Tag: 4 Prayers Every Wife Should Pray

‘“What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done. ‘ Joel 3:4(NLT)

Appeal to God to help your husband overcome his problems.

If you husband is human, then your husband struggles with personal and professional challenges and problems that discourage and weaken him. If your husband isn’t facing at least one problem, then wait until tomorrow. Problems are part and parcel to life itself. Just imagine how your husband will feel when he discovers that you care so much for him that you’ll help shoulder the weight with him through prayer.

Whether the issue is an arrogant boss, unreasonable “top-down” impossible goals, a lack of money to pay the car insurance this month, a brother who always tears him down in front of others, or exhaustion because his long-awaited vacation just happened to fall on the very day his aging mother fell, breaking her hip, and he had to cancel everything and drive 400 miles to help her all week… You get the idea!

Often you will be aware of these issues because you live together and so you can immediately pick up on and bring his disappointment or discouragement or frustration or anger to God and appeal for God’s comfort and intervention. But other times you may not be aware and so it is okay to ask him about things he would like for you to pray about, or pray about things you sense may be a problem for him.

No matter who your husband is, he faces issues and temptations, like every other man. Appeal to God to protect your husband from the temptations he’s most vulnerable to and ask God to fill him with extra comfort. Focus not on attacking him but on protecting him. Comfort him so that his inner strength will increase and he will have the courage to say no when tempted. 

Can you list three challenging problems that you know your husband is currently struggling with? 

You don’t have to tell him, “I want to pray for you about this.” But you can tell him as well. Whatever the case, use grace in your words and prayers. We are all human, after all. Be one with your husband and care enough to find out either in conversation or through your discernment what challenges he is dealing with, then pray for these specifically each day.

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‘And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!’ Psalms 90:17(NLT)

Appeal to God in prayer to help your husband succeed in his work.

God wired people to achieve and to labor to become successful in their work. While this applies to both genders, a husband often feels this more innately due to the pressures to provide for the home. Men deeply long to succeed in their work; in fact, if a man continues to fail in his work, he will probably struggle in every other area of his life, especially at home. Therefore, help him succeed by appealing to heaven for supernatural help in his work and him ask these kinds of questions from time to time: 

· What is the biggest breakthrough you wish you could have this week?

· What do you wish to see in teammates or people you may manage by way of work ethic and character, and how can these improve?

· What do you need to do in order to gain greater recognition or a promotion?

Feel free to expand on these questions. Ask your husband questions that will reveal the specific ways you can appeal to God on his behalf. Don’t just ask God to “please help my husband at work.” Anyone could pray in that general way, but only you have the heart to really uncover what you want to ask God to do for your husband that would make him dance and shout for joy, and then to pray specifically for those things. 

Do you know the specifics in his work or career that would mean the world to your husband if they came true this year? This month? This week? Sadly, very few women have any idea about their husband’s work life except when he’s late. Again. As you encourage his growth and success at work, the blessing will boomerang to your home as well. 

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‘But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. ‘ 1 Corinthians 11:3(NLT)

Appeal to God to lead your husband to be the loving head of your marriage and family.

As a follow up to prayer #1, this will happen as your husband draws closer to God. As he develops in his own spiritual maturity, your husband cannot help but become a more loving head of your marriage and family. But that doesn’t mean you can skip prayer #2! Pray this each day as well. 

There are marriages where the husband may not feel worthy to lead or may not want to shoulder more responsibility than he already is facing at work or may be overwhelmed by the problems and sins he is already dealing with. He may arrive home wanting to hide and forget his troubles rather than to rise up with inner strength to help you and the children and grandchildren. This happens more than we might imagine so that’s why prayer is crucial to producing change on this front.

We are not excusing any husband’s selfishness or abdication of his God-given responsibilities and dumping them on wives by acknowledging the reality many wives face. Instead, we are encouraging you as the wife to reconsider how you seek to achieve what you long for in your husband by what you choose to pray for. 

Husbands seem to stiffen whenever their wives confront them on spiritual matters, especially on being the “spiritual head of the home.” If your husband grew up without his father and was raised only by his mother, he may find being the “head” way out of his comfort zone. If your husband grew up with an aloof or abusive and disconnected father, then he likely will have inbred traits and expectations that will need tender care to reshape, often with two steps forward and one-and-a-half steps backward. 

Beg God to grant your husband courage. Ask God to instill experiences that breed confidence instead of defeat. Accept your husband exactly where he is, and then start helping him through encouraging words, a hope-filled heart and great expectations couched in love.

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‘And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.’ Philippians 1:6(NLT)

Appeal to God to draw your husband into a closer relationship with Christ.

Ultimately, when your husband starts drawing closer to Christ on a regular basis, the Spirit of God will empower him in every area of his life to his benefit and to your delight. Unless your husband is highly unusual, he probably doesn’t cater to your “pushing” him to be more spiritual. But when the Spirit of God “pulls” him to Himself, your husband may shock you and head in that direction with a willing heart. 

Appeal to the Spirit of God to increase His “pulling” and “drawing” of your husband to Himself. Tell Him you trust Him with your husband and claim the promise that Christ will  “complete” what He starts (Philippians 1:6). Ask God to surprise your husband by unexpectedly pouring His love right into his heart more and more . 

Ask God to forgive your husband of his many past and present sins and choose to overwhelm him with His mercy and compassion. Ask the Godhead to communicate to your husband through any method He would like—to make Himself known directly to your husband. 

If you find yourself complaining and pushing your husband toward God, stop immediately and bite your tongue. You are pushing your husband away. Don’t appeal to him to pursue God unless he brings his desires up to you. Appeal to the heavenly Father directly on his behalf instead and watch God work! You will be amazed. When you truly surrender to God, He works on your behalf.

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