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b'Today\'s episode it about praying with your spouse to increase intimacy in your marriage. \\xa0Often prayer is a level of intimacy many are scared to step into. \\xa0But, getting past the initial obstacle means opening up your marriage to a whole new level of intimacy, which can in turn spur other areas of intimacy forward.\\nShow Notes\\n\\n \\tMarriages have many\\xa0types of intimacy. \\xa0Physical intimacy, emotional intimacy, but often we forget about spiritual intimacy.\\n \\tLike the staves of a barrel, if any is too short, the intimacy in the marriage\\xa0cannot reach it\'s full potential. \\xa0The area of intimacy lacking will be a limiter to the rest.\\n\\nHow does praying help intimacy?\\n\\n \\tAuthentic prayer requires vulnerability. \\xa0It\'s a time to be open and honest with God. \\xa0Praying with your spouse encourages openness and honesty with your spouse, and they get to see the "real" you.\\n \\tPraying together helps keep your spiritual life aligned.\\n \\tPraying together helps keep you in the loop on what\'s going on with your spouse.\\n \\tPraying together helps force you to make time, if only a little, to be together, without interruptions.\\n \\tHalf of the couples that took our week of prayer challenge found a 35% increase in sexual frequency when committed to praying together once a day for a week.\\n\\nHow to start praying together\\n\\n \\tStart simple, short, easy prayers\\n \\tFollow a 40 days of prayer devotional if you\'re\\xa0not sure what to say\\xa0(our church has done this one, but you can choose your own)\\n \\tYou can both pray, or just one each time, you decide\\n\\nWhat if my spouse won\'t pray?\\n\\n \\tAsk if you can still pray with them\\n \\tModel\\xa0it for them\\n \\tMake it a safe environment for them\\n \\tAsk them every so often (monthly or less) if they want to pray\\n \\tLeave them space in the prayer time to pray in case they want to jump in.'