Congratulations for continuing with the 6 week challenge! You have already made valuable investments into your marriage relationship! Let’s keep going!
I mentioned before that I have often felt like there should be another expression of love included when we talk about love languages*, and that is prayer. Have you ever prayed for someone’s friend or loved one that you’ve never met – maybe a baby yet to be born, or a child not yet adopted – and when you finally met that person you felt love already in your heart towards them? I think prayer communicates love and creates connection between us and others, as well as between us and God. This week we are going to focus on praying for our spouse every day as an expression of love. As we pray for our own spouses, I believe we have a distinctive authority because as married people we are no longer considered two individuals, but “one flesh.” This is a "profound mystery", the Apostle Paul says (Ephesians 5:31-32), and yet as we pray for our spouse, I believe this truth comes to bear. When I get serious about praying, I pray the prayers and promises found in God’s Word. The Bible says: 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. 1 John 5:14–15 (ESV) If we “ask anything according to his will he hears us.” God reveals His will in His word, and so as I pray using His word as my guide, I am agreeing with God, “Your will be done” (Matthew 6:10 ESV). And so, I pray God’s will for my spouse, agreeing with what God wants to do in their life, confident He will hear and answer. The challenge of the week is to pray for our spouse daily, using God’s word as our guide. *We encourage you to check out Gary Chapman's book, The 5 Love Languages, the origin of the Love Languages concept.
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