Couples Who Pray: The Most Intimate Act Between a Man and a Woman
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Celebrity Couples prove Praying Works in this book
This book provides an easy way for couples to become prayer partners with eachother, and it's not as scary as one might think. Even though some husbands don't enjoy reading, the wife can read the book and share the messages with her husband. The husband can take the information and run with it by leading the wife in prayer on a daily basis (or several times daily), and this book even helps him get into the habit of doing that with only 5 minutes a day!
September 22, 2012
Awesome read!!
This book is great for new marriages or just ready to deepen and strengthen a good marriage.
September 12, 2012
Encouraging Read to Couples
Couples who pray is meant to encourage couples to pray together, and not just individually. Throughout the work the authors provide multiple examples of couples who have prayed together. Toward, the end of the work there is a 40-Day Prayer Challenge to couples to encourage them to pray for at least five minutes a day together for 40 days, which is the theme to encourage them to pray together.
September 22, 2011
Couples Who Pray
When I got this book to review, my husband and I were very excited. We both wanted to start praying more, and specifically start praying together more. Unfortunately, this book doesnâÂÂt tell you.
The book starts with the authors giving a summary of what you will learn in the rest of the book. We were concerned that it sounded like an infomercial. They talked about all of the âÂÂfamousâ couples that participated in the 40 Day Prayer Challenge and how it benefitted their marriages. Then, the rest of the chapter was spent explaining how if you pray together for 40 days, at least 5 minutes a day, then your marriage will be happier, your marital intimacy will improve, communication will improve, and your life in general will improve.
On the surface, those are all good things. But, those things should not be the goal of praying. Prayer is about communing with God. It is about seeking His face, learning His will, praising His name, and humbly asking for His guidance and wisdom and help. Prayer isnâÂÂt about rubbing some verbal lamp and having God do his genie thing and grant your wishes. But, this was just the first chapter. Perhaps we are just being too cynical. We need to give this a chance.
It didnâÂÂt get any better. The first scripture verse mentioned in the book didnâÂÂt occur until page 36, and it wasnâÂÂt even part of the text. It was a clipart-type picture thrown on the page seemingly to increase the page count. It seems to me that if you are writing a book about talking to God, you might want to include some things that He has to say about it. Now, in the book's defense, there is a list of scripture verses in one of the appendices. However, this is mainly given as a list of verses to discuss and pray about, nothing specific to why and how we should be praying.
In addition to not actually helping us figure out how to pray, this book was difficult to read. The chapters are broken into sections that are typically two to four paragraphs long. Each section seems to jump to another topic with no transition or even relevance to what was being said in the previous section.
My husband and I were very disappointed in this book. We know that praying together is very important to our marriage and our Christian walks. We also know that praying together can do everything that this book claims it can do. But, that isnâÂÂt the point of praying. We want to be in the presence of our Lord, humbling ourselves in His majesty. We donâÂÂt want to be kids shouting âÂÂTrick-or-Treatâ and hoping we get the good candy bars. If you want to pray with your spouse, I highly encourage you to do so. However, you will get more use out of the title of this book than you will from actually reading it.
April 13, 2011
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