re can sin block our prayers in article apr athos rutgers edu jayne mmalt guild org jayne kulikauskas writes mike boulder snsc unr edu mike mccormick writes not honoring our wives can cause our prayers to be hindered prayers may not be hindered i peter one interpretation i ve heard of this verse is that it refers to the sin of physically abusing one s wife the husband is usually physically stronger than his wife but is not permitted to use this to dominate her he must honor her as his sister in christ this would therefore be an example of a specific sin that blocks prayer jayne kulikauskas jayne mmalt guild org i would be a bit more specific in looking at this verse in regard to blocking prayer i have trouble thinking that god would allow anything to block our access to him in prayer especially if we have sinned and are praying for forgivenenss i can see however how our prayer life might be hindered by our sin if we are concentrating on what is causing the sin or what has happened we may not be thinking about prayer thus our prayers are hindered by our own actions but i don t think anything can block the transmission or reception of prayer to god shalom len howard
