Praying for My Husband from Head to Toe

I have been blessed with a wonderful husband...loving, attentive and most of all loves the Lord.  I can't imagine my life without him.  I prayed for him for many months as God laid our relationship out before us...and I want to continue to pray for him now that we are married...Join me if you like in praying for your husbands, your marriages, your families...Blessings, S

You can click here for a printable to put on your mirror, in your bible or journal...I found this online and don't take any credit for it.


Head
Father, I ask that You would continually renew my husband’s mind, resulting in a transformed life. Help him bring every thought to Christ and 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 open my husband’s eyes to spiritual truths that You have for him. Help him to see things as You see them. Please guard his eyes from things that make his heart wander away from you and me. (Psalm 119:18, Psalm 119:37)

Ears
Father, help my husband to hear Your voice clearly. Give him wisdom to recognize your voice with certainty. Protect him from listening to those who aren’t seeking or walking with You. Guard him from negativity of what others say, and help him discern between good and evil. Thank you for giving 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
Jesus, help my husband to speak the truth in love. Your desire is for him to be quick to listen and slow to speak – so I pray that you would make that his desire too. Give him courage 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. Thank you that You want to help him 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
Lord, instill in my husband’s heart a desire to seek passionately after You. Teach him to guard his heart with diligence and wisdom. Help him deal with anything in his heart that is not pleasing to You or that separates him from You. Create in him a pure heart, O Lord. Thank you that You are enabling him to lead our family with integrity and honor. (Psalm 78:72, 119:10-11; Prov 4:23; 1 Thes 3:13)

Hands
Lord, I pray everything my husband does would be done with his whole heart, serving You rather than man. Seeking to please You alone. I pray You will increase his skills and his abilities so that he might bring honor and glory to you – and feel like a good provider for our family. Thank You for blessing everything he puts his hands to. (Psalm 24:3-4, Col 3:23)

Feet
Jesus, I pray my husband would love Your Words and walk in Your ways. Help him walk in a manner that is worthy of You, bearing fruit in every good work. I pray You’d 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. Thank you for loving and leading Him. (Deut 6:7, 8:6, Col 1:10, Psalm 23:4)

Mother's Day Reflections

This is a picture of my mom, my sister and I at her high school graduation in June 1996.  My dad had passed away in February that year and just four months after this picture was taken my mom passed as well.  That year and many years after were the toughest of my life and I will never be the same because of it.  It's not something you get over.  You just move past it and trust that God will carry you through the rough days.  Like Mother's Day.  I am so glad to have had my mom for the twenty two Mother's Day that I did, but I of course wish now that I could go back and enjoy them a little more, savor that day a little more and appreciate the time I had with her while she was here a lot more! 

This year is the first year in 16 years that I've 'celebrated' Mother's Day.  When I was married the first time, my then husband's mom was also gone and we never had to celebrate.  This year is different because my sweet husband RC has a mom who is still with us.  She is a precious woman of God whom I've had the pleasure of knowing since I was a little girl and has accepted me as one of her children probably even before I became her daughter in law.  I am very thankful for the man she helped raise and the values she taught her son because I am very much the benefactor of those years spent shaping and forming him!  I will enjoy celebrating her day, but holding it together is going to be a challenge that I'll once again need God's help to bring forth the smile instead of the tears and enjoy the day with my in laws and my sweet husband.  Though bittersweet, I am so happy that RC's mom is able to see him be married and happy once more, see her children and grandchildren growing up and be such a big part of all of our lives. 

Mother's Day also serves as a somewhat painful reminder that while I've been a Nannie (aka second mom) to more kids than I can count anymore, I've never been able to be a mom myself.  I am praying that God will choose to honor me with that one day soon either by giving RC and I a child of our own or opening the doors to adoption for us.  I am trying to focus on the fact that I have a wonderful husband, family and friends and that no matter what God's plan is, that I'll continue to be thankful for the blessings in the life I have rather than focus on what the future holds.  But it is hard.  Really hard.  I know that God's plan is sovereign and His timing is perfect.  I am putting one foot in front of the other today, reminding myself of that with each and every step.

To all the mothers in my life and all those who happen upon my blog.  Happy Mother's Day to YOU.

Blessings,

Stephanie