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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Thank you for your website and this topic particularly. Please send me a copy of it by email. I look forward to receiving it. May God continue to bless you and the works of your hands.
Thank you for sharing about praying for your husband! Could you please send me the prayer via e-mail? Thanks so much for your willingness to share you life with all of us in such a public way. May God richly bless you!
Thank you so much for your devotion this morning. The words are exactly the words I so desperately needed to hear! I have been struggling to respect my husband for a long time becuase of unwise choices he has made, and chooses to still make. But your words today have encouraged my heart to see my husband from another perspective. I praise God He lead me to read the Proverbs 31 devotion today! May the Lord bless you for being His faithful servant 🙂 Oh ya, and please send the free download so I can start praying for my husband form head to toe!
Thank you for sharing this, and can so be applied to praying for our children, family, friends, and ourselves. This is a beautiful listing of Praying Head to Toe in scriptures. Thanks again so much.
God Bless You and Yours!
Dear Renee,
I would love to be able to download the pray for my husband , coveriing him from head to toe with the word of God and its promises. Pls do email me a printable version of the prayer.
Thanks and God bless!
Maria
WOW! Thank you sooo much for this wonderful devotion today! I know I’m to pray for my husband but sometimes I find myself repeating the same thing over and over, day by day. Your prayers from head to toe are wonderful! I would love to have a copy of the download you are offering!
May God continue to bless you as you offer hope and encouragement to us each day!
P.S. I loved your book!!
Thanks for free download. I need this!
Hi, I am a newlywed and would really like to be emailed the praying for your husband download. Thank you so much for your truth and resources. May he continue to bless you in abundance!
I am learning just how important it is to pray for my husband and would LOVE a copy of your FREE Praying For Your Husband download. THANK YOU! May God continue blessing you!
Please send me a copy of “Praying for your Husband download. I have enjoyed and been inspired by Proverbs31 devotionals and resources. Thank you for all you do to make my day brighter and my freinds that I have shared your website with. God Bless all of you at Proverbs 31 and Happy Thanksgiving.
My husband of 37 years is my dearest, best friend. It has not always been that way. God is faithful. He desires for our marriages to be victorius. PRAYER does make a difference. Just a work of encouragement to those who have commented about their struggles. PLEASE don’t give up. I almost did and would have missed the beauty I am now experiencing in our marriage. Renee, please send me your Head to Toe prayers. They are wonderful. I want to share them with my daughter-in-law and friends.
This prayer is just beautiful. I will be using it with my Thanksgiving devotional tomorrow.
Thank you for sharing. We have 2 newly married kids in our family that this will mean a lot to, and my own husband will love it too! Please share the PDF with me too. Thanks! You and your ministry are such a blessing to so many. I hope to meet you in person some day!
Thank you so much for this prayer for husbands. I would very much apprecaite a copy of this prayer. Thank you for all you do. You are a blessing.
Praying for my wonderful husband of 25+ years is something I know I should do but don’t very regularly. Doing it with intent is also key. Please send me the printable PDF so that I can (finally) start praying with greater intent on a much more regular basis.
I absolutely love this and only wish I had read it years ago. Please send the download to me so I can share with others. Thanks!
Thanks very much for sharing. It gave me some thing to think abpout. May God continue to inspire and bless you. Have a good day
Thanks Renee for sharing.love what you have to say and how you say it.
Would love your copy of prayers. This January 2012 we will have our 35th anniversary,will always want to grow a better marriage and glorify God.
Have a joy filled day
Susan
I would love a copy of the head-to-toe prayer for my husband. Your devotion really hit home with me. I want to do my part spiritually for my marriage and allow God to move in our marriage.
Please send me a copy of Praying For Your Husband download to print with these prayers on it.
Thank you
This hit home hard. Struggling with husband issues in a big way at the moment & your words were like an email from God providing an answer to pray. Would love a copy of the praying for your husband download.