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

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Marriage, Awesomemarriagepodcast, Marriagepodcast, Awesomemarriage, Marriageadvice, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianmarriage, Christianity

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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:

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

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.
0:09.9	I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few.
0:13.4	On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly.
0:17.0	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years.
0:21.8	His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship.
0:27.4	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast.
0:29.3	We are so glad that you're joining us here today.
0:31.6	I'm in the studio with Dr. Kim and we are going to be talking about prayer in marriage,
0:36.4	the do's and the don'ts. Prayer is an incredibly
0:39.3	powerful habit for a marriage, and it can be so simple to do, but the reality is that most
0:46.1	couples are not making prayer a regular part of their marriage. So we're going to talk about
0:50.7	where the breakdown is. It's simple, but it's not happening. We know it's not easy just because it's simple.
0:55.5	So we're going to talk about how to practically overcome the obstacles that will keep you
0:59.5	from praying together so that you can make prayer a regular part of your marriage.
1:04.9	So Dr. Kim, let's start with some of the stats.
1:07.6	What does the data tell us about how prayer impacts a marriage?
1:16.6	You know, the religious research association, they say the couples that daily pray together have a divorce rate statistic of less than 1%. Wow. And I don't know what our national
1:23.1	rate is now, but it always teeted around 40, 50%. So what does it tell us?
1:28.5	I mean, I think it tells us that people that, one, you're put, when you're praying together,
1:33.4	you're putting God first, putting him into your marriage.
1:36.5	That's where he wants to be.
1:37.9	And when you do that, I think it just, I think it knit you closer together and to him.
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