The Do’s and Don’ts of Prayer in Marriage | Ep. 665

Are you experiencing the power of prayer in your marriage? Prayer is an incredibly powerful habit for your marriages. In fact, research shows that 99% of couples who pray together stay together.  

Prayer can be so simple, but the reality is that most couples do not make prayer a regular part of their marriage. Today we’re talking about how to practically overcome the obstacles that keep you from praying together so you can make prayer a regular part of your marriage. 

We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage. 

Episode highlights include: 

  • The #1 marriage-building habit - and why most couples don’t do it

  • What makes prayer so powerful for marriage 

  • The sneaky prayer pitfalls to avoid 

  • How to overcome the common obstacles that keep couples from praying together 

  • The do-able DOs to make prayer part of your marriage 


*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! 

Couples Conversation Guide: 

Main takeaway: Prayer is so powerful that the enemy will try anything to keep you from making it part of your marriage. Don’t let that happen. 

Questions to Discuss: 

  1. What’s the primary obstacle that prevents you from praying regularly with your spouse? 

  2. What would help the two of you to make prayer a regular part of your day together? 

QUOTES 

  • “When you’re praying together, you’re putting God first. That’s where he wants to be.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling 

  • “It’s probably one of the main things that the enemy doesn’t want couples to do.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling 

  • “When I can get a couple to pray together, the counseling process goes faster, and the marriage gets better.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling 

  • “Don’t force praying together in a certain way.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:  

  • We have several other AWESOME Prayer Resources on our website. Check those out HERE.  

  • Check out our Bible Reading plans on YouVersion and make sure you’re following us there to keep current on all our newest plans! 

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