Mama Knows It All

the ins and outs of motherhood

The Power of Prayer in Marriage

By 47 Comments

praying couple

Before I got married, I had all sorts of ideas of what it took to be a good wife. I was all, “When I’m a wife, I will never do that”, and “When I’m a wife, you’ll never catch me doing this.” I was so wrong, y’all. Marriage is about so much more than making definitive statements about what you will and won’t do or put up with. It’s a real commitment, a covenant, and it can’t be undone just because some made up rule about what marriage is “supposed to be” is broken.

I learned that pretty quickly once I became engaged to my husband. Right away, along with the well-wishes, women started sharing their wedded wisdom with me. All of the advice that I received from wives, women who had been married for years, a few newlyweds, and even some women whose marriages didn’t work out, let me know just how wrong I was in many of my beliefs about marriage. Along with their advice came specific Bible scriptures to read, and with those scriptures went my excuse for doing marriage my way. There’s already a blueprint for marriage that was created long before I became a wife.

What are some of the things that are included in that blueprint? Well, forgiveness, for one. Then there’s flexibility, support, communication, and most importantly, prayer. Learning to pray for my husband, and for my marriage, was one of the most challenging things for me to do. I didn’t know where to start. I thought my prayers had to be eloquent and sound like poetry. I thought they needed to be thick with emotion, and I had to have the right rhythm and cadence. I thought my prayers had to be complicated and thoughtful and long and sophisticated.

I was wrong.

war room dvd pic

What I discovered about praying for my marriage is that I just needed to do it, and I needed to do it often. All it takes is a simple, “Father, protect him”, or “Father, help me to be more patient” to make a change. In the movie “War Room“, wife Elizabeth Jordan learns the power of prayer in marriage, just like me. The film opened this summer in theaters, and will be available on digital December 8th and on Blu-ray and DVD December 22nd. It’s a powerful film for Christian couples, and one that shows the overwhelming power of prayer.

See The War Room on Facebook and Twitter, and check out other promos and info on their YouTube channel!  

Do you have a special prayer that you’d like to send to someone that you love this holiday season? Tweet your #GiftOfHope or #GiftOfPrayer @WarRoomMovie and get a special video message.

Tell me, what is your #GiftOfPrayer? Leave a comment for a chance to win a $100 Visa Gift Card!

Entry Instructions:

No duplicate comments.

You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:

  1. Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
  2. Tweet (public message) about this promotion; including exactly the following unique term in your tweet message: “#SweepstakesEntry”; and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
  3. Blog about this promotion, including a disclosure that you are receiving a sweepstakes entry in exchange for writing the blog post, and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
  4. For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.

 

This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older (or nineteen (19) years of age or older in Alabama and Nebraska). Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. The notification email will come directly from BlogHer via the sweeps@blogher email address. You will have 2 business days to respond; otherwise a new winner will be selected.

The Official Rules are available here.

This sweepstakes runs from 12/8/15 – 12/27/15.

Be sure to visit the War Room The Movie brand page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ posts!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. My #GiftOfPrayer is for those around that world that are suffering due to various deplorable conditions.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    wildorchid985 AT gmail DOT com

    Reply

  3. I pray for people when they are sick and I find that it makes me feel better and hope it helps them as well. I hope that everyone feels well this holiday season. That is my #GiftOfPrayer.

    Reply

  5. What a really nice movie! I would love to see it. I pray daily for my family and friends and all the hurting people across the World!

    Reply

  13. I heard about the movie when it came out. A few friends chartered a limo and made it a girls night out. Sadly I was out of town and couldn’t go with them but can’t wait to see it on DVD. My parents taught me that a family that prays together stayed together. Every morning, I have a daily devotion that I say for my husband.

    Reply

  17. Praying for others somehow makes you feel less helpless. You feel like you are doing something good and helping others when they need an extra boost by giving a #GiftOfPrayer
    Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

    Reply

  18. My #GiftofHope is to stay positive even when negative things are happening around me. Common sense says that good & bad happens to everyone so getting through the bad will eventually lead to some good and happiness.

    Reply

  25. My #giftofprayer is my precious little granddaughter. After having 3 sons and 2 grandsons I thought God never meant for me have a girl.

    Reply

  26. My #GiftOfPrayer is for my father: he had a leg amputated earlier this year and I would love the New Year to be full of good health for him!

    Reply

  30. My #GiftOfPrayer is for those I care about, giving hope and peace for them and reassurance everything will be ok.

    Reply

  34. My #GiftOfPrayer is that I pray for those in dire straights, those that have a terminal illness and those who have have lost a loved one.

    Reply

  36. My #GiftofPrayer is praying that people will stop looking at the surface and search for something deeper

    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

    Reply

  40. My #GiftOfPrayer is for friends and family who are going through difficult times. I pray that they can overcome the challenges they face and come out stronger.

    Reply

  42. My #GiftofPrayer is for God to open and cleanse my heart so I can love him even more. I try to say this prayer daily and I loved this movie! Had me crying.

    Reply

  44. #SweepstakesEntry- comment

    my #GiftOfPrayer is for continued health, happiness & abundance for me, my family & friends

    Kathryn C

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *