There’s a difference between working in your marriage and working on your marriage.
Speaker: Not provided
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Saddleback Church
Summary
Main message: The speaker contrasts "working in" your marriage (doing necessary day-to-day tasks) with "working on" your marriage (intentionally investing in the relationship) and urges couples to commit to actively working on their marriage in whatever season they are in. Doing so prevents long-term confusion, bitterness, and relational decline.
Key points:
- There's a difference between doing tasks for a marriage and intentionally cultivating the marriage.
- Daily work in a marriage is necessary but insufficient by itself.
- If you never work on the marriage, problems compound over years (confusion, bitterness).
- Make a season-appropriate commitment to work on the relationship, not just live in it.
Scriptures mentioned: none
