31 days of praying for your husband [from 2016]

let’s purpose to pray!

let's purpose to pray! I've seen several different series online with challenges to pray for our husbands with PURPOSE each day. Beginning tomorrow I will be posting specific areas to focus our prayers for "31 days of Praying for our Husbands" that will...

[day 1] PFYH: tender heart

[day 1] pray for your husband: a tender heart He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 This is a truly a thought we should pray for our...

[day 2] PFYH: fear the Lord

[day 2] pray for your husband: to fear the Lord This thought goes along with having a heart tender towards the Lord's voice. A godly man must also fear the Lord to become a man of wisdom and understanding. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and...

[day3] PFYH: spiritual growth

[day3] pray for your husband: to have spiritual growth But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 2 Peter 3:18 We need to pray that our man desires to grow in the Lord!...

[day 4] PFYH: to love righteousness

[day 4] pray for your husband: to love righteousness We want our men to LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS! Conversely, this means they must learn to hate evil. 11-My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12- A prudent man...

[day 5] PFYH: be a man of INTEGRITY

[day 5] pray for your husband: to be a man of INTEGRITY I know I want my husband's reputation to be one of integrity! But what does this word, integrity, mean? the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness; being...

[day 6] PFYH: have a teachable spirit

[day 6] pray for your husband: to have a teachable spirit 1-The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. 2- All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Proverbs 15:33-34 I...

[day 7] PFYH: to lead wisely and love sacrificially

[day 7] pray for your husband: to lead wisely and love sacrificially For the most part, a godly woman wishes for her husband to be a strong leader and to put the family's needs above his own. This is something that truly is supernatural. It comes from him...

[day 8] PFYH: controlled by the Holy Spirit

[day 8] pray for your husband: to be controlled by the Holy Spirit But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6 In order for...

[day 9] PFYH: to safeguard his heart

[day 9] pray for you husband: to safeguard his heart 20-My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21- Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22- When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when...

[day 10] PFYH: desire to be a picture of Christ in marriage

[day 10] pray for your husband: to desire to be a picture of Christ in marriage This one definitely goes along with the previous one! 🙂 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh....

[day 11] PFYH: find joy & peace IN God

[day 11] pray for your husband: to find joy & peace IN God Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11 True Joy only comes from the Lord, and I want my husband...

[day 12] PFYH: to stand for truth

[day 12] pray for your husband: to stand for truth 23-O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 24- Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the...

{day 13] PFYH: to have a balanced life

{day 13] pray for your husband: to have a balanced life While we are not to live our lives to please man, it is possible for a righteous man to have favour with both God & man. This is something I desire for my own husband. And Jesus increased in...

[day 14] PFYH: to have an eternal perspective

[day 14] pray for your husband: to have an eternal perspective They [the ever ambiguous "they" say that "Perspective is everything." 31-Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be...

[day 15] PFYH: practice forgiveness

[day 15] pray for your husband: to practice forgiveness An unforgiving spirit creates a seed that births a root of bitterness in our lives. This is not something I wish for my husband to need to deal with, especially towards me! 31-Let all bitterness, and...

[day 16] PFYH: choose friends wisely

1-Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2- But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3- And he shall be like a...

[day 17] PFYH: to choose healthy, God-honoring activities

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 1 Corinthians 6:12 I desire the activities that my whole family participates in to be Christ-honoring! I pray for the...

[day 18] PFYH: to surrender his time & talents {to the Lord}

All these prayers... I know we each desire for our husbands to become all the Lord has for them! This can only happen for any one when they have surrendered all things to the Lord. 15-See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16-Redeeming the...

[day 19] PFHY: be a good father {or prepare his heart}

Even if you and your husband do not have children, praying for his heart to be prepared is still a good thing! Even praying that he would be a godly example towards children that are in your life-extended family, church, etc. is good. And, ye fathers, provoke not your...

[day 20] PFYH: live his God-given purpose

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 Everything we do should bring glory to God. We should pray this for our husbands. 11-For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of...

[day 21] PFYH: to take care of the temple of the Holy Spirit

1-beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 21 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye...

[day 22] PFYH: to serve others unselfishly

Oh, this one may be one of the most difficult. It is very anti-cultural to speak of a man being a servant AND the one in charge.... not to mention they sound like completely opposite positions! But not if we are following the example of Christ! For, brethren, ye have...

[day 23] PFYH: to work hard & provide

10-Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11- Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Romans 12:10,11 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work...

[day 24] PFYH: to be a faithful steward

4-Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5- Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Proverbs 23:4-5 10-Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly...

[day 25] PFYH: words to reflect a heart of love

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers....

[day 26] PFYH: pattern his life after Christ

14-For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15- Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16- That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner...

[day 27] PFYH: be a man of peace & patience

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Romans 14:19 8-And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9- But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and...

[day 28] PFYH: be a man of prayer

Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. Luke 22:46 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16b Let us pray for our husbands to be men of prayer who...

[day 29] PFYH: thoughts guided by truth

3-For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4- (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5- Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the...

[day 30] PFYH: yield all thoughts to the Lord

23-Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24- And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23,24 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. Proverbs 16:3 A prudent man...

[day 31] PFYH: serve God with pure motives

17-If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18- He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him....