Going along with the importance of family prayer is the importance and healing power of prayer in a marriage.
President Monson says, "May I offer newlyweds a formula which will ensure that any disagreement you may have will last no longer than one day? Every night kneel by the side of your bed....I can assure you that any misunderstanding that develops during the day will vanish as you pray. You simply can't pray together and retain any but the best of feelings toward one another."
"A key aspect of coming to view a relationship as sacred is to first include God as an active member of the relationship" (Lambert, 196).
Prayer is the means by which individuals may invite God to play an active role in their relationship." (Lambert). In marriage, there is a triangle when God is included and is at the apex of the triangle. When two people individually strive to become closer to God, they will automatically become closer to each other.
Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith and prayer.
"Praying together as a family and reading the scriptures... together is probably the best thing we do to pull us toward Heavenly Father and each other."
It is said that the family that prays together stays together. From the earliest time of my ventures in motherhood, I have depended on the Lord in prayer to help and guide me. They are his children, after all.
"There's something that....when as a family your hearts are pointed together toward the same thing, and it's God, then parenting and economics and space and food and disagreements and hassles and joys and celebration and all that other stuff..it works different, it seems different, it feels different."
The extent to which husbands and wives participate in religious practices together and hold similar believes is one of the stronger predictors of the quality of marriage.
Prayer heals relationships, unites families and helps us drawer nearer to Christ.
By loving behavior of parents, children learn to understand the nature of God. If a child grows up having a loving father, it is easier for them to understand God and who he is.
