6 of 8 - Can We Live Without Prayer: How To Pray For Your Marriage Lessons And Principles From Jesus

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About This Episode In this episode, we focus on Matthew 6:11, where Jesus teaches us to pray for our daily bread. Just as we need to eat every day, we need daily spiritual nourishment from Jesus, the bread of life. We talk about how going without God's Word and prayer leaves us spiritually starved, irritable and focused on ourselves, and how that creates strife in marriage when we look to each other instead of to God to fill us. So can we live without prayer? We can survive, but we cannot thrive. We encourage you to make Bible reading and prayer non-negotiable daily habits, to pray as you read Scripture, to bring your marriage before God, and to intercede for others. Prayer displays faith and obedience, and a marriage that relies on God for everything is a marriage that thrives.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Our daily bread — Jesus' words in Matthew 6:11. Daily food, daily faith — Just as we eat every day, we need daily spiritual nourishment. Jesus, the bread of life — Depending on Christ to fill us, from John 6:35. Spiritually starved — How going without God's Word and prayer leaves us irritable and self-focused. Strife in marriage — What happens when spouses look to each other instead of to God. Surviving vs thriving — You can live without prayer, but you cannot thrive. Praying through Scripture — Praying as you read God's Word. Praying for your marriage — Bringing your petitions for your marriage before God. Interceding for others — Praying beyond our own needs. God-focused and need-focused — How the petitions of the Lord's Prayer are ordered, with insight from John Piper.

Scripture Referenced Matthew 6:11 John 6:35

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