“Couples Who Pray” is a book that not only talks about the importance of married couples praying together, it enforces that message through scientific research and interviews with those who have tried it.  In addition, the authors have done a great job of outlining WHAT areas of your life will be impacted by praying together, instead of just talking about the fact that you NEED to do it. 

The areas that are impacted by couples praying together, to name a few, are: Communication, Respect, Lovemaking, and Finances. 

This book also provides you as the reader the opportunity to join in on the conversation/practice by completing survey questions and following along with the couples in the book.

I think that this book highlight a very important need.  Marriage is hard work and it doesn’t get any easier because you profess a belief in Jesus Christ – it gets harder.  Most couples do not pray together often and one statistic from the book stated that only 4% of Christian couples pray together. 

One couple who was trying out the prayer experiment said:

 “When we give ourselves to each other as husband and wife, it’s as if God rewards us.”

And, in terms of who should start pursuing this practice in your marriage, take the following quote to heart:

“…each of you should expect to put in much more than your share to make your marriage work.”

I pray that this is something that all of us married couples can put into practice and watch as God transforms our marriages.