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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Would love the booklet Renee…thank you
WOW…..great devotion Renee. So nice ot hear I am NOT alone.
Blessings….
You have no idea how much I needed this today! I don’t know the man I’m married to anymore-he’s turned into a selfish, controlling person who want’s everything (including the housework) done his way or no way. He started a dog breeding business but not has given up on it and won’t get rid of any of the dogs (9) we bought for it. 3 of the dogs are in my house in crates and 1 is old and can’t hold it’s bladder or bowels very long anymore. I’m disabled, house cleaning, kennel cleaning with his hoarding issues are almost an impossibility! I’m embarrassed, hurt, and sometimes cry myself to sleep because of the way the house (his house, he makes it clear, not mine) looks.
He still goes to church on Sunday and does go out to minister to the homeless on Friday nights, but the “Christlike” life and spirit is not evident any more. He reads and listens to the word on his laptop, but it seems like none of the “love your wife as yourself” gets through anymore.
We’ve been married almost 15 years now and my disability and his hoarding has made it impossible to even invite my closest friend or pastor over. NEED SOME MIGHTY PRAYER SUPPORT FROM EVERYONE.
Will be praying for you Skeeter
I would like the booklet very much…..
Would love the download, thank you!!
I would love a copy of the booklet. Thanks.
May I please have a copy of this praying for your husband guideline? I could really use it.
Thanks
I would love a copy of prayers and scripture!! You bless is regularly!!!
Renee, I would love a copy of these prayers for my husband. Please email me. Thank you and God bless!
Please send me the prayer guide for our husbands. We are just rebuilding our marriage and God is softening my husband’s heart after years of hardness.
Awesome prayer!! I would love the download. Thank you for praying for my marriage as I will do same for your marriage. Continue to let God use you in the mighty way He has, is, and will continue to do. Thank you for being so transparent allowing others, like myself, to say if God did it for you, He will surely do it for me and my marriage.
Be blessed!
Thank you so much for today’s devotion. My husband lost his job in June and has been struggling so much with guilt, shame and fear of not providing for our family even though his job loss had nothing to do with his performance. I needed those scriptures to ward off all the negatives that have have been attacking him.
Thank You
can you send me copy of prayer for my husband please?
Thank you for sharing your story. I have been married for 25 yrs. and this has been a constant source of conflict in our marriage. God has shown me lately over and over again that prayer is powerful. Prayer is a priviledge. It will be a priviledge to pray for my husband.
Wonderful advice. I would love a downloadable copy, please. Thank you!
Thank you for this devotional . It was just what I needed to hear today.
Yes! I love this! Hubby and I are stuggling. I know I have difficulties with following his lead at times because he doesn’t exactly believe & practice faith on a regular basis, if at all. His decisions are usually ‘from the hip’ with little or no thought before them. Admittedly, this makes me nervous; but I’m thinking your prayers will help both of us. Thank you!
Hi Renee,
Thank you so much for sharing your heart with us today. Submitting to my husband’s leadership has been hard for me thoughout our marriage of 33 years. We were children when we got married at 19; I had been raised to be independent and my husband had been raised to be dependent which made for some difficult years in our marriage and kept me from wanting to be submissive. I am happy to say that about the time of our 10 year anniversary, the roles began to be reversed. My husband became more of a leader and I became more submissive. After all of this time, I still have lessons to learn in this area.
I would love the download of scriptural prayers to pray for my husband.
God Bless and Thank you for sharing your heart.
Thank you for this devotional I would love the down load thank you again
Thank you for sharing so honestly. I think that is my favorite aspect of P31 devotionals. I would love the download; to keep and to pass along. Thank you.