20 Marriage Devotional: Why Praying for Yourself Matters

Marriage After God

Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity, Parenting

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Marriage After God podcast, we explore the vital habit of praying for yourself and why it matters as much as praying for others. Jesus models daily dependence on the Father, so how much more should we? Learn what it means to pray without ceasing, and gain practical steps to deepen your own prayer life with guidance from the Holy Spirit.

What we cover in this episode-

The biblical basis for prayer and its importance
Jesus' example of prayer and dependence on the Father
The concept of praying without ceasing and practical application
The significance of praying for oneself and others
The role of the Holy Spirit in guiding and interceding in prayer

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Keywords: prayer, spiritual discipline, relationship with God, Jesus' example, praying for yourself, Holy Spirit, prayer life, biblical prayer, spiritual growth, intimacy with God

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Aaron.
0:01.5	And I'm Jennifer.
0:02.3	And we're the host of the Marriage After God podcast.
0:04.2	Our desire is to help you cultivate a marriage that chases boldly after God's will for your life together.
0:08.5	We want to invite you to subscribe to our show wherever you watch or listen.
0:12.2	We are so glad you're here, and we pray that our discussion truly blesses you and your marriage.
0:16.5	Welcome to the Marriage After God podcast.
0:26.4	Thank you. Welcome to the Marriage After God Podcast. Welcome back, everyone to another episode of the Marriage After God podcast.
0:30.4	We are on week 20 of our 30-week marriage devotional series, which is pretty incredible.
0:36.3	Have you been enjoying it?
0:37.0	I have.
0:55.3	It's been awesome. This devotional series is based on our two devotional series, which is pretty incredible. Have you been enjoying it? I have. It's been awesome. This devotional series is based on our two devotional set for husbands and wives called Husband After God and Wife After God. And so we wanted to take a moment to encourage you, if you haven't yet, and we're almost done with this series, but it's not too late. Go get a copy of our devotionals.
0:58.6	Husband after God, wife after God. We wrote them for you, for your marriage.
1:04.2	Either you could pause this episode right now and go get it, or you can wait until at the end of this episode and go to shop.marriageaftergod.com. They're called husband after God and wife after
1:09.3	God.
1:16.6	And even though this series is based on the divos, we just want to let you know that there's so much more you can get out of having them in your hand because the content we use in this
1:20.4	series is based on the book, but it's not from the book necessarily.
1:25.2	So there's different content in the book.
1:27.3	There's also spaces for you to write your own notes, answer your own questions.
1:31.8	Prayers. Yeah, prayers also. But the most important benefit of having these devotionals on hand
1:38.7	in your house, on your nightstand, is that you get to do this with your spouse if you wanted to.
1:45.5	We suggest that, actually.
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