
Praying Together
A Simple Path for Spiritual Intimacy for Couples
by Sam and Vicki Ingrassia
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Pub Date May 02 2016 | Archive Date Apr 04 2016
Description
Praying together as a couple is important. You know that praying together offers lots of benefits: better relationship, more respect, more intimacy, deeper love for your spouse, better communication, and the list goes on. So, why aren't you doing it? What’s holding you back as a couple from one of the richest experiences in your marriage?
Praying Together offers a guilt-free understanding of the hidden reasons we as couples aren't going to the Lord in prayer as a team. Birthed from their own shortcomings and transformed marriage, authors Sam and Vickie share a model for prayer within the marriage relationship that is compelling, simple, biblical, and powerfully transforming. While each chapter closes with sample Scripture and prayer for husbands and wives to use together, Praying Together equips couples to pray with one another after the book is finished.
Advance Praise
“We have a problem within the church that most of us never want to talk about. Husbands and wives are not praying together. Men are not initiating prayer, often because they don’t know what to pray or how to pray. Sam and Vicki Ingrassia provide biblical guidance in their new book, Praying Together. Praying as a couple will change your marriage and will change your life.”
—Kerby Anderson, host of the nationally syndicated talk radio show Point of View
“If you put into practice the principles from Sam and Vicki Ingrassia’s new book, Praying Together, it will transform your marriage and establish your oneness stronger than it has ever been. Praying together as a couple is the single most important element of a marriage that is abundantly fulfilling and remains strong during the storms of life. Praying Together will help you set a solid foundation if you are newly married. If you have been married for years, it will help repair your foundation and make it new again. Pastor, this is the book you’ve been looking for in your pre-marriage counseling. Bible study leader, this is perfect for couples no matter how long they have been married. Read this book, then grab your Bible, and hit your knees together as husband and wife.”
—Tom and JoAnn Doyle, author of Killing Christians: Living the Faith Where It’s Not Safe to Believe and vice president of church and ministry partnerships and Middle East/North Africa director of e3 Partners
“I have been in ministry for more than 20 years, discipled hundreds, counseled countless marriages, and known the power of prayer on a personal level. Yet, even as a minister of the gospel, I have failed to pray with my wife regularly. Unfortunately, it is the one thing that she desires more than almost anything else, to connect with me on the deepest level. For some reason, it is easier to lead a crowd in prayer than my spouse. Sam and Vicki are not calling us to a grand gesture, but to one loving step toward spiritual intimacy with our spouse. Filled with grace, compassion, and understanding, their book can help marriages take the ideal into reality. I highly recommend Praying Together for you as a couple, for your church, and for anyone who would listen.”
—David Fuquay, lead minister of spiritual formation at Northwest Bible Church
“After 20 years of leading premarital counseling, I have arrived at the bottom-line advice I want all couples to follow: put God at the center of your relationship. When a couple consciously prioritizes their faith, it’s a fountain of health that flows into every other area. I know what you’re thinking: Duh. But here’s the reality: most couples have no clue how to actually do this. Even worse: 5, 10, 20 years into marriage, the cluelessness remains. Finally, with the Ingrassia’s book, there is a tool I can put in the hands of every couple—engaged or married—that will actually equip them to do the main thing well.”
—Dave Gustavsen, senior pastor of Jacksonville Chapel church
“In order for our marriages to be strengthened, husbands and wives must learn to pray together. If you need encouragement in this area of your life, Sam and Vicki Ingrassia’s latest book, Praying Together, is a must read. This book shares why couples should pray together and teaches couples how to pray together. This call to pray together as husbands and wives has never been more crucial than it is now. If you want a stronger, healthier marriage, you’ll gain incredible insight and wisdom from this book as to the power of praying together.”
—Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church
“The need in our culture and churches has never been greater for authentic biblical marriages to prevail and demonstrate God’s best plan for mankind. Biblically sound and genuinely successful marriages must be built upon and fueled by a vibrant life of prayer. Praying Together helps couples get beyond the inertia, guilt, and lack of skills that inhibit their prayer life together. This book provides the motivation and a model for success that will benefit any couple seeking a more meaningful life of spiritual intimacy. I can vouch for the veracity of their story and the efficacy of their teaching having served closely in ministry with Sam and Vicki Ingrassia for more than 20 years.”
—Curtis V. Hail, president and CEO of e3 Partners and I Am Second
“Prayer is a rare commodity in the contemporary church and even more rare within the homes of many Christians. Sam and Vicki Ingrassia have a passion for prayer and specifically one where couples are praying together for their family, community, and world. I highly recommend this resource, which will rekindle your passion for prayer. Their work has had a tremendous impact on my marriage and my church.”
—Dr. Ken Lang, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel church
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781596694736 |
PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |