If you knew a secret, that would fortify and strengthen your marriage against divorce, to such a point, that it would "divorce-proof" your marriage, would you want to know about it?
Well, I read about some research that George Barna did to see how many Christian couples who were married, prayed, and of those couples that prayed, what was the divorce rate for them? He found that only 8% of Christian couples prayed on a regular basis. Sad. But the divorce rate for those who pray on a regular basis was less than 1%! When you consider that for those who don't pray, it has stayed around 50%, whether they are Christians or not, this is amazing!
I would say "this is a no brainer!" If we don't pray with our spouse, we need to start today! I think, just like any discipline that we embrace, such as working out, or eating right, we need to just come up with a plan and work it into our daily routine. At first, it may seem like a "duty", but just like working out, it can turn into something fun!
For Faith and I, we like to pray in the morning, after we've had a time to just talk over a cup of coffee. I feel like it's important to just pray a Blessing over her. I like to just start out by thanking the Lord for her and thinking of all that she may be burdened about, and seek to lift her burdens to the Lord. We usually pray for health, protection, provision, for our children, our grandchildren. We like to pray for wisdom and guidance in decisions we're making. Once we get started, we find so many things to go back and forth praying about. Afterward, I always feel more connected with her. I feel like prayer unites us more and includes our Loving Father in our relationship in a beautiful way.
If you're not praying with your honey, start now! Don't beat yourself up with condemnation, but start right where you are, with "baby steps". Pretty soon, you'll see powerful answers to your prayers and you'll wonder why you didn't start sooner!
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