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Renee Swope

Encouraging and equipping moms to parent with God's grace and confidence.

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. I would like a printable version of the the head to toe prayers for myself to pray for my husband please May God bless you for your posting

  2. Hi Renee, thank you so much for this simple way to pray for our husbands! I would love to receive this and share with my ladies bible study group. You are a blessing!!

  4. I don’t have a husband yet; however, the Lord told me I needed to start praying again for one. I thought this would be a great place to start. Would you please send me a copy of a copy of Praying for Your Husband download? Going Head to Toe helps me to know what to pray.

  5. I would love to recieve the free Praing for my husband download. I am very grateful for you inspiration and encouraging words.

  6. I just now found this article, if it is not too late I would like a copy…thanks

  7. LOVE YOUR SITE. WOULD LOVE TO GET A COPY OF PRAYING FOR SPOUSE FROM HEAD TO TOE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

  8. Hi Renee,

    I just recently heard of your head to toe prayer for our husbands. Is it still possible to get the download offer please?

    Thank you and God Bless you

  9. I would like your free download about praying for my husband, I NEED it desperately. I’ve fallen far away from doing this, and in fact have not been a Godly wife in many ways – so convicted, so sorry. Need to start over. 🙁

  10. I’m praying for my husband always. He wants a divorce. He’s a severe alcoholic and is a Christian. Ty for your help. I don’t believe I’m supposed to give up as others think I should.

  11. I am Norup Carissa from USA, i want to share a testimony of my life to every one. my marriage is restored after 2 year of broken marriage, i was in love with this man so much and we have been married for 6 years now with two kids. when he went for a vacation to France, there he meant a lady, and i tried every thing possible to reach him but i was unable to reach him so there was a day he called me and told me that he is no longer interested in the marriage any more, i was so confuse and seeking for help, i don’t know what to do i was emotionally down so i day i came across testimonies about a spell caster called high priest ADODO, Some people testified that he brought their Ex lover back, some testified that he restores womb,cure cancer,and other sickness, some testified that he can cast a spell to stop divorce and so on. i also came across one particular testimony,it was about a woman called Wayne joy,she testified about how he brought back her husband in less than 3 days, and at the end of her testimony she dropped High Priest ADODO ‘s e-mail address. After reading all these, i contacted him and explained my problem he told me not to worry that my husband will come back to me but i never believe him, he told me what to do and of which i did, he told me he is going to bring him back to me within 3days. He also told me by three days he will re-unite me and my husband together. After three day my husband called and told me he is coming back, I was surprise when I saw him and he started crying for forgiveness. Right now I am the happiest woman,if you need any restore in your relationship or any other problem contact high priest ADODO, here is he his email address [email protected] He might be of help to you.

  12. Please forward me the email with the diagram labeling the prayer attached. Praying for my husband from head to toe.
    Thank you.

  13. Dear Lord,
    Please my ex husband from head to toe. He has negative thoughts on me and him and our 21 years of marriage. His friends, coworkers and maybe family might be giving him the wrong advice. Get these people away from him. Let these people give him good advice to come home to me the one his LOVES. He does love me and his kids and house. He is confused unconfuse him now LORD. Keep all evil, bad spirits and the demon away from him. Lead him home to me his wife. Also, get him to remarry reconcile our marriage. He knows what to do to make me happy again and himself.

  18. am also inspired may i also have the ebook FREE Praying For Your Husband download so i can pray for my husband

  20. I have been married for a little over a year. My husband is a wonderful Jewish believer in Yeshua( Jesus). My husband. sevral years ago received a bipolar diagnosis for his mood swings but is in denial. I have been looking for a prayer to cover him in. Thank you

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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