Are you struggling in your marriage? What do you do when you don't love your spouse anymore? When you resent your spouse? Is a disability or chronic illness wreaking havoc on your family?
Join Dan and Stephanie Burke as they continue answering powerful questions from the Spiritual Warfare and the Family Summit, addressing two of marriage's most painful challenges: staying committed when a spouse's disability is causing destruction, and what to do when you feel like you've fallen out of love.
In this deeply compassionate episode, discover why *real love begins when feelings end* and how the enemy is an opportunist who multiplies desolation in times of suffering. Learn the critical difference between yellow zone difficulties that require spiritual strengthening and red zone situations involving abuse that may necessitate medicinal separation. Dan and Stephanie explore how disability affects both the suffering spouse and the caretaker, and why the enemy attacks both parties differently to divide and destroy.
When feelings of love fade, understand that *the enemy whispers lies when you're exhausted,* creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of destruction. Stephanie shares her personal experience of recognizing and resisting this demonic attack, revealing the powerful spiritual warfare principle: when you hear the voice saying you don't love your spouse, immediately do the opposite and move toward them. Discover why *as you are with your spouse, so you are with God,* and how your marriage relationship directly reflects your spiritual life.
This episode provides essential practical steps including finding good Catholic community, practicing daily mental prayer and the Rosary, seeking Catholic counseling through resources like CatholicTherapist.com, and considering spiritual direction through SeekDirection.app. Learn about medicinal separation when appropriate, the importance of proper boundaries, and why you have the spouse you have for your salvation.
Dan and Stephanie emphasize that love is not primarily a feeling but self-giving action, modeled after Christ's love for us. Drawing from Ephesians 5 and the epistles of John, they reveal how building up, respecting, and serving your spouse even when feelings fade is the pathway to breakthrough and healing in marriage.
Resources:
Join Dan and Stephanie Burke as they continue answering powerful questions from the Spiritual Warfare and the Family Summit, addressing two of marriage's most painful challenges: staying committed when a spouse's disability is causing destruction, and what to do when you feel like you've fallen out of love.
In this deeply compassionate episode, discover why *real love begins when feelings end* and how the enemy is an opportunist who multiplies desolation in times of suffering. Learn the critical difference between yellow zone difficulties that require spiritual strengthening and red zone situations involving abuse that may necessitate medicinal separation. Dan and Stephanie explore how disability affects both the suffering spouse and the caretaker, and why the enemy attacks both parties differently to divide and destroy.
When feelings of love fade, understand that *the enemy whispers lies when you're exhausted,* creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of destruction. Stephanie shares her personal experience of recognizing and resisting this demonic attack, revealing the powerful spiritual warfare principle: when you hear the voice saying you don't love your spouse, immediately do the opposite and move toward them. Discover why *as you are with your spouse, so you are with God,* and how your marriage relationship directly reflects your spiritual life.
This episode provides essential practical steps including finding good Catholic community, practicing daily mental prayer and the Rosary, seeking Catholic counseling through resources like CatholicTherapist.com, and considering spiritual direction through SeekDirection.app. Learn about medicinal separation when appropriate, the importance of proper boundaries, and why you have the spouse you have for your salvation.
Dan and Stephanie emphasize that love is not primarily a feeling but self-giving action, modeled after Christ's love for us. Drawing from Ephesians 5 and the epistles of John, they reveal how building up, respecting, and serving your spouse even when feelings fade is the pathway to breakthrough and healing in marriage.
Resources:
- Spiritual Warfare and the Family Summit Vault (https://spiritualdirection.com/vault2026?utm_source=dir&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=summit_vault&utm_content=marriage_struggles) videos
- Spiritual Warfare and Discernment of Spirits (https://spiritualdirection.com/spiritual-warfare-and-discernment-of-spirits-signup-2?utm_source=dir&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=swados&utm_content=demonic_backlash) video series
- Discernment of Spirits for Beginners (https://shop.spiritualdirection.com/product/discernment-of-spirits-for-beginners/) Dr. Mary Ruth Hackett & Dan Burke
- Into the Deep (https://spiritualdirection.com/into-the-deep-sign-up?utm_source=sd.com&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=into_the_deep&utm_content=dir) video series
- Finding Peace in the Storm (https://sophiainstitute.com/product/finding-peace-in-the-storm/) Dan Burke
- Into the Deep (https://stpaulmemphis.com/product/into-the-deep/) Dan Burke
- Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits (http://spiritualdirection.com/shop) Dan Burke
- The Contemplative Rosary (https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/the-contemplative-rosary) Dan Burke and Connie Rossini
- A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness (http://spiritualdirection.com/shop) Susan Brinkmann OCDS
- SpiritualDirection.com/Events website
- Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation (http://avila-institute.org/)
- EWTN Religious Catalogue (http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/) online
