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Awesome Marriage Podcast

4 More Biblical Prayers to Pray Together to Grow Your Marriage | Ep. 601

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Dr. Kim has said that prayer is the #1 most impactful thing you can do for your marriage. Today he explains why that is, and how to make it a habit in your marriage. Today we want to make praying with your spouse more approachable by sharing 4 biblical prayers to pray with your spouse that will grow your marriage. 

The Bible lists a lot of reasons for marriage, and praying in line with God's purpose and intention for marriage is very powerful. 

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

 

Episode highlights include:  

  • Why prayer is an essential act of spiritual protection against the enemy 

  • Why it's so hard to get started, and how to overcome 

  • Healthy perspective shifts praying will provide in your marriage 

  • How to handle some of the uncomfortable realities of answered prayers 

  • The power of prayer to help you take personal responsibility

 

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

 

QUOTES

  • "Praying together puts God where he wants to be in our marriage: Right in the center of it. - Dr. Kim Kimberling 

  • "The enemy does not want Christian marriages to work." - Dr. Kim Kimberling 

  • "When you pray together you find that it unites you."  - Dr. Kim Kimberling 

  • "There's a ripple effect: It's not just about the couple, it's about the family; it's about the community." - Lindsay Few 

  • "I am more of who God created me to be after being married to Nancy all these years than I would have been without her." -  Dr. Kim Kimberling 

  • "God put us together. He's got some fun stuff for us to do. Let's look out and let's get this stuff going!" - Lindsay Few

  • Blame is a very human response…but we all have a way we can influence the world. We do have control over how we're responding to God's call on us." - Lindsay Few

 

QUESTIONS FOR YOU

4 Prayers to Pray together: 

  • Protection from the enemy of our souls
  • That your marriage will sharpen you
  • Pray that your marriage be fruitful
  • That your marriage will be a light 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

Transcript

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0:00.0

praying with your spouse you know it's important you intend to do it it's also a little bit awkward

0:08.1

and so you maybe just never get around to it well today we want to make praying with your spouse

0:12.2

more approachable by sharing four biblical prayers to pray together welcome to the awesome marriage, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.

0:28.9

I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few.

0:32.5

On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly.

0:35.9

Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years.

0:40.9

His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship.

0:48.8

And the Bible lists a lot of reasons and purposes for marriage.

0:52.7

And so praying in line with God's purposes and intention for marriage is very powerful.

0:58.4

And before we do get into today's topic, I want to let you know about a resource we have

1:02.2

created to make praying for your marriage very simple and accessible.

1:05.3

It's called 21 prayers for building an awesome marriage.

1:08.6

And that is something we have available at the link in today's

1:10.9

show notes. It's a quick PDF download you can use each day to pray for your marriage. So Dr. Kim,

1:18.4

are we ready to get into it? I am ready. I'm excited. And that is a great resource. I encourage

1:22.7

people to pick that up for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's really cool that we're talking about this

1:27.4

today because you

1:28.1

have said time and again that praying is actually the number one most powerful thing a couple can do

1:34.2

for their marriage. And I know you've shared this really crazy statistic with us about that. Do you

1:39.5

know the one I'm referring to? Yeah. I had to go back and find it again to make sure I was right.

1:43.9

But it really

1:45.6

is that 50% of first marriages into divorce, 78% and second marriages in a divorce, less than 1%

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