0:24 – Personal story. Struggles in first year of marriage. Didn't invest in marriage. Jesus became priority in their lives.
 04:39 – What is grace? God's unmerited favor. Ongoing blessing and good God gives us.
 05:34 – What a grace marriage looks like.  Love one another as Jesus loves us. Different paradigm from a performance based marriage.  
 09:16 – Strengthen marriage for future challenges and struggles. Be connected. Communicate.
11:59 – Keys to good communication. Be a good listener. Be a good sharer. Control cell phone use.
16:12 – Ways to approach money, sex.  Primary goal is to understand one another in different areas.  Money generates conflict.  Sex is awkward.  Important to have open communication.
19:39 – Applying 80/20 Rule to marriage. Make grace the focus. Spend a lot of time together.  
21:22 – Time blocking in marriage. Weekly date nights. Quarterly time to look at big picture. Annual getaway time. 
22:24 – Advice for husbands. Ask wife if they see anything in your life more important than her. Make them a top priority so marriage is attractional to others. 
24:06 – Advice to wives. Seek security from Jesus. Pursue a good marriage. 
25:15 – Vision for Grace Marriage Ministry. Seeing churches shepherd and disciple marriages and stabilize families. Give hope to society which will only come when marriage regains traction in society.
26:39 – Why marriage isn't a priority in local church. Indifference. Apathy. Poor pastors' marriages. 
29:03 – Message to pastors on the importance of marriage.  Most important horizontal relationship.  A central message in Bible. If marriages aren't working nothing else works.  Prayer and marriage are the key.
30:34 – Grace Marriage isn't a program but ongoing ministry platform for marriages. Programs often aren't transformative because they are short term and people revert back to old habits.  Grace marriage has seven years of curriculum. Ongoing investment is needed for change. 
33:15 – Couples meet quarterly to celebrate victories, make adjustments, and plan for next 90 days.  Also, there are monthly and small group meeting options.
38:50 – For more information: www.gracemarriage.com  Distinctives from other marriage efforts:  grace focused and long term, not study or conference based. Goal:  See marriage ministry operating procedures in every church.  

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