Week 16: Marriages and Broken Communication

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Join us this week in praying for marriages in which communication has broken down.  By all accounts the lack of effective communication is a frequent and devastating dysfunction in marriages.  The break down in communication can occur for a wide range of reasons.  It can arise from words and/or body language that communicate disinterest in or contempt for a spouse’s input.  Sometimes the desire to communicate can dry up if a spouse feels the other’s words are never followed up with action, in other words, if lightly made promises are never kept.  Nagging can also cause communication to grind to a halt.  And when effective communication stops, all sorts of misunderstandings and false assumptions are likely to spring up.  These situations, in turn, lead naturally to a cascade of trouble and stress since any attempt to address misunderstandings and false assumptions will fail when the couples’ ability to communicate effectively is already impaired.

Pray with us this week that couples having communication issues will

  • Understand that respect for their spouse is one of the most important building blocks of effective communication
  • Forgive and seek forgiveness for past hurts and not allow those hurts to stop their willingness to communicate
  • Understand that individuals communicate differently and seek to understand their spouse’s particular communication style
  • Allow a break in a conversation headed in the wrong direction; in other words, know when to be quiet and bring a subject back up at a calmer, more appropriate time
  • For husbands:  pray they will understand communication does not always have a precise point; not every conversation is problem solving; sometimes a wife just wants him to listen without trying to “fix” her or her expressed issue
  • For wives:  pray they will understand men often communicate most openly and honestly when the conversation happens side-by-side as they are doing something together, instead of face-to-face in a static environment

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