The Praying Couple® Podcast with Mike & Carlie Kercheval

Welcome back to The Praying Couple Podcast . In this week’s Marriage Prayer for the Week Ahead , Mike and Carlie pray over husbands, wives, families, and marriages that need renewed minds, deeper peace, healing from rejection, and the strength to keep obeying God in the week ahead. This Spirit-led prayer focuses on taking every thought captive, rejecting lies that do not align with God’s Word, and...

Welcome back to The Praying Couple Podcast . In this week’s Marriage Prayer for the Week Ahead , Mike and Carlie pray over couples who are walking through transition, uncertainty, emotional heaviness, grief, family changes, financial shifts, infidelity, or a season where they simply need wisdom for the next step. After celebrating their 26th wedding anniversary and taking time away in Charleston,...

Welcome back to The Praying Couple Podcast and our weekly prayer installment: Marriage Prayer for the Week Ahead . In this week’s Spirit-led marriage prayer, Mike and Carlie pray over couples who are believing God for financial breakthrough, unity, wisdom, hope, and strength to keep standing on God’s Word. Recorded right before celebrating their 26th wedding anniversary, this prayer is also a remi...

Welcome to a new weekly installment of The Praying Couple® Podcast : Marriage Prayer for the Week . Each Sunday, Mike and Carlie will be praying over your marriage, your home, your family, and the week ahead as the Holy Spirit leads. These prayers are not scripted teachings or boxed-in topics — they are moments of agreement, covering, encouragement, and biblical prayer for husbands and wives who d...

🎙️ Is God Calling You to Marriage Ministry? How to Discern Your Calling With Clarity This is Part 1 of a powerful 5-part series designed to help you: Discern your calling Understand your story Recognize spiritual warfare Start your ministry (even if you feel unready) Step into your God-given assignment 👉 Be sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss what’s coming next. 🔥 EPISODE DESCRIPTION  D...

Join The Marriage Prayer Club: https://marriageprayerclub.com Hey Friend! We're so happy you're here. We are proud of you for taking action and praying God's will be done on earth as it is in Heaven! Trust us when we tell you, that God is pleased. 🔥 Episode 025: A Call to Arms: Join the Marriage Prayer Army 🔥 PLEASE NOTE: We have renamed this the Marriage Prayer Club...but the mis...

When Your Spouse Is Emotionally Distant: Biblical Hope & Prayer When Your Marriage Feels Cold Emotional distance in marriage can leave spouses feeling confused, lonely, and unsure how to reconnect. When your spouse seems withdrawn, disengaged, or emotionally unavailable, it can feel like the warmth and closeness you once shared has slowly faded. In this episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast ,...

When Your Spouse Rejects You: Healing, Prayer & Biblical Hope for the Rejected Heart Rejection from a spouse can cut deeper than almost any other relational pain. When the person who promised lifelong covenant withdraws emotionally, physically, or relationally, it can leave you questioning your worth, your marriage, and sometimes even your faith. In this episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast...

What Happens When Couples Pray Together Every Day Does praying together every day actually strengthen a marriage? Many Christian couples believe in prayer, but struggle to build a consistent daily prayer routine. Some feel awkward praying with their spouse. Others wonder if praying together really makes a difference. In this powerful and Scripture-anchored episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast ,...

When Words Divide: A Prophetic Prayer for Christ-Centered Communication in Marriage Is communication in your marriage strained, tense, or disconnected? In this episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast , we address the spiritual root of communication struggles and share a bold, Scripture-based prayer for breakthrough. Communication issues are often spiritual before they’re verbal. In this episode, we...

Marriage Prayer Journaling: How Writing Your Prayers Will Change Your Life Many couples want a deeper prayer life but struggle to stay focused, honest, or consistent. Thoughts wander. Emotions feel hard to express. Words come out rushed or repetitive. Over time, prayer can begin to feel disconnected — even when the desire for closeness with God and each other is still there. In this episode of The...

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 misu...

🎙️ Episode 018 - 3 Daily Prayer Practices That Changed Our Marriage (And Can Change Yours) Many couples want change in their marriage , but lasting transformation rarely comes from big emotional moments or one-time breakthroughs. According to Scripture, real change is formed through faithful daily practices that invite God into the ordinary rhythms of life . In this episode of The Praying Couple®...

🎙️ Episode 017: Marriage Revival Starts With Your Prayer Life Many couples long for revival in their marriage — renewed closeness, restored tenderness, deeper unity, and spiritual intimacy. But revival rarely begins with dramatic change or emotional moments. According to Scripture, it begins quietly, humbly, and personally… with prayer. In this episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast , Mike and Car...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge 🎙️How to Pray With Purpose and Hope in an Unequally Yoked Marriage Being in different spiritual places can be one of the loneliest experiences in marriage. You may love your spouse deeply and love God sincerely — yet still feel spiritually alone, unsure how to pray without pressure, frustration, o...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge How to Pray Together Without Pressure One of the most common — and least talked about — challenges in marriage is being in different spiritual places. When that happens, prayer can begin to feel awkward, intimidating, or even unsafe. In this episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast , Mike and Carlie...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Why Most Couples Quit Praying Together and How to Start Again Many couples don’t stop praying together because they don’t care — they stop because discouragement slowly takes root. Missed days turn into missed weeks, and guilt quietly replaces confidence. In this episode of The Praying Couple® Pod...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Why Everyday Prayer Is the Secret Weapon for Lasting Marriages Many Christian couples love God and are committed to their marriage — yet still feel distant over time. In this episode of The Praying Couple® Podcast , Mike and Carlie talk about one of the most overlooked reasons this happens: prayer...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Hey Friend! We're so happy you're here. We are proud of you for taking action and praying God's will be done on earth as it is in Heaven! Trust us when we tell you, that God is pleased. Episode 012: A Prayer for Seasons of Chronic Disappointment Today's prayer is based on Isaia...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Hey Friend! We're so happy you're here. We are proud of you for taking action and praying God's will be done on earth as it is in Heaven! Trust us when we tell you, that God is pleased. Episode 011: A Prayer to Trust God When Things are Falling Apart Today's prayer to trust God...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Episode 010: A Prayer for Revival in Your Marriage Today's prayer is all about revival in your marriage. The verse we're standing on for today's prayer is Ezekiel 37:4-6 (NIV): Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 Thi...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Episode 009: A Prayer for Your Unequally Yoked Marriage Today's prayer is for those who have an unsaved spouse. Our foundational verse for today's prayer is 2 Corinthians 6:15 (AMP): "Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, in...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Episode 008: A Prayer for God to Teach Us His Ways Today's prayer for God to teach us His ways is founded on Psalm 25:4-5 (AMP): "Let me know Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You [and only You] I wait [e...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Episode 007: A Prayer for Forgiveness in Marriage Today's prayer for forgiveness in marriage is founded on Mark 11:25 (AMP): "Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him (drop the issue, let it go), so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive y...

🎁 Join our FREE 7-Day Prayer Reset: https://www.theprayingcouple.com/7-day-marriage-prayer-challenge Episode 006: A Prayer for Healing From the Spirit of Rejection Today, we pray for healing from the spirit of rejection. God was rejected and despised by man, but still fulfilled His divine purpose on this earth so that we may be saved. Come listen as we take authority over the spirit of rejection...