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Focus on the Family is a half-hour daily dose of encouragement and advice for the family with keys to stronger marriages, effective parenting, deeper relationships and a more satisfying lifestyle. Focus on the Family has become one of today's most recognized Christian radio programmes.
Daily English South Africa Society & Culture · Religion & Spirituality
1,927 Episodes
860 – 880

Maximizing The Happiness In Your Marriage (Part 1 of 2)

Here’s a question: Do you assume the best, or the worst, about your spouse? Researcher Shaunti Feldhahn explains how simple changes in your mindset, like assuming your spouse didn’t mean to hurt your feelings, can really improve your marriage!
18 May 2022 6PM 25 min

Offering Hope to Families Experiencing Drug Addiction (Part 2 of 2)

Growing up in the 1970s, Mac and Mary loved to “party” and have fun with their friends. But what they didn’t expect was Mac’s life-threatening addiction to drugs. We’ll hear about this couple’s journey away from their childhood faith and God’s timely intervention to rescue Mac.
17 May 2022 6PM 26 min

Offering Hope to Families Experiencing Drug Addiction (Part 1 of 2)

Growing up in the 1970s, Mac and Mary loved to “party” and have fun with their friends. But what they didn’t expect was Mac’s life-threatening addiction to drugs. We’ll hear about this couple’s journey away from their childhood faith and God’s timely intervention to rescue Mac.
16 May 2022 6PM 26 min

Love Isn't For Cowards

If you’re married and wondering why it doesn’t always feel like you’re in love anymore, then you’ll want to stay tuned for the next “Focus on the Family,” because our guests are going to speak about their book called: Love Isn’t for Cowards. They’ll share their experiences in marriage and…
15 May 2022 6PM 26 min

How To Positively Influence Your Husband (Part 2 of 2)

As a woman, you have incredible impact on your husband’s life! Gary Thomas will share how you can influence a man who seems unwilling to change, by understanding the differences between the male and female brain. It’s a reminder that greater intimacy for your marriage is possible!
10 May 2022 6PM 25 min

How To Positively Influence Your Husband (Part 1 of 2)

You can’t change your husband, but you can influence him. Thomas will share about the importance of understanding who you are in Christ, how to tactfully encourage positive change in your spouse, and how to ask him the “magic question.”
9 May 2022 6PM 26 min

Pouring into the Lives of Your Grandkids

Grandparents are an integral part of the family, passing along wisdom, faith, and love. Chrys Howard and Shellie Rushing Tomlinson encourage grandparents in today’s digital age. You’ll better understand the unique role you have in supporting your adult children and influencing your grandchildren.
8 May 2022 6PM 25 min

Honouring Moms For Mother’s Day

Every mother is special, and in honor of Mother’s Day, Focus on the Family listeners called in to share their treasured memories with you. Come together with other grateful children—young and old— as we remember and honor our mothers
5 May 2022 6PM 25 min

Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships (Part 2 of 2)

You raised her, taught her to love God, and now as an adult she’s not speaking to you anymore. Dr. John Townsend provides help for strained relationships between parents and adult children. Learn to set healthy boundaries, forgive, and reconcile.
2 May 2022 6PM 26 min

Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships (Part 1 of 2)

You raised her, taught her to love God, and now as an adult she’s not speaking to you anymore. Dr. John Townsend provides help for strained relationships between parents and adult children. Learn to set healthy boundaries, forgive, and reconcile.
1 May 2022 6PM 26 min

Appreciating God's Design for the Human Body (Part 2 of 2)

The more we learn about our human bodies, the more we can appreciate God’s design for the “body of Christ” — all of us within the Christian community. Philip Yancey outlines how you are “fearfully and wonderfully made” by God.
29 Apr 2022 7AM 26 min

Appreciating God's Design for the Human Body (Part 1 of 2)

The more we learn about our human bodies, the more we can appreciate God’s design for the “body of Christ” — all of us within the Christian community. Philip Yancey outlines how you are “fearfully and wonderfully made” by God.
27 Apr 2022 6PM 25 min

Redeeming a Marriage and Childhood Wounds

The story of Grammy award-winner Russ Taff and his wife Tori. Away from the spotlight, Russ was tormented by childhood abuse and family dysfunction that led him to alcoholism, just like his dad. The Taffs will describe the painful journey through this hidden addiction that nearly destroyed their marriage, and…
26 Apr 2022 6PM 26 min

Effective Habits to Embrace in Parenting

To be an effective parent, you must be a leader in your child’s life. Dr. Randy Schroeder shares some great habits to embrace in becoming a strong and effective parent. This nuts-and-bolts material will equip you to lead your child in a loving, confident manner
25 Apr 2022 6PM 25 min

Sharing the Load with Your Spouse

Sometimes you can feel incredibly lonely in your marriage! Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife, Erin, encourage couples to examine where they feel alone and isolated in their relationship and then find ways to carry that emotional burden together.
24 Apr 2022 6PM 25 min

Avoiding Shame-Based Parenting

You have an incredible impact on your child’s life, especially when you parent out of love, and not shame. Dr. Kelly Flanagan reflects on shame in our lives and reminds you that in God’s grace, you are enough, you are not alone, and you matter.
21 Apr 2022 6PM 25 min

Friends Helping Friends: Identifying Abuse in Marriage

Many people are unaware of the hidden reality of abuse in marriage. But unfortunately, domestic abuse is widespread. Counselor Darby Strickland will discuss how you can help a friend who’s trapped in an abusive marriage.
20 Apr 2022 6PM 25 min

Discovering Your New Identity as a Stay-at-Home Mom

When a woman leaves behind a career to stay at home with her children, that decision can create doubts, loneliness, and financial strain! We’ll remind moms about God’s calling to motherhood and why a mom’s role in the family is so vitally important.
20 Apr 2022 7AM 26 min
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