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Family First Podcast
The Family First Podcast with Mark Merrill
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#143: How to Overcome Obstacles in Life with Faith
Scars. We all have them, whether they are the time we fell off our bike when we were young or the emotional ones we carry with us as an adult. Every s...
#142: What I Learned about Perseverance and Trust from Case Keenum
How many of us struggle with trust? I know I do. Sometimes you just have to persevere. But it can still be hard to believe what you cannot see. Trust...
#141: 4 Things to Do When You’ve Failed
What is your lifelong dream? Is it to be the parent of a star athlete or have your own business? Whatever it is, having a dream energizes you (even on...
#140: There’s More to the Song, “I Can Only Imagine”
Have you ever had a song that stuck with you? A song that resonated with you so much that you wanted to listen to it over and over again? “I Can Only...
#139: The Star with DeVon Franklin
For centuries one story has touched the lives of people across the world. This holiday season you’re invited to discover the story of the first Christ...
#138: Every Man’s Bible with Tony Dungy
“The great thing about integrity is that it is truly no respecter of position or wealth or race or gender. It is not determined by shifting circumstan...
#137: 10 Questions to Ask Your Spouse Every Year
Good conversations lead to connection and intimacy. The best way to facilitate a good conversation is to ask great questions. Whether you feel like yo...
#136: 5 Ways to Break Free from the Pornography Trap
Pornography is a beast that kills – kills the soul and ravages relationships. No one is immune to pornography. Everywhere you turn, it’s becoming more...
#135: Trust: The Key to Unlock Intimacy in Marriage
If someone were to ask you the question: What is the key to intimacy in marriage? What answers do you think you’ll receive? I can imagine a lot of wor...
#134: The New Dad’s Playbook with Benjamin Watson
NFL athlete and Super Bowl champion Benjamin Watson knows a thing or two about big games. But he says the biggest game in life—parenting, specifically...
#133: Is This the Root Cause of Your Marriage Problems?
What is the opposite of love? If you said hate, well, I hate to disagree with you, but I’m convinced that the opposite of love is really selfishness....
#132: 4 Ways to Fight for Your Marriage
You and your spouse are allies, not enemies. We must fight for our marriage because we love. We must fight for who we love. We must make war to make l...
#131: You Married for Better, but What about for Worse?
When I got married…I didn’t expect conflict, financial pressures, or challenges with children. I always thought the tough part about marriage was find...
#130: Why You Need a Relationship Bucket List
Busyness is a thief that steals meaningful time and lasting memories. [Tweet This] Creating a relationship bucket list will be helpful; it will work i...
#129 Unfair Expectations You May Have of Your Spouse
Expectations: It’s a huge word in marriage and something that many couples, ourselves included, struggle over. We oftentimes have unfair and unrealist...
#128: 7 Must Do’s and Don’ts for Your Marriage
t’s been said that we should never say never in our marriage and we should never use the word always, because, usually, they are unhelpful in navigati...
#127: 5 Things Husbands and Wives Wish the Other Knew
Today we have an exciting show because we are going to be talking about things that spouses wish the other knew. In List #8 of our newly released book...
#126: 7 Truths About Marriage
Susan and I recently released our new books, Lists to Love By for Busy Husbands and Lists to Love By for Busy Wives and we both felt it very necessary...
#125: 8 Things Parents Should Do for their Kids Every Day
When we initially think about what we should do for our kids every day, we think of things like help with homework, make their lunches, take them to s...
#124: Top 8 Habits to Break as a Family
There are lots of not-so-great choices families make once in a while with no major consequences. But when those choices become habits, you’ve got a pr...
#123: What Not to Say to Your Spouse During a Fight
Toxic words poison, and sometimes even kill relationships. I confess there have been too many times when harsh, harmful words have come out of my mout...
#122: 4 Things To Do When Your Spouse is Feeling Down
This can be a challenge for both husbands and wives. When your spouse is feeling down, it’s hard to put yourself in their shoes. There used to be da...
#121: Impacting a Child’s Life – Mentoring, Fostering, Adopting
We are in the month of November and some may not realize that this month is National Adoption Month. National Adoption Month hits home for both Susan...
#120: 5 Manners You Must Teach Your Children
One of the hallmarks of this year’s presidential campaign has been plain rudeness on both sides, from the primaries to the conventions. We also see th...
#119: Prickly Spouse? Prepare for the Porcupine Part 2
During last week’s podcast, we started discussing the trigger points of conflict that Susan and I have and how we try to disarm them. We will continue...
#118: Prickly Spouse? Prepare for the Porcupine Part 1
In our 28 years of marriage, Susan and I have had our fair share of conflict. What causes marital conflict, you ask?
Well, a root cause is our s...
#117: Celebrating Family and Fatherhood with Tony Dungy
It’s been almost 20 years, and it’s amazing what God has done with the organization of All Pro Dad. All Pro Dad is one program under Family First, th...
#116: How to Raise Your Child to be a Leader
A leader is simply someone who has followers-followers they influence. Susan and I have tried to raise all 5 of our children to be leaders. We’ve taug...
#115: Anger: Face It, Find It, Figure it Out
Today we will be sharing with you a little bit about a very important topic that we all have faced and we are all trying to figure out, and that issue...
#114: 4 Secrets You Must Know About Your Spouse
For many years, our family went to the lake house of our close friends. We always did a lot of water skiing there. My parents were part of a water ski...
#113: 4 Ways to Crush Comparison in Marriage
The topic we will be discussing today is increasingly becoming more of an issue in relationships and in marriages. A lot of it has to do with technolo...
#112: 4 Strategies to Help Solve Your Marriage Problems
Think back to when you first started to pursue your spouse. It required commitment, hard work, and imagination. If winning them over required that bac...
#111: 6 Things That Keep Couples Connected
Every husband and wife wants to feel connected with one another, but sometimes busyness, the daily grind, stress, and strain can get in the way and ca...
#109: How to Overcome Loneliness in Marriage
Today’s topic is one that affects really every marriage if you’ve been married for any length of time. It’s about loneliness.
As humans, we are...
#108: Forgiveness: What It Is and What It Isn’t
So, let’s say that you’ve been wronged…wronged by your spouse, child, close friend or coworker. You thought you could count on them. You thought you c...
#110: 5 Bad Behaviors Your Kids Must Conquer
As parents, we always wonder if we’re doing this thing called parenting right or doing everything we should. And what do you do when your child starts...
#107: 7 Things to Avoid When Fighting with Your Spouse
On today’s podcast, Susan and I are going to be talking about a topic that affects each and every one of us.
Many couples we’ve talked to...
#106: 4 Ways Parents Discourage Their Kids
Over the years, Susan and I have learned that all 5 of our children, now all in their 20s, all need one thing and that’s encouragement. We have good i...
#105: 6 Ways to Push Your Spouse Away
It’s so easy to push away your spouse without even realizing it. On several occasions, I’ve pushed Susan away and created a distance between us with m...
#103: 4 Things Kids of Divorce Wish They Could Say to Their Parents
A few months ago, we posted a blog on iMOM and had an outpouring of comments and responses in regards to children of divorced parents. We wanted to di...