Sometimes wives want to pray with their husbands but are afraid it will be awkward or that their husbands won’t want to. Or they wait because they feel the husbands should initiate this. Then it’s easy to become critical because he doesn’t! I have found that men often need a proposal offered in a wise, gentle manner. Here’s one many have found helpful: Ask your husband if he would be willing to try a 10-day experiment that will take four minutes each day. Choose a time during the day or evening that will be best for both of you. Have him share one thing that is on his mind. It may be a situation at work, a project that’s overdue, a difficult relationship. Then you share one thing — perhaps a concern about a child, a colleague, or a fear. Do not discuss the other’s concern. Simply listen. Then holding hands, have the husband pray a two-sentence prayer for the wife’s concern and the wife do the same for the husband’s concern, and then pray the Lord’s prayer together. No matter how many years you have been married, I suspect that this will take you to a deeper level in your relationship.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:48:20 +0000
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