Episodes

Ministry can be and often is messy. It's often physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. Why do we do it? Because of our love and obedience to Jesus.

Have you ever considered all the various ways we waste the most precious commodity of all? That commodity is time. It seems like we are all guilty of this at some point in time. DJ and Nicole are no exception.

There's a saying that laughter is the best medicine. In many cases, this is true. Marriage is not always easy, but there are also lighthearted moments that we take for granted. Every marriage needs laughter. Every follower of Jesus needs laughter as well. Join DJ and Nicole as they discuss the importance of laughter in marriage and faith.

Perhaps you are facing a situation or a season where you wonder how the Lord is going to help you through it. Maybe you are in that situation or season right now. On this episode, DJ and Nicole discuss a season they are coming into where their faith in God's provision will be tested.

We all love the mountain-top experiences in our faith journey. However, God will not let us stay there because He wants us to grow. Where do we grow? The reality is that most of our growth happens in the valleys. In this episode, we discuss coming off our mountain-top experiences and looking at how God wants us to grow in our faith journey continually.

Let's say that we have seen God move in our lives so much this year. Join us as we share our experiences with God based on the chapter entitled "Seven Realities of Experiencing God" in the book Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby and Claude V. King first published back in the 1990s.

In October of 2025, DJ attended Koloff for Christ Ministries' Man Camp. Join us as we discuss how God used Man Camp to impact DJ as well as the impact on his and Nicole's marriage.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV " Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." You read that correctly, Nicole is sending DJ to Man Camp put on by Koloff for Christ Ministries. ( https://mancamp.info/ ) ( https://www.koloff.net/ )

It has been a while since we did a podcast. For some reason, God is using us to be part of a core team for a church plant. Join us as we step out in faith with a new adventure the Lord has us on. Acts 1:8 ESV "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Thank you for joining us on our marriage journey.

Psalm 107:2 NIV Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, God is still in the redemption and restoration business even in marriages. In this episode, we hear the story of Jamie and Debra and how the Lord led them through the storm of marriage infidelity.

We are starting a new feature for the podcast - book reviews. Since we started following God's call into marriage ministry, we have been reading marriage-related books in addition to the Holy Bible. Join us as we review some of the books we have read. We're starting with a popular book written by Gary Chapman entitled The 5 Love Languages. (https://5lovelanguages.com/)

Answering the call to serve in ministry is not something to take likely. God expects obedience. This is the continuation of Rich and Lisa's story. Rich is answering the call into ministry, but we also see the impact on Lisa and his family. Through it all we see the goodness and faithfulness of God.

Many men who are called to be pastors, didn't necessarily pursue that calling right after high school. Many men receive a call into full-time ministry after they have worked in other career fields and may have started families. In this episode we hear the story of Rich and Lisa and how God's call on Rich's life played out in their marriage.

Ministry. It's one of those words we toss around in our church vocabulary, but do we really know what it means? How does a married couple do ministry? Simply put, ministry is service. How do we serve as a married couple within a local body of believers?

Let's face it. Life is not fair. That can get under your skin and make for a bad day, week, month, or year. How do we address those joy-destroying times? What is God trying to teach me, you or us? We all have moments in the valley in life.

In this episode, we talk about how the little things in a marriage matter. Little things matter in our service to the Lord and to each other as husband and wife.

Parents have the responsibility to raise their children in the faith. Unfortunately, there are times when we hear of the children dictating the spiritual direction of the family.

In this episode, we discuss how God is growing us in marriage ministry. We are teaching a marriage class at our church. It's more than just reading certain passages from the reference materials.

We are excited and humbled to have Steve and Debbie Wilson from Marriage Matters Now. This is part 3 and the conclusion of our conversation with Steve and Debbie.

We are excited and humbled to have Steve and Debbie Wilson from Marriage Matters Now. This is part 2 of 3 of our conversation with Steve and Debbie.

We are excited and humbled to have as our first guests, Steve and Debbie Wilson from Marriage Matters Now. This is part 1 of 3 of our conversation with Steve and Debbie.

Anything can become an idol, including our marriages. When we place anything or anyone above God, it becomes an idol.

Thank you to all our listeners! We apologize for the delay in posting episodes, but the last couple of months have been busy with us transitioning back to our home state and celebrating the holidays. This episode is a recap of 2023 and what we are preparing for in 2024.

The continued discussion about household roles. How we have performed the duties in the past. And how we see where there could have been improvement since that time. Seeing how God is using lessons today to make our relationship better for the future.