The Good Wife-Prayer Battle Day 19-21

DAY 19

PRAYING FOR HIS PAST

We all have past experiences and in life you get the best when we learn from our pasts rather than living in it. Forget those things which are behind and reach forward for those things which are ahead. Dwelling in the past not only affects you but also your children especially if it is your husband living in the past. Be patient and pray that your husband does not listen to the voice of the past

PRAYER

Lord, I pray that You would enable (your husband’s name) to let go of his past completely. Deliver him from any hold it has on him. Help him to put off his former conduct and habitual ways of thinking about it and be renewed in his mind (Ephesians 4:22,23). Enlarge his understanding to know that you make all things new (Revelation 21:5). Show him a fresh, Holy Spirit-inspired way of relating to negative things that have happened. Give him the mind of Christ so that he can clearly discern Your voice from the voices of the past. When he hears those old voices, enable him to rise up and shut dthem down with the truth of Your Word. Where he has formerly experienced rejection or pain, I pray he not allow them to color what he sees and hears now. Pour forgiveness into his heart so that bitterness, resentment, revenge, and unforgiveness will have no place there. May he regard the past as only a history lesson and not a guide for his daily life. Wherever his past has become and unpleasant memory, I pray You would redeem it and bring life out of it. Bind up his wounds (Psalm 147:3). Restore his soul (Psalm 23:3). Help him to release the past so that he will not live in it, but learn from it, break out of it, and move into the future you have for him.

POWER TOOLS

·         Isaiah 43:18,19

·         2 Corinthians 5:17; 4:16

DAY 20

PRAYING FOR HIS ATTITUDE

No one truly wants to be known with a bad attitude. If you have a family member who has bad attitude, rather than reacting to their negativity, pray about it. And if your husband has bad attitude, use your prayers to soften his heart, pray that his heart becomes pure and have a cheerful countenance.

PRAYER

Lord, fill (your husband’s name) with Your love and peace today. May there be a calmness, serenity, and sense of well-being established in him because his life is God-controlled rather than self-controlled. Enable him to walk in his house with a clean and perfect heart before You (Psalm 101:2). Shine the light of Your Spirit upon him and fill him with Your love. I pray that he will be kind and patient, not selfish or easily provoked. Enable him to bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things (1 Corinthians 13:7). Release him from anger, unrest, anxiety, concerns, inner turmoil, strife, and pressure. May he not be broken in spirit because of sorrow (Proverbs 15:15), but enjoy the continual feast of a merry heart. Give him a spirit of joy and keep him from growing into a grumpy old man. Help him to be anxious for nothing, but give thanks in all things so he can know the peace that passes all understanding. May he come to the point of saying, I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content (Phillipians 4:11). I say to (your husband’s name) this day, The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His continence upon you, and give you peace (Numbers 6:24-26).

POWER TOOLS

·         Proverbs 15:13; 15:15

·         Philippians 4:6,7

·         Ezekiel 18:31

·         Proverbs 25:28

·         1 Corinthians 13:2

·         Psalm 100:4

DAY 21

PRAYING FOR HIS MARRIAGE

As a wife you need to constantly pray for your marriage in other to keep divorce out. Pray about any and every aspect or issues. Pray for your marriage to be protected from any person, thing or situation that can destroy it.

PRAYER

Lord, I pray You would protect our marriage from anything that would harm or destroy it. Shield it from our own selfishness and neglect, form the evil plans and desires of others, and from unhealthy or dangerous situations. May there be no thoughts of divorce or infidelity in our hearts, and non in our future. Set us free from past hurts, memories, and ties from previous relationships and unrealistic expectations of one another. I pray that there be no jealousy in either of us, or the low self-esteem that precedes that. Let nothing come into our hearts and habits that would threaten the marriage in any way, especially influences like alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, lust, or obsessions. Unite us in a bond of friendship, commitment, generosity, and understanding. Eliminate our immaturity, hostility, or feelings of inadequacy. Help us to make time for one another alone, to nurture and renew the marriage and remind ourselves of the reasons we were married in the first place. I pray that (your husband’s name) will be so committed to You, Lord, that his commitment to me will not waiver, no matter what storms come. I pray that our love for each other will grow stronger every day, so that we will never leave a legacy of divorce to our children.

POWER TOOLS

·         Ecclesiastes 4:9-10; 4:11

·         Malachi 2:15-16

·         Hebrews 13:4

·         1 Corinthians 7:10-11

The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian