Praying Circles Around Your Marriage
Ebook
Overview
What your marriage will become is determined by how you pray. This book empowers you to dream big, pray hard, and think long--together.
Marriage is your most sacred relationship on this earth, and prayer is the single most powerful way to transform it. It's time to learn the relational truths in the legend of Honi the Circle Maker--a man bold enough to draw a circle in the sand and not leave it until God answered his impossible prayer. The commitment made in the sacred circle of marriage requires the same kind of boldness and resolve as the Circle Maker. Honi's prayer saved a generation, and your prayers can transform your relationship.
Praying Circles around Your Marriage draws from the life-changing principles Mark Batterson outlines in his New York Times bestseller The Circle Maker. Joined by Pastor Joel and Nina Schmidgall who serve with Mark at National Community Church, the authors draw from personal stories, Scripture, and practical insight. You'll discover seven key prayer circles for your marriage: Vision Circle, Romance Circle, War Circle, Dance Circle, Support Circle, Storm Circle, and Legacy Circle. Through these circles you will:
- Discover your shared vision and find a new combined purpose together
- Turn the tables on conflict and access the gift of being known
- Be a student of your spouse and ensure a connected and intimate relationship
- Build a foundation for your marriage that will help you weather the trials that are sure to come
- Learn to draw a larger circle around your marriage so that your unified purpose can be a blessing to others
Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers. Praying Circles around Your Marriage will empower you and your spouse to identify your greatest dreams for the most important relationship in your life, and pray the kind of audacious prayers in which God finds delight.
After all, your life together has a legacy to leave for future generations. It's time to start circling.
Top Highlights
“we don’t need to learn how to fall in love; we need to learn how to grow in love.” (source)
“Pray up, stand up, and step out to see your spouse as God see them. Speak into existence those things in your spouse that do not currently exist but lie ready to be ignited through you.” (source)
“Grace prepares us in marriage. Sight gives faith to us in marriage. But vision launches us forward in marriage. Don’t stop short of God’s full and clear vision for your marriage. Don’t be satisfied with the attachment version of marriage. Ask God to reveal your marriage print. Just because you don’t have clarity yet doesn’t mean God isn’t doing a completing work. Your invitation is to press into His presence through prayer.” (source)
“Why not purity of thoughts devoted to our one and only heart’s desire—the husband or wife God gave us to enjoy and to pleasure?” (source)
“They committed to embrace and champion each other’s pursuits. They began to claim each other’s victories as their own.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Praying Circles around Your Marriage
- Authors:
- Schmidgall, Joel
- Schmidgall, Nina
- Batterson, Mark and Lora
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9780310354901