139 ~ How To Relieve Stress & Bring Contentment to Your Marriage With a Simple Change of Focus

2025-08-19

When it comes to your relationship with your husband, what do you focus on? Is it on what needs to be done, the next task, or what it is that you would like to see changed or accomplished? Are you always looking at the gap in your marriage of where you are now compared to where you would like to be? Many of us do this; however, it causes stress by making us feel that we always must be working towards that next thing, as well as a lack of contentment because we portray an attitude that it’s never enough, we’ve never arrived. Today we’re talking about relieving some ...

Many of us do this; however, it causes stress by making us feel that we always must be working towards that next thing, as well as a lack of contentment because we portray an attitude that it’s never enough, we’ve never arrived.

Today we’re talking about relieving some of that stress by making a simple change in your focus. How you can bring more contentment and joy into your relationship by learning to focus on 4 key areas in your marriage.

Let’s get started.

Scripture References:

Philippians 4:4, 8

Psalms 19:14

James 1:17

Ephesians 5:20

Proverbs 12:25

Proverbs 15:13

Isaiah 26:3

Psalms 28:7

Proverbs 15:13

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