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Most Christians are aware of the benefits of prayer. And a recent study from the Institute for Family Studies seems to confirm that there are many perks to having a prayer life—even in the romance department.

To arrive at their findings, researchers analyzed responses submitted by approximately 1,600 adults to the 2006 National Survey of Religion and Family Life. What they found was that Latino and Black couples who prayed together once a week or more were significantly happier than couples who did not. Researchers explain:

Shared prayer is even more strongly associated with higher relationship quality, such that men and women who report praying together frequently (almost once a week or more often) are 17 percentage points more likely to say they are very happy together. Joint prayer is likely to engender a heightened sense of emotional intimacy, communication and reflection about relationship priorities and concerns, and a sense of divine involvement in one’s relationship. However it works, shared prayer is a stronger predictor of relationship quality than other religious factors in our statistical models. It is also a better predictor of relationship quality than race, education, age, sex, or region. Couples who pray together often are much happier than those who do not.

When everyday responsibilities take over, it’s pretty easy to allow prayer time with your partner fall down to the bottom slots on our lists of priorities. But hopefully, a little reminder like this one can inspire us to make prayer time with our partners more of a priority.

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