One of the most intimate activities you can share as a couple is prayer. When you talk to God together, sharing your most private thoughts, prayer becomes a team effort and you bond spiritually. Collaborative prayer unites the marriage partners into a unified voice, powerfully merging your marriage dreams, concerns and requests.

Prayer is about listening too. Somehow combined prayer creates a heightened sensitivity to God’s activity in our marriage. We are in sync with God’s leadings in our lives. At first, praying together isn’t a comfortable thing to do. For most of us, prayer is a very private activity. Disclosing your most personal thoughts to another person — even your spouse — is not easy. Here are some suggestions:

* Until both of you feel comfortable praying, one of you might want to take the lead.
* Decide in advance what you need to pray about. Remember the “ACTS” model: Adoration [worship], Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication [Requests]. Of course you don’t need to hit on all of these.
* As a guide, try writing out your prayers first.

From: spiritual intimacy in marriage