You’ve probably heard them all—“Happy wife, happy life,” “Marriage should be 50/50,” “Don’t go to bed angry.” But are these catchy phrases actually helping your marriage… or quietly sabotaging it?
In this episode, we’re unpacking five of the most common marriage clichés and holding them up to the light of Scripture. Some of them sound sweet. Some of them sound wise. But all of them fall short of God’s design for a thriving, Christ-centered marriage.
Whether you’re newly married or a few years in, this episode will help you trade in shallow slogans for deeper, gospel-rooted truth.
00:00 Intro 08:13 Exploring Marriage Clichés 11:22 Cliché 1: Happy Wife, Happy Life 15:02 Cliché 2: Marriage Should Be 50/50 20:20 Cliché 3: Love Means Never Having to Say Sorry 23:11 Cliché 4: My Spouse Completes Me 28:22 Cliché 5: Kids Come First 38:18 One Degree Shift START THE 7-DAY MARRIAGE ON MISSION CHALLENGE