The Power of Secret Prayer | How to Pray for Your Spouse (2 of 8)

When should you pray, and where? In part two of our eight-part series on Jesus' teaching about prayer, Aaron and Jennifer Smith look at the call in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to pray without ceasing and Jesus' instruction in Matthew 6:6 to go into your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father in secret. They discuss intentional, distraction-free prayer, why "secret" means praying for God alone rather than to be seen, and two ways to apply "shut the door" in marriage: praying together with your spouse in that shared sacred space, and praying privately for your spouse before confronting them, which often lets God convict your own heart first. Along the way they share how family taught them to pause and pray, insights from Charles Spurgeon and Sara Hagerty, and a prayer from The Marriage Gift.