The apostle Paul urged all Christians to pray for each other (Ephesians 6:18). This includes believing wives, who are called to pray for their husbands. Do YOU pray for your spouse?
Prayer is the best thing we, as wives, can do for our husbands as they face the challenges of life. What would happen if we prayed for them every day? How would it change our marriages?
Let’s find out!
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Why Pray for Your Husband?
Your husband is the most important person in your life. You love him, and you want him to be the man God made him to be. But the enemy wants to destroy him AND your marriage.
Each and every day, your husband faces attacks and temptations that test his commitment to you. He needs your prayers and support. So pray for him! Then trust God as you surrender your husband and marriage to His loving care.
How to Pray for Your Husband
How should you pray for your husband? Often and long!
Maybe you already made a commitment to pray for him. You went to a Bible study, raised your hand, or signed a pledge card. You started out strong, only to stop a few days later. Something distracted you, and you forgot to pray for your spouse.
This happens to me, too. Despite my best intentions, I get busy and forget to pray for Mitch. But our marriage could be so much better with consistent and focused prayer.
And so can yours.
What to Pray for Your Husband
Since today is the first day of August, I’ve challenged myself to pray for my husband every day this month. Will you join me in this challenge to pray for your spouse daily?
If you need a little guidance, the internet has some great resources. Here are three examples, plus a bonus recommendation:
1. Praying for Him
The National Prayer Room has a FREE prayer guide for wives and a similar prayer guide for husbands. When you sign up for these resources, you get daily emails with Bible verses and sample prayers. You also get copy-and-paste email messages to customize and send to your spouse.
2. True Woman
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth has a prayer guide for wives. It first appeared as a PDF download on the True Woman website.
Today, it’s a blog post on Revive Our Hearts. See: 30-Day Husband Encouragement Challenge or download the article here.
3. iBelieve Challenge
iBelieve helps women wrestle with the deeper issues of their faith as it relates to their world. They have a 30 Day Prayer Challenge for Your Husband that you can download for FREE. If the download link is inactive, try this one.
Bonus: Thirty-One Prayers for My Husband
Thirty-One Prayers for My Husband is a great little book by Jennifer Smith, creator of the Unveiled Wife blog. It contains 31 prayers to help you pray for different aspects of your husband’s life.
Unlike the resources mentioned above, this book is not free. But Amazon will send a free sample to your Kindle so you can try before you buy. Don’t have a Kindle? No worries! Amazon has a free Kindle app for your phone, tablet, or computer.
We should all want the best for our husbands (Proverbs 31:12), so let’s do something about it. Let’s take the next 31 days to pray for them on a daily basis. I can’t wait to see what God has planned for our marriages!
Are you with me?
Now It’s Your Turn
Thank you for reading my post. Now it’s YOUR turn to chime in. Will you take the 31-day challenge to pray for your husband every day? How else will you encourage him?
Let’s fill the comments with friendly conversation. Scroll down to leave a reply, ask a question, or just say hello. And if you liked this post, please give it a share.
Blessings, Annette
NOTE – You are reading “Do You Pray for Your Husband? Take the 31 Day Challenge.” A version of this post appeared on Bubblews in March 2013. It has been updated for the Savoring Home community.
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