Prayer

Do you talk to God? If so, how often? Does He talk to you? If so, how often? Do you listen when He speaks? It is important that we talk to God. In your marriage, the most essential part is God. He should be your center. He should be your guide. He should be at the head of your house. If God is not the focus in your marriage, then your marriage won't survive. We must remember to keep Him in our hearts always - even when times are good. It is usually in those times that we seem to forget about God because everything is going well. But we must never forget about God.

Pray with your spouse when you wake up in the morning. Pray with your spouse before you go to bed at night (and bow down on your knees). Pray with your spouse before every meal. Pray with your spouse whenever.

How do you pray with your spouse? You can pray silently with your spouse and when you are finished you quietly say "amen" and wait for your partner to finish (Gary Chapman - A Couple's Guide to a Growing Marriage). Or one spouse can pray aloud for both parties. Or you can pray conversationally. Which is where one spouse begins to pray and then pauses; then the partner begins to pray elaborating on the same topic and then pauses for the first spouse to continue to pray until the two finish (Gary Chapman - A Couple's Guide to a Growing Marriage).

So pray with your spouse. Pray for your spouse. Pray. Talk to God and listen to God.