We've asked thousands of couples over the years whether they pray together regularly. Not just over meals or in a crisis when there's nowhere else to turn. But genuinely, vulnerably, consistently together before God. Most of them say no. And almost all of them wish they did. Here's why it's so hard. Prayer requires honesty. It requires you to drop the version of yourself you've been managing and stand before God as you actually are. And doing that next to your spouse means they get to see it too. The fear. The uncertainty. The places where your faith is thinner than you want to admit. The things you've been carrying that you haven't found the words to say out loud yet. That level of vulnerability is terrifying. It's also the fastest route to genuine intimacy that exists in a marriage. You can share a bed, a bank account, a last name, and a family with someone and still keep them at a careful distance. But it is nearly impossible to pray with someone cons...
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