It would be a horrible feeling to find out that God was blocking your prayers. I find it fascinating that for husbands there is a way you could be living that would mean your prayers are being hindered & blocked.
1 Peter 3:7 “Husbands, you in turn must treat your wives with tenderness, viewing them as feminine partners who deserve to be honoured, for they are co-heirs with you of the “divine grace of life,” so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
Commentator Wayne Grudmen sums this verse up so well. “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 honour” on her. To take the time to develop and maintain a good marriage is God’s will; it is serving God; it is a spiritual activity pleasing in His sight”
Here in The Pacific, over 50-75% of the population goes to church or confesses to believe in Christ, but 2 in 3 women are abused. Many of these men are in church each week, they are even leaders, elders or pastors. I hate to break it to you men, if you are praying, God is not interested in those prayers. This is how much our Father in Heaven loves His daughters and there will be consequences for those who treat them with anything less than tenderness , honour & as your equal . Maybe this is another reason why our churches are so ineffective. They are being led by men who are not honouring & loving their wives, making their prayers pointless.
Any husband who is abusive, disrespectful, or otherwise belittling to his wife is defying the will of God—period. He must repent and change his behaviour before that line of communication with God will be fully reopened.
The good news is that God will hear your prayer of repentance if you truly mean business & want to change your ways. I suggest this is a great place to start today.
Now is the time to surrender to God in humility