Session 3: To Love You, To Honor You: The Importance of Prayer in Marriage

Welcome to Session 3 of this four-part training series on strengthening your marriage. Play the video below to continue.

Make strategic prayer an essential part of your marriage.
The enemy seeks to distract, deceive, and divide.
How to pray effectively:
- You must be right with God.
- Have a right relationship with others.
- Fight with the right weapons
- Aim at the right enemy.
How to biblically pray over your spouse:
- Pray that your spouse loves God will all their heart.
- Pray they find their identity and contentment in Christ.
- Pray that they be hard to offend and quick to forgive.
- Pray that you will love and fulfill each other.
- Pray that they pursue justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
- Pray that they delight in the Lord and not the world.
- Pray that they walk in integrity and keep your commitment.
God can give your marriage a second wind.

Think back to a time that you had a strategy for accomplishing a goal. How did having a strategy help you accomplish the goal? How might having a prayer strategy affect your marriage, your family, your legacy?
Alex Kendrick said that to be effective in praying for our marriages we need to: 1) be right with God; 2) be right with others; 3) have the right weapon; and 4) aim at the right enemy. Of these four, which is the most challenging for you, and why?
Alex Kendrick spoke of seven ways we can pray for our spouse:
- Love God with all your heart.
- Find identity and contentment in Christ.
- Be hard to offend and quick to forgive.
- Love and fulfill each other.
- Pursue justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.
- Delight in the Lord and not the world.
- Walk in integrity and keep your commitments.

Of these seven, which do you see most prominently displayed in your spouse?

Begin the 30-Day Prayer Challenge with your spouse tonight. Sign up at www.FamilyLife.com/OnenessPrayerChallenge to receive all 30 days.

Session 3 Quiz

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