Engaged: Marriage Preparation

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Engaged: Marriage Preparation

Air date: January 17, 2025

Ron: Don’t just plan a wedding. Prepare to be married.

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: I know. I know. It’s perfectly natural for the romantically drunk, dopamine intoxicated, engaged couple to assume that married life is going to be fantastic. But believe it or not, anybody married longer than six months will tell you there is going to be some work involved in every great marriage. It starts here.

Learn all you can about stepfamily living. Read a book together. Or find a marriage mentor or get premarital counseling at your church. It can lower your risk of divorce by thirty percent. Yes, I said thirty percent. Don’t let the complexity of stepfamily living blindside your marriage. Be prepared for it. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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