Watermark Audio: Marriage Channel

Their lives together were marked by guilt, passivity, and anger. Shari felt lonely and disconnected, even when in the same room with Bobby. Divorce was the most likely outcome. But when they each turned to God, their marriage took a 180-degree turn.

Simon got stuck in a place where his mouth was writing checks that his heart couldn’t cash. Neither of them loved each other, even as they drove away from their wedding reception. When manipulation finally failed, Simon and Katrina ran to community to point them to the Lord.

David and Denise have been married three times—to each other. Their first two marriages were marked by infidelity, hurt, and divorce. Learn how God can take the same two people and change both their lives and their marriage.

After living in apathy and hurt that would eventually lead to separation, all hope seemed lost. The Lord brought Alissa and Shane to their knees, realizing that through a relationship with Him, that lost hope could be restored.

Feeling isolated, disillusioned with life, and trapped, Tonya turned to a coworker to find a quick relief from life through an affair. After Tonya confessed, Greg turned to venting with anger, porn, alcohol, and lustful thoughts. Years later, Tonya disclosed all the details of her affair to Greg, and healing finally began. Even when they both felt like they were running at different speeds toward healing, they were committed to the process and to God.

Paul was living unrepented sin and knew he needed to tell Kelly about his pornography addiction. Even after his confession and joining re|engage, Paul continued to live in a pattern of viewing pornography and not confessing. Kelly was upset and didn’t feel like Paul was being the leader he should be. It wasn’t until Paul looked to the Lord for help and not to his own will that he was able to flee from the sin that was entangling him. After his final confession, Kelly was now able to see Paul as God created him, not through the lens of his broken human sin.

On the outside Nate was a “good kid” but it was all a façade – he felt abandoned by his father and struggled with a pornography addiction. Michelle’s parents had high expectations for her school, performance, and personal life, which led to her pride and the desire to chase perfection. After poor communication and unmet expectations early on in marriage, Michelle had a physical affair. When Nate found out, he felt physically inadequate, bitter, and angry. Nate’s job moved the two to Dallas, and both quickly turned inward to more of their own desires. After starting to pick up her Bible, Michelle knew that she desperately wanted to make amends with her husband. Her community pushed her confess sin to Nate and suggested they start re|engage. Both Nate and Michelle needed to forgive and confess sin to one another in order to retore their relationship.

Kevin and Kelli had a very hard time connecting on anything in their marriage. Hiding infidelity made Kevin physically sick, and after one phone call, Kevin’s secret was out. “Our story is one of redemption and healing and what God can do in your life if you just let Him.”

After countless health issues for both Brett and Chrisey, there were many times they almost lost hope in the goodness of the Lord. But, with the help of community, they both were encouraged and cared for in both living rooms and hospital rooms.

“We know we have to fight to keep our relationship close.” Despite family histories of escalation and avoidance, Todd and Alex decided at the beginning of their marriage that they would go to war against the foxes in their vineyards. Every day they fight against the selfishness that is innate in all of us with God’s truth.

Robert and Liz grew up expecting life to go their way. However, the Whites found themselves drowning in life’s responsibilities, and struggled with control, anger, and pride. Through faithful community, humility, and God’s grace, the Whites realized that the Lord is big enough to handle our fears, doubts, anger, and disappointment.

Kyle would withdraw and pretend his wife wasn’t around, leading to pornography and masturbation. Lucina’s secret sin of adultery quickly turned into bitterness and loathing her husband. Once sin was confessed and they both were willing to read the Word, the Thompsons learned that “It’s never too late to be faithful today.”

With divorce papers waiting to be filed, Rena was invited to church by a friend. After learning about God’s free gift of grace, Rena knew she needed to confess all her hidden sins to John Paul, knowing she would be loved by God through it all.

“I was counseled to forgive and keep quiet, to not talk about it.” Between passivity and an affair, there was no way this marriage could be saved except through the grace of God.

The Franks had a disastrous start to their marriage, including an addiction to pornography and masturbation, anger, insecurities, and emotional affairs. Through faithful community, the Franks were pointed to the One who could heal them, Jesus. They began to center their marriage on serving each other instead of serving themselves.

Kathy found our she was pregnant before she married Mark, and, as a result their marriage was off to a rocky start. Kathy was trying to draw closer to Christ, but Mark was running the opposite direction and allowed lust to take root in his heart. Mark admitted his secret past of sin, and Kathy met him with grace. Together, they began a journey of forgiveness and being made new through the love of Christ.

Eight weeks after having their first son, Peter admitted to not loving his wife. He wanted to end their relationship. But community helped Peter confess his hidden sin of infidelity, which put this couple on the path to restoration and healing.

Family tensions, an emotional affair, and a secret addiction brought the Couchs to the end of themselves. When Catherine left Eric and took their children, Eric contemplated taking his own life. Instead, when they came to re|engage, they found a roadmap that would lead them back to Christ.

Decades into their marriage, Bill and Ann found themselves on different teams. Ann was keeping score against Bill and engaging in an affair with a married man, and Bill found his identity in work and having fun. Scripture came alive for the Dalys when they began fighting for their marriage and learned to trust God’s word, not man’s wisdom.

Michael sought affirmation and fulfillment from the world. Stefanie was looking for perfection. When control and manipulation left the Santiagos empty-handed, the redeeming work of Jesus opened their eyes to the selfish ways they were living. Now they fight for each other, not with each other.