Becoming a Better Help Meet: Pray for Your Husband (+ a Giveaway!!)
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Be sure to catch up on the rest of this series here.
Last time, we talked about working hard to make sure our relationship with God is strong and alive so that we can be readily equipped to meet the needs of our husband.
Today, let’s talk about praying for our husbands.
Besides making sure your relationship with God is what it should be, praying for your husband is one of the most important things you can do as his help meet. You may not be able to change anything about your husband. You may not be able to help your husband be successful at his work. You may not be able to make your husband become a stronger spiritual leader.
But God can.
God loves your husband more than you do. God wants your husband to be spiritually minded. God wants your husband to love Him and serve Him. God wants your husband to meet your needs and the needs of your family.
You can talk to your husband about these desires. You can hurt for your husband when he struggles. You can encourage your husband to do more of the things you want him to do. You can beg your husband to become more of the man you want him to be.
But most of the time, you just need to shut-up and pray.
Love your husband. Respect your husband. Take care of your husband’s physical needs. Listen to your husband. Be kind to your husband.
And pray for your husband.
Pray for his role as a father. Pray for his role as your husband. Pray for his work. Pray for his other relationships. Pray for his struggles. Pray for his weaknesses. Pray for his strengths. Pray for his spiritual growth.
The prayer of a righteous [wo]man is powerful and effective. (Read James 5:13-18.)
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Going right along with this idea of praying for our husbands…Taraleigh of FBS Books (take note of her sponsorship button on my sidebar) is offering to give away one of the books from her shop, Prayers of an Excellent Wife.
Prayers of an Excellent Wife appears to be a fantastic resource to help us learn the art of praying for our husbands consistently, faithfully and according to scripture.
I’d like to encourage you to take a good look around FBS Books as it is filled with wonderful resources!! Thank you so much Taraleigh for offering to share Prayers of an Excellent Wife with one of my readers! This book is sure to be a blessing!
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For a chance to win a copy of Prayers of an Excellent Wife:
- Leave a comment here on this post letting us know something you pray for your husband about (or would like to begin praying for him about).
- For a second chance at winning a copy of this book, join me in becoming a facebook fan of FBS books! This will be a great way to keep up to date with their sales and new products! Once you become a fan, be sure to leave a second comment here letting me know!
Everyone sign up to win this book…then get on your knees for your husband. Your marriage will be blessed as a result! Thank God for the chance to lift our needs up to Him!
My deepest heartfelt cry to the Lord is that he would draw my husband closer to him, to a more intimate relationship with him. For the closer he is to Christ, the better man, husband, father, worker etc. he can be!
I say this is my heartfelt cry because I often pray this at the church alter on Sundays with tears streaming down my face.
And I would love to read this book! :)
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I would love to win a copy of this book! As I am new to praying (and Christianity in general) I would think this book would be a great reference for me to learn how to pray for my husband! I want to know how I should pray for him and hope he begins to walk towards Christ with me!
Thanks,
Meagan
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I pray for the Spirit to intervene at his work – to bring him guidance, give him the urge to speak on Jesus’ behalf, to give him patience when dealing with stubbornness and tradition and for his thoughts to be pure and unselfish. This brings about such peace and comfort for our family.
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“You may not be able to make your husband become a stronger spiritual leader.
But God can.”
This one hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve brought it up to my husband and mentally complained about his leadership to God but I haven’t really prayed like I should about this situation. This is something that I’m going to fervently pray for. My husband is so wonderful and I feel bad that I don’t pray for him like I know I should.
I think I need to go back and read the post about making sure my relationship with God is strong and alive. =)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about marriage!
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I also became a fan of FBS books on Facebook!
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I’ve been praying for my husband to find a good job.
He’s been looking since January and hoping the extra prayers will get his foot in the door for an interview.
We know God has been blessing us, the new ideas in the book would be wonderful to read and hear.
Thank you for sharing with us!
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I love this post. I pray often for my husband and my love to be divine. I know this sounds cheesy, but it is something I have prayed since we were dating. I believe God will clean out our fleshly ideas of love and give us a truly godly, sacrificial love for one another as we grow in Him.
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I just started praying for him last night! Today I read this… God is good!! Prayers for his work and guidance for him to be a strong spiritual leader.
Allie
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I have been trying to pray for my husband more. We have gone through things and are trying to go back to where we were at the dating stage!
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Dear Lord, I ask that my husband sees respect in all that I say and do for him … May your love towards me shine in how I show love for the man you’ve given me. Amen.
A book that encourages me to continue in this path, as I walk the path of marriage for another 20 yrs would be wonderful.
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I would love to read this book. I saw another recently about praying for your husband and nearly picked it up. I would definitely love to have some other thoughts on how to pray for my husband.
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And I just became a fan on Facebook!
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I’m now her facebook fan … awesome how her materials will be advertised to the ends of the world!
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I pray for God to use my husband to help the kids he ministers to. I pray for my husband to be strong when the world seems as if no one is listening to him or his ideas. I love my husband so much and just want all that God is willing to give him.
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I became a fan on facebook.
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I pray for my husband to be be strong spiritually, to be closer with God. Then that will have the ripple effect of helping him live a life on purpose in all areas. i love your website! It has really enriched my life in the short time that i have been following.
