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The Marriage Ignite Podcast

The Marriage Ignite Podcast

Mike and Janelle Friedrich 20 episodes Latest Apr 17, 2026

This podcast focuses on marriage, faith, family, and spiritual warfare. It aims to equip and empower wives to build their marriages based on biblical principles. The hosts share their personal experiences with alcohol, drugs, infidelity, and other challenges, offering hope that God can restore even the most broken marriages.

Episodes

When Trust Breaks: Is Reconciliation Is Possible (Part 3) Jun 5, 2026 2186 After betrayal, separation, or deep disappointment, many people feel pressured to make life-changing decisions before they've had time to heal. In this episode, we share why you don't have to have every answer right now, how to discern what you truly want, and the signs that can help you determine whether reconciliation is possible. If you're feeling overwhelmed, confused, or unsure
When Trust Breaks: Learning How to Trust Again (Part 2) Apr 18, 2026 2588 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 a
When Trust Breaks: The First Step Most Couples Miss Mar 14, 2026 1880 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 comm
“We literally tried everything…until we found you guys.” - Interview with clients, Rob and Holly Clark Feb 16, 2026 2959 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 repentan
If We Had to Start Our Marriage All Over, Here’s Exactly What We’d Do (Part 2) Jan 28, 2026 2654 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 lea
If We Had to Start Our Marriage All Over, Here’s Exactly What We’d Do (Part 1) Dec 17, 2025 2017 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
My older Sister Who Prayed Ten Years for My Salvation... Nov 30, 2025 2221 Interview with My Sister Who Prayed Me Home.A Story of Relentless Prayer, Family Love, and God’s PursuitIn 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
I Thought I Had to Fix My Husband… Until God Fixed Me – Interview with Lauren McQueen... Nov 12, 2025 2457 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 L
You’re Not Broken — You’ve Just Been Living Outside of Who You Really Are Nov 5, 2025 1796 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
The Battle for Your Identity and Your Marriage... Oct 28, 2025 3445 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 eve
How to Forgive When you Don't Know How (Part 2)... Oct 15, 2025 1954 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
Interview with a former client and now friend & team member, Erica Howard… Oct 1, 2025 2333 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 o

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