The Marriage Ignite Podcast

When Trust Breaks: Learning How to Trust Again (Part 2) 17.04.2026 43min

If you’ve been hurt in your marriage, anger can feel justified—but staying there will quietly destroy your heart, your peace, and your future. In this episode, we break down why forgiveness is not about letting them off the hook, but about setting yourself free from the weight of betrayal. We walk through how to process anger the right way, why forgiveness and trust are not the same, and what it actually looks like to move forward without losing yourself. If you’re feeling stuck i...

When Trust Breaks: The First Step Most Couples Miss 14.03.2026 31min

When trust has been shattered by betrayal, addiction, lies, or deep disappointment, most couples try to rush back to normal before real healing has happened. In this episode, we share why rebuilding trust does not start with quick apologies or forced forgiveness, but with deep healing, honest understanding, and facing the real roots behind the pain. We open up about our own story, the role of community, and why true restoration is possible even when the journey feels messy and...

“We literally tried everything…until we found you guys.” - Interview with clients, Rob and Holly Clark 16.02.2026 49min

Rob and Holly Clark share how their 20-year marriage quietly drifted into roommate life—no intimacy, constant tension, and a “we’ve tried everything” exhaustion after books, counseling, and dead-end advice. Their turning point came when they stopped treating symptoms and let Jesus heal the root: unforgiveness, old wounds, and the spiritual battle attacking their home. As they rebuilt with repentance, inner healing, and daily obedience to the Holy Spirit, connection came back f...

If We Had to Start Our Marriage All Over, Here’s Exactly What We’d Do (Part 2) 28.01.2026 44min

In this episode, we get real about why most conflict isn’t about the issue—it’s about emotional overwhelm, unspoken expectations, and trying to do marriage alone. We talk through how learning to regulate emotions, communicate expectations early, and stay connected to healthy community could have saved us years of unnecessary pain. This isn’t theory or perfect advice—it’s hindsight from lessons learned the hard way. If you’re fighting for your marriage or simply want to...

If We Had to Start Our Marriage All Over, Here’s Exactly What We’d Do (Part 1) 17.12.2025 33min

This episode isn’t marriage advice—it’s hard-earned hindsight we wish we had before we said “I do.” Regardless if you’re married or not (yet), we share the first 2 things we’d change if we could start over, starting with inner healing, because unhealed wounds will always run the marriage no matter how good your communication is. If you’re growing and your spouse isn’t ready yet, this episode will break the lie that healing has to be mutual to be effective. If your marriage f...

My older Sister Who Prayed Ten Years for My Salvation... 30.11.2025 37min

Interview with My Sister Who Prayed Me Home. A Story of Relentless Prayer, Family Love, and God’s Pursuit In this episode, I sit down with my older sister, Jessica—the one who refused to quit praying for me. For ten long years she watched Mike and me run hard in rebellion… partying, drugs, alcohol… the whole thing. But she never pulled away. She loved us, pra.yed for us, and fought for our salvation when nothing looked hopeful. What You’ll Hear How one sister’s steady prayers helped shift...

I Thought I Had to Fix My Husband… Until God Fixed Me – Interview with Lauren McQueen... 11.11.2025 40min

We interview our good friend and former client, Lauren McQueen as she share’s some raw and real hard struggles she walked through in her in her first year of marriage. God led her on a journey that transformed her relationship by stepping out in faith and doing the work on herself first. In this interview Lauren shares exactly what she did to be the wife that God was calling her to be. Connect with Lauren: Her New Book: A New Day: 31 Daily Devotions https://a.co/d/5bWOAGm Find h...

You’re Not Broken — You’ve Just Been Living Outside of Who You Really Are 05.11.2025 29min

Almost every husband and wife that we end up working with has felt like they’ve lost themselves and feel like they don’t know who they are anymore. Or they never themselves at all outside of what they do… And one of the most subtle and dangerous places to find yourself in, in your marriage is when you feel like you’ve lost your purpose and they’re going through he motions of being a spouse and are good at managing the day to day stuff that needs to happen for the house to run ...

The Battle for Your Identity and Your Marriage... 27.10.2025 57min

It’s an honor and a joy to welcome our good friend, mentor, and spiritual father — Mr. Clyde Lewis. He loves Jesus, he’s a husband, a father, a pastor, and a prophetic coach who helps leaders and business owners discover how to walk in their God-given identity and carry kingdom authority into every area of their lives — including the marketplace. This is one of the most important topics we could ever talk about… Knowing your true God given Identity. Your identity becomes your mar...