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Thank you for posting this. I really needed to see this today. My husband has been under alot of stress lately and I will pray for him to find peace and turn things over to God.
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I pray that my husband falls deeper in love with the Lord. He is such a wonderful man after God’s Own Heart and I pray that I point Him to our Heavenly Father.
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If I remember, I like to ask my husband what I can be praying for him. I should do it daily, because on the days that I make it a point to ask him, I know that I’m praying what’s on his heart, and agreeing with him. Then I also like to find a good scripture to pray over him, and then I’ll often text the scripture to him during the day, just to let him know that I really am praying for him, and to encourage him. Thanks for the opportunity to win this book!!
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I pray for contentment.
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would love to win! i pray for him to show God’s love in everything he does.
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I love this series! I pray for my husband’s relationship with the Lord and for the heavy burdens he carries. The book looks great.
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Hello Laura, Thank you for this series. It is a nice reminder of things my friends and I discussed in a Bible Study. I will pray for my husband’s job. He has a good one, but it gets stressful.
Thanks again!
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I pray for my husbands work (he is self employed) and for his health (he has a medical condition). Thanks for the reminder! I became a fan on facebook also
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I pray for my husband’s physical health. I’m a worrier, so it helps to pray and hand it over to Him. God is ultimately in control – that’s something I really need to work on to remember on a daily basis.
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My husband and i are young newlyweds, and I pray that he will become friends with a married Christian man, who can help guide him through the “beginning” stages of marriage.
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We are both still “baby” Christians, so I pray for my husband to grow closer to God and for God to give my husband the desire and courage to be the spritual head of our household. Thanks for the chance to win this book!
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As the wife of a Brazilian who lives in the midst of a very sensual society, I pray fervently for the purity of my husband’s mind in the midst of a perverse culture; and that as his eyes are bombarded by pornographic advertisements and aggressive women, he will be physically attracted only to me and my specific physical attributes.
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i pray that my dh will come to know the Lord in a personal way rather than a passing by way.
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fb fan!
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I pray for my husband’s work. He is president of his company, but employs his brothers and his father, which can be a difficult relationship to balance. I try not to be an added burden to his day, as they can be stressful working with family.
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I pray daily that God will give my husband wisdom to lead our family in a way that is honoring to Him.
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I forget to pray for my husband when everything is happy and hunky dory at home. So, I haven’t been praying like I should!
I pray for him to have the strength he needs in his many responsibility areas, to lead us in the right direction with the right attitude about things, and that he will feel more of an urge to go to God in prayer or through His word with me. I am conflicted about asking him to pray for me or us or the situation. I didn’t want to usurp his role, but sometimes I just NEED it. I didn’t used to, but now I do on occasion.
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I am now a fan of FSB books on Facebook! Looks like a helpful resource.
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I pray for my husband to find a job he loves and that treats him the way he deserves to be treated – and that God will make it known to both of us when he has found that job
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I pray that my husband will receive encouragement and guidance from the Lord as he seeks to serve Him more. His business is failing and the financial burden is great. He is the most wonderful, godly man and his heart’s desire is to bring glory to God and provide for his family. I respect him so much and want to know how best to lift him up before our Heavenly Father! Thanks for this opportunity!
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I pray that he would come to Christ some day and in the mean time that I can be the best example to him and win him without a word;-)
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I pray that my husband would find employment (or a way to earn money to support his family) doing something that satisfies him.
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My prayer for him is that he would be an influence in his grandchildrens lives. Now that we’ve raised ours, he sort of ‘checked out’ in the spiritual example effort. I would like to see us shepharding their lives and reinforcing what their parents are teaching. The kids are doing exceptional work raising these kids…I’m so proud of them!
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i pray everyday that my husband would not fall into temptation and see me as the most sexy woman on earth. sounds selfish but i want his eyes on me only! i also pray that i find HIM the most attractive man on earth so i will not fall prey to temptation.
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I pray that God will bless my husbands hands, all that he puts his hands to; his job, help him in his job, help him to work for God and not for man, help him in his discouragement over his present job; help him in his discouragement that he feels that he is not providing well for his family; and that he keeps growing into the man that God intends for him to become.
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I have been praying for quite a while that my husband would either find enjoyment in his current job or be provided with a job that he enjoys doing every day.
I’m always looking for new ways to pray for my husband so I’m anxious to see if I win this book.
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Right now I am really stressed about our finances. This post is a great reminder to pray for my husband’s leadership in our finances and provision for our home!
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I pray for my husband to be a man after God’s own heart, a man that passionately pursues God, and is on-fire and in love with Him, first and foremost. I know that authentic change can only come through the power of God in his life, so before I pray for anything else for him, I pray for his relationship with God.
Thanks for this giveaway!
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I pray for my husband to have a personal relationship with Christ.
I am reading and re-reading The power of a praying wife by stormie omartian.
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I would love a copy of this book! My husband travels a lot. My prayer is that God will protect him, and guard his heart from temptation, and help him stay strong in his faith and values as he is out in the world.
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I pray for my husband that he would love God with his whole heart, soul, mind and strength.
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I became a FB fan!!
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I pray for my husband to lead not only our home but also his church in the path that God has ordained for it. I pray that he would be protected from evil influences of this world and that his heart would be tender toward the speaking of the Holy Spirit as he leads our family.
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I became a fan on facebook.
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