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Renee Swope

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Praying for my husband – from head to toe

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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Comments

  1. Those are powerful prayers and I am going to start doing this today! You are truly a blessing!

  2. I fail so miserably at this, even after 22 years of marriage. Thank you for your words of encouragement. I want my husband to be the head of our home but constantly derail that. I would love to have a copy of Praying for My Husband. I MUST change this….

  3. I would really like a copy of Praying for your husband. My husband is not a real believer and I would like for that to happen someday. I have been having some hard times in my marriage with things and think this would really help me to understand things better. Thank you for giving us this information and your encourgment.

  5. Thank you Renee for today’s message. Thank you for reminding me to pray for my husband and let go of controlling everything he does. Will you please email me the Praying for your husband Download?

  6. I would really appreciate a copy of Praying for your husband. I have really been struggling in my marriage and this is not the first time that praying for him has come up. I really believe God is giving me keys to why things are not changing for him. Thank you so much for your transparency and words of direction.

  8. Renee
    You never cease to amaze me. I get emails from u at just the right time w just the right info. God is Definitely working thru u to get to me. My husband , (2nd) is perfect for me. My ex husband is so very envious and is Constantly trying to cause turmoil. Either thru my kids or any way he can. My husband helps me to stand up to him and not take it. For all my years w my ex, he controlled me, and was verbally and physically abusive. Now that I won’t take it anymore, he can’t stand it. I pray for my husband to stand.by me and help me and my kids. My husband is Such a Godly man that when we talk about certain matters, I feel Gods presence You are such a blessing to me. Please keep up Gods work! God Bless You!!

  10. I would love to receive the free praying for your husband download. Thank You!! You bless so many!

  11. Thank you Renee for this download!! I’d love to have it to share with my sisters, too. How wonderful it is to be reminded of how we should respect our husbands! Have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving! 🙂

  12. Thanks for sharing this. It seemed as if you were speaking directly at me. I have been praying for God to help me accept my husband the way he is and to defeat satan with all his little tricks. We love one another but we cant see eye to eye about most things. We are saved trying to do what God would have us to. I know that I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me. If he doesn’t change, I can!!
    I love the little song, ” He’s still working on me”. May God bless you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving; giving thanks all year long to Jesus our Savior!

    Please send me the down load also.

  13. Thanks so much for this wonderful devotion and reminder. Respecting our husbands is something I am passionate about. I would love to be sent the downloadable reminder. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your entire family! 🙂

  14. Thank you SO much for sharing this. It is SO important that we pray for our husbands. Thank you for forwarding a downloadable printout. I am currently reading through your book and it mimics my life in several places so the Lord is really using it to do a change from the inside out. Looking forward to being part of your Bible Study in January! Blessings to you and your family!

  15. Renee,

    Thank you for this. I feel it is important to pray for our husbands. We have recently committed to pray together everyday. We have found this to be a true blessing to our marriage. Thanks for sharing. I would love this sent to my email.

    Blessings!

  16. Thank you for sharing. I would love to have the downloadable printout of this prayer. Thank you!

  17. Please send me the download of praying for your husband from head to toe. I have been married for 32 yrs and love the idea of praying for my husband in this way.

  18. Would love to have this to keep in my bible as a reminder to be more intentional!

  20. Renee, thank you so much for sharing what you’ve learned about respecting your husband. I am excited about praying for my husband from head to toe and looking forward to seeing what God does in his life. Please send me the download you mentioned. I can hardly wait to use it and share it with others!

    In Him,
    Holly

Building Our Husbands Up Through Prayer

Welcome to those of you visiting from the Proverbs 31 Devotion today.As I shared in my devotion, I haven’t always been so good at following and trusting my husband’s lead. But over the past 15 years, God has done a work in me and in JJ. 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 husbands like He does – unconditionally. One of the best ways we can love our husbands is to pray for them. Praying for JJ has truly helped me follow his lead. This way I know He’s covered spiritually as I invite God to do an amazing work in JJ’s life. Of course, JJ has to respond to God’s work in his heart, but my part is not based on JJ’s response to God. It’s based on my surrendering and seeking God’s heart for my husband.JJ tells me prayer is the best gift I can give him. Here are some verses I pray for my husband that maybe you can gift to your husband, too! Head
“Father, continually renew my husband’s mind, resulting in a transformed life. Help him bring every thought into captivity to make it obedient to Christ. 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, Romans. 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.” (Isaiah. 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; Ephesians 4:15, 4:29; James 1:19)Heart
“Give my husband a heart that seeks pasisonately 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; Proverbs. 4:23; 1 Thessalonians. 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, Colossians 3:23)
Feet
I pray that my husband would love Your Words and walk in Your ways. I pray that He would be to walk in a manner that is worthy of You, bearing fruit in every good work, and that He would pass Your truths to our children as he walks along life’s path. Father, when he walk through the valley of the shadow of doubt and difficulties, I pray that he would fear no evil because He knows that you are with him. (Deuternonomy 6:7, 8:6, Collosians 1:10, Psalm 23:4) I have seen prayer transform my marriage and my life. Just this week I watched the power of prayer as our family takes some big steps of faith, following my husband’s lead into the wonderful world of adoption. Adoption is our family’s calling but what many people don’t know is that my husband is the one who initiated our “following” God to Africa to get a little girl. JJ is leading us each step of the way. (To read more scroll down to Monday and Wednesday’s posts. You can also click here to read how our adoption story started in October 2007.)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 with our words and with prayer, covering them from head to toe! Sweet blessings,
 

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