Should you pray with your spouse?

Praying together increases trust and intimacy with spouse: Intimacy is built on trust, and trust is built on how we respond to being vulnerable with each other. Praying together helps you show and receive trust that strengthens the bonds of intimacy in your relationship.

Do couples who pray together stay together?

If praying can turn enemies into friends, imagine what it can do for a marriage. Here’s some shocking statistics*: while 50 percent of first marriages end in divorce, and 78 percent of second marriages end in divorce, less than 1 percent of couples who pray together daily end their marriages.

How does a couple pray together?

Make a list of things you want to pray about together: Start with personal requests; things that involve you, your spouse, your children and your family. Pray conversationally: Some call this “ping pong praying.” Each of you pray short sentence prayers for the first request and then work down through your list.

Why should I pray for my spouse?

Prayer builds your marriage. When you pray for your husband daily, God will bless your marriage. Your husband will become a better person for God’s having intervened in his life, and your marriage can’t help but improve. The two of you will grow closer as your hearts are more open to one another.

How do married couples pray?

Dear God, Thank you for this beautiful day. I pray over my marriage, asking that you infuse my husband and I with passion for life, passion for love and intimacy, passion to grow in wisdom, and passion to serve you together. May hope rise in our hearts and may our love burn for each other like never before.

What are the benefits of daily prayer in a couple and family?

prayer helps couples deal with stress, enables them to focus on shared beliefs and hopes for the future, and allows them to deal constructively with challenges and problems in their relationship and in their lives.

How do I ask my husband to pray?

Invite your spouse to pray with you: Be sensitive to any feelings of spiritual inadequacy your spouse may have. Help alleviate any fears by sharing that he or she doesn’t have to lead the process or even pray out loud. “You can just hold my hand and pray silently with me,” is a good place to start.

What couples should pray for?

Help us to forgive one another’s failings and grant us patience, kindness, cheerfulness, and the spirit of placing the well-being of one another ahead of self. May the love that brought us together grow and mature with each passing year. Bring us both ever closer to You through our love for each other.

How do couples start praying?

Here’s a few ways to help you get started: Share your desire to pray for your spouse. Expressing your longing to pray for your spouse communicates your love for God and your spouse! Invite your spouse to pray with you: Be sensitive to any feelings of spiritual inadequacy your spouse may have.