Making Your Partner A Priority

Have you ever felt that you are not a priority in your partner’s life, you’re receiving their leftovers, or they are not spending enough time with you? You have to make your partner feel good and make time to connect with them. It is one thing to tell them they are your priority and a whole different ball game to ensure this is reflected.

More often, people let their hobbies, work, family, friends or even kids hinder them from connecting with their partners. Your hobbies can be a great thing, your friends, kids, your work can be awesome, but all those things can kill a relationship if they are not in their rightful place.

In today’s episode, I share how you can do just that. From understanding what it entails to make your partner a priority, things that can take away priority in your relationship and practical approaches to change this dynamic. If you’re looking for ways to improve your relationship and make your partner a priority, this episode is for you!

Key Highlights

[02:03] What priority means

[03:33] Examples of things that can take priority in your marriage or relationship

[04:45] How putting your kids first affects your marriage

[08:13] Prioritizing your friends over your relationship

[11:17] Balancing your ministry and your marriage

[12:41] Putting your spouse first before your family

[13:43] Practical ways to change the dynamic

[17:15] Having check-ins with your spouse

[20:19] Scheduling time to connect with your partner

[21:35] Creating a safe space for your partner

[22:58] Trying to see things from your partner’s perspective

[24:57] Why you should make your partner a priority

Notable Quotes

Our children do not come before our spouses.
After God, our relationship with our spouse comes first
Even when you are in a relationship, you are still an individual. You still want to be the best version of yourself. If you are the best version of yourself, you will bring that into the relationship, and it will thrive.
The more your partner feels that a hobby or an extracurricular activity is coming before them, the more they will resent it or don't even want you to bring it up.
Your home is your first ministry. You can not skip home and go to the church to do ministry while skipping your first ministry.
If your partner comes to you and says they’re feeling left out, neglected, or not connected with you, please do not get defensive, don’t be upset, listen to them.
The time to address a complaint is not when your partner is trying to address what’s going on with them.
We do things we want to do. We make time for those things that are important to us.
When people cannot share how they truly feel, when they feel they don’t have a safe space, they keep it in till they can’t anymore, then they blow up.

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