ed in divorce. Think of the tremen dous power of prayer evidenced by this survey! Husbands, God expects you to be the priest in your home. You are the head of the house. Go home and ask your wife if she would like to join you in prayer. You will be amazed. It won’t make your marriage a re ligious ceremony, but it will enrich your life. The more we bring God into our lives in a personal way, the more we enrich them. Now we are ready for the sixth key to a happy marriage. It simply is the name Jesus Christ. Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other; at least, that is a well- known geometric principle that I used when I was a boy. I have found in human relations two people who love Jesus Christ love one another. Actually, Jesus Christ is the very center of marriage. Draw a circle. Make three equal sections so your circle is in three parts. Label one mental adjustment, another physical adjustment, and another spiritual ad justment. Then put a cross in the very center, for Jesus Christ touches on all three. If He is the center, then you will enjoy a rich nad lasting marriage. The Bible says, “And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him” (Col. 3:17). Whatever we do in our marriage should be done with approval of the Lord Jesus Christ. When all is said and done, He is the greatest and most effective key to a happy married life.
the things that were burdens on my heart one at a time. After I finished the first request, Beverly prayed for that request. She prayed for the bur den on my heart. Then I prayed for the second one, and she prayed for the second one, and the third one and the fourth one, etc. The next night she prayed for the things that were on her heart, one at a time, and then I prayed for them. We found in ten days’ time that many of the things that I had begun praying for, were now on her heart. When it was her night, she was praying for my burdens. We bare the burdens on each other’s heart. That produces real love. I would say that in the last few years it has been a great means of encouraging our love. May I suggest that you try it? Two peo ple cannot continue to be angry and upset and rebellious and stubborn when they pray together. The Bible says that we should be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another. If you get down and pray together, you will find that God will meet your need. According to statistics, one out of every two marriages in California ends in divorce. Across the country I think it’s one out of 2.5. It’s gradu ally increasing. According to statis tics that were taken years ago, one out of 55 couples that went to church regularly ended up in divorce. Cam pus Crusade for Christ reveals the statistics of a professor at Prince ton in which people who have prayed together on a regular basis were sur veyed, and only one out of 1015 end
Because of the significance of the Christian home mes sages by Dr. Tim F. LaHaye, many of the regular features have been omitted for this issue.
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