FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Ruts & Bruises 2

with Ron Deal | December 28, 2019
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The answer: only one long continuous rut. That's why the needle moves. It's kind of like the ruts in our lives. We can get stuck in one long continuous pattern. Choosing the same bad friends and same poor decisions. How do we skip out of the rut? In the Bible, James says the transformation comes when we obey the word of God. "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." No action means staying in the rut. But obedience to righteousness means growth and change.

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  • About the Host

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  • The answer: only one long continuous rut. That's why the needle moves. It's kind of like the ruts in our lives. We can get stuck in one long continuous pattern. Choosing the same bad friends and same poor decisions. How do we skip out of the rut? In the Bible, James says the transformation comes when we obey the word of God. "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." No action means staying in the rut. But obedience to righteousness means growth and change.

  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

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