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!
Discover more from Renee Swope
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Renee I was so happy to read this devotion. It explained some questions I have been trying to answer. God sent them to me through you. thanks I would love a copy of the prayers. happy Thanks giving.You have given me so much to be thankful for thanks
I stumbled across this today following a friend’s link on Facebook! How I needed to hear this and return to faithful prayer for my husband, something I’ve been neglecting recently. I would appreciate the offer of the copy of the prayer! Thank you!
Renee, i also want the copy of the prayer, many thanks
please send me a copy of how I can pray for my husband from head to toe. I so need to learn so much from God to help me pray for my husband, to let him lead us, and to respect my husband as God so desires. thanks you
Thank you so so much Renee for posting this prayer, everything i read written by you are now my guide and inspiration,you are a gifted lady by God, an amazing , and talented lady. I keep praying that our Lord will bless you more.I love to have the email you are giving away and I thank you so much.
Thank you thank you for this! I have always been a take-charge strong-minded woman, and my husband tends to be more passive. This has often caused us to struggle. I tend to want to take the lead in our family, and my husband would often rather let me than to get into an argument about it. I’m very excited to see how God will change MY heart as I lift up my husband in prayer this way.
Be blessed.
Kristy
Loved the message and definitely need a copy of the prayer verses. My husband says he is a Christian and has for the 28 years we’ve been together, but he doesn’t live his life that way and I have a hard time following his lead because of it. I am praying this will help as I cover him in prayer and trust God to do the rest.
Thank you for sharing!
Lynn
PS – I am LOVING “A Confident Heart”! Just what I needed, just when I needed it. I love how God knows that about us.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you for this prayer! It always surprises me, though it shouldn’t, how God always gives me what I need to see/hear at exactly the right time. Following a husband’s lead can be so hard to do now when women are “supposed” to be independent and speak their own minds. We don’t give up who we are when we get married. We are supposed to become one with each other and God. What could be better than that?! Thanks again! Keep up the good work! God bless you and your family!
This is a big struggle and is to the point of spliting us up for good, but I know God can and will work miracles. I would love a copy!
Thank you! I would love a copy of praying from head to toe for your husband.
Thanx for the prayers. I would love a downloadable copy
This is a blessing to me and so needed in my life at this time. I would LOVE to have a printable version sent to me! Thank you for all you do Renee! Your book, A Confident Heart is so the story of my life. What an encouragement it has been to me reading it and being in the study/prayer group. Blessings to you and yours in all things. Keep up the God work!!
Love through Christ,
Deanna
I so need to do this! Thanks for sharing.
OH MY!! This is fantastic. I am so grateful that you have this to share as it is something I need to carry with me and engrave on my heart. Thank you!
Oh how I love what GOD is doing with you and How encouraging you are. I am thankful to GOD for your ministry!
Yes I would like a copy of Praying for your husband.
Thank you!
I would love to receive a copy of these. Thank you for sharing these beautiful scripture based prayers!
Thank you for the devotional & prayers. I cried with conviction over how poorly I treated my husband. We had both fell far from God, but when my husband abandoned our family less than a year into our marriage I found peace & joy in God alone. Please pray for my marriage & my husband’s hardness of heart. So thankful for the testimonies here of restored & wonderful marriages. I know God is faithful & my marriage is going to be restored on the solid rock of Jesus. Please send me the download of the prayers. I have been praying or my husband for four mo this now & these prayers are beautiful.
Renee- I am always so blessed by your posts. Thank you so much for following God’s leading in your writing. These “husband” posts are so timely for me right now. There are issues, and I have felt lost, but your posts keep bringing God’s truth into my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would love the download about praying for my husband, only God can work in him. I am NOT his Holy Spirit. 😉 Thank you for the reminder that Praying is all I can do. Thank you in advance! God Bless, Jessica
What a great guide and reminder to pray for the man God gave us to be our partner on this journey called life.
I would love a copy of them.
I would be very thankful to be sent the prayers. Thank you. Your words are a blessing:)