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5 Important Ways to Pray for Your Husband

Prayer is one of our greatest weapons in the spiritual battle for our marriage. There is an overwhelming number of cases when the Lord listens to the prayers of His people and it changes the course of history. We need to take our prayers seriously. We need to consider how we can strengthen our marriages and support our husbands in prayer.

Your prayers, they aren’t just a moment at the end of the day where you lay our a Santa Claus wish list before God. Prayer is a weapon. It is a craft that you must learn and wield.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. – Ephesians 6:12, ESV

Prayer is not an afterthought. It is not the least you can do, it is one of the most effective, meaningful things you can do for your marriage.

1. Pray for his heart to be captivated by God

King David was a man of many shortcomings. But his legacy wasn’t his shortcomings or his sinful nature but the way that his heart was devoted wholly to God. If we care about our husband’s lives and legacies, we need to be on our knees praying that their hearts will be more captivated by God than they are by us.

We need to surrender the number one spot for the One who should be preeminent in both of our lives. Our individual lives and marriages must take place in a larger Gospel-narrative where we realize that Christ will reign over Heaven and Earth fully one day and must reign in our heart now.

His heart must belong to God. We need to pray that God will capture the affections and devotion of our husbands and we need to turn and point out the goodness of God regularly to our families.

2. Pray for his wisdom to increase

Proverbs is full of promises that, when we ask for wisdom, God will answer us. In a world that is constantly bombarding our husbands with enticements to lure them from the things of God, we need to pray that they will be given wisdom.

Wisdom floods into every area of our life. From our spiritual life to our work to our relationships, there is no place where wisdom does not aid us. True wisdom, wisdom from God, is something we all must be pursuing. One of the primary ways we can practically love our husbands is by praying for God to increase their wisdom.

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3. Pray for his willingness to exercise his spiritual gifts

It can be so hard to step out in faith and embrace what God is calling us to. Stepping out into the unknown is intimidating. Women as a whole tend to be better about grouping with one another and acknowledging our shortcomings. Men tend to be expected to hide their vulnerabilities.

Stepping into what God is calling us to do is often unsettling. In our culture, it can be especially hard for men to step into a position where they have to depend on something other than themselves to come through.

4. Pray for his ability to encourage you spiritually

This is one of the hardest things I can pray for my husband. Because often, spiritual growth does not come from gentle encouragement to read my Bible but from someone who intimately knows me looking at my life and showing me where my actions aren’t lining up with my words and beliefs.

On the new season of the Netflix series The Crown, there is an insightful moment when Prince Phillip says that he knows his wife better than she knows herself because he can see her fully with all of her strengths and weaknesses. We need to ask God to give our husbands insights int our lives.
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Pray that your husband will be able to encourage you in your own walk with the Lord. Ask God to give him wisdom as he looks at your life to encourage and grow you as you’re being conformed into the image of Christ.

5. Pray for his understanding of Christ to deepen through your marriage

Our marriages are not lived out in a vacuum. Love cannot sustain itself because it is not an end, but a beautiful beginning that points us to Christ. We should be praying that our marriages show our husbands the bigger picture. The love the Christ has for His Church, His persistence in pursuing us despite our endless list of failures, is shown in our marriages.

Pray that God will use your marriage to impress in His heart a deeper understanding of the sacrifice that Christ made for His bride, the Church. Ask God to show them just how wide and deep and faithful His love is for your husband. May the beautiful image of Christ’s love for the Church inspire and encourage your husband in his pursuit of holiness.

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  • Nadia
    January 30, 2018

    I absolutely loved this! My prayers life has been struggling a bit lately. I don’t know why. Although, everywhere I go and no matter what I read, it’s about prayer. What a reminder to pray more! I love praying for my hubby so thank you for these amazing ideas <3
    xox Nadia
    (Miel and Mint blog)

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  • Diane
    July 10, 2018

    This was a great resource. Sometimes I feel like my prayers for my husband get stagnant so it is great to have some fresh ways to pray so I don’t feel like it is just a rote prayer and my heart isn’t into it…it just gets repetitive and then it isn’t from the heart.

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    • Bailey
      Diane
      July 11, 2018

      I’m so glad this encouraged you to pray in new ways, Diane.

      Reply
  • Keri Lynn
    July 10, 2018

    This is so good! I have been wanting to focus on praying for my husband more so I will definitely be using these prompts.

