The Living Marriages Podcast | Effective Communication, Intimacy, Healthy Habits, Christian Counseling, Christian Parenting
The Go-To Podcast for Those Who Want To Rebuild Intimacy and Connection in Their Christ Centered Marriage
Has the excitement of your wedding day now faded into the background?
Are you so exhausted that the last thing you want to think about is your marriage?
Do you and your spouse feel like ships passing in the night?
If you’re craving the intimate, connected marriage God has for you, you’ve come to the right place!
We’re April and Aaron Au, marriage coaches with over a decade of experience, who are on the journey to finding God’s best for our marriage while raising two young boys.
We recently heard this wisdom: “If your marriage isn’t growing, it’s dying.” Yikes! That really got our attention! But if you think about it, it’s true. Marriages need direction, purpose and a common vision to thrive. If they don’t, they will inevitably drift apart. When you add the pressures of raising young children and the grind of daily work to the mix, there are even more forces that threaten to pull our marriages apart.
Thankfully, God has a beautiful vision for our marriages. He wants us to cultivate and enjoy intimacy and connection in our marriage. What’s more, God wants to breathe his Spirit and life into our marriages through beautiful encounters with him in prayer and worship.
In this podcast, we’ll learn about:
- Simple, healthy habits that lead to effective communication and intentional conversations
- The assumptions and expectations that can sabotage our marriages
- How community is essential for a connected marriage
- God’s heart to bring healing and wholeness to us, as individuals and as a family
And of course, we’ll dive into all of the fun topics like sex, money, parenting and why you shouldn’t buy a car without talking to your spouse first.
We’ll also have space to encounter God through prayer, worship and reflection through regular episodes called “Thursday Thoughts.”
So join us on this beautiful journey that we call “Living Marriages.”
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2025
062 | A Prayer for Breakthrough In Your Finances
Why is it so hard to trust God, especially when it comes to the area of finances in marriage?
In this Thursday Thought, we reflect on our conversation from ep. 61 with Bob and Linda Lotich and God's …
061 | Money Trouble? (Part 2) A Key Mindset Shift for Financial Freedom with Bob and Linda Lotich
In this second part of our conversation with Bob and Linda Lotich of Seedtime.com, we get practical. (Please check out the first part of our conversation in ep. 59 if you haven't already.)
One of the…
060 | A Prayer Before Confronting the GIANTS in your Marriage
In Ep. 59, we heard the incredible story of how God invited Bob and Linda Lotich to trust him with their finances, including giving an incredible 31% of their income. Linda mentioned that they were a…
059 | Money Trouble? (Part 1) God's Wisdom For Your Finances with Bob and Linda Lotich
We are so incredibly excited and honoured to welcome two Spirit-led guests who we've looked up to for years in the areas of finance and marriage: Bob and Linda Lotich of Seedtime.
As Bob and Linda so…
058 | The Couple That Prays Together Stays Together: "For Yours Is The Kingdom..."
As we conclude this series on examining the Lord's Prayer and Marriage, we're reminded of the simple yet profound fact that everything, including our marriage, belongs to God. Are we willing to seek …
057 | Overcoming Temptation In Marriage: "Lead Us Not Into Temptation And Deliver Us..."
"Lead us not into temptation..." has always been an interesting petition in the Lord's Prayer since Scripture clearly tells us that God does not tempt us (James 1:13) Why did Jesus include this in hi…
056 | The Price of Unforgiveness in Your Marriage: "Forgive Us Our Debts As We Have Forgiven..."
Unforgiveness...bitterness...resentment. This is fertile ground for God's enemy to sow all kinds of chaos into our marriages and families. And yet this is the same ground where, when it comes into Go…
055 | Fresh Manna For Your Marriage: "Give Us Today Our Daily Bread..."
As we continue our series in the Lord's Prayer and marriage, we come to the petition that I (Aaron) find both incredibly comforting and incredibly challenging. Can I trust you, God, to meet my needs …
054 | When Heaven Breaks Through Into Our Marriages: "Your Kingdom Come..."
Today we pray "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is heaven." What does it mean to have heaven in our marriages today? Why does God invite us to surrender our lives and marriages to …
053 | Join Us In Praying At The Point of Pain
Thursday Thoughts will be taking a break for the next several weeks. That doesn't mean, though, that we aren't praying for you and your marriage. In fact, we are taking the time we would normally put…
052 | Who Comes Out On Top In Your Marriage? "Hallowed Be Your Name"
The Lord's Prayer contains a word we just don't use very often today and so we often struggle its meaning: "hallow". What does it mean to hallow the name of the Lord in our lives and in our marriage?
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051 | Pray With Us: "Our Father In Heaven..."
On this Thursday Thought, as we take up the habit of praying the Lord's Prayer daily in our marriages, we take time to reflect on the opening address of the Lord's Prayer and consider if we might be …
050 | Are You Treating God Like A Vending Machine? The Lord's Prayer and Marriage
Do you ever worry you're not doing or saying something right in prayer? That if you only knew the secrets to unlocking prayer that you would have your heart's desire? If so, you're not alone. We've b…
049 | A Prayer For Those Desiring New Ways of Deeper Connection
On today's Thursday Thought, we reflect on the simple habits that allow us to connect in powerful and transformational ways throughout our day and ask God to highlight the habits we can celebrate as …
048 | One Simple Prayer That Can Transform Your Marriage For A Lifetime
What if there was a small, simple, habit that could transform and shape your marriage for years to come? What if this habit only took you thirty seconds?
Over the next several weeks, we'll be doing a…
047 | A Prayer For A Miracle and Breakthrough In Your Marriage
As you heard in Episode 46, JB and Erin Crocker were only an hour away from having their marriage end for good. And then God gave them a miracle - a miracle of repentance, of transformation, new hope…
046 | Discovering God's New Marriage For Us: Part Two With JB And Erin Crocker
In Part One of JB and Erin's story (Ep 44), we heard about how God brought their marriage to an end - a marriage that was characterized by conflict, manipulation, brokenness and despair.
In Part Two …
045 | A Prayer For God To Meet You Where You Are In Your Marriage
The good news of the gospel is that God, in his love, meets us right where we are at. The good news though, is also that God loves us too much to leave us there.
In Episode 44, we heard the story of …
044 | When God Ended Our First Marriage: Part One with JB and Erin Crocker
JB and Erin Crocker have been on a journey in their marriage. It's one that involved brokenness, despair and ultimately hope and redemption.
On today's episode, we are privileged to hear the first p…
043 | A Prayer To See Our Story In God's Story
On this Thursday thought, we consider how God's fingerprints are all over our stories, especially when we're in a place of pain or confusion and may not sense God there. We reflect on what it means t…