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Love In A Covenant Marriage Blog
Drawing on the powers of heaven through prayer is a powerful resource available to couples that can make a good relationship better and can heal a faltering marriage.
When people perceive something as sacred, it changes the way they treat it.
A “sanctified” relationship ought to be a happy relationship as people go to great lengths to protect and preserve that which they perceive to be sacred.
The perception of marriage as holy and sacred was related to greater global marital adjustment, more perceived benefits from marriage, fewer communication problems, and less overall conflict.
Sacred relationships were related to enhanced fidelity for married couples as well as for young adult romantic relationships.
A key aspect of coming to view a relationship as sacred is to first include God as an active member of the relationship.
Prayer is the means by which individuals may invite God to play an active role in their relationship.
Coming to view the relationship in this way can be a protective factor, buffering the marriage against certain challenges (such as infidelity) that can diminish or destroy a marriage.
Prayer can help protect couples from divorce by healing the relationship and restoring harmony to the marriage.
Dallin H. Oaks: “If you are already descending into the low state of marriage-in-name-only, please join hands, kneel together, and prayerfully plead for help and the healing powerof the Atonement. Your humble and united pleadings will bring you closer to the Lord and to each other and will help you in the hard climb back to marital harmony.”
Russell M. Nelson: “Good communication is also enhanced by prayer. To pray with specific mention of a spouse’s good deed (or need) nurtures a marriage.”
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