Couples Who Pray was an intriguing book.
While not a deeply thought provoking book, it did highlight some great points and was very encouraging.
Authors Rushnell and DuArt have developed a 40 Day Prayer Challenge. The basic idea is that married couples spend at least five minutes a day praying together for 40 days, and see if that doesn’t change their marriage for the better.
Of course it will.
Drawing on the stories of several prominent public couples, such as Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford, Donna Summers and Bruce Sudano, and Gavin and Patti MacLeod, Couples Who Pray is a treasure of encouragement.
Although it is encouraging, it isn’t all that deep. It has some great points, but lacks a solid biblical foundation. They quote several passages from God’s Word throughout the pages, but they seem to be almost afterthoughts, and not basic premises. And the chapter where they talk about generosity, giving and tithing is poorly defined.
While there were some great points made in this book, I feel as if there are several other books out there that do a far better job of establishing prayer as the basis for any marriage.
That said, I’m still glad I read it.
If you are interested in reading Couples Who Pray, you can purchase it at Amazon.com.
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Jeff, enjoyed the review of the book. You said that there were other books on establishing prayer as the basis of a relationship. Can you please share those?
Sure thing. Here are a few:
Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas.
Strategies For A Successful Marriage by E. Glenn Wagner has a couple of chapters on prayer.
Hidden Keys Of A Loving, Lasting Marriage by Gary Smally talks about praying together in several places throughout the book.
Communication: Key To Your Marriage touches on prayer some as well.
Every Woman’s Desire by Stephen Arterburn (might have a new title now) has an entire section on serving as the spiritual head of the houshold, stressing prayer.
The Marriage Prayer by Patrick Morely and David Delk. I just bought this one. Love it so far!
The Power Of Prayer To Chanhge Your Marriage by Stormie Omartian. Not at the top of the list, but still has some great stuff in it.
These are the ones I keep on my shelf. In fact, I may write a post about these in the near future. Couples Who Pray had some good stuff in it as well. I ended up giving it three stars on Amazon. I just didn’t think it was as good as it could have been.
Hope this helps!
Jeff, thanks for the list. We’ll have to check them out and see what they can help us with!