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EPISODE · Nov 21, 2025 · 55 MIN

How To Fix Your Marriage With True Sabbath Rest

from The Family Captain · host John Michael Clark

What started as figuring out how to lead a "type a", go-getter wife, quickly turned into a DEEP dive on the importance of rest, Sabbath, and margin.Too many people don't even THINK about this topic today. We live in a go-go-go society.I've got news for everyone:You can't do it all.You're not God.If you don't have time for everything you've "got" to do, then it's not from the Lord, plain and simple.Time to start developing your life around your actual values, and make some trade offs. But you MUST build rest into your weekly rhythm for you AND your wife.---👉 Join Our Free FB Group on Family Leadership & Sex in Marriage: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefamilycaptain⁠---In This Episode:0:00 Intro 3:42 High Performing Wife Outpacing Your Leadership?9:02 Should Your Wife Run Your Family Calendar?13:57 Sabbath19:54 When There's No Margin35:37 Serving in the Church with a Young Family?42:58 How to Actually Slow Down Your Family---👉 Want John Michael To Personally Help You Become The Best Man Your Wife And Kids Have Ever Known? Book A Free Assessment Call Here: https://thefamilycaptain.com/coaching/--- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFamilyCaptain/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_family_captain/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefamilycaptainWebsite: https://thefamilycaptain.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@familycaptain--- Nobody tells men that our lives will shift into autopilot without us noticing. They didn’t warn us that our marriage would drift into average instead of amazing. But Christians should have the best marriages and the best sex lives. The Family Captain will show you how.

What started as figuring out how to lead a "type a", go-getter wife, quickly turned into a DEEP dive on the importance of rest, Sabbath, and margin.Too many people don't even THINK about this topic today. We live in a go-go-go society.I've got news for everyone:You can't do it all.You're not God.If you don't have time for everything you've "got" to do, then it's not from the Lord, plain and simple.Time to start developing your life around your actual values, and make some trade offs. But you MUST build rest into your weekly rhythm for you AND your wife.---👉 Join Our Free FB Group on Family Leadership & Sex in Marriage: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefamilycaptain⁠---In This Episode:0:00 Intro 3:42 High Performing Wife Outpacing Your Leadership?9:02 Should Your Wife Run Your Family Calendar?13:57 Sabbath19:54 When There's No Margin35:37 Serving in the Church with a Young Family?42:58 How to Actually Slow Down Your Family---👉 Want John Michael To Personally Help You Become The Best Man Your Wife And Kids Have Ever Known? Book A Free Assessment Call Here: https://thefamilycaptain.com/coaching/--- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFamilyCaptain/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_family_captain/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefamilycaptainWebsite: https://thefamilycaptain.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@familycaptain--- Nobody tells men that our lives will shift into autopilot without us noticing. They didn’t warn us that our marriage would drift into average instead of amazing. But Christians should have the best marriages and the best sex lives. The Family Captain will show you how.

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What started as figuring out how to lead a "type a", go-getter wife, quickly turned into a DEEP dive on the importance of rest, Sabbath, and margin.Too many people don't even THINK about this topic today. We live in a go-go-go society.I've got news...

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