Spiritual Stamina and prayer

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About This Episode Prayer should be a normal part of the believer's life, and it has been a foundational element of Aaron and Jennifer's marriage, but lately they have sensed God asking them to pray more. Spiritual stamina is the ability to handle more in our spiritual life, and it grows the same way physical stamina does: by doing it more. Sparked by a women's retreat prayer time and Francis Chan's book Letters to the Church, they share how they are growing in prayer and in the Word, study Jesus in Gethsemane in Luke 22, and remind us that prayer isn't the preparation for the battle; prayer is the battle. They close by praying over your marriage.

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 Spiritual stamina — why capacity for prayer and the Word grows with practice. The hot seat — a women's retreat prayer time that sparked this conversation. Letters to the Church — Francis Chan on the church's need for prayer. Expecting a spiritual high — the trap of wanting results without devoted time. Family Bible time — stretching to a full chapter. Gethsemane — Jesus praying in agony and telling the disciples to pray that they may not enter into temptation. Prayer is the battle — not just the preparation for it. A prayer for you — praying over marriages, illness, infidelity, jobs, and finances.

Scripture Referenced Luke 22

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