How to Forgive When you Don't Know How (Part 2)... 15.10.2025 32min

We get deep, raw and real in this episode as we share where we had to learn how to forgive in our own lives. Without this critical principle nothing in your life will work. It is a STOP to all growth. While it might be one of the most difficult principles to start, it quickly becomes the easiest one to master. We need to forgive. We need to become master forgivers. The reason we can forgive is that Jesus Forgave us. Forgiveness is an act of faith and it’s a command not a feeling. Th...

Interview with a former client and now friend & team member, Erica Howard… 01.10.2025 38min

Erica came to us 3 years ago when her marriage was in ruins. Even her closest friends told her it was time for her to let the marriage go, but something inside her (God) told her ‘not yet.’ There was years of dysfunction, alcoholism, betrayal and pain that needed to be healed and she felt like we were her last stop before she made the final decision to move on. But God. I interview her on details of what was going on and what she did to walk out her and Chris’s healing journey. Toda...

How to Forgive When you Don't Know How... 24.09.2025 34min

In marriage and life - we need to become master forgivers and we talk about why right now it matters more than ever. Without this critical principle nothing in your life will work. It is a STOP to all growth. While it might be one of the most difficult principles to start, it quickly becomes the easiest one to master. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith, family, and healing. Also available on Spotify and YouTube: 🎧 YouTube: ...

3 Habits Healthy Couples Never Tolerate…(Part 2) 03.09.2025 32min

3 Habits Healthy Couples Never Tolerate…(Part 2) Healthy marriages don’t just happen. They’re built day by day, choice by choice. And sometimes, it’s not just about what you do—it’s about what you refuse to do. We share 3 more powerful habits that healthy marriages never tolerate to protect their intimacy, connection and communication. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith, family, and healing. 🎧 Also available on Spotify and YouTube. 🎧 You...

2 Habits Healthy Couples Never Tolerate…(Part 1) 27.08.2025 35min

Healthy marriages don’t just happen. They’re built day by day, choice by choice. And sometimes, it’s not just about what you do—it’s about what you refuse to do. We share 2 powerful habits that healthy marriages refuse to to in order to protect their intimacy, connection and communication. These 2 habits alone if you start making some small, positive changes can make a massive difference in the health of your marriage. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things mar...

3 Spiritual Warfare Strategies Every Home Needs... 20.08.2025 30min

Your home is the primary target of the enemy. If he can disrupt peace under your roof, he can weaken your faith, strain your marriage, and even impact your children’s future. What many couples don’t realize is how subtly the enemy slips into our homes—through conflict, distractions, busyness, and open doors we never thought twice about. The good news is, you don’t have to live on the defensive. You can rise up and fight back with the authority God has already given you. Most of us were ne...

What do you do while you're in the waiting for the breakthrough in your marriage? 13.08.2025 29min

Today we talk about what do you do when you’re in the waiting for a breakthrough in your marriage. It may feel like you’ve been in the wilderness for a long time and it can feel discouraging but we want to equip you with 3 things you can do right now to shift the atmosphere in your situation and in your home…without stepping ahead of what God is trying to do in you and your spouse. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith, family, and healing. 🎧 Also avai...

How to Love Without Enabling - Episode #4 06.08.2025 29min

Knowing how to love without an enabling any destructive habit in your spouse is unfortunately a common issue we see happen frequently and one we know a lot about. While very marriage unique and different, creating healthy boundaries is critical and this will look different depending on your unique situation. There were 3 key things Janelle did in our journey that helped turn my heart away from alcohol and towards her and our marriage. Whether it’s alcohol, porn, control, anger or anythi...

The 3 things Janelle did to soften my heart and win me over 30.07.2025 30min

I’ve had a lot of people ask me over the years, ‘Mike, what finally softened your heart toward Janelle? What turned things around for you guys?’ And honestly, it wasn’t one giant, dramatic thing. It was a few small, consistent shifts she made that broke down my walls and made me want to lean back in instead of pull away. Today, we're going to share 3 super practical things you as the wife, or husband, can start doing RIGHT now that will dramatically change your connection. 👉 Hit subsc...

How the wife can be the one to transform the marriage... 23.07.2025 27min

We get this question all the time: “Why is it always on the wife to fix the marriage?” But maybe the better question is— Why not you? It's not a matter of who should change but who's willing to change. And if you're willing to change, God can start working through you right now. We share some practical things about our journey about how the wife can be the catalyst for the change she wants to see in her marriage. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith...

Our story from broken to redeemed 17.07.2025 24min

We met in a nightclub in 1999. Started out in all the wrong ways. But God. In this very first episode, we get real about our story—how drugs, alcohol, brokenness, infidelity, and doing things our own way nearly destroyed us… but how Jesus stepped in and turned our mess into a mission. This isn’t just our love story—it’s proof that no marriage is too far gone when God gets involved. Whether you're in a hard season or just hungry for more in your marriage, you're in the right place. We’re he...