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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I would love the download as a reminder to be praying for my husband in this way.
Blessed Thanksgiving to you and your husband! Thank you for sharing your prayer for your husband. I would very much like to have a copy emailed. Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing this with us. I would love to receive “praying for your husband”. Will love to share this with a women’s prayer group I belong to in Douala Cameroon.
Blessings
Hi Renee,
Thank You for sharing a copy of praying for your husband. Actually, I am praying for my fiance these scriptures. Do you have how to pray to be a Godly wife for my future husband.
My journey has been similar and your words are ever encouraging. Please send download. Thank you
Renee,
Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and the great reminder of our most important role as a wife. I would appreciate the download of the guide for praying for our husband from head to toe. Thank you again!
Thank you. I would love a copy.
Thank you so much Renee,I would realy appreciate the download you offer.
Hi you have been such a blessing to me. May God continue to shower you with his wisdom to continue sharing with us. Would love to have a copy of how to pray for my husband.
Thank you for your devotional from 11-22, which is my hubby’s birthday…how appropriate! I had decided to print this excellent message as a reminder of something I learned over our 33 years together; that a woman needs love & a man needs respect. I also want to share it with my daughter who’s in her 3rd year of a marriage that has had some major issues from the start. Then I saw these specific prayers, along with your offer to provide a DL of them. Thank you & God bless your ministry! Cindy
Beyond encouraging! Grateful to have come across this as I seek to become more submissive and respectful to my hubby…even when its hard. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the offer! I would love the download!
Would like to have a copy of praying for your husband.
Please send me a PDF copy of the prayer for my husband. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing!! I would appreciate your download offer! 🙂 Please send to [email protected]
Thks for sharing in pdf praying for the husband i have yet to meet
Thank you so much for sharing these verses and prayers. I would love to have a copy of them. I know that marriage is a lot of work. I have read everyone’s post on here and I have been amazed. Prayer is desperately needed. I am so thankful that we can pray to God and we are confident that He hears and answers our prayers! God is good. Thank you for your obedience.
Thanks for sharing this. I would love to receive this download…….My husband owns his own company and during the times he needs all the prayer he can get.
Your prayer provided me with an awesome example of how to get specific in praying for my husband, it is a lot easier to submit when you know your leader is being prayed for! I like the visual of praying for different areas of the body and plan to use it as a guide in praying for my kids as well. Thank you for sharing!
Love the idea of praying for my man…..thank you and would love a copy!
Thank you so much, this devo is just what I need to share with a friend and myself on occasion. Please email me, thank you!