Seeking lasting Valentine’s romance? Try praying together

This Valentine's Day is something to consider when it comes to romance.

This may sound more thrilling and passionate than a smooth moonlight or an intimate fireplace cottage holiday, but Harvard University School of Public Health We found that divorces have decreased by 50% For couples who regularly participate in religious services.

Given the secular “hostile takeover of the expert counseling industry,” “it's worth asking: Does a failed secular marriage counseling separate a couple?

Reported by the American Journal of Family Therapy Couple prayer reduces martial arts conflicts, while in some other studies, prayer bonds firmly confirm the couple.

This makes intuitive sense. Prayer is an emotionally intimate act. It pours out the vulnerability of our souls and expresses our deepest gratitude and needs. There is no Christian theological basis for belief in one true soulmate, but there is strong evidence that you can pray with a spouse who cares deeply about your soul a True soulmate.

Valentine's Day was hijacked The nearly $28 billion event, Superficial consumerism outweighs deeper connections. Too often we spend more time in victory and eating than fostering a substantial soul bond that lasts longer than chocolate boxes, champagne toast and rose petals – of course, of course There's no problem with that.

It is a social tragedy that not every marriage counseling session recommends daily prayer. Not to mention expensive bills, it can save crushing heartache, broken families and childhood suffering ( Lawyers average $30,000 (die, according to the Marriage Foundation).

The social costs of a broken family are enormous. Our bloating is even more tense, especially when parents become single. $1.6 trillion welfare social safety net. Single parents are one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, factors associated with welfare use.

But sadly, our counseling industry has no spiritual understanding and is passed down to secularists who reject God's healing powers. for example, Reported by the sociology of religion Psychologists are the least religious of professors, with 61% reporting atheists (50%) or agnostics (11%). This is almost the opposite of what people actually believe. Gallup discovered that 81% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, we are given a “solution” to deep, soulful problems by those who don't even believe in the soul.

This has a negative effect on marriage. American divorce It soared as our country became secular.

University of Virginia scholar Brad Wilcox, Amy Burdett of Florida, and Christopher Ellison of the University of Texas and San Antonio. Beware of the Journal of Marriage and Family Couples attending church together are “a much less likely than others to use drugs, have conflicts over sexual affairs, or experience domestic violence.” , improving parent-child relationships.

Psychiatric Times has been released Literature review Of hundreds of studies, we found that depression and substance abuse were significantly less among religious people. Both women and men who participate in weekly religious services are “death of despair” – suicide, drug overdose, or alcoholism – significantly less likely to die – According to research Leading Professor Tyler Vanderwire, a devout Catholic from Harvard's Department of Public Health The person left is trying to cancel To share his opinions on traditional marriage.

Staying married will greatly protect our mental health. The U.S. Veterans Affairs Bureau, along with many other locations, Beware of divorced men and women There is a much more chance of death from suicide than married people. Journal of Epidemiology and Community HealthIt has been reported The divorced, separated man was nearly 2.4 times more likely to commit suicide than his married counterparts.