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How Do I Pray for My Husband’s Salvation?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

How can a wife go on praying for her unbelieving husband after years, or even decades, of no evident change?

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0:00.0

Good morning and welcome back to the podcast.

0:07.2

We have talked recently about the tensions inside of a home when a Christian is married

0:13.0

to a non-Christian.

0:15.0

This dynamic can happen for several reasons.

0:18.2

Sometimes it's intentional.

0:19.8

A Christian may sin and knowingly marry a non-Christian.

0:23.4

We saw this in APJ 1560.

0:26.6

Or two non-Christian's married and one of them eventually gets saved.

0:30.2

As we saw this in APJ 1029 or two professing Christians get married, one proves their faith

0:37.1

over the years or is genuinely converted at some point and the other falls away over

0:42.6

time.

0:43.6

We have seen this dynamic in APJ 1680, 1690 and in 1839, just a couple of weeks ago we saw

0:50.6

this.

0:51.6

I don't know which category fits today.

0:54.4

We have limited information, but Pastor John, six times over the years we've gotten an

0:58.2

email from a woman named Rose.

1:00.5

Her emails are always the same.

1:02.4

They're always brief.

1:03.6

They're always one sense.

1:05.9

The same sense.

1:07.4

This one.

1:08.8

Pastor John, how do I pray for my husband to be saved?

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