Blending Families: Parenting and Children | MarriageToday | Jimmy Evans 

EVERY STEP PARENT NEEDS TO SEE THIS BEFORE THEY MARRY!!!

How much I wished my husband and I heard this before we even married over 7 years ago😃… it would’ve saved us (especially our blended children) from a lot of unnecessary scars… How true what our Lord says , that His people would be destroyed for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6) Yet, how even more encouraging for all of us who are still in our journey to improve ourselves and committed to keep walking God’s way, to know that our Lord is the Perfect Healer and that He Himself assures us that “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11‬ ‭‬‬ No brokenness is impossible for God to heal and turn to greatness. Last year we joined Jimmy & Karen’s “Marriage on the Rock” as 3 months classes through our church and it helped us tremendously , we learned to recognize and work the deepest issues within & between us that we weren’t even aware of. Thank you so much Jimmy & Karen for your marvelous dedication serving God and His people through your programs, God bless you more and more🎊😇

I have watched and studied along with several of these videos, I have become a better husband and step father through these videos. Thank you. I still have a long road but it is worth it all.

As a bonus mom who has taken on four bonus children this is the kind of message that I needed to hear. Thank you for sharing it with us.

I love this. I am a proud step-Mother and grandmother. I love my children so much. Together we have 5 beautiful children and 4 grandchildren. We struggled so bad when child support was being paid, but God always provided and it was so worth it. We treat our 3 children that we have toger the same as the 2 older children he had previously. We are so blessed.

I love Jimmy's teaching.

This is absolutely correct. I hear many 2nd marriage fall apart because of step children. Everything he says if you can’t abide what he’s saying it will not work on your 2nd marriage. Love that child like it’s your own. Kids know this deep in their hear and actions speaks.,..🙂🙂🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

The greatest love on earth is not an emotion but decision. Wife and husband are equal and step parent is co ownership.

I’m 2 weeks in to having my step daughter live with us but my fiancé has lived with my children full time for 3 years so now we’re all under the same roof and I was very discouraged today until I found this I AM NOW EXCITED FOR THE JOURNEY TO BE A BLENDED FAMILY

The keyword here is having a strong marriage. A balance of joy playfulness laughter and redirecting bad behaviors in the home.

Amen! Needed to hear this! ❤

Thank you for your words of knowledge, this is the best information I have gained on this topic. Gained a new subscriber

Praise God

Amen Powerful Word

Awesome video , great wisdom from Jimmy Evans

So good. So difficult.

This is powerful.

Love this!!

Being a step father was the hardest thing in life I have ever done. I love her kids as much as I do my own which means I had high expectations of them along with that came not always being the fun parent. When it came to parenting people were always telling my wife that they weren’t my kids and that I was to hard on them which ultimately headed towards an unwanted divorce 😞

I wish me and my wife could sit down and talk with him even if only for an hour.’

Love this powerful.

Thank u Jimmy Evans for this word. I am having so many problems in my marriage as my husband has 3 children. 2 are older they are nearly 30 yr old and one is 30 something yr old. He also has a daughter who is 13 yr old. And her mother is making sure I am not included in my husbands daughters life. She speaks negatively about me to her daughter. She always has done this every tine she saw me she had her daughter with her and she would speak negatively about me as soon as she saw me and their daughter heard. My husband is tasking his ex partners side and keeping me away from their daughter. His daughter knew me from age of 4yrs old and me and her had a close bond. Her mother didn't like it from back then an caused a problem and stooped me being with him when he has her. She trying to control our marriage and what we do and my husband allows her to. Yet I ask him to do something and he doesn't do it. He very rebellious to me yet he does what his ex wants. She includes their daughter in conversation that she shouldn't even be involved in and now his daughter doesn't like me and is causing problems now. I feel my husband sides with them and he is not standing duo for me at all. What can I do. He menst to share everyone in his life with me. And he is not doing this. He knew how I was with his daughter. N now he is very mean to me when I say I care about her. He is behaving wrong to me. I feel they are all coming against me and husband also. He is meant to be for me. Yet he is against me Cos of his ex. He very much influenced so easy by her. Why is this. Ache dictating what happens in our marriage

I don’t like when it becomes a money catcher. I’m pretty sure there’s good resources at the library

How do you prevent you child from receiving a bad spirit from the other parent that don't have a relationship with christ we pray over our adoptive granddaughter please respond

It easier when both parents are born again Christians otherwise it is difficult. Trust me I have tonnes of experience in this regard.

Good stuff

My future husband needs to watch this because he does some of the don'ts, but he doesn't care no matter how many times I explain to him.

I don't forsee Bailey and I have any big issues blending.

Utube markz for your blessings!!!

I hate being in a blended family, my step brother is spoiled rotten and puts garbage and stuff all over my room and doesn’t get punished for it! And he leaves his dirty clothes on my brother’s bed!

Im leaving this situation. My life is misareble, terrible ... only way we can to see is be divorce. My husbad does'nt Works together or looking for professional help.

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This all sounds nice, if it was about us doing it. The problem here is the baby mama and the kids being just like her. And me, having arguments with my husband for trying to educate them to be clean and respectful. I have a toddler, his kids are 7 and 9. They are mean to him and i defend him, and all he sees is that im being mean to them. Im done with this. He can tale his hell somewhere else

The best place for a child is to be in household of the married biological parents period .

Blended families are not Biblical.

I thought the church ruled that 2nd marriages are not allowed [adultery??].

How much I wished my husband and I heard this before we even got married over 7 years ago😃… it would’ve saved us (especially our blended children) from a lot of unnecessary scars… How true what our Lord says , that His people would be destroyed for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6) Yet, how even more encouraging for all of us who are still in our journey to improve ourselves and committed to keep walking God’s way, to know that our Lord is the Perfect Healer and that He Himself assures us that “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11‬ ‭‬‬ No brokenness is impossible for God to heal and turn to greatness. Last year we joined Jimmy & Karen’s “Marriage on the Rock” as 3 months classes through our church and it helped us tremendously , we learned to recognize and work the deepest issues within & between us that we weren’t even aware of. Thank you so much Jimmy & Karen for your marvelous dedication serving God and His people through your programs, God bless you more and more🎊😇💖