Hi this is Jimmy and Karen Evans with marriage today. This podcast is dedicated to

equipping families with the teaching and tools they need to succeed. We hope you

enjoy this episode and subscribe for more marriage building content and today we're talking about the power of a

praying couple.

Karen's could have you on the broadcast today.

Thanks, it's good to be here.

Well, you're a prayer and you you prayed very early in our marriage.

Oh you know the first book I ever read was How to Pray for your husband.

Really?

No wonder. No. Really? No, it is so important and you know. Well, it is so important and you know.

Well, it is important and it transforms your life. You know, when I first got saved and I received Christ

prayer to me was a religious obligation. It wasn't it wasn't relational. It wasn't something I really even wanted to do. In fact, one day I was praying and I thought, why do I have to pray? You know, if he loves me, why didn't he just give me what I need you know and but what I realize

today is we have a relationship with God but the other thing Karen is God

never intended for us to be in a marriage without him in the the Garden of Eden, it wasn't Adam and Eve alone.

It was Adam and even.

God lived with him.

God's intent was that he was going to always be

in the center of their relationship,

and that was true until they rebelled against

God and so prayer has dramatically changed and improved our marriage in so many

areas but one of the things, Jesus says if two on earth will agree

together is touching anything that they will ask, I'll do it. And it's one of the most powerful things

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