Part 2 of the 30 Days of Prayer series is about our spouses. If you do not have a spouse to pray for, I encourage you to think of a significant person in your life to pray for over the next few days. Maybe you are dating someone, or you have a friend or sibling who needs your prayers.
Whoever you choose, each of the next prayer prompts can be used for that special person.
Sometimes it’s hard to pray for someone you haven’t known for an extended amount of time. If you are just starting out in a dating relationship, you can rely on your conversations when it comes to knowing his prayer needs. Usually once someone feels comfortable, they will begin to share their feelings about whatever is going on in their life, and you can pray about what is being shared.
If you are not currently seeing anyone special, and are looking for a new relationship, you can pray for that person too. A friend of mine once told me that she prayed for her son’s future wives before she even knew who they would be! With a little bit of thought, it’s possible to find prayers that are right for whoever you want to pray for today.
(For a simpler read, and to avoid adding a lot of extra words, I am going to go ahead and mostly use “husband, he and his” from here forward. If that doesn’t fit your relationship, go ahead and substitute for your own situation.)
Day 12- Praying for your husband
We are in an incredibly strong position to pray for our husbands. I have been married to my husband for 22 years as of this writing. We have been together long enough to know when something isn’t going well in each other’s lives. If you’ve been married awhile, it’s pretty easy to see if something is bothering him.
If there are things that are going great in his life, celebrate that, and thank God for them! But, if you know of any specific needs, God can help when you put it into His hands.
I want to get better about praying for my husband. I admit I do not have a consistent prayer time specifically focusing on any single person or prayer need. It is important to remember our spouses in our prayer times. We should want God’s very best for them.
Many books have been written about relationships, and many discuss prayer in one way or another, so it is possible you’ve have heard someone speak or write about this somewhere before.
If you are new to this idea, I hope the upcoming posts are a helpful guide to show ways to cover your spouse in prayer.
In the next few days, I will list a number of different prayer needs that come to my when I pray for my husband.
If you want to begin praying today, I would suggest thinking back to the last few conversations you had with him. Were there things that came up that you could ask God to help him through? Are there things that he mentioned in a conversation that he wants or needs? Or, are there things that you know he is struggling with that you can pray about?
It is easy to tailor a prayer for someone you love by listening, so that you know their needs.
I believe prayers produce results. If you put some thought into it, or sometimes even write a few things down, you can probably come up with some ideas for your ‘prayer needs’ list. You know much of what’s going on in the lives of the people you love.
It is sometimes challenging to know what to pray about, but be encouraged, it gets easy to do once you’ve tried it a few times.
Once it’s a habit, you will find that those prayers just flow.
Today, I’ll just share a prayer I have prayed for my husband.
Dear Father,
I ask that you shower my husband with your grace and I ask that you pave the way for whatever he needs to do today. If he has specific needs Lord, I ask that you strengthen him today with your power. Lift him up and help him with any burdens he carries. I ask that you show him your love, and that you protect him when he is at work, the gym, or wherever his day takes him. Lord, I also ask that you remind him that you are with him. God, if he has any aches and pains, or any physical issues today, I ask that you bring a wave of healing over his body, that he may focus on the things that he needs to do instead of any ailments or discomforts. If there are any physical issues, I ask that you remove them from his body in your powerful and holy name. Thank you Father for my husband. Help me to treat him well. God, I ask for you to bless him. In Jesus’ name,
Amen
“….This is my beloved, and this is my friend, Oh daughters of Jerusalem….”¹ Song of Solomon 5:16b
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