Did you hear about my issue? That secret struggle I had for so long when it came respecting my husband. I confessed it all in my P31 devotion today. As I shared, I haven’t always been so good at following and trusting my man”s lead. BUT God has done an amazing work in me – and in my marriage – over the past 18 years.
I know marriage can be hard, and trusting someone to lead when there are things you struggle with together is really, really hard. But I also know God uses us in powerful ways to love our men like He does – unconditionally.
One of the best ways we can love our husbands is to pray for them. Praying for JJ has shown me all that he carried on his shoulders – at work, at home, at church, with our kids, etc. It’s also really helped me follow his lead. It assures me that he’s covered spiritually when I invite God to do His thing in JJ’s life.
Of course, it’s up to our husbands to respond to God’s work in their hearts but our part is not based on our husband’s response to God. It’s based on our surrendering and seeking God’s heart for our husbands – and trusting God to lead from there.
JJ has also told me that prayer is the best gift I can give him. Years ago I heard a concept about praying for our husbands – from head to toe. So, today I wanted to share some verses and prayers that fit with that concept:
Head
“Father, I ask that You would continually renew my husband’s mind, resulting in a transformed life. Help him bring every thought into captivity to Christ to make it obedient to You. Give him a greater understanding of Your Word. Help him to think on things that are pure and right and worthy of praise.” (Psalm 119:15, Rom 12:2, 2 Cor.10:5)
Eyes
“Lord, keep opening my husband’s eyes to deep spiritual truths. Help him to see things as You see them. Please guard his eyes from looking at worthless things. ” (Psalm 119:18, Psalm 119:37)
Ears
“Father, let my husband hear Your voice clearly. Help him to recognize your voice with certainty. Protect him from listening to anyone who is not seeking and walking with You. Help him not to be affected negatively by what others say and to discern between good and evil. Give him the ability to determine what is of You and what is not.” (Is 30:21, 1 Kings 3:9, 1 John 4:1)
Mouth
“Help my husband to speak the truth in love. Help him to be quick to listen and slow to speak. Give him the couraage to lovingly confront when necessary. Let the words he speaks be Yours, not his own. Help him speak words that bring grace and truth to the hearers. I also pray that you will help him to grow in his ability and desire to communicate with you and others.” (Psalm 19:14, 119:13, 41:3; Eph 4:15, 4:29; James 1:19)
Heart
“Give my husband a heart that seeks passionately after You. Teach him to guard his heart with diligence. Help him deal with anything in his heart that is not pleasing to You. Create in him a pure heart. Enable him to lead our family with integrity.” (Psalm 78:72, 119:10-11; Prov 4:23; 1 3:13)
Hands
“Lord, I pray that everything my husband does would be done with his whole heart, serving You rather than man. I pray that You will also help him to increase his skills and his abilities. Bless everything he puts his hands to.” (Psalm 24:3-4, Col 3:23)
Feet
I pray my husband would love Your Words and walk in Your ways. I pray He would be to walk in a manner that is worthy of You, bearing fruit in every good work. Jesus show him how to creatively share your truth with our kids as he does life with them each day. Father, when he walks through the valley of the shadow of doubt and difficulties, I pray he would fear no evil because He knows that you are with him. (Deut 6:7, 8:6, Col 1:10, Psalm 23:4)
I have seen prayer transform my marriage and my life. Whatever steps of faith God is calling you to take personally or with your husband, I want you to know that I am praying for you and your marriage today. We have an enemy set on destroying marriages and one of his tools is to pit husbands and wives against each other. I have experienced his efforts firsthand. What our husbands need most is our respect; what our marriages need most is prayer.
Let’s look for ways to build our husbands up – by giving them encouraging words and the gift of prayer – covering them from head to toe!
If you’d like a copy of my FREE Praying For Your Husband download to print with these prayers on it – click “Share Your Thoughts” and let me know. We’ll be happy to email it to you – although your email will not show in your comment. This will be sent out next week after the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Im not yet married but I have recently asked God to show me how I could be praying for my future husband. This is a great answer to prayer – it would be a blessing to receive further scripture! xo
Thanks so much for this….