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    • Bailey
      Keri Lynn
      July 11, 2018

      Keri, I hope this is a helpful resource as you focus more on praying for your husband.

      Reply
  • Heather @ A Heart of Humility
    July 10, 2018

    So Good girl! Pinned this tonshare with others! We have to be willing to fight for our marriages and our families and it is imperative that we start by praying for them! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Bailey
      Heather @ A Heart of Humility
      July 11, 2018

      I’m so glad this meant so much to you, Heather. It’s important that we fight for our marriages through prayer. Prayer isn’t the least we can do, it’s a crucial starting point!

      Reply
  • HomeAfterThree
    July 10, 2018

    I absolutely love that you say prayer is not the least you can do. Prayer is a weapon. I tweeted your blog, again! Always such great stuff.

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    • Bailey
      HomeAfterThree
      July 11, 2018

      Thanks for the tweet! It’s a powerful weapon and we need to utilize it!

      Reply
  • sruszkowski
    July 11, 2018

    YES!!! So good. Thank you for the reminders!!!! <3 🙂

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    • Bailey
      sruszkowski
      July 12, 2018

      I hope this encourages you to fight for your husband and marriage through prayer.

      Reply
  • gracefulandfree
    July 11, 2018

    This is beautifully written! I love this and need to continue to read through this and use it in my life daily!

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    • Bailey
      gracefulandfree
      July 12, 2018

      Thank you! I hope this sparks a new daily practice of diligent prayer for you husband.

      Reply
  • Nadia
    July 19, 2018

    LOVED this post, Bailey.
    I always make sure to pray for my hubby and there are so many wonderful ways to do it <3
    So thankful for him and how his faith is so strong & he's exercising the gifts God has given him. I look up to him in so many ways.
    This week (mon-fri) he's taking kids meetings to help out one church – please pray for those meetings to go well and for someone to trust in Christ for salvation 🙂
    xox Nadia
    {Miel and Mint blog}

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    • Bailey
      Nadia
      July 19, 2018

      I will absolutely be praying for those meetings! Keep encouraging your husband to do what God created him to do!

      Reply
  • Lisa
    January 15, 2019

    Excellent reminder of why it’s so important to pray for our spouse, and some inspiring ways to do just that.

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    • Bailey
      Lisa
      January 17, 2019

      Thanks, Lisa!

      Reply
  • annemarkey1
    January 15, 2019

    I absolutely love these! Pray is so important and is one way we can encourage our husbands. I also pray that The Lord will give my husband wisdom and patience at work. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Bailey
      annemarkey1
      January 17, 2019

      It’s so important to pray for our husbands at work! Thank you for reminding me.

      Reply
  • Jennifer Love
    January 15, 2019

    Love this Bailey, especially”we need to be on our knees praying that their hearts will be more captivated by God than they are by us” and encouraging him in using his gifts! I’m trying to make this a daily priority, especially focusing on some physical healing for him too.

    Reply
    • Bailey
      Jennifer Love
      January 17, 2019

      I know I often take my husband for granted and forget to pray for his spiritual growth but it’s so important. Encouraging him and praying for the development is so important!

      Reply
  • Haley
    January 16, 2019

    Oh this is so powerful! I love this and will reference this often!!!

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    • Bailey
      Haley
      January 17, 2019

      I’m so glad it encouraged you, Haley!

      Reply
  • Katie
    January 16, 2019

    LOVE this! Especially the encouragement that our marriages are supposed to strengthen our personal walks with Christ! They are meant to showcase Christ’s love for His church. Keeping that in mind has had a transformative effect on my own marriage… I love the idea of praying specifically to that end!

    Reply
    • Bailey
      Katie
      January 17, 2019

      Amen! It’s so important to keep that truth front and center in our minds and marriages.

      Reply
  • Tracey Rosenberger
    January 30, 2019

    These are incredible prayers for our husbands. I shared your article with my followers!

    Reply
    • Bailey
      Tracey Rosenberger
      January 31, 2019

      Thanks, Tracey! I’m glad it spoke to you.

      Reply
  • kage2015
    April 4, 2019

    All of these are wonderful ways to pray for your husband. Don’t forget to pray together as well.

    Reply
  • Marilyn
    September 8, 2020

    Yes! I keep saying this, prayer is the most useful, unused weapon we have for our marriage! I have witnessed this many times in my own marriage.

    Reply
  • Marilyn
    June 4, 2021

    Thank you for the reminder to pray that he will encourage me spiritually, to see me as a whole with my shortcomings and my gifts.

    Reply
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To be honest, they are a rough read. A really rough read. They detail the suffering the people of God endured while their enemies attempted to control their land and wipe out their religion. 
It is a set of books filled with great suffering as many of the faithful are killed but it is also a book of great bravery and trust in the Lord in the midst of trials.
In Maccabees, two of the theological principles used today are clearly seen. The first, that God created the world out of nothing. 2 Maccabees 7:28 details how God did not make the world out of things already created, but out of nothing. 
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Judith is another archetypal story of the battle being won at the hand of a woman, seen also in Judges and Esther. During the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, an army is sent to destroy the mountain town that Judith lives in. The people are greatly distressed and death seems to be the only option. Judith, a wealthy widow, trusts in the Lord and ultimately, kills the opposing military leader and brings peace to the people. It is a story of God’s provision for His people in their exile through an unlikely source, a widow. In Judith, we see an archetype pointing to Mary and to the Church, waiting for her true Bridegroom. But it is also a story that points to the Lord’s desire to draw all nations to Himself! One of my favorite parts of the book of Judith is that it tells us of the conversion of a man who initially sets out to fight the Jewish people coming to believe in the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. “And when Achior saw all that the God of Israel had done, he believed firmly in God, and was circumcised, and joined the house of Israel.” - Judith 14:10 It beautiful reminder that God’s deliverance is for all mankind. #proverbs31woman #proverbs31 #womenintheword #virtuouswoman #godlywoman #godsgirl #christianliving #butgod #blessedandhighlyfavored #trustgod #daughteroftheking #walkbyfaith #daughterofaking #beautyfromashes #graceupongrace #dailydevotional #faithjourney #jesuslover #faithblogger #godisgood #graceoverperfection #michiganblogger #wordbeforworld #encouragingquotes #christianlife #christianencouragement
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For the next few days, we're going to do a little overview of each of these books in the Bible.
But first, why aren't these books in the Protestant Bible?
Like most of the divides in the Catholic and Protestant conversation, there is a lot of nuances. Luther’s own translation of the Bible included these books although he moved them to a separate section. They were also included in the King James Bible of 1611 and the Geneva Bible even though they were viewed as apocryphal or “outside of Scripture.” It was not standard even in Protestantism to exclude these books from the Bible printing until 1825. 
Essentially, there is a lot of historical evidence that the church throughout history considered these books a part of the Bible. But earlier in the Church, we see evidence of Church leaders such as St. Polycarp, St. Clement of Rome, Origen, St. Athanasius, St. Jerome, and St. Augustine,  affirming some or all of these books as Scripture.
It's clear that historically, believers have seen these books as beneficial so I hope you'll join me in looking at them this week!
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Until I read the entire Bible last year for the Bible in Lent challenge, I had never read most of the Deuterocanonical / Apocryphal books of the Bible. When I did this, I realized that, aside from a vague notion of Maccabees from Hanukkah books, I had absolutely no idea what the rest of the books contained. For the next few days, we're going to do a little overview of each of these books in the Bible. But first, why aren't these books in the Protestant Bible? Like most of the divides in the Catholic and Protestant conversation, there is a lot of nuances. Luther’s own translation of the Bible included these books although he moved them to a separate section. They were also included in the King James Bible of 1611 and the Geneva Bible even though they were viewed as apocryphal or “outside of Scripture.” It was not standard even in Protestantism to exclude these books from the Bible printing until 1825. Essentially, there is a lot of historical evidence that the church throughout history considered these books a part of the Bible. But earlier in the Church, we see evidence of Church leaders such as St. Polycarp, St. Clement of Rome, Origen, St. Athanasius, St. Jerome, and St. Augustine, affirming some or all of these books as Scripture. It's clear that historically, believers have seen these books as beneficial so I hope you'll join me in looking at them this week! #godsword #jesusislife #dailydevotion #shedelights #graceupongrace #godisfaithful #lordjesus #blessedisshe #biblestudy #trustinhim #catholicism #bible #jesuslove #christianposts #readyourbible #bibledaily #intheword #wordbeforeworld #bibleversedaily #gracemakers #christianwomenleaders #bibletruth #jesusisthereasonfortheseason #godlovesyou #prayerchangesthings #dailybibleverse #seekhim
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