Praying for Your Husband

Proverbs 31:12
“She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.”

One of the most important things that a wife can do for her husband is pray for him. This one act alone is not only a responsibility, but a privilege. God’s plan for marriage is for the husband to be the head of this union, and Satan’s plan is to destroy the husband, his character, and leadership within the marriage.

There is always going to be one thing or the other that may pose challenges within your marriage. It doesn’t matter if your husband is employed or unemployed, a communicator or non-communicator, affectionate or unaffectionate, clean or addict, punctual or procrastinator, free or locked up, family man or workaholic, Christian or non-believer, he is your husband and he needs your prayers. Be willing to surrender your husband and marriage daily to the Lord’s wise, loving care through prayer. Trust that God will hear your prayers and answer them.

I sometimes think that God is in heaven saying to Himself that He is going to close his ears if I send up even one more prayer for my husband, because I pray for my husband all the time! I sometimes get tired, but I know that I can’t stop because Satan is just waiting and lurking in the distance and he knows that I have a very strong and clear message for him: This is one husband, marriage, and family that will not be taken down by him!

Proverbs 31:12 states: ”She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.” Basically, this means to bless your husband by praying for him! There is an Epilogue: the Wife of Noble Character, which is Proverbs 31:10-31 that I have found to be a beautiful example of what every wife should strive to be to the best of her ability. If you have the opportunity, take a look at it.

At the beginning of this year, my husband and I experienced a challenge with Satan, and I am proud and happy to say that we overcame that attack because of the power of prayer, and the grace of God. During that time, my best friend of 20 years shared with me a tool to use to strengthen my prayers for the love of my life (my Him). It is an instructional titled: Praying for Your Husband-31 Days of Prayer. It changed my way of praying for my husband, but it also allowed me to identify with what God wants for husbands. I will share this with you as a special treat on next week!

I would like to thank God for everyone that was led to view this site, and for the many viewers to come. I would also like to thank those of you that He used to get others to view the site (you know who you are). It has been such an experience writing this blog over the past 10 weeks, and I look forward to writing a new series of columns beginning in January 2008. Please know that I will be posting special treats for you during the month of December, as well as checking the email for topic suggestions for the New Year. The email address is wifetalkblog@yahoo.com. I would like to say a very special thank you to The Invisible Secretary for this page and the weekly postings. I love you!

*Scripture quotation is taken from the Life Application Study Bible (NIV).

*Scripture summary is taken from the Praying for Husband Instructional.

Find the jewel in you, see the gem in him!

Treazure

P.S. Ladies, we need our husbands, our children need their fathers, and the world needs our men! Let’s save our marriages, our families. Pray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!