Our House with The Smylies

I Prayed for My Atheist Husband for a Decade


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For over a decade, Malia prayed for her atheist husband to come to Christ. This is the episode where Jason and Malia tell you what happened.

This is the final episode in the Our House series on the Five Silent Killers of a Peaceful Home, and Jason and Malia saved the biggest one for last: spiritual misalignment. It’s the killer that almost ended their marriage before it started.


Jason shares the secret he carried for years. To get permission to marry Malia, he promised her father that God would be at the center of their home. The problem? He was a militant atheist who didn’t believe God existed. For over a decade, Jason and Malia lived in what they now call “separate boats,” drifting in different spiritual directions while life kept hitting harder. Two battles with kidney cancer. A Crohn’s diagnosis. A pregnancy. And underneath all of it, a God-sized hole Jason couldn’t name and Malia couldn’t fix.


In this episode, Jason and Malia walk through:

- The Four Boats analogy and how to figure out which boat your marriage is actually in right now

- The 90% rule and why a father coming to faith changes the spiritual trajectory of an entire family

- The difference between faux peace and the peace that surpasses understanding


Why Malia never stopped praying, and what finally broke through for Jason

If you’re a believing spouse praying for someone who doesn’t believe yet, this episode is for you. If you’re the skeptic in the marriage, this one is for you too.


Timestamp:

00:00 – Intro

01:44 – The Four Boats Analogy

08:50 – Personal Testimonies

10:05 – Malia’s Upbringing

11:45 – Jason’s Journey to Atheism

15:30 – The Secret Promise

35:10 – The Turning Point

41:50 – The 90% Rule

46:25 – Finding Real Peace


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Our House with The SmyliesBy Jason Smylie and Malia Smylie