I would like to have the free download about praying for my husband. I have been married for 16 years and have heard about women praying over their husbands head to toe but no one has ever shared an exact way to do it.
Thanks so much!
Cona
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Thank you ! I needed that!! Yes I would like a copy of those prayers.
Renee,
Thank you for this great reminder. My husband recently gave his life the Jesus, after being in church for a number of years, and most recently as video minister at our current church. The Lord showed him that he was just doing, and was not doing it with Jesus by his side. I would appreciate the download, as I want to be an encouragement to my husband. Again thank you for this devotional, it is greatly appreciated.
Love in Christ, Elena
Renee I want to say thank you for sharging this devotion. For more than a year now my Husband and I have been at this dead end in our marriage. Everytime we come up with a solution, I’m the one that is not following through with the plan, I mean I begin to but then I stop somewhere in the middle, for all kinds of reasons. But today I decided that I want to listen to Him and am going to make that change that is so desparately needed in my life and our marriage. I would appreciate it if you could send me the copy of the scripture to pray for my husband please.
Thanks again
Renee,
Thanks for the great reminder! I’d like a copy of the scripture to pray for my husband please.
Thank you so much!
Hi Renee, thank you for sharing this prayer with us. I’d love to have a copy of the prayer. Actually, the prayers you have in your confident book, I always pray some of them every day depending on my needs and it helps me overcome fears and be confident in Christ and continuously hope for a good future despite of current circumstances. Those prayers are indeed so powerful!
Renee,
Thank you so much for sharing this prayer! I would enjoy having a downloadable version to keep. Our marriage has been a constant struggle since the honeymoon, and satan continues to attack. I know that prayer can change lives, and after six years it’s hard not to give up. I don’t want to give up and I think this prayer will be extremely beneficial to restoration.
Thank you!
I almost skipped ready the Encouragement for Today email because I’ve still got a lot of work to do and it’s already past bedtime. But, I clicked it and I’m so glad I did. The whole issue of respecting/praying for my husband is a huge thing I’m dealing with right now as we walk through some real tough spiritual and relationship stuff. I’ve struggled for years with feeling like the head of our home and praying that he would take leadership and now I’m going to start praying over him from head to toe instead. Would really appreciate the download.
Yes, would be grateful for the Praying for my Husband download. Thank you, Renee.
Kathie
Can I use these steps for a future husband that I’ve not met yet? I would love to prepare myself as well as uplifting my future husband in advance!!
Be Greatly Blessed and Highly Favored!
Renee, I would love to receive Praying for Your Husband! I thought your prayers from head to toe are great! I do need to respect my husband more. Thank you for sharing! God bless you!
I love the prayers — from head to toe — for your husband. Just what I needed to read. And I’d love a copy of the download. I’m convicted by your words because I realize just how little I have been respecting my husband. But your words also remind me that I can trust in God to watch over my husband’s steps, even when I question them, especially if I am praying for him. Thank you, Renee.
Thank you! This was a good reminder. So often my words fly out of my mouth without thinking. Thank you for encouraging us to be cheerleaders to our husbands. As several of the other ladies have requested, I would also appreciat the free download. Thank you!
I would like a copy of the download….. so often I become lost in what to or how to pray for him anymore!!!! I feel lost for words and wonder if I am praying correctly.
Thank you for your words of encouragement! My husband and I are in a small group where we are discussing how to pray for each other. I would love to have the download that you offered to share with this group. Thanks!
Thank you SO much for this devo today! It was perfect timing for me and my relationship!
I would love to receive the download of prayers for my husband!
Hi Renee…thank you for your life-changing writings. I love your scriptural prayers. Could you send me the download for praying for my husband? THANK YOU
I LOVE this, Renee! Praying verses for my husband from head to toe!!!! What a fantastic idea. 🙂 So love you and how the Lord encourages others (me included) through you! So love how Word focused you are. 🙂
Marking this down as one of my favorites from you!
Much love,
K