Exiles: Week Twelve
1 Peter 3:7
Be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. 1 Peter 4:7
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. 1 Peter 3:12
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way…so that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7
“So concerned is God that Christian husbands live in an understanding and loving way with their wives, that he ‘interrupts’ his relationship with them when they are not doing so. No Christian husband should presume to think that any spiritual good will be accomplished by his life without an effective ministry of prayer. And no husband may expect an effective prayer life unless he lives with his wife ‘in an understanding way, bestowing honor’ on her.” - Wayne Grudem
LIFE GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
According to Peter, what is the relationship between godly living and our prayers? (See 1 Peter 3:7, 12; 4:7.)
If you are a husband: Are there any ways in which you might be failing to live with your wife in an understanding way? Or to honor her as a weaker vessel and co-heir of the grace of life? How can you make it easier for her to submit gladly to your leadership?
If you are a wife: How and why would a husband who “understands” you and honors you make it easier to submit joyfully to his leadership?
If you are unmarried: How can you apply this passage directly to your life? What does it summon you to believe? To repent of? To embrace?
What are the main challenges to your behavior and attitude from this passage?