53 PRAY TOGETHER OFTEN

Too often we only pray together when there’s a crisis or deep need. We wait until we can go no further without God, and then we throw ourselves onto His mercy, hoping for relief from our dilemma instead of restoration to Him in relationship.

We want our problems solved by Him more than we desire His presence and guiding Spirit in our lives.

Praying together often keeps us close to one another and to God. Spiritual intimacy in marriage requires that we come together with God to really be “one flesh.”

This meeting with God in prayer invites both His presence and His transforming power into our lives. So when we pray together often we find our marriage being constantly changed in His presence.

So what hinders us from praying together often? We become so distracted by what we see that we fail to seek the invisible. We become so involved in ourselves that we abandon others, including our mates and God. We become so busy doing things that we miss out on becoming like Christ.

Try this: Decide that you will pray together often each day. Let prayer come as dialogue with God and each other in the flow of everything you do. Pray together as you drive, eat, discuss and go through your day.

They all joined together constantly in prayer.…

Acts 1:14 NIV