Ask Pastor Mike Live

Guest (Male): Lorelei asks the question here, how should married couples approach prayer? My husband is a faithful man, loves Christ, but reluctant to pray. How do I approach this? It seems to be a source of frustration, as she goes on in this question. I get that.

Here's the deal. If you say my husband is a godly man, a Christian man reluctant to pray, there could be a variety of reasons your husband is reluctant to pray with you. But I would certainly say, even if you can't have your husband pray with you and you're asking him to, you might even ask him why, and that might be enlightening to find out why he's not interested in that.

But certainly, I would say, let's share prayer requests. Let's make sure that we're talking about our prayer lives. At the very most, Lorelei, I'd say lean into that and say, "Would you be praying for this for me? And let me pray for you, and how can I pray for you better?"

Share those things, and even share as you spend time together, whether it's over a meal or sitting on the couch or whatever, being able to say, "Hey, here's what God is doing in answering my prayers."

I think that's a great thing. Even just having a discussion together about our prayer lives and having time even sitting in the same room, if that's what it takes, to pray to the Lord personally by ourselves, fine. That's the best you can get out of your husband, and that is what I might suggest.