{"id":118800,"date":"2025-03-21T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=118800"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:01:07","slug":"free-stuff-fridays-focus-on-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=118800","title":{"rendered":"Free Stuff Fridays (Focus on the Family)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"76e378ca-c5a2-47bb-8ac2-ce6b1cf2e4e9\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph box\"><em>This week the giveaway is sponsored by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.focusonthefamily.com\/marriage\/pastors-weekend-getaways-cm\/?refcd=2237803&amp;utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=digitaldisplay&amp;utm_campaign=pastorgetaways&amp;utm_content=960x540\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.focusonthefamily.com\/marriage\/pastors-weekend-getaways-cm\/?refcd=2237803&amp;utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=digitaldisplay&amp;utm_campaign=pastorgetaways&amp;utm_content=960x540\">Focus on the Family<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"3b32f449-529a-4834-8609-00675471aa06\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph has-drop-cap\">The demands of ministry can sometimes leave little time for anything else. Between serving your congregation and fulfilling your calling, it\u2019s easy for your marriage to take a backseat. But here\u2019s the truth: your marriage is critical to the success of your ministry.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"3f3c8685-57bc-4ecf-932b-4f9a974bc3cf\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael McKinley once said, \u201cIf a pastor and his wife do not enjoy a close and healthy relationship, his service to the church will be significantly weakened.\u201d Your relationship with your spouse directly impacts your ability to lead and serve effectively. Without a strong bond at home, ministry can feel overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"be302959-b3ab-425e-95c2-425e69b3301f\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why Focus on the Family wants to bless you and your spouse with a <em>FREE<\/em> 3-day, all-inclusive Marriage Getaway at one of Focus on the Family\u2019s beautiful retreat centers. This is your chance to step away from the busyness of ministry and focus on nurturing your relationship.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"e6d08e68-9652-46b3-98fb-bcebe77554f7\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You and your spouse can choose from the following retreat locations:<\/p>\n<ul data-beyondwords-marker=\"8896294f-8c87-4d13-a450-abd54e60692d\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li data-beyondwords-marker=\"be15f235-4d44-4155-b185-5c3d5c4437f1\" class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Branson, Missouri<\/strong>\n<li data-beyondwords-marker=\"60526907-748b-4932-86d4-84f5135176ad\" class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Greenville, Michigan<\/strong>\n<li data-beyondwords-marker=\"527042b2-fc60-4a22-9731-414d31b6d74a\" class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Wimberley, Texas<\/strong>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"9b7cc5e9-4f16-4cbd-b353-2bbec368c179\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This getaway is more than just<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Stuff Fridays: Marriage Getaway! #SponsoredSee AlsoFree Stuff Fridays (Ligonier Ministries)Free Stuff Fridays (Matthias Media)Free Stuff Fridays (TMAI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":871,"featured_media":118811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[303],"class_list":["post-118800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-articles","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Challies_PastorGetaway-1920x1080-2-1-1.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/871"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118812,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118800\/revisions\/118812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}