Beauty in Battle Podcast · Jason Benham, Tori Benham

Five Ways To Find More Time To Spend With Your Spouse

August 21, 2024·35 min·3 clips
Jason Benham reveals how Satan tricks couples into fighting each other instead of uniting against him.
This episode of the Beauty in Battle Podcast offers marriage advice from hosts Jason and Tori Benham, who frame marital success as a spiritual battle. The Benhams, who present themselves as marriage coaches, focus on practical strategies for couples to prioritize time together. They argue that proactively spending time is essential for maintaining a strong connection, especially after having children. The hosts introduce their core premise that a couple's greatest treasure is their time, linking it to a biblical principle about treasure and heart alignment. They contrast the intentional time spent during dating, including their own long-distance experience of daily calls, with the tendency to take shared time for granted in marriage. Jason and Tori emphasize that even independent personalities must be deliberate about creating this time. They observe that couples with new "love blossoming" or dating children naturally prioritize constant connection. The discussion sets up their promised list of five specific ways to make more time, though the transcript cuts off before detailing them. A key insight is the spiritual framing where Satan wants spouses to fight each other, but God designed them to fight "shoulder to shoulder" against a common enemy. The Benhams claim that fighting together as a unified team inherently draws a couple closer together. They suggest that shared time directly causes hearts to "mend together," applying scripture to marital logistics. Their personal anecdote reveals they maximized every moment during their courtship, treating each opportunity to talk as invaluable. The tone is conversational, instructional, and rooted in evangelical Christian values. The style is direct and motivational, using personal experience to reinforce broader principles. This episode would appeal to Christian couples seeking faith-based marriage encouragement and practical time-management tips. Listeners uncomfortable with religious language or a spiritual warfare framework for relationships might prefer to skip it.
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