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How to Pray Together Without Fighting About It

For many couples, prayer sounds like a beautiful idea — until they actually try to do it together. What begins with good intentions can quickly turn into awkward silence, emotional tension, or even conflict. Over time, some couples stop praying together altogether, not because they don’t love God, but because prayer has become another place where misunderstandings surface.

In this episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast, Mike and Carlie speak honestly and compassionately about why prayer can become a battleground in marriage — and how Scripture offers a gentler, safer way forward.

This is not an episode about techniques or scripts. It’s about understanding what prayer was meant to carry in marriage — and what it was never meant to hold. Through biblical wisdom and pastoral insight, this conversation helps couples reframe prayer as a place of unity, agreement, and shared dependence on God rather than correction or emotional processing.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why prayer often exposes existing tension rather than creating it
• What prayer is not meant to do in marriage
• How agreement, not eloquence, brings power to shared prayer
• Why praying “short and safe” can build long-term unity
• Biblical boundaries that protect prayer from becoming conflict
• What to do when praying together feels too tender or difficult
• How to rebuild prayer as a place of safety, not pressure

If you’ve ever thought, “We want to pray together… but it always feels tense,” this episode offers hope. Prayer was always meant to draw you closer — to God and to each other.

👉 Take the Next Step

If you desire prayer to become a place of peace and connection in your marriage — but need structure, guidance, and grace along the way — we invite you to explore The Marriage Prayer Club. It’s a Scripture-centered community designed to help couples pray together consistently and safely, without pressure or perfection.

🔗 Join The Marriage Prayer Club: https://marriageprayerclub.com

To learn more about our heart for strengthening marriages and explore additional Christ-centered resources, visit: 🔗 https://theprayingcouple.com

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For His Glory,
Mike & Carlie Kercheval
The Praying Couple®

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