{"id":5591,"date":"2019-09-05T10:27:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T15:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2019-09-06T10:29:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:29:10","slug":"the-marriage-prayer-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2019\/09\/05\/the-marriage-prayer-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marriage Prayer Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What might God do if every married person <\/strong>in your church prayed for their spouse every day?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We believe He might change our country and the world. Prayer changes things because God answers prayer.<\/p>\n

Everyone knows couples ought to pray for one another\u00a0 \u2013 but how many actually do it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

PERSONAL TESTIMONY:\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201cMy discovery of The Marriage Prayer<\/em> came at a very pivotal point in my married life.\u00a0 I began to pray the marriage prayer over my marriage and late wife of 30 years, Rhonda Robertson Mills. God would profoundly use The Marriage Prayer<\/em> to equip me as the husband He had ordained me to be in a very critical time in our lives. We would walk together through four and a half years of major health challenges that would eventually lead to her promotion to heaven on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Many have commended me for the care I gave to Rhonda during these years. I give praise to the Lord for His strength and grace that enabled me daily to be \u2018all in' for my precious wife. I give credit to The Marriage Prayer<\/em> as the tool the Father used to equip me for the privilege of being Rhonda\u2019s husband and caregiver. This prayer of 68 words changed my life and marriage for the better. I memorized it and prayed it every day. I still remember it and look forward to praying it again over the wife the Father shall yet give me in the future.\u201d W. A. Mills, IPHC Men\u2019s Ministries Director<\/p>\n

The Marriage Prayer<\/em> is available for purchase as a Kindle book or Paperback at Amazon. https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marriage-Prayer-Prescription-Change-Direction\/dp\/0802475507\/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210883097&sr=1-12<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\u00bfQu\u00e9 podr\u00eda hacer Dios si cada persona casada<\/strong> en su iglesia rezara por su c\u00f3nyuge todos los d\u00edas?<\/strong> <\/p>

Creemos que \u00c9l podr\u00eda cambiar nuestro pa\u00eds y el mundo. La oraci\u00f3n cambia las cosas porque Dios contesta la oraci\u00f3n. <\/p>

Todo el mundo sabe que las parejas deben rezar unas por las otras, pero \u00bfcu\u00e1ntas lo hacen realmente?<\/strong> <\/p>

TESTIMONIO PERSONAL:<\/strong> \u201cMi descubrimiento de The Marriage Prayer<\/em> lleg\u00f3 en un momento crucial en mi vida de casado. Comenc\u00e9 a rezar la oraci\u00f3n matrimonial por mi matrimonio y esposa fallecida de 30 a\u00f1os, Rhonda Robertson Mills. Dios usar\u00eda profundamente la Oraci\u00f3n Matrimonial<\/em> para equiparme como el esposo que \u00c9l me hab\u00eda ordenado para estar en un momento muy cr\u00edtico en nuestras vidas. Caminaremos juntos durante cuatro a\u00f1os y medio de los principales desaf\u00edos de salud que eventualmente la llevar\u00edan a su ascenso al cielo el martes 26 de abril de 2016. Muchos me han felicitado por la atenci\u00f3n que le brind\u00e9 a Rhonda durante estos a\u00f1os. Alabo al Se\u00f1or por su fuerza y gracia que me permitieron a diario ser "todo" para mi preciosa esposa. Le doy cr\u00e9dito a The Marriage Prayer<\/em> como la herramienta que el Padre us\u00f3 para equiparme para el privilegio de ser el esposo y cuidador de Rhonda. Esta oraci\u00f3n de 68 palabras cambi\u00f3 mi vida y mi matrimonio para mejor. Lo memorizaba y rezaba todos los d\u00edas. Todav\u00eda lo recuerdo y espero rezarlo nuevamente por la esposa que el Padre a\u00fan me dar\u00e1 en el futuro \u201d. WA Mills, Director del Ministerio de Hombres de IPHC <\/p>

The Marriage Prayer<\/em> est\u00e1 disponible para su compra como libro Kindle o Paperback en Amazon. https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marriage-Prayer-Prescription-Change-Direction\/dp\/0802475507\/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210883097&sr=1-12<\/a> <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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