Share your prayer experience and receive the personal insights of authors Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
You’re getting the idea…why we call daily prayer “the most intimate act” between partners. Honestly, can you think of anything more intimate than entering into this unguarded time with each other, showing your true heart?
In Couples Who Pray, Penny Banuchi says to look at the word intimacy as "into-me-see.”
Let us know how the 40-day challenge is going for you? Is it still a challenge, or has it become the best habit you have!
Good wishes and godwinks.
SQuire and Louise
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
If you skip a day of daily prayer, our Study Guide co-author Michael Simone recommends a “Prayer Mulligan”…like the mulligan in golf that allows you to move the ball to a favorable lie…tack your missed 5 minutes, onto tomorrow.
Here's a quote from our book, Couples Who Pray, by Bruce Sudano: "When you are in prayer you talk to God about things and let your true heart come through. . .almost subliminal communication between husband and wife."
Give us an update on how the 40-day prayer challenge is going for you. How's the communication between you and your partner?
Good wishes and godwinks.
SQuire and Louise
Friday, March 14, 2008
“Do you pray out loud?” “Do you have a special place?” Those are frequently asked questions. Yes to both. Having an out loud conversation with your partner in a private place, helps establish your daily prayer routine.
Since you started praying together, have you noticed changes in your relationship? Have other noticed changes in your relationship?
Good wishes and godwinks.
SQuire and Louise
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
One of the best ways to start praying together with your partner, is for one of you to say, “Would you mind sitting with me…holding my hand…while I pray out loud?” Usually this small step, gets the new habit started.
They say that establishing a new habit…or breaking an old one…takes about 21 days. Well, you’re well on your way along that path! Establishing your daily habit of praying together may be the healthiest habit you ever develop.
Encourage others and share how you and your prayer partner are developing the habit of praying together.
Good wishes and godwinks.
SQuire and Louise
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Our mutual goal is that you will see the incredible blessings in your life by committing to just 5 minutes a day. This will encourage you to continue this wonderful new habit for the rest of your life.
We know that people are very busy. We too have wacky schedules. The two of us pray at the airport, or, sometimes, over the kitchen sink. If we’re apart, over the phone. Of course we relish those days when we can calmly sink into our favorite loveseat, talk things over with God, and have time to read another segment of ageless wisdom in the Bible.
You should try to keep a journal of your 40 day experience. Write down your prayer requests. You’ll be amazed when you go back and read it, six months from now how many prayers God has answered.
Write and let us know how the prayer challenge is going for you.
Good wishes and godwinks.
SQuire and Louise
Thursday, February 28, 2008
We are truly delighted that you two have decided to take The 40 Day Prayer Challenge™…agreeing to pray together, five minutes a day, for forty days.
This is a promise we are extremely confident in making: YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE! That’s because it’s a promise made to you in the ancient scriptures. Just roll these words through your mind: “…where two or more come together in my name…I am there among them.” (Mt 18:20) Then, by praying together five minutes a day, expect that your happiness levels will rise within days or weeks. The research shows a 20 to 30 percent increase in romance, conversation, and other levels of joy
Many of you are in your second week of praying together. How is your relationship with God changing? How is your relationship with each other changing?
Good wishes and godwinks.
SQuire and Louise.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Honestly, can you think of any act more intimate than joining together in a quiet place, holding hands in prayer, and allowing your soul to be bare naked before God?
This is our pledge: entering into this act of intimacy on a daily basis with the one person you love more than any other will take you to a level of joy and satisfaction that you simply will not believe.
You love life will be better, your communication better. Your whole life will be so much better. You'll find yourself beginning every prayer session saying "thank you" for this new life-changing experience.
Tell us why you are going to pray with your spouse or prayer partner. What are you hoping for?