Prioritizing quality time in a relationship means setting aside dedicated moments to connect with your partner on a deeper level. In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to get caught up in work, household responsibilities, and other commitments, leaving little time for meaningful interactions. By intentionally carving out quality time, you demonstrate to your partner that they are a priority in your life and that you value the relationship Here are a few key aspects to consider when prioritizing quality time: 1. Schedule Regular Date Nights: Set a specific day or evening each week or month for a date night. It can be as simple as going out for dinner, watching a movie together, or engaging in an activity you both enjoy. This dedicated time allows you to focus solely on each other and strengthens your emotional bond. 2. Minimize Distractions: During your quality time together, make a conscious effort to minimize distractions. Put away electronic devices, turn off the TV, and c...
Do you and your spouse pray together? Or do you and your partner pray together? Want to get started in a new daily routine for the new year? Do you know that this is something that can strengthen your marriage or your relationship if you are not yet married? These are the reasons why you should pray together as a couple. Make this your habit, starting by now.
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Do you want to know more? Read on.
1. Praying together can connect you spiritually.
Praying together is a great way for you and your spouse/ your partner to connect on a spiritual level. Communicating about prayer and deciding where you want to focus your prayers is also a way the two of you can work to prioritize the issues you’re most concerned about solving.
Being connected on a physical and emotional level is a wonderful part of marriage or relationship. But adding that spiritual component, if you haven’t already, takes your relationship to an entirely new level.
2. Praying together connects you with God
As we pray, we connect with the one who is the source of all strength and everything. When we pray, we turn our struggles over to God instead of carrying the weight of our burdens. It is a blessing when a burden is lifted from our lives and trusted to God's care. God delights in having his children draw near. And this helps you as a couple, knowing that there is God to carry your burdens.
3. Praying together helps you to practice gratitude.
When we pray, we’re more likely to focus on what we’re thankful for. Thanking God for our blessings helps us to focus on all the good things we have in life. Gratitude can make us happier and healthier, so it’s a practice we should all be incorporating into our daily lives, as well as our prayer routines.
Couples that practice gratitude can also work together to cultivate contentment in their everyday lives. Gratitude helps to combat the very human urge to “keep up with the Joneses”, and instead gives us the tools we need to recognize what we have and be grateful for it.
4. Praying together builds intimacy with one another
Spiritual vulnerability is a powerful tool for building intimacy in marriage. As we pray together our hearts are opened to each other. Spiritual intimacy helps lay the groundwork for emotional and physical intimacy within marriage.
5. Praying together as couple gives you hope in difficult times.
When times are hard, going to God in prayer can help give us hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Life can be difficult, and sometimes, it’s hard to see the end of a tough situation. Prayer sustains us and gets us through those uncertain times, helping us to cultivate faith that everything will work together for good.
6. Praying together helps you recognize and release what you can't control.
Daily prayer helps us to recognize and release the things in our lives that we can’t control. Releasing what we can’t control, in turn, helps us to focus on the things that we can improve and take charge of. All of us humans struggle with the desire to understand what’s going on around us and predict what will happen next. But life doesn’t work that way.
Trusting God with our lives, even when we crave knowing what comes next, helps us surrender to a power greater than ourselves. Praying together keeps this truth in perspective, and allows us to help one another trust that God has our best interest at heart.
7. Praying together connects you as a team
Couples that are able to turn their struggles over to God recognize who the real enemy is. We are not struggling with one another, but against the devil who seeks to steal and destroy. In prayer we assume a united stance by together taking our concerns to God. When you pray with your spouse, remember that prayer is not meant to be manipulative. We pray to God and not at our spouse. Praying together unites us in shared purpose.
8. Praying together generates empathy
Praying for each other helps you start to pay attention to how the other person is feeling. We begin to see each other through God's eyes as we hear the needs that are weighing heaviest on each other’s hearts. We see each other differently before God's throne of grace.
9. Praying together sets a good example
Praying together also provides a good model for others to follow. When your children see you praying with your spouse, they learn to take their own problems to God and find answers from him. It demonstrates where to go for guidance and strength for each new day.
Colossians 4:2 says, “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Establish the habit of praying together in your marriage/your relationship and watch how God blesses it. It will indeed make you thankful!
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