundaries keep us safe
Boundaries aren’t barriers to intimacy—they’re the guardrails that protect it. In this episode of the Abundantly Expectant Marriage podcast, Rachel and Ron dive into why healthy boundaries are essential for trust, peace, and unity in marriage. They share practical examples of boundaries with time, technology, extended family, and the opposite sex—and unpack why community and accountability are crucial for thriving marriages.
You’ll walk away encouraged to set safeguards that protect your relationship and challenged to lean into godly friendships that sharpen and strengthen your marriage.
Don’t forget to download this week’s Couples Connection Guide and the Healthy Boundaries Checklist for practical steps you can take right away.
Scripture References:
-1 Peter 5:8 NLT - Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
-Proverbs 4:23 NLT - Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
-Hebrews 10:24–25 - Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together…but encouraging one another.
Resource List:
Here are some excellent Christian marriage books that you can recommend to your listeners, complete with links for purchase:
- Renewed Legacy: A 30-Day Journey to Save Your Marriage and Become a Spiritual Leader: By Ron Cool
- This journal and study plan have been crafted with a deep sense of purpose, a heartfelt dedication, and a commitment to transformation. It's a journey that goes beyond the words on these pages; it's a journey to renew and reclaim your legacy.
- The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman
- This bestseller focuses on understanding and expressing love through five key "languages" to strengthen emotional connections in marriage.
- Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? by Gary Thomas
- This thought-provoking book emphasizes how marriage can help individuals grow closer to God while growing together as a couple.
- Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
- Based on biblical principles, this book explores the dynamics of love and respect in building a thriving marriage.
- For Women Only / For Men Only Series by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn
- This series offers gender-specific insights into the needs and perspectives of spouses, helping couples understand each other better.
- You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity by Francis and Lisa Chan
- This book challenges couples to see marriage as a way to glorify God and focus on eternal perspectives.
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