The Fear Factor (Proverbs 6)
What if I told you that couples in blended families have a particular vulnerability that couples in first marriages don't have. Would you want to know what it is?
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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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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 ...more
What if I told you that couples in blended families have a particular vulnerability that couples in first marriages don’t have. Would you want to know what it is?
Ron: What if I told you that couples in blended families have a particular vulnerability that couples in first marriages don’t have. Would you want to know what it is?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: I’ve researched this. Stepfamilies have an Achilles heel that undercuts their ability to love and trust. For someone who has already been through one divorce, the fear of another or worrying about your spouse’s commitment predicts with 93% accuracy whether you have a strong, stable marriage, or a fragile, unhappy one.
Proverbs 6 tells us that jealousy arouses a spouse’s anger and jealousy is just what happens when fear and worry have their way. If you’re in a blended family, it’s essential that you find ways of casting out fear or it may sabotage trust and steal your ability to serve your mate. You can do this. We want to help.
For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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