Do you and your spouse pray together? Want to get started in a new daily routine
for the new year? We’ve compiled a list of important reasons why you and your
spouse should be incorporating daily prayer into your marriage, right now.
Want to know more? Read on.
1. PRAYER CONNECTS US ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL.
Praying together is a great way for you and your spouse to connect on a spiritual
level. Communicating about prayer and deciding where you want to focus your
prayers is also a way the two of you can work to prioritize the issues you’re most
concerned about solving.
Marriage is about our multifaceted connection to one another. Being connected on
a physical and emotional level is a wonderful part of marriage. But adding that
spiritual component, if you haven’t already, takes your relationship to an entirely
new level.
2. PRAYER HELPS US TO PRACTICE GRATITUDE.
When we pray, we’re more likely to focus on what we’re thankful for. Thanking God
for our blessings helps us to focus on all the good things we have in life. Gratitude
can make us happier and healthier, so it’s a practice we should all be incorporating
into our daily lives, as well as our prayer routines.
Couples that practice gratitude can also work together to cultivate contentment in
their everyday lives. Gratitude helps to combat the very human urge to “keep up
with the Joneses”, and instead gives us the tools we need to recognize what we
have and be grateful for it.
3. PRAYER GIVES US HOPE IN DIFFICULT TIMES.
When times are hard, going to God in prayer can help give us hope that there is
light at the end of the tunnel. Life can be difficult, and sometimes, it’s hard to see
the end of a tough situation. Prayer sustains us and gets us through those
uncertain times, helping us to cultivate faith that everything will work together for
good.
4. PRAYER HELPS US RECOGNIZE AND RELEASE WHAT WE CAN’T CONTROL.
Daily prayer helps us to recognize and release the things in our lives that we can’t
control. Releasing what we can’t control, in turn, helps us to focus on the things that
we can improve and take charge of. All of us humans struggle with the desire to
understand what’s going on around us and predict what will happen next. But life
doesn’t work that way.
Trusting God with our lives, even when we crave knowing what comes next, helps us
surrender to a power greater than ourselves. Praying together keeps this truth in
perspective, and allows us to help one another trust that God has our best interest
at heart.
5. PRAYER CULTIVATES PEACE.
Prayer helps us cultivate peace like nothing else. Putting our faith and trust in God–
together–can lead us to an inner calm that sustains us through good times and
bad. If you and your spouse want to bring more peace into your lives–in your
marriage and in your own hearts as individuals–then praying together every day is
an absolute must.
Need help creating your daily prayer routine?
To get started praying together every day, creating a routine is critical. Journaling,
reading scripture, or following along in a daily devotional are all great options for
starting your prayer journey together.
If you’d like a long-term roadmap to more prayer as a couple, take a look at a great
book One Year Love Talk Devotional. It contains 365 days’ worth of wisdom and
insights for applying biblical principles to your marriage. Each day, its daily readings
focus on God’s love for us, and how to love each other better.
Do you and your spouse have a daily prayer routine? Why or why not? What works
for you? Discuss these questions together and make a plan.
Provided by Dr. Les and Leslie Parrot